Posted on 08/23/2023 8:26:35 PM PDT by DallasBiff
At the center of the stage, and the center of the debate's hottest exchanges, was a 38-year-old man who no one expected to be there even a few months ago – a novice candidate and technology entrepreneur named Vivek Ramaswamy.
Though he’s well behind Trump, Ramaswamy has crept up in recent polls, leading to his position next to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at center stage. And he quickly showed why when he showcased his ready-for-video, on-message approach, talking about how his poor parents moved to the U.S. and he had the ability to found billion-dollar companies. Mp> Then Ramaswamy tried to show he wasn’t a regular politician and started to throw elbows. At one point he declared “I’m the only person on the stage who isn’t bought and paid for.” He slammed his rivals as “super PAC puppets” who were using “readymade, pre-prepared slogans” to attack him.
He seemed to be betting that primary voters preferred something memorable said to something done. His rivals were having none of it.
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He won the debate according to the Daily Mail poll (yeah, i know it’s the Daily Mail.)
My opinion is:
Vivek is the Classic Trojan Horse.
Try to remember...Barack Hussein Obama.
Ramaswamy is a little smartass.
Thank you.
You are correct. Also a demagogue.
His stock on PREDICTIT actually went down during the debate
Yes, and it clearly showed. Jared q
generated VIVEK-GPT as an oiler, more articulate, less authentic version of himself
“Its only fair to ask Vivek if he really believes in multiple gods and goddesses who affect human behavior.”
Why bother asking? He’d just lie. He’s flip-flopped on so many things he’s said and done in his past, I wouldn’t trust any answer he’d give.
I didn’t watch, but if you’re right how can VR be VP if he isn’t qualified to be POTUS, based on his parents’ citizenship when he was born?
I saw the debate pretty much the same as you, except for Pence, who surprised me with his .. dare I say.. gravitas.
If he read the Constitution, how come he doesn’t know the meaning of natural born citizen?
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The meaning of the term is not as clear as it may seem. Vivek is a U.S. citizen by birth, but ‘naturally born’ is debatable. Only a clarifying Amendment or a Supreme Court decision will definitively answer that question. Objectively, what is important is to judge the candidate’s loyalty to America as well as his parents. In Obama’s case, both his and his parent’s qualities were sorely lacking, and yet the Country twice elected the disloyal SOB. You get what you vote for.
I liked nearly everything DeSantis said, but .. he came across a little whiny saying it IMO. But I want to hear more from him Vivek and Pence for sure.
Because natural born citizen isn’t defined as being born to two citizen parents until the Supreme Court says that’s the definition. The Supreme Court may never do that.
DeSantis was on fire!
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The problem now for DeSantis is that he has cooked his goose with Trump. There is no way in hell he will be Trump’s VP. If he had decided not to run, Trump may have picked him, but no way now.
Ramaswamey is ineligible to be president. Both parents were citizens of india at the time of his birth so all 3 were under the jurisdiction of india. That means he is not a natural born citizen.
You keep dreaming...
Trump - right nickname - wrong guy
It was Pensanctimonious
Hope it sticks to Pence
I believe those came out after the fact, and obama’s has never been proven.
Ramaswamey’s parents weren’t naturalized at the time of his birth. Anyone who thinks democrats won’t attack that and file charges, simply hasn’t been paying attention to their lawsuits against anyone and everyone.
It would cripple a ramaswamey run and every liberal commentator in America would suddenly care about the natural born citizen qualification in the constitution.
THAT would be a BIG, damned mistake!
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