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Debate: J.D. Vance Defeats Tim Walz, Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan

Posted on | October 1, 2024 | 1 Comment

Tim Walz not answering a question about China

America wanted the answers to two crucial questions:

  1. Is there any politician in America less qualified for high public office than Kamala Harris?

    2. and

  2. Is it possible for debate moderators to be worse than ABC’s David Muir and Linsey Davis?

The answer to both questions is a surprising “yes.” Tim Walz is less qualified than Kamala, and Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan were the worst debate moderators in the history of debate moderators.

It was another three-way gang-up, with the three Democrats (Walz, O’Donnell and Brennan) taking turns hurling accusations at Vance. Every question was either a Democratic Party talking point or, in some cases, a set-up to give Walz a chance to explain away his own various scandals. Like, they asked Walz about changing his gun-control stance, and he does his yada, yada, yada (obviously a rehearsed response) and then — without giving Vance a chance to reply — they moved on to housing.

Then, after Walz gets to do his spin on housing, they go to Vance and then back to Walz, so he can “respond to an allegation” that Vance made about Harris’s immigration policy. This is one example of a pattern that repeated itself throughout the “debate.” Any criticism Vance made of the Biden-Harris administration was labeled by the moderators as an “allegation” to which Walz was then invited to respond.

Give credit to J.D. Vance. He was focused and unflappable, maintaining his poise and stating his points clearly and confidently. Also, Vance is just much better-looking than Walz, which matters a lot on TV, especially when the target audience is confused suburban white women who can’t make up their mind who they want to vote for: “Hey, that guy with the beard has cute blue eyes . . .” That’s a few votes in swing states.



 

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Category: Debates, J.D. Vance, Tim Walz

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One Response to “Debate: J.D. Vance Defeats Tim Walz, Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan”

  1. How Badly Did Tim Walz Lose? : The Other McCain
    October 2nd, 2024 @ 9:23 pm

    […] My first reaction to Tuesday night’s “debate” (scare-quotes necessary because this televised event in no way resembled an actual debate) was focused mainly on how bad Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan were as “moderators” (scare-quotes necessary, etc.), However much you hate the media, you don’t hate them as much as they deserve to be hated. […]