Walz Vance debate

[Mik]

I was encouraged by how much common ground was identified last night. What sticks with me this morning is the GAO estimates on the respective economic plans.

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in Walz Vance debate:

I was encouraged by how much common ground was identified last night. What sticks with me this morning is the GAO estimates on the respective economic plans.

Wait, what? I didn’t even catch that. There were several collegiate estimates and the Goldman Sachs thing that was walked back. Can you send me something on the GAO estimates.

[George K]

I don't know if this is accurate, but I'll bet it's pretty close:

Hugh Hewitt:

Abortion has now taken a third of a debate after Iran fired 180+ missiles at Iran (sic). Not one question on China, DOD, Ukraine. It's a remarkable abdication by legacy media and the last time GOP should ever agree to left wing media moderating anything.

[LuFins Dad]

His facial expressions throughout the night made him look perpetually hapless, like Don Rickles’s wimpy Lutheran brother, here to nod eagerly at you instead of hurl insults.

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/vance-dominates-walz-in-a-shockingly-substantive-and-polite-debate/

[Horace]

@George-K said in Walz Vance debate:

I don't know if this is accurate, but I'll bet it's pretty close:

Hugh Hewitt:

Abortion has now taken a third of a debate after Iran fired 180+ missiles at Iran (sic). Not one question on China, DOD, Ukraine. It's a remarkable abdication by legacy media and the last time GOP should ever agree to left wing media moderating anything.

Yep, concentrate on the issue everybody knows is a loser for the GOP.

[Renauda]

I watched the whole debate. Several of the issues were the same as to what is being debated in this country. Not surprisingly, Walz is still working his last job. Don’t think it helps him. Not sure about Vance, although he strikes me as a more educated and smoother version of our little P.P., Pierre Poilievre.

Can’t help but think though that Walz too often pulled faces that made himself look like Don Rickles. It was distracting.

[Mik]

He looked alternately puzzled and scared. I'd love to clean him out at the poker table.

[kluurs]

I thought Vance's smile and respectful but challenging demeanor helped him a lot in overcoming some negatives that have been tossed at him.

[George K]

@Mik said in Walz Vance debate:

He looked alternately puzzled and scared. I'd love to clean him out at the poker table.

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in Walz Vance debate:

@Mik said in Walz Vance debate:

He looked alternately puzzled and scared. I'd love to clean him out at the poker table.

LOL!

[Jolly]

@George-K said in Walz Vance debate:

I don't know if this is accurate, but I'll bet it's pretty close:

Hugh Hewitt:

Abortion has now taken a third of a debate after Iran fired 180+ missiles at Iran (sic). Not one question on China, DOD, Ukraine. It's a remarkable abdication by legacy media and the last time GOP should ever agree to left wing media moderating anything.

Abortion > Possible nuclear war.

[LuFins Dad]

@Jolly said in Walz Vance debate:

@George-K said in Walz Vance debate:

I don't know if this is accurate, but I'll bet it's pretty close:

Hugh Hewitt:

Abortion has now taken a third of a debate after Iran fired 180+ missiles at Iran (sic). Not one question on China, DOD, Ukraine. It's a remarkable abdication by legacy media and the last time GOP should ever agree to left wing media moderating anything.

Abortion > Possible nuclear war.

IVF for everyone after the radiation!

[LuFins Dad]

[Jolly]

When Vance's mic was cut, he was trying to explain the use of the CBP app. Walz was wrong in his characterization of that policy.

The idiot moderators at CBS should have let Vance make his point and then allow Walz a short rebuttal. After all, this was a debate and the two were addressing perhaps the largest issue of the campaign.

No, we had to go to climate change, with O'Donnell prefacing her question with opinion stated as fact.

Sheesh...

[Horace]

High status progressive white women and their fierce, unflinching defense of the right side of history. They were morally compelled to do what they did, and they will never make any apologies for it.

[Jolly]

No, they've swam in the Leftist Lake for so long, it's the only political water they recognize.

[George K]

@George-K said in Walz Vance debate:

I don't know if this is accurate, but I'll bet it's pretty close:

Hugh Hewitt:

Abortion has now taken a third of a debate after Iran fired 180+ missiles at Iran (sic). Not one question on China, DOD, Ukraine. It's a remarkable abdication by legacy media and the last time GOP should ever agree to left wing media moderating anything.

It was 10 minutes on abortion.

[Mik]

@George-K yes, about which nothing will be done at the federal level.

[89th]

@Jolly said in Walz Vance debate:

@Horace said in Walz Vance debate:

@LuFins-Dad said in Walz Vance debate:

Do they challenge him on the claim that police died because of January 6th?

He said 140 police officers were beaten.

And many later died.

Yes it's demonstrably true that because of Trump's rhetoric and rally spinning up his supporters, we saw the largest mass assault on law enforcement in US history that day, 140 police officers injured. A few dying within days, not to mention a few MAGA folks dying from heart attacks, one overdose (ok maybe that one isn't related), and one dying after trying to breach a barrier guarded by officers with guns yelling not to break through.

But yes Vance, let's focus on the future.

Kind of feel bad for Vance... he's a solid guy, as @Mik said either of these guys would be better for the job than Trump or Harris, Vance spoke the truth before about Trump only now to have to swallow his integrity so as to gain power. Maybe it's 4D chess where Vance is doing this to become president in 2028 and then implement his principals before he became a Trump sycophant.

I only watched the first 10 minutes, it seems Walz was nervous but got into his groove. It otherwise reminded me of civil debates pre-2016 before the 3rd grader bully invaded the stage.

[Axtremus]

89th wrote:

Kind of feel bad for Vance...

He should have looked at what happened to Pence and learnt from that.