Tonight's Presidential Debate

Yup. And yes Vance was crippled by moderators. And prevailed resoundingly nevertheless.

Good analysis here....

(1) Victor Davis Hanson on X: "Debate Postmortem J.D. Vance, as anticipated, easily won the debate on demeanor, facts, and analysis. But in fairness to a sometimes herky-jerky and nervous Tim Walz, he had the harder task of defending the temporary make-over of Harris, her co-culpability for the last" / X

Debate Postmortem

J.D. Vance, as anticipated, easily won the debate on demeanor, facts, and analysis. But in fairness to a sometimes herky-jerky and nervous Tim Walz, he had the harder task of defending the temporary make-over of Harris, her co-culpability for the last three-and-a-half-years of the Biden disaster, and her unwillingness to implement her supposedly “change” agenda in the last months of her vice-presidential tenure.

The moderators, Nora O’Donnell, and, especially, Margaret Brennan, also as expected, ganged up on Vance. The had learned nothing, and forgot nothing from the last disastrous, and biased debate moderators—now proving the wisdom of Donald Trump’s refusal to do any more network debates other than on Fox.

The two moderators shamelessly broke their own rules by fact-checking (wrongly and solely) Vance.

They ignored questions of the administration’s reactions to Hurricane Helene, the Ukraine war, the recent Trump assassination attempts, or crime, while only briefly touching on Iran and a Middle East on the brink of total war.

Instead, they concentrated, as also expected, on climate change, abortion, health care, and childcare. All were issues they thought might more easily embarrass Vance. And, of course, as also expected, the two ended the debate pressing Vance on January 6.

And yet Vance again won decisively. In doing so, he dispelled the smear that he was somehow “mean”, when, in fact, he proved calm and magnanimous as he dissected Walz.

The nation perhaps learned that Trump selected him to articulate his MAGA positions, and perhaps in a manner superior to Trump’s own.

In contrast, Harris picked Walz. assuming he would not upstage her and perhaps by his limitations would make her look more competent in comparison.

The debate will give some momentum to Trump-Vance in the last month of the campaign. It follows the lethargic Biden-Harris reaction to Hurricane Helene, whose toll in human life and property had been initially and vastly ignored by the media. It follows the growing specter of a theater-wide Middle East war, as Israel faces off against Iran and its appendages (all empowered after 2020 by Biden-Harris). It follows the chaos of a longshoremen’s strike intended to shut down the country. And it follows Harris’s continued inability to survive serial soft-ball interviews without her memorized and banal answers.

As a result, the slow hemorrhaging of Harris-Walz will likely still continue in the last month of the election.

Very telling that Vance wouldn't answer the question of whether Trump lost the 2020 election. He only complained that he was being "attacked." So we see How Vance thinks: questions are attacks. The Donald does the same thing, like the time he complained Lesley Stahl was attacking him and he walked off the 60 Minutes interview. That seems to be the theme of their campaign: Mean ol' Democrats are attacking us, vote for me.

Over 60% of Americans believe the audits after the election had been certified proved Trump won Georgia, Arizona, and Pennsylvania....giving him the win.

People believe a lot of things. JD Vance and Donald Trump have a stake in them continuing to believing it.

There have been audits....real audits and currently several court cases concerning this matter with verified proof of fraud with names and identities of who, how, and when the fraud was committed.

It's been all over the news. How have you not seen it?

There's a huge case going on in GA with Governor Kemp at the moment.

https://x.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1841839818809974876

https://x.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1841839818809974876

There have been audits....real audits and currently several court cases concerning this matter with verified proof of fraud with names and identities of who, how, and when the fraud was committed.

It's been all over the news. How have you not seen it?

There's a huge case going on in GA with Governor Kemp at the moment.

The governing powers know all of this. Evidently election fraud is a desired component that they do not want to abandon.

Insane. And remember.........most civilized nations have air-tight election protocols. Not the USSA tho.

People believe a lot of things. JD Vance and Donald Trump have a stake in them continuing to believing it.