Heather du Plessis-Allan: That Trump-Biden debate was excruciating

Did you watch that Trump-Biden debate?

Man, that was excruciating wasn’t it? At one point, I think it was the Medicare bit, I was literally watching it through my fingers, cause I'd already covered by face with my hands, it was that bloody awkward.

The amazing thing about it is that this is day four of calls for Biden to stand down, which is an enormous amount of pressure. And there is no indication from within the top ranks of his party that they are going to make him stand down.

And if you read what's going on behind the scenes, like the Saturday phone call between the top members of the Democratic Party and committee members across the states - it sounds like they don't realise how bad this looks. 

The message out from all the people who were on it was that the party's top guys are not taking what happened in the debate - and the impact on the vote - seriously. They don’t realise that the world thinks the guy they’re running for President is going senile, they don’t think that’s what we can see.

Not that we matter, we don't get to vote - they don’t think that's what American voters can see.

So while my gut says he’s got to go, everything I'm reading out of the States from top commenters through to credible publications say that chances are: he’s staying in the race.

How nuts is that?

I tell you what, I'm happy to make the prediction that if he runs, and chances are that he does, he loses to Trump. Because it’s very hard to see America electing a guy who is only going to become more senile over the next four years.

If they manage to get him out and replace him, it's still not a great situation for the Democrats, because Trump will make a feast of the fact that’ he’s running against their second choice.

But surely that's better for their party, because at least the Democrats can retain some credibility.

If they run a guy who is going gaga while pretending he’s not going gaga -when everyone can see he's going gaga - they will look ridiculous. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Did you watch the Trump Biden debate? Then? That was excruciating,
wasn't it? That was so tough to watch. At one
point I was literally watching it through my fingers because
I'd already covered my face with my hands. It was
that bloody awkward. And it was this bit making sure.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
That we're able to make every single solitary person eligible
for what I've been able to do with the COVID,
I should be with dealing with everything we have to
do with what if we finally beat medicare.

Speaker 1 (00:36):
That's what I'm going to do next time, many to
save myself from something. I'm just gonna be like, we
finally beat Medicare. Holy. The amazing thing about it or
it never gets tired, does it? It's as bad as
the first time. Anyway. The amazing thing about it is
that this is day four now of calls for Biden
to stand down, which is a serious amount of pressure
being put on the man, and there is still no
indication from within the top ranks of his party that

(00:56):
they're going to make him stand down. And if you
read what's going on behind the scenes, like about the
Saturday phone call between the top members of the Democratic
Party and the Committee members across the states, it sounds
like they don't even realize how bad it is. I mean,
the message out of that call from the people who
were on it and were shocked was that the top
guys are not taking seriously what happened. They do not
realize that the world thinks that the guy that they're

(01:17):
running for president is going senile. They didn't think that
that's what we could all see. And it's not that
we met and we don't get to vote. They don't
think that's what the American voter saw. So while my
gut says politically he's got to go, everything I'm reading
out of the states, from the top commentators right through
to the credible publications say chances are he staying in
the race? How nuts is that? I mean, I tell

(01:39):
you what, I am happy to make one prediction, which
is that if he does run, and the chances are
that he does run, he loses to Trump because it's
really hard to see America electing a guy who's only
going to become more and more senile over the next
four years. If they do manage to get rid of
him and replace him, it's still not a great situation
for the Democrats, because Trump will make a feast of
the fact that he's running against their second churl now,

(02:01):
but surely I would think that that's better for their party,
because at least the Democrats themselves can retain some credibility.
I mean, if they run a guy who's going gaga
while pretending he's not going gaga, when everybody can see
that he's going gaga, they are gonna look ridiculous. For
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