CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JUNE 21, 2024
THEY KEEP CALLING NEXT WEEK’S EVENT WITH DONALD TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN A DEBATE. IT’S NOT. IT’S MORE LIKE AN INTERVIEW BY TWO DEMOCRATS. CNN’S JAKE TAPPER IS NOT A JOURNALIST. HE USED TO WORK FOR A LIBERAL SENATOR. DANA BASH, HIS CO-HOST, HAS REGULARLY TRASHED DONALD TRUMP. THEY BOTH HAVE. WE’RE NOT TALKING THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES WHICH WERE REAL DEBATES. LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS WERE INTRODUCED. THE INTRODCUER LEFT THE STAGE AND THE TWO MEN WENT AT IT FOR HOURS. PEOPLE BROUGHT PICNIC BASKETS AND BLANKETS TO WATCH AND LISTEN.
THESE ARE NOT CLASSIC OXFORD DEBATES EITHER.
THEY WILL PROVIDE REHEARSED ANSWERS AND THE QUESTIONS WILL LIKELY BE PREDICTABLE. WHAT ABOUT THE DEBT? HOW CAN YOU MR. BIDEN BE A GOOD CATHOLIC AND OPPOSE A LOT OF WHAT YOUR CHURCH TEACHES? WHY, MR. TRUMP, DO YOU CONTINUALLY DEMEAN PEOPLE. DOESN’T THAT DIVIDE, RATHER THAN UNITE THE COUNTRY. THESE ARE YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS, WHETHER YOU LIKE THEIR POLICIES OR NOT.
IF THIS FORMAT MUST BE USED, EACH CANDIDATE SHOULD GET TO PICK ONE PERSON FOR THE PANEL. THAT WAY WE MIGHT GET SOME GOOD QUESTIONS AND EITHER GOOD OR BAD ANSWERS. LET THE PUBLIC, NOT THE ANCHORS, BE SERVED. I’M CAL THOMAS.
