“ 'Perception is reality.”
"And when it comes to the first debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, “perception” favors the former veep.
"He stayed on his feet. He was lucid. He had good prepared lines on his sons and other matters. He talked into the camera effectively.
"Meanwhile, Trump was a bully. Interrupting and talking over Biden and moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News. Out-of-bounds in his attacks on Biden’s son and his drug addiction. Turning the event what one CNN commentator surprisingly called a “s—. show.”
"Winner: Not-As-Sleepy-as-Usual Joe.
"Well, here’s one long-time communications practitioner’s response to that whole line of argument.
"To put it politely, bullcrap.
"Perception is not reality. Reality is reality. You just have to make sure people know about it.
"And the reality is that Donald Trump wiped the debate floor with Biden and his plugged pate.
"The president was admittedly not at his best. He too often failed to accomplish his most important job for the evening: underscore his many accomplishments as chief executive and paint a visionary picture of the next four years, while contrasting Biden’s wild and expensive schemes.
"When Wallace gave him a shot to explain why he should get four more years in the job rather than turn it over to his opponent (the basic question Teddy Kennedy flubbed in his famous interview with Roger Mudd), Trump once again missed the opportunity to point to his slam-bang second-term agenda and repeat his pronouncement that the “best is yet to come.”
"But the president clearly did have a strategy, one that recalls the famed statement first attributed to Finley Peter Dunne’s wise-cracking Irishman, Mr. Dooley, “politics ain’t beanbag.”
"His obvious plan: rattle Biden into making mistakes. Trump forced the Delawarean into a number of indefensible and outright untrue statements (that will never be reviewed by the “fact-checkers” who once again dug into the president)." . . .
Joe Biden Shushes ‘Clown’ Donald Trump: ‘Would You Shut Up, Man?’ . . . "Trump interrupting Biden was a theme throughout the entire debate Tuesday night, with both candidates showing frustration.
"The same was true of moderator Chris Wallace.
"Who won the debate is a topic that will continue to be discussed, but even many Trump supporters did not believe the President did himself many favors by constantly cutting in to Biden’s speaking time.
"The next presidential debate is scheduled for October 15th."
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