President Trump’s Thursday night convention speech making the case for his re-election was lower-rated than his challenger Joe Biden’s speech one week ago, according to overnight Nielsen ratings.  No wonder. It was a long and boring acceptance speech that included a history lesson from someone who most likely never read a history book. Included was a long list of lies and distortions.

The attacks on Joe Biden were to be expected. Donald Trump wants the public to decide between two candidates rather than a referendum on his job performance.

Re-election of a president is a decision based on performance. George H. W. Bush and Jimmy Carter were not re-elected because a majority of Americans decided they had not done a good job.

Trump’s strategy is obvious. Create fear that a Biden presidency will result in chaos in the country and a destruction of the American society.

In other words create FEAR!

This strategy has worked before. Richard Nixon ran as the law and order candidate. George H. W. Bush used the same tactic against Michael Dukakis.

I am opposed to Donald Trump because
1) He refuses to honor the laws and the constitution.
2) He is a racist.
3) He has made our allies into enemies.
4) He admires dictators.
5) He has branded the press as “the enemy of the people.”

Mild mannered and moderate Joe Biden will have a difficult time responding to Trump’s daily attacks.

The corona virus is killing thousands of people and the economy is in shambles. Biden’s response should be the question asked by Ronald Reagan in the October 28, 1980 presidential debate “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?”