Posted on 10/02/2024 6:36:56 AM PDT by thegagline
Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stunned watchers of Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate as he nervously fidgeted, frowned and even called himself a “knucklehead” — while his Republican counterpart, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, gave a steady and lawyerly presentation and was widely seen as the victor.
*** Walz still seemed nervous an hour later, declaring “I’ve become friends with school shooters” — when he seemed to mean victims — ***
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The Democrat stumbled again, in what will be the most replayed moment of the debate, when he was asked about fresh reporting that he lied about having been in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square massacre in the spring of 1989.
“Look, I will be the first to tell you I have poured my heart into my community,” Walz said in a rambling initial response. “I’ve tried to do the best I can, but I’ve not been perfect, and I’m a knucklehead at times, but it’s always been about that those same people elected me to Congress for 12 years.”
*** “Dems are fortunate presidential debates tend to matter a lot more than VP debates,” wrote Dave Wasserman, senior editor and elections analyst at the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.
“Walz looks rusty and nervous. Maybe he should have done some press interviews to better prepare,” tweeted Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin — noting the relative sparsity of Walz’s media engagements. *** Veteran political commentator Chris Cillizza, formerly of CNN and MSNBC, wrote toward the end: “Vance is winning the debate. He is clearly the best debater of the 4 candidates running for president or vice president. His abortion answer/pivot was masterful. Walz has been fine — but uneven. His answer on the lie that he was in China during Tiananmen Square was AWFUL.”
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Based upon last night’s performance, the country will be in good hands if, God forbid, the Democrats assassinate Trump.
Walz reminds me of that Doe guy from the Heavens Gate Cult.
probably the only true statement he spoke all night....................
Walz: Biden 2, electric boogaloo.
his only truthful statement of the nite
Walz reminds me of that Doe guy from the Heavens Gate Cult.
He looks like the kind of guy who had his testicles removed.
No, no! You’re so much more than a “knucklehead”. That said, he was coached to take the “aw shucks” route. Be humble and admit defeat. It’ll appeal to women
Because everyone wants a “knucklehead” to be one heartbeat away from the presidency
So I take it Vance knocked Walz out of the “boy’s room.”
Had Vance made that gaffe, the media would not have excused it as they did here.
“That said, he was coached to take the “aw shucks” route“
Exactly everything these people do is calculated strategy. Go humble and vulnerable to appeal to the women.
Women say they like sensitive men. Women lie when they say that. Women like strong, confident men. Vance scored big.
I was thinking Don Rickles. I was waiting for him to call Vance a hockey puck.
LOL.you nailed it!
Here’s Walz showing the world how big of a fish he caught
“Women say they like sensitive men. Women lie when they say that. Women like strong, confident men. Vance scored big”
…agree 100%. What other choice did Tamp Tim have? They can lie and say he mopped the floor with JD. But that is waaay off base.
He was not prepared for the moderator’s question. Undoubtedly somewhere along the way he’d been assured that it wouldn’t be posed. He stumbled and BS’d for a minute, blurted knucklehead then meekly uttered the words “mis spoke.”
His mistake was in thinking that he could debate on lies about Trump and his record. However, he was debating Vance and he forgot. A deadly mistake.
Riighht...women want a bird-brained, wuss for company. /sarc Nope, we want the blue-eyed predator with brains.
Instead, Timmy PROVED himself a liar, as everyone could read between the lines!
Everyone may know this question got all kinds of attention behind the scenes in preparation for the debate and this is the best posing the Dem handlers could come up with.
VICTORY IS SWEET!
*** Based upon last night’s performance, the country will be in good hands if, God forbid, the Democrats assassinate Trump.***
You know, I’ve been trying to figure out how there can be any undecided voters before yesterday, and it came to me that there may be some who don’t particularly like Harris/Walz but don’t much like Trump’s demeanor either.
This debate showed that Vance is a way better VP choice than Walz is, and that if Donald Trump is “too old” for some, at least they can rest assured that Vance will be ready if something does happen to Trump.
He’s prepared. Not just for a debate, but for whatever comes his way. Kinda like a Boy Scout. Or a Marine.
Women like strong, prepared men, too. Men like Vance.
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