Robby was encouraged to watch the Presidential Debate by his history teacher. He is a smart kid who is pretty plugged into the issues, so I agreed to allow him to watch. In order to set expectations, we spent our dinner talking about debate rules and the role of each candidate and the moderator. Needless to say, that was a wasted conversation!
Last night we grabbed a cupcake (our special television watching treat) and settled onto the couch to watch the debate. Robby was expecting to see the orderly exchange of ideas and ideologies. What he ended up seeing was little more than a playground scuffle. It was a disgrace.
When the debate was over, neither Robby nor I spoke for several minutes. We both just sat on the couch, silently staring at the television trying to comprehend what we just witnessed. Robby was the first to break the silence. "Well, that was a loud train wreck."
Yep, it was. An absolute train wreck. Last night was the textbook example of what happens when rules are disregarded. Louder does not equate smarter and insults do not indicate a stronger vocabulary. Those are the takeaways from Robby's first Presidential debate.
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