Haley and Christie, Adults In The Room
Last night's GOP debate was a mess.
Some of you said you were not going to watch last night’s debate, so I thought I’d share my opinion. In the past, I have live-drawn it from my television; last night I did not. It was such a chaotic two hours on stage, but that has not stopped me before! I just felt uninspired by the lot, and unsure of the value of live drawing events like this. However, I wish I had. Drawings with key sound-bites, as I try to do, provide a unique take. Next debate, expect to see my live drawings (here is one such debate in 2020 that I drew)
But for now, I share words and a few sketches done before the debate yesterday.
Christie didn’t do himself any harm, but he did not stand out as much as I thought he might. He was there to go after Trump (thanks god someone is), and Trump was not there.
Ramaswamy took a lot of air out of he room through sheer arrogance and white teeth. He loudly bulldozed over his rivals, although they were left standing. He will get a bump out of this, but his positions are Trump-like and scary, as is his lack of experience.
Pence was less milquetoast that I expected, but his santimonious Christianity was too much for me. I think Ron DeSantis got lost in it all, fading into the background with Scott, Hutchinson and Burgum (not to be petty, but how can we elect someone with that last name?)
For me the stand-out was Nikki Haley. She was impressive in her strong show of intellect and moral foreign policy chops. I don’t agree with her stand on abortion, but she seems more moderate than some Republicans on the issue. She displayed a toughness last night, which I know she has but it was good to see her loudly go head-to-head with Ramaswamy and Pence.
One last thing: the audience was so pro-Trump and pro-Ramaswamy, it was disarming. The FOX moderators only once or twice admonished the audience, but they were booing and cheering in a way that was wrong for a debate, I believe.
I will not vote for any of these people, but if I had to, I would would probably vote for Christie or Haley.
More later!
Wonderful drawings. Horrible people. But only two: Christie and Asa refused to pledge to vote for any R even if its tRump. And that show of hands came AFTER the discussion about tfg having stated he will suspend the Constitution if he wins.
So Nikki’s “normalcy” is just a veneer - shes a crackpot trumper who would vote for a president who wants to piss on the Constitution, and on the American people.
If this is the best of American politicians vying to be presidential, God help us.