Day three
Spent the earlier part of my day hanging out with my best friend today, which definitely took my mind off of everything that had been happening with my other friends. We visited our old teacher at our high school and just enjoyed ourselves, it was probably the most fun I’ve had in a long time. I also watched some of the Republican debate today, and as a slightly liberal independent, I could partially relate to what was being said. One major complaint that I had was that the whole debate was supposed to be centered around security and the job as commander-in-chief, yet none of the candidates spoke much of what they would do (they might have later on, I didn’t watch the whole debate). There was the stuff that everyone had heard about like blocking refugees, the Great Wall of Trump, and cyber security, but none of the candidates went in depth, they never drew out the definite reason for why they are choosing their specific actions or the impact/consequences to follow. Most of the debate was just saying that another person’s plan was bad or that person X has a contradictory track record to what they are contesting on stage, then there is the female candidate and Ben Carson sitting off to the side giving weak responses when given the opportunity. I agree that politics shouldn’t be a shouting match, but that is what brings attention to the candidates, and if the two that I just mentioned want to have a chance at winning, they need to seem more passionate about what they contest, they are simply boring to listen to and in being so, their ideas are glazed over. That’s purely just opinion though, I simply feel like the ideas itself aren’t the only factor that should win a debate. The ability to draw attention and to be convincing within that are key, and most candidates that I saw could bring attention, but all were too inconsistent to be convincing.