Dear Editor:

Wow – what a different debate we saw last Tuesday! This time the Democratic candidate strode onto the stage, shook her opponent’s hand, introduced herself and wished him a good debate.

The Republican candidate seemed gobsmacked by this gesture and never fully recovered. He failed to answer most of the questions the moderators put to him, offering instead an incoherent word salad studded with lies, describing a world unhinged from where we actually live.  CNN Fact checker Daniel Dale called it “a staggeringly dishonest debate performance … no major presidential candidate before Donald Trump has ever lied with this kind of frequency.”

The Democratic candidate was confident, strong, focused on the future. She cheerfully answered questions directly, offering policies that will invigorate our economy, bolster clean energy, regain reproductive freedom and health, strengthen housing and jobs.  She is committed to improving the lives of all of us, no matter who we are or where we live.

Standing next to her a scowling, angry man whined about the past, called America a failing nation and suggested World War III was about to begin. He told more whoppers about criminals taking over our cities and immigrants eating pets. He failed to say one thing that he will do for the American people because that idea has never occurred to him. Even his allies dubbed his performance a “train wreck” and “a disaster.”  

Clearly, only one candidate on that stage is fit to be President. 

Susan Stedman 

Westport Island