{"id":24098,"date":"2016-10-07T06:20:06","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T13:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=24098"},"modified":"2016-10-07T06:20:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T13:20:06","slug":"friday-fun-recap-of-vp-debate-via-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/07\/friday-fun-recap-of-vp-debate-via-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun: Recap of VP Debate via Tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether you agree with the pundits who characterized this week’s Vice-President Debate as the “Thrilla in Vanilla”<\/em> featuring bland-to-bland combat<\/em> or not, it’s the only time (thank God!) we’ll have to put up with Pence’s pitiful prevarications on primetime TV.  (Whatever else you may think of Pence, you’ve got to hand it to him – the man can lie with the same aplomb as his running mate.  Although it appears he may even be denying that Trump IS<\/em><\/strong> his running mate based on his lack of knowledge – or willful ignorance.)<\/p>\n

To let you know up front what my take on the evening, I’ll tell you right now how I’d score the debate:<\/p>\n

Style<\/em><\/strong> – Pence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Substance<\/em><\/strong> – Kaine<\/strong><\/p>\n

Evening’s Winner<\/em><\/strong> – Folks who watched anything<\/u><\/em> else<\/strong><\/p>\n

So what did the “Twitterverse”<\/em> have to say about the night?  It was the common consensus that Kaine’s incessant interruptions were a distraction that undermined his clear superior command of the facts – and I’d agree with that.  But “Liar, Liar Pence<\/strong> on Fire”<\/em> wanton and repeated denial of easily verifiable facts also produced the consensus that while Pence may have won the evening, Kaine won the morning. <\/p>\n

Facts and truth have a way of doing that – at least we hope so!<\/p>\n

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Pence laughs dismissively every time Kaine quotes an outrageous Trump quote.<\/p>\n

It's increasingly clear he just doesn't want to defend Trump.<\/p>\n

— Mo Elleithee (@MoElleithee) October 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n