Living As Friends In America

Thoughts on the debate

The day after the debate, I have so many thoughts in my head. On the one hand, I am relieved that Kamala Harris did so well — not that I didn’t think she was capable, I did and still do. It’s just Trump is so unpredictable that it was hard to imagine how it would go. And as someone remarked in comments to me after my post, they said felt the relief of someone who had experienced Trump/Biden Debate PTSD. That’s how I felt.

But I still worry, and that’s because I don’t understand why so many in our country still think Donald Trump is an okay guy. If they can think that, how will they unthink it? All we can hope is that some will now think differently about Trump, perhaps privately, and do so enough to vote for Harris. Maybe not being motivated to go to the polls could be enough, but I’m not sure.

An hour after I wrote my synopsis with drawings of the debate last night, I thought to myself: “Liza, despite all you have been saying, you wrote that piece assuming that Trump is a normal candidate. He is not, nowhere close. He is a deranged man with no grasp of reality.” That’s why I can’t understand undecided voters (to put it mildly — they piss me off now), or anyone who thinks Trump would be a good leader for our country. It’s beyond my comprehension. Trump’s example of a world leader who thinks Trump is a good…