Able Slays Kaine

“Did you work on that a long time?” That Reaganesque rejoinder from Mike Pence — one of many — effectively put Tim Kaine in his place during a debate that exposed the depths of the Hillary campaign’s demagogic cheapness.

Pence looked like a statesman; Kaine, rudely interrupting him for much of the debate, looked like a clumsy hatchet man and shameless party hack.

Kaine’s labored lines and sweaty lunges contrasted embarrassingly with Pence’s smooth and substantive debate performance. Pence deftly ignored much of Kaine’s immature invective and directed the audience’s attention to Hillary’s failed record and the clear themes of the Trump campaign.

Kaine devoted most of his energy to rattling off his opposition research, much of it too insiderish and transparently canned to impress anyone. Pence, speaking much more slowly and authoritatively, looked directly at the camera (something Kaine never did) and reiterated basic points about Hillary’s tax-and-spend policies and feckless foreign policy. That proved more effective than any point-by-point rebuttal could have. Pence deftly answered the litany of accusations against Trump by noting that Kaine was indulging in the very “insult-driven campaign” he pretended to find so shocking in Trump.

Of course, insufferable pundits, who last week were whining about Trump “taking the bait,” criticized Pence for “not defending Trump” by refusing to take Kaine’s bait. It was a wise choice by Pence, who commanded the debate through his calm re-directing of it back to serious issues. Even the moderator, who never asked Kaine any pointed questions, found his off-topic trivialities and obsession with Trump’s tax returns tiresome enough to correct him at one point and say: “The question was about Aleppo, Senator.”

DJT could only probably get part of that big number taken off each year which is why the #18 keeps popping up.

This year he claimed company income of 900+ million.
He lost 250 million a year giving up his show.

He’s worth 11 billion.
By the time he paid tens of thousands of payrolls, real estate taxes, business taxes and so forth he probably earned 30 billion to pocket the 11 billion even with the 50 million dollar deduction over 18 years.

Make America Great Again

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Selected Trump articles on FR, from 11:15pm yesterday to 3:00pm EDT today, 10/0f/16:
NFL Straw Poll: 21 Of 21 White Players Plan To Vote For Trump –RealGM
Child ‘actor’ reads anti-Trump question during Hillary town hall –AmMirror
Millennials Offer New Hope in the Fight to Reclaim Democracy –Rachel Marsden
Joy Reid: "As a Woman", Kaine’s Presentation "Was Rude to Moderator" –Breitbart
More Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: This Time, They’re Coming for Your Democracy –Yes!Mag
Three Largest Police Unions in Colorado Endorse Donald Trump –PPD
Did DoJ drop charges against arms dealer who could sink Clinton? –Rick Moran
Obama Deputies Drop Criminal Charges: Clinton-Linked Arms Dealer, Libya –Breitbart
UN makes power play against Trump –TheHill
What kind of a person would stay married to a rapist? (video)
EU orders British press NOT to reveal when terrorists are Muslims –ExpressUK
Best-Selling Author Exposes Hillary’s Pay-to-Play [Guilty as Sin] –Townhall
Germany’s Deutsche Bank Rec’d US Bailout 2x as Big as Lehman Bros –WSOP
IRS subjects tea party groups to new scrutiny, publicizes tax return data –WaTi
A Trump victory would 'upset the verdict of history': Allan Lichtman –Yahoo
Obama to NatSec Agencies: Increase Diversity, Train on ‘Bias’ –PJMedia
Discriminating among Immigrants on National Origin Is NOT Unconstitutional –Joel B. Pollak
Trump Used Foundation Funds for 2016 Run, Filings Suggest –RCP
Gaffney: Hillary’s Iran Policy Is ‘Obama Bomb Fraud, Under New Management’ –Breitbart
ISIS Call for Random Knife Attacks: Alleys, Beaches, 'Quiet Neighborhoods' –PJMedia
Gen. Milley: Our Enemies 'Went to School on Us’, Will Test Us in Future –NwsMx
Hillary unveils ultra-exciting superweapon to attract millennials: Al Gore –CFP
Woo hoo!! Our 4th QTR FReepathon is now underway!! –Jim Robinson
Clinton Foundation refiles three years of tax forms –WaEx
Clinton LEAK: Says SCOTUS ‘Wrong’ on 2nd Amendment [Oct ’15] –FrBeacons
Newly Discovered Video of Obama: ‘Saddened Whites Still Superior’ –DailyCaller
DONALD TRUMP/MIKE PENCE PRAYER VIGIL 10/5/16 –FR
Will Illegal Foreign Voters Steal the Election? –Michelle Malkin
White House Watch: Trump Turnaround [regains lead 42-41] –Rasmussen
America Deserves Better; More Importantly, World Deserves Better –John Chuckman
The Top Ten Schools Supporting Terrorists –Frontpage
Debt Tracker: $9 trillion national debt under Obama in less than 8 years –USDOT
LIVE: 2 Trump Rallies 10/5/16 Henderson, NV 11:00am; Reno, NV 3:30pm PT
How Obama's Regulatory Siege Has Killed U.S. Growth –IBD
USC/LA Times Poll: 10/5 -- little change [T 46.5, C 42.9]
In AZ, Mormon Working Mom Explains Why She's Supporting Trump –NPR
How Hillary Clinton Undercut Women in Haiti Apparel Industry –HaitiSentinel
Judicial Watch: FBI Used Redacted Documents to Question Clinton Aides –CNS
Hillary Has NO Recorded Donations to Veteran Groups –LookToTheStars
Pence schools Kaine: holds Hillary accountable –Matthew Vadum
Kaine: Hillary's Russia Reset Would've Worked If Not for Putin –Daniel Greenfield
Mike Pence: A Big Reason to Vote Trump –AmSpectator
Pence shoots down scripted Kaine [70+ interruptions by Kaine] –WND
Chris Matthews: Pence ‘Winner,’ Kaine ‘Desperate’ –LegalInsurr
VP Debate Debrief–Petulant Kaine Exudes Instability –Sundance
After Tim Kaine Flops In VP Debate, New Doubts about Hillary –Breitbart
George Neumayr: Able Slays Kaine –AmSpectator
Trump VP wins debate Tuesday night, say viewers –ArutzSheva
We scored the vice presidential debate and Mike Pence won –LATimes
Kaine Like Evil Crook in Batman Movie [Trump live-tweets debate] –DM
Eric Trump OWNS CNN Panel after VP Debate (video)
'We're going to win this': Eric Trump rallies the troops for his father –PatriotNews
Frank Luntz Focus Group Says One VP Candidate Cearly Won [Pence!] –RSW

I’m sure. I didn’t see the thread but I’ve run across a couple, even one of late. Shoot, one posted a thread a few days ago - In April he said, don’t mind banning me, I’m not staying around anyways.

And he stayed around. Told it directly to JimRob, too.

And then I saw him post a thread.....

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