CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 5, 2020
WHEN VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE AND SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS FACE-OFF IN THEIR ONE AND ONLY DEBATE WEDNESDAY IN SALT LAKE CITY, THE TONE IS LIKELY TO BE MUCH DIFFERENT FROM THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL EVENT, AT LEAST IN ONE RESPECT. MIKE PENCE IS A GENTLEMAN WHO TAKES HIS FAITH SERIOUSLY. HARRIS IS A HARD CORE SECULAR PROGRESSIVE WHO MIGHT PLAY ATTACK DOG.
HERE’S MY SUGGESTION FOR PENCE. USE HARRIS’ WORDS ATTACKING BIDEN DURING THE PRIMARY CAMPAIGN AGAINST HER. AND CONTRAST HER IDEOLOGY, NOT HER PERSONALITY, WITH THE TRADITIONS AND VALUES OF THE COUNTRY. HARRIS AND BIDEN WOULD TRANSFORM AMERICA FROM HER FOUNDING PRINCIPLES AND IDEALS INTO A NATION IN WHICH GOVERNMENT, NOT INDIVIDUALS, AND CONTROL, NOT LIBERTY ARE PARAMOUNT.
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE QUOTING THE WORDS OF ONE’S OPPONENT AND FORCING HER TO DEFEND THEM. I HAVE DONE ENOUGH DEBATES OVER THE YEARS TO KNOW THIS IS AN EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUE.
THE DEBATE IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT TO LOOK PRESIDENTIAL. REGARDLESS OF THE ELECTION OUTCOME, PENCE IS AN OBVIOUS CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IN 2024. IF THIS WERE SHOW BUSINESS – AND MUCH OF POLITICS IS – IT WOULD BE CALLED AN “AUDITION.” I’M CAL THOMAS.
