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Posted on 09/30/2024 3:19:25 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Before he was known to the nation as an affable Midwestern dad and a vice-presidential nominee, Tim Walz was a fast-talking political long shot in an ill-fitting suit, spoiling, in his Minnesotan way, for a debate-stage fight.
As he stood next to his opponent — a crisply dressed six-term Republican congressman — Mr. Walz, a teacher by training, offered viewers a stark contrast at that 2006 debate, hosted by KSMQ-TV. Mr. Walz cast their choice as one between a political insider focused on “moving up in elected office” and the alternative he said he represented: “I live in the world that most of you live in.”
Nearly two decades later, Mr. Walz is the one who has moved up in elected office, rising from congressman to governor and now, Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate. He is set to face Senator JD Vance of Ohio, former President Donald J. Trump’s running mate, in a high-profile debate on Tuesday.
Mr. Walz and his allies have tried to set expectations high for Mr. Vance, emphasizing his Yale Law School credentials. And Mr. Vance is a practiced verbal pugilist who seems to delight in combative exchanges on cable news and Sunday morning shows.
But a review of a half-dozen recorded debates over Mr. Walz’s career makes clear that while the camo-wearing, car-tinkering man from Mankato may not be his party’s most stirring speaker, he is in fact a seasoned debater himself.
He is capable of both delivering punchy criticisms and exuding the Everyman appeal that helped propel him to the Democratic ticket — it was Mr. Walz, after all, who memorably branded the Trump-Vance ticket as “weird.” At times, though, Mr. Walz has been knocked off-kilter, too...
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I think Vance is going to destroy him.
He’s [Walz are closing in] is a Commie, Jim.
We all know who the Weirdo is....
Mr. Vance should ask Walz about the smell of burning tires, and if it turns it on as much as it does his wife.
The “weird” meme never stuck with Vance and in fact bounced right back on Walz, who is definitely the weirdest VP nominee we’ve had since Edmund Muskie.
I would not underestimate Walz’s ability to generate soundbites for consumption by independents and undecideds.
I suspect we will all think Vance will mop the floor with the goofball. But Walz is off the wall and a bit of a wild card.
The CCP will be watching their boy Tampon Tim.
“exuding the Everyman appeal “
because the NYSlimes knows a lot about every man appeal
In their dreams.
Vance is going to destroy him in the debate.
I think they are setting the tone so later they can say they predicted his abominable showing as skilled debate tactics.
I somewhat agree. Like you I think they’re lowering the expectations, but IMHO it’s so they can say that Tampon Tim did better than expected.
Yeah. There’s certainly some reason they are doing it. The left doesn’t do something for no reason, even if it doesn’t make any sense.
So do I.
Here’s hoping.
Just keep calling him Tampon Tim.
There have been recent news accounts stating that Waltz is fraught with fear at the prospect of facing Vance
in the upcoming debate. Now THAT story seemed to wreak as a fake plant story for the express purpose of trying to lower expectations for Waltz and indirectly trying to position Waltz as the David facing Goliath.
While I am completely confident in Vance, I have no doubt Waltz is a capable speaker. The only question in my mind is how the corrupt MSM will put their thumb on the debate scale.
NY Times follows their endorsement of Kamala with a cheerleader piece for this con man clown.
They had a similar article about what they claim they learned about Vance’s old debates.
They are definitely setting the atmosphere and trying to shape people’s expectations and opinions beforehand.
Oh, God.
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