PONNURU: ‘Clowns, fools’ mark a debate with only lowlights
By Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg Opinion (TNS) Some political debates have highlights. The first presidential debate this year had only lowlights. Joe Biden called President Donald Trump “a clown.” Trump said Biden wasn’t smart. Biden said Trump “has been a fool.” And on it went, in what must have been the nastiest presidential debate in U.S. history. The most common word in the transcript will be “(crosstalk).”