Monday, September 26, 2016

A pretty "good" rant about a pretty "good" debate, I guess

Let's jump right in. Immediately after the debate, it seemed that the majority was saying that Clinton overpowered her opponent while Trump was somewhat weak and lacking. I disagree with this, to an extent. Like some of the other reporters were saying, I think Trump had a good opening. From the very first question about creating jobs, Trump had some strong points that overpowered Clintons. Something that really bothered me about Clinton's answer was when she talked about taxes. Particularly increasing the tax for the wealthy which will, in turn, pay for expenses of the lower classes like college debt. This, however, doesn't solve any problems, only creates more. Making the rich pay more to pay for the lower classes takes away a key element of why America is a great country. A country where you can work hard, and with your hard work you can become successful and be that wealthy class, feeling good about your accomplishments, but what Hillary wants to do only makes a generation of lazy people. For example, Why should students put any motivation into college, getting a job or career etc. when everything is already paid for them. People need to work hard for their accomplishments rather than it being paid for them when times get tough. As I said earlier, I think Trump had a strong debate, but to an extent. Shortly after the first half of the debate, maybe even less some say, he started to fall, and I think this is where Clinton's political experience really shined. Even some issues that she answered poorly, Trump didn't have anything of significance to exploit her either. When the issue of race came up, Clinton talked very heavily about the police, making little indications that it could be the people's fault, but just the police. I think Trump could have been daring and addressed that, but he didn't, instead he talked about something different which was, like many of his other answers, still weak and in some instances off topic. The fact is Hillary was calm and collected and knew how to answer each question, as well as bait her opponent, which was very successful. I think Trump really could have shined in this debate, but he was too caught up in defending himself against little remarks Clinton would make towards him. Occasionally he would rise back up, but only to fall down again to Clinton's superiority. Trump has the potential to be great, but this debate really showed who has more experience. Clinton was on the offense for the majority of the time while Trump was stuck under her foot, defending himself against her rather than building on his own opinions as well as exploiting "Secretary Clinton's." 

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