(#5700) Big moment this evening

      This time in space for me is surreal. We are actually talking about an election with a criminal and a prosecutor. With the outcome still in doubt by many. It is insane to me that this is even happening, much like a nightmare, yet it is. The republican party is to blame for this since they have protected their criminal from more serious harm by manipulating and ignoring reality. For some demented reason they felt that their criminal was a better candidate than any other they had. Which for me is not surreal in that I have always felt that the republican party could only attract the worst types of human beings into its ideology.
     The republican party is more attuned to those who have no empathy, no ability to accept fault, nor the capacity to change when presented with logical facts. They tend toward psychopathy instead of compassion. They don't see everyone as equal, which is the evidence for their inherent racism by proxy. They can explain away their disregard for equality with a formula of bias and prejudice wrapped around a cross and a flag. There is no changing of their minds since they have no other way of thinking. So tonight when logic is used to define policies there won't be many republicans who will be able to follow. They have their talking points and that is all they need. We democrats are not like that and will nuance all manner of changes in analysis into our calculations.
     What I suspect the debate will hinge on is behavior. The republican will showcase his bully aspects and attempt to make the democrat cower to him. That is his goal for the evening and if he gets it he may well put his stamp on this election. If he doesn't then the democrat will have a free run to the end with the republican unable to prove he is king making material. The logic of policy will be on display but the reactions of the candidates will likely dictate the outcome, not their intellectual conclusions. It is a sad state that we find ourselves in where the hunger games is the test not the best interests of all Americans.