1. The only purpose of a presidential debate is to hear the candidates "make their points".
2. We should simply trust John (and presumably his friends at the New York Times and others of their ilk) that Trump would only roar, scream, ridicule, and name-call and that Biden would "try" to make his points. (John subtly implies that the only reason he might not succeed in making his points would be Trump's disruptive behavior.)
In fact:
1. There are many other reasons to have a presidential debate, including to see for ourselves how the candidates comport themselves and, particularly in this contest, to see how mentally sharp they appear to be.
2. We should not trust John and the others to simply tell us how the debate would go and what we would and would not glean from it.
John claims:
1. The only purpose of a presidential debate is to hear the candidates "make their points".
2. We should simply trust John (and presumably his friends at the New York Times and others of their ilk) that Trump would only roar, scream, ridicule, and name-call and that Biden would "try" to make his points. (John subtly implies that the only reason he might not succeed in making his points would be Trump's disruptive behavior.)
In fact:
1. There are many other reasons to have a presidential debate, including to see for ourselves how the candidates comport themselves and, particularly in this contest, to see how mentally sharp they appear to be.
2. We should not trust John and the others to simply tell us how the debate would go and what we would and would not glean from it.