August 29, 2024
JD Vance Is Crushing It As Trump's Running Mate
by Kurt Schlichter
Townhall.com
I have to say that I'm liking JD Vance – in fact, he's killing it. Now, I've always liked the guy. I've met him a couple of times and he's not a stiff. He’s a normal human being, as one would expect from an Ohioan (I am one too, despite my California residence for the last half-century). He doesn't have that weird vibe you get from a lot of politicians, that if they take off their suit they'll disappear. The Democrats may think he's weird, or at least claim he is, but that's only because they are weirdos. JD doesn't think that women can become men, nor does he think that socialism is the answer, nor does he create elaborate reasons for dodging his duty – when duty called, JD Vance, unlike Tim Walz, didn't let it go to voicemail. He’s normal. Like us.
Ignore the haters. JD Vance is crushing it as Trump's running mate.
I thought Glenn Youngkin had some advantages over him as far as bringing in regular folks and maybe putting Virginia in play. And while Glenn Youngkin may have been a good advocate, we know JD Vance has been one. Did you see him on the regime media during the last couple weeks? He gets it. He understands how to present himself as a calm, rational, normal person with a mastery of the facts. He also understands what the regime media's job is – not to report the news but to support Democrats and attempt to undermine any arguments the Republicans make. Look what the ridiculous Kristen Welker tried Kamala on the border issue – JD turned her cheesy denial of Kamala's border czar status around on her. It was rhetorical judo, and he got the win.
Nor does JD walk into predictable ambushes. When Welker decided it was important enough to ask him at least two or three questions about cat ladies, JD Vance basically laughed her off. No, he wasn't going to admit he regretted it. He shouldn't regret it. He was absolutely right to lambaste those ridiculous harridans. But he ended up turning it into a big nothing. Welker tried to pin him down, but he wouldn't let her.
Now, there's a theory that you attack a political opponent's strengths, targeting what they put forward as their primary arguments for voting for them. That cheesy French-looking weasel, John Kerry, decided to portray himself as a Vietnam hero, so it was devastating when his own comrades eviscerated him over his inflated war record and his disgraceful betrayal of his fellow troops when he got home following his short tour in 'Nam. That's kind of what they've tried to do with JD Vance. They've tried to hit all his primary attributes. They tried to hit his normality by calling him weird, though the party of men who dress as women and steal luggage probably shouldn't be calling anybody else weird. They hit his military record, but that flopped because he never inflated what he did. He showed up, did his job, and that's it. Walz couldn't even do that, the piece of crap. Then they tried to make him into some sort of demonic lunatic, and his calm, rational, and reasonable demeanor totally undercuts it. If you're going to strike at the king, you better hit, and if you're going to go at someone's strengths, you better take them down or you're just going to remind everybody about his strengths.
http://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2024/08/29/jd-vance-is-crushing-it-as-trumps-running-mate-n2644011
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