CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 1, 2024
WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT AND EVEN HOPE FOR IN TONIGHT’S DEBATE BETWEEN REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE J.D. VANCE AND DEMOCRATIC VP CANDIDATE TIM WALZ?
IT WOULD BE NICE TO HEAR A DEBATE ABOUT REAL ISSUES, LIKE WHAT AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECORD INFLATION, HIGH MORTGAGE RATES AND ESPECIALLY THE OPEN BORDER THAT HAS LED TO 100 THOUSAND FENTANYL DEATHS AND AN INCREASE IN CRIME.
MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, WE WILL GET SOME OF THAT, BUT HAVING WATCHED MANY OF THESE SO-CALLED “DEBATES” I FEAR WE WILL GET REHEARSED SOUNDBITES AND ATTEMPTS TO TRAP THE OTHER CANDIDATE. SO LOOK FOR WALZ TO BRING UP VANCE’S CLAIM THAT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS ARE EATING PETS IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO AND VANCE TO MENTION WALZ’S ORDERING TAMPONS PUT IN BOY’S RESTROOMS IN MINNESOTA.
GONE ARE THE DAYS WHEN POLITICIANS SOUGHT AND ACHIEVED SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. NOW IT’S ALL ABOUT GAINING AND KEEPING POWER. REMEMBER, IF A PROBLEM IS SOLVED, POLITICIANS NO LONGER HAVE THAT ISSUE TO RUN ON. IT’S CYNICAL, ISN’T IT? AND YET WE KEEP VOTING FOR THEM, HOPING AGAINST HOPE FOR CHANGE. WATCH TONIGHT’S DEBATE AND SEE IF ANYTHING CHANGES. I’M CAL THOMAS.