The confrontation was limited to topics that should have put the opponent in good stead.
Topics that would highlight the president’s accomplishments, e.g., foreign affairs, were deliberately off the table.
The moderator, Kristen Welker, NBC News’ White House reporter, managed to, more of less, keep control of the event.
But it was AFTER the combatants left the stage that the bias became blatant.
Immediately following the face off, Norah O'Donnell and friends — Gail King and John Dickerson — trashed the president and promoted the contender.
Then the trio of obviously left-leaning “news” people called on Major Garrett to “check facts.”
- The “fact checks” can be seen at https://tinyurl.com/y6a5npob — BUT FIRST, viewers must watch at least one advertisement for the contender. Does that suggest bias to anyone?
Garrett picked three facts to check.
Two for the incumbent; he ruled that those were false.
One for the contender; he ruled that one true.
This was, basically, a continuation from the first “debate” after which Garrett cherry picked the facts to check assuring the contender looked good at the incumbent’s expense.
- Who said the media is biased?
As an aside, the only thing “major” about Major Garrett is his name. There is zero indication in his Wikipedia bio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Garrett) that he ever served in any military organization or even volunteered for any public service (e.g., Peace Corps or AmeriCorps VISTA). “Major” is a “rank” given by his parents.
Foreign experience
Although the incumbent never served in the U.S. armed forces, during the current administration, he managed:
- * Peace with at least two of Israel’s Muslim neighbors was achieved and trade opened
* Sudan is preparing to sign a normaliation agreement with Israel
* (In the wings): Qatar, Oman, Muscat, Saudi Arabia
* A peace agreement was inked between Kosovo and Serbia
* Tensions with rogue North Korea were reduced (albeit not eliminated)
* NATO European members were obliged to pick up a greater portion of the tab to protect the members
* Iran sanctions, canceled by the previous administration, were reinstated
* The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East had is budget cut, reducing some war-mongering, xenophobia in text books, and the amount of funds flowing into the pockets the PLO/PFLP and Hamas/Islamic Brotherhood leaders.
The peace agreements will help keep Americans out of harms way.
The contender, also lacking any military experience — although he suggests otherwise in a video at https://youtu.be/TM9dlqEdmp0 — should be promoting peace. He his son, Beau, was a major in the Delaware Army National Guard and served in Iraq.. He died of brain cancer at the age of 46 on May 30, 2015 after more than a week receiving treatment at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, where he spent his final moments. (https://tinyurl.com/y38qgon4)
Son Hunter managed to enlist in the Navy Reserve as an officer. He lasted less than a year, being released from the service in February for cocaine use. (https://tinyurl.com/yy45aj8p)
Hunter Biden, twice married, dated his brother’s Beau’s widow, Hallie Biden. (https://tinyurl.com/y4po9xax) According to Wikipedia, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Biden) Beau's widow was Hunter's "domestic partner" from 2016–2018, A period during which he was married to Kathleen Buhle (1993; 2017).
The contender’s foreign relations activities involve him and son Hunter.
According to Fox News' Jesse Watters (https://tinyurl.com/y5m2vzk6),
- Hunter was on the Board of Directors of a Chinese investment firm called BHR that was funded by the Chinese government and what did they do? They started acquiring companies that were beneficial to the Chinese military.
They were an anchor investor in something called China General Nuclear, which ended up being charged by our FBI for stealing nuclear secrets in the United States. They ended up buying part of an American dual-use technology company, meaning it produces technology that has civilian and military application. They ended up buying that for the benefit of the Chinese military.
Son Biden served on the board of Burisma Holdings, a major Ukrainian natural gas producer, from 2014 to 2019. (https://tinyurl.com/y4s9g7jl)
According to one newspaper,
- A Ukrainian natural-gas company that employed Joe Biden’s son Hunter allegedly paid the former vice president $900,000 in lobbying fees.
Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, cited as evidence claims made by Andriy Derkach, a member of Ukraine’s parliament. Derkach held a press conference earlier Wednesday in Kyiv where he claimed to have documents showing how Burisma Holdings paid Joe Biden the lobbying fees.
“Biden, his son and his brother had a 30-year-long scam to make money, millions, selling his public office,” Giuliani claimed.
Hunter Biden worked for Burisma while his father served as vice president and acted as the point man on US effort to stamp out corruption in Ukraine. Hunter was paid $50,000 a month. (https://tinyurl.com/y26fxagk)
In Thursday’s face-to-face, the contender said he told the Chinese U.S. ships and planes could, and would, enter the China Sea at will. The contender’s boss refused to deal with North Korea, setting the stage for renewed conventional and possibly nuclear warfare.
It took a Republican (Richard Nixon) to open China to U.S. trade (perhaps Nixon’s greatest mistake). Nixon also got the U.S. out of Vietnam.
It took a Republican (Ronald Reagan) to bring down the Berlin Wall.
Xenophobia and racism
The contender accused the incumbent of xenophobia because the incumbent
* Banned Chinese entry into the U.S. due to the Chinese Virus
* Banned Muslims only from select countries known for exporting terrorism
* Banned everyone coming to the U.S. from countries experiencing Covid-19
Unlike a previous U.S. president, the incumbent did NOT put U.S. citizens in prison camps (https://tinyurl.com/yahl2s3g).
Unlike a previous U.S. president, the incumbent did NOT send refugees back to their deaths (Medoff, R (2019). The Jews Should Keep Quiet, Chap. 5, ISBN 9780827614703)
Blacks are better off economically than under the previous administration. (https://tinyurl.com/yxvfb2dw, https://tinyurl.com/y43av4gc)
Latinos are better off economically than under the previous administration. (https://tinyurl.com/y5mwd3gd, https://tinyurl.com/yas7pkhg)
Chinese virus and Chinese trade
The contender said if he is elected he will
* Have PPE made in America
* Have medications made in America
* Will reduce the U.S. dependence on China
All of the above are what the incumbent already is doing.
The incumbent does rashly claim that there will be a vaccine before the elections.
That is highly unlikely as the election only is days away. Spring is a more realistic time frame according to multiple government and non-government sources.
The challenger makes no claim when a vaccine will be available.
Does anyone care?
In truth, I suspect no one reading this cares about facts and fancy.
They made up their minds and many of us already cast our ballots.
The contender’s fans must be exceedingly confident that their candidate will prevail. I have not heard as many “name” personalities threaten to leave the country if the incumbent wins a second term.
- Even when they promise to leave the United States, they don’t do it.
The contender promises to be president for ALL Americans, yet it is his party’s supporters (and a few in Congress) that has caused much of the nation’s division.
It is the opinion of some that if the contender prevails, he won’t last a year in office (https://tinyurl.com/y6elzo5g). The husband of the contender’s vice president choice already is announcing that “I am married to the next president of the United States” (https://tinyurl.com/y2vlvvz2). What does he know that the voters should know? For whom are they REALLY voting?
We live in interesting, albeit troubling, times.
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