Time's Up: I vote no more debates

 Most of those who forced themselves to watch the debate were nursing headaches.  I had decided to skip it, and my sanity was preserved as a result.

Many analysts (how can they keep analyzing this nonsense after the circus that politics has become?  It was not a circus, but the Trump gang has decided that it suits them to make it so.  One of Trump's "coaches", Chris Christie, has been heard to say that Trump was "Too hot."  I wonder what "hot" means, in the parlance of para-Trumpism) say that Trump did poorly.  Only about half of his staunch supporters have been polled as saying that Trump improved his chances of winning the election.

Let's face it:  Trump was dealt some big punches to the waistline these last few years.  But he's president.  He should be able to take it.  But his response to every setback is to come out vaguely blaming some other party, and refusing to take responsibility for making it right, and then, unbelievably, claiming that it has been solved, whatever the problem was.

A lot of people out there do not like how things are going.  They don't like too many foreigners coming into the US, and behaving like they belong here.  (Never mind that they are competent, and do a better job than anyone else, for the price.)  They don't like that Gays are allowed to marry.  (They never saw that when they were kids!)  They don't like it that all the cheap stuff they like to buy is now made in China.  (That's the only way to get it for the little that they're willing to pay for it.)

Think about this.  It is only Chinese manufacturing that enables us poor Americans to strut about sporting iPhones.

Trump tried to play games with China in trade deals.  But he doesn't know enough to play those games properly, and he cannot win.  The fact is that labor is less expensive in China, and we have nothing to counter that ace that they can play anytime.

Americans can make anything that the Chinese can make.  But we're used to being paid more for doing it.  So if we want to have nice things, we must either go to the Chinese, and ask nicely, or save up for longer!  Don't get mad at me; almost everything I own was made in China, and I am suitably embarrassed.

So, if you are confident that these debates are not going to change your mind about voting--or not voting--for Trump, then don't watch them.  The Pence Harris debate might be interesting; at least those individuals are able to obey reasonable rules.  (But Pence has been learning from Trump; perhaps he will convince himself that sometimes it works better to ditch the rules!)  Then Harris will shrug, and ask whether she can be excused, and go home.

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