ANTICIPATION IS BUILDING FOR THE SECOND REPUBLICAN DEBATE SEPTEMBER 27

 

Debate anchors Stuart Varney, Dana Perino from Fox News Business

OK, you don't believe me when I tell you I'm actually looking forward to the second Republican candidate debate, but I have to wait until September 27.

Debate qualifiers will need to poll at a 3% level, have at least 50,000 donors with 200 unique donors in 20 states or territories.

The broadcast will again be in the hands of Fox News, Rupert Murdoch's Disinformation Network, the company recently paying out a $787,000,000 settlement for lies it told about Dominion Voting Machines, the network largely responsible for the election of Donald Trump in 2016.

Moderators will be Stuart Varney and Dana Perino from, both Fox News business "reporters."

Billionaire businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, who parlayed hedge fund profits into ownership of a pharmaceutical company, dominated the first debate early on, flashing a huge smile when countered or challenged as skilled debaters do, but then got his brain and mouth tangled hinting the government was behind 9/11 and trying to draw a correlation with the January 6 insurrection.

No amount of smiling will cover that sort of mind-numbing theorizing.

I'm pretty certain that former Vice President Mike Pence views himself as a person with high moral values drawing strength from his Christianity.

If Pence had any self-awareness he'd know that most view him as an extraordinarily weak man, without the intestinal fortitude to act as any sort of check and balance during Trump's stint as President, and as someone with an obvious subservience to the one he calls "mother."

Pence may have a "calling," but it's not being President.

Nikki Haley likely "won" the debate on points, but came off as forced, too strident, actually irritating.

She'd be better served relaxing those facial muscles a little and varying her tone.  It's called modulation, yes, a variance of voice's pace, pitch and power, that shows one's total control of the situation and the subject matter.

"Whininess" is grating and tiresome to the listener.

Chris Christie may be lobbying to be the default candidate if Trump gets jailed before the general election, but MAGA will never vote for him after all the "mean" things he's said about their hero. So, what service is Christie providing here? 

Participation trophies should be handed out to Tim Scott, Asa Hutchinson and Doug Bergum.  Thanks for playing guys!

Have we left out anyone?

Oh, yeah, the guy at war with Mickey Mouse, the guy who reminds us in every sentence he's anti-woke.  That guy!

Ron DeSantis seemingly loses voters every time he speaks, displaying a certain soullessness, shallowness, a flatness of tone with zero warmth, in some ways a Trump clone, but without the personality.  

DeSantis won't win and he won't get a job in a Trump administration.

And then there's the Republican frontrunner, Donald J. Trump himself, currently soaring over the GOP field with a lead upwards of 40 or 50 points.

The Republican nomination is Trump's to lose, although he might need and will likely get a 5th indictment to put him over the top, both in votes and in fundraising.

Yes, the anticipation is building.  I can hardly wait until September 27, just 28 more days boys and girls!