CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 4, 2024
“VANCE’S DOMINANT PERFORMANCE SHOWS WHY HE’S TRUMP’S RUNNING MATE.” SO SAYS ROSS DOUTHAT OF THE LIBERAL NY TIMES ABOUT THE TUESDAY NIGHT DEBATE BETWEEN J.D. VANCE AND TIM WALZ.
IT WASN’T EVEN CLOSE. VANCE HAD POISE, LIKEABILITY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY CREDIBILITY AS HE OUT- PERFORMED WALZ, WHO APPEARED CONFUSHED AND OVERMATCHED AT TIMES.
REMEMBER THAT HILLARY CLINTON’S UNLIKEABILITY WAS KEY TO HER DEFEAT IN 2016. A WALL STREET JOURNAL EDITORIAL SAID THE TWO VP CANDIDATES OUTPERFORMED THEIR RUNNING MATES, TRUMP AND HARRIS. VANCE SEEMED AT COMPLETE EASE WHILE WALZ STRUGGLE TO EXPLAIN LIES AND WHAT WAS IN LEGISLATION HE SIGNED GUARANTEEING ABORTION UNTIL THE MOMENT OF DELIVERY. IN FACT, EIGHT BABIES BORN ALIVE DUE TO BOTCHED ABORTIONS WERE ALLOWED TO DIE DURING WALZ’S TIME AS GOVERNOR.
ALONG WITH HARRIS’REFUSAL TO HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE OR TO BE QUESTIONED BY A SERIOUS JOURNALIST, THE HARRIS-WALZ TICKET MAY BE IN TROUBLE. THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE PUT ANOTHER LEAK IN THEIR SHIP. WHEN A COLUMNIST FROM THE ULTRA-LIBERAL NY TIMES SAYS THAT VANCE WAS THE CLEAR WINNER THERE ISN’T MUCH ARGUMENT LEFT. WILL IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? WE’LL KNOW SOON. I’M CAL THOMAS.
