I listened to the debate a second time. Trump actually did pretty well as did the others. Its the moderators that were embarrassing.
Trump’s comment on Kelly after the debate was in no way offensive; you’d have to be really looking for something to turn this into an issue. And of course they are, they are trying to turn this into the Howard Dean Scream that purportedly knocked him out of the race.
The Howard Dean Scream was entirely a media creation. “They” had decided to replace him with Kerry, and needed a pretext. So they took one exuberant shout and turned it into that pretext, and tellingly, the entire press corps fell into line and repeated the same story endlessly while Kerry was pushed to the front. This was as obviously fake as anything I’ve ever seen, but no one questioned it.
Thats what they are trying to do to Trump. They want him out, they don’t want to talk about his issues or, as I say, the sorry state of the union, and they want him gone. The others they can give the silent treatment, but Trump is too loud to simply shut out so they need to make him gone.
Great analysis.