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Tim Walz is rocked by cool JD Vance, admits ‘I’m a knucklehead’ during genial VP debate
The New York Post ^ | 10/02/2024 | Steven Nelson

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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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2024vpdebate; knucklehead; liar; lying; tiananmensquare; vancewalzdebate
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Vance seems to be the only candidate, for vice president or president for that matter, who actually prepared for a debate. All of the other candidates appeared to either be mentally infirmed, emotionally unstable, or just attempted to wing it (hubris).

Based upon last night’s performance, the country will be in good hands if, God forbid, the Democrats assassinate Trump.

1 posted on 10/02/2024 6:36:56 AM PDT by thegagline
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To: thegagline

Walz reminds me of that Doe guy from the Heavens Gate Cult.


2 posted on 10/02/2024 6:38:18 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Polls are designed to sell more ads & polls only. If it's not a horse race the money dries up.)
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To: thegagline

probably the only true statement he spoke all night....................


3 posted on 10/02/2024 6:38:24 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: thegagline

Walz: Biden 2, electric boogaloo.


4 posted on 10/02/2024 6:39:07 AM PDT by BigFreakinToad (just remember the Harris algorithm runs at 3 am.)
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To: thegagline

his only truthful statement of the nite


5 posted on 10/02/2024 6:39:24 AM PDT by joshua c
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

Walz reminds me of that Doe guy from the Heavens Gate Cult.


He looks like the kind of guy who had his testicles removed.


6 posted on 10/02/2024 6:39:32 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: thegagline

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


7 posted on 10/02/2024 6:39:58 AM PDT by albie (U)
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To: thegagline

Because everyone wants a “knucklehead” to be one heartbeat away from the presidency


8 posted on 10/02/2024 6:41:26 AM PDT by kempster (w President of all time.)
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To: thegagline

So I take it Vance knocked Walz out of the “boy’s room.”


9 posted on 10/02/2024 6:42:08 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The Jamaican/Injun "immigration" plan. Dilute and pollute until America is a third world sewer..)
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To: thegagline
— when he seemed to mean victims — ***

Had Vance made that gaffe, the media would not have excused it as they did here.

10 posted on 10/02/2024 6:43:02 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: albie

“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.


11 posted on 10/02/2024 6:45:08 AM PDT by iamgalt
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To: albie
Be humble and admit defeat. It’ll appeal to women.

Women say they like sensitive men. Women lie when they say that. Women like strong, confident men. Vance scored big.

12 posted on 10/02/2024 6:47:04 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)
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Walz reminds me of that Doe guy from the Heavens Gate Cult.

I was thinking Don Rickles. I was waiting for him to call Vance a hockey puck.

13 posted on 10/02/2024 6:47:40 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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Walz reminds me of that Doe guy from the Heavens Gate Cult.

LOL.you nailed it!

Here’s Walz showing the world how big of a fish he caught


14 posted on 10/02/2024 6:49:54 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell in 2024)
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“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.


15 posted on 10/02/2024 6:50:05 AM PDT by albie (U)
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To: Red Badger

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.


16 posted on 10/02/2024 6:50:23 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: albie

Riighht...women want a bird-brained, wuss for company. /sarc Nope, we want the blue-eyed predator with brains.


17 posted on 10/02/2024 6:50:38 AM PDT by madison10
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To: thegagline
Tampon Tim calculatedly did a sleight of hand to divert the world from their rightly saying Walz is a liar--which is already so much "out there"--into the hopefully-affable "knucklehead" moniker.

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!

18 posted on 10/02/2024 6:53:59 AM PDT by rx
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*** 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.


19 posted on 10/02/2024 6:54:11 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: albie

Women like strong, prepared men, too. Men like Vance.


20 posted on 10/02/2024 6:55:35 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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