KAINE AND ABLE

Before the debate, I was predicting that Mike Pence would outperform Tim Kaine. That was an easy prediction. But I never dreamed it would be this bad. This was definitely the most one-sided debate I have ever seen. Mike Pence won in every way possible.

No pundit is even pretending that Kaine won this puppy. Instead they are desperately hoping that MSM fact checking will miraculously grasp victory from the jaws of defeat. The fact checking is idiotic. For example Kaine said that Trump wants more nations to have nuclear weapons and Pence said that is not true. The MSMS considers this to be a lie by Pence; but is it? Only an idiot would believe that Trump really wants more countries to have nuclear weapons. This is a classic example of word parsing by the MSM grossly distorting the context. What Trump actually said was that if countries like Iran had nuclear weapons he would have no problems with countries like Japan getting them too. Trump was dealing with the reality that the Obama administration has paved the way for Iran to get nuclear weapons. Numerous experts have agreed that if Iran gets a nuclear weapon, other countries will demand that they too get nuclear weapons. How, exactly, could we tell them no? This is not a desire by Trump to see more nuclear weapons; it is only a rational response to the problem created by the stupidity of the Obama administration. The New York Post called this “remarkably disingenuous and dishonest.” In reality it was the New York Post that was “remarkably disingenuous and dishonest.

Kaine also pointed out that both Pence and Trump said Vladimir Putin was a stronger leader than Barack Obama. The MSM says that Pence denied that. But contrary to MSM spin, Pence did not deny that, he just pointed out the significant difference between “strong” and “good.” The MSM can’t grasp the concept. Most unbiased people don’t have that problem. When Trump said Putin was a stronger leader than Obama, he was just reporting the facts. Putin is a stronger and more effective leader than Obama. Trump never hinted that Putin was a good leader or anything resembling our friend.  If someone had asked FDR if Adolph Hitler was a strong leader, he would have said yes. Few would accuse him of praising Hitler.

Normally a Vice Presidential debate does not matter. But this year a whole lot of people hate both candidates. A majority of people hate Hillary Clinton and a majority of people hate Donald Trump. Very few people are thrilled with having to vote for either one. So what happens if you can’t bring yourself to vote for either Presidential Candidate? You can’t vote for Gary Johnson, because that would be insane. Perhaps I am wrong, but I suspect that a lot of people will make their decision based on the VP candidate. Normally that would be absurd, but this year, that actually makes sense. Either VP could end up being President of the United States, sooner rather than later. If people are equally disgusted with both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump they may just make their choice based on who is second in line.

In the meantime, Kaine clearly bombed and since this was the only VP debate, he has no opportunity to redeem himself. If you watched this debate with a shred of objectivity there was only one person on that stage that looked remotely qualified to be Commander in Chief. There was Kaine and there was Pence is actually looked Able. Perhaps Kaine really isn’t this stupid and he just fell on his sword for Hillary. Regardless of why, he was just plain awful. Even the liberal Democratic pundits admitted that Pence wiped the floor with him.

Before the debate, I was predicting that Mike Pence would outperform Tim Kaine. That was an easy prediction. But I never dreamed it would be this bad. This was definitely the most one-sided debate I have ever seen. Mike Pence won in every way possible.

No pundit is even pretending that Kaine won this puppy. Instead they are desperately hoping that MSM fact checking will miraculously grasp victory from the jaws of defeat. The fact checking is idiotic. For example Kaine said that Trump wants more nations to have nuclear weapons and Pence said that is not true. The MSMS considers this to be a lie by Pence; but is it? Only an idiot would believe that Trump really wants more countries to have nuclear weapons. This is a classic example of word parsing by the MSM grossly distorting the context. What Trump actually said was that if countries like Iran had nuclear weapons he would have no problems with countries like Japan getting them too. Trump was dealing with the reality that the Obama administration has paved the way for Iran to get nuclear weapons. Numerous experts have agreed that if Iran gets a nuclear weapon, other countries will demand that they too get nuclear weapons. How, exactly, could we tell them no? This is not a desire by Trump to see more nuclear weapons; it is only a rational response to the problem created by the stupidity of the Obama administration. The New York Post called this “remarkably disingenuous and dishonest.” In reality it was the New York Post that was “remarkably disingenuous and dishonest.

According to the MSM Kaine also pointed out that both Pence and Trump said Vladimir Putin was a stronger leader than Barack Obama and Pence lied when he denied that.  But contrary to MSM spin, Pence did not deny that, he just pointed out the significant difference between “strong” and “good.” The MSM can’t grasp the concept. Most unbiased people don’t have that problem. When Trump said Putin was a stronger leader than Obama, he was just reporting the facts. Putin is a stronger and more effective leader than Obama. Trump never hinted that Putin was a good leader or anything resembling our friend.  If someone had asked FDR if Adolph Hitler was a strong leader, he would have said yes. Few would accuse him of praising Hitler.

Normally a Vice Presidential debate does not matter. But this year a whole lot of people hate both candidates. A majority of people hate Hillary Clinton and a majority of people hate Donald Trump. Very few people are thrilled with having to vote for either one. So what happens if you can’t bring yourself to vote for either Presidential Candidate? You can’t vote for Gary Johnson, because that would be insane. Perhaps I am wrong, but I suspect that a lot of people will make their decision based on the VP candidate. Normally that would be absurd, but this year, that actually makes sense. Either VP could end up being President of the United States, sooner rather than later. If people are equally disgusted with both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump they may just make their choice based on who is second in line.

In the meantime, Kaine clearly bombed and since this was the only VP debate, he has no opportunity to redeem himself. If you watched this debate with a shred of objectivity there was only one person on that stage that looked remotely qualified to be Commander in Chief. There was Kane, and Pence is actually looked Able. Perhaps Kaine really isn’t this stupid and he just fell on his sword for Hillary. Regardless of why, he was just plain awful. Even the liberal Democratic pundits admitted that Pence wiped the floor with him.

TDM