{"id":9759,"date":"2016-10-05T10:03:34","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T14:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=9759"},"modified":"2016-10-05T10:03:34","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T14:03:34","slug":"inspirational-vice-presidential-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/05\/inspirational-vice-presidential-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"That Inspirational Vice Presidential Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night&#8217;s Vice Presidential candidate debate is another proof that the 2016 campaign is the gift that keeps on giving &#8211; at least for cynics.\u00a0 Here are a few tweets and some comments from Facebook &#8211;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another victim of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VPDebate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VPDebate<\/a> &amp; the 2016 prez campaign &#8211; the canard that democracies are naturally peace-loving<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/783660908790870017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m mystified by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timkaine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@timkaine<\/a>&#39;s call for an &quot;intelligence surge.&quot; Obama policies are nitwitted? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VPDebate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VPDebate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/783486162774155264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As a Virginian, I want to point out that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timkaine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@timkaine<\/a> was not raised in Virginia <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VPDebate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VPDebate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/783484279271596034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is there anyone finding <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timkaine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@timkaine<\/a>&#39;s style likeable? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VPDebate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VPDebate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/783478395753598977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timkaine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@timkaine<\/a> has already lost the Eyebrows War in this debate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VPDebate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VPDebate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/783477411950239744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And from Facebook:<br \/>\nMy hunch is that Kaine was not picked as VP for his telegenic ability.<\/p>\n<p>Kaine wants a &#8220;humanitarian zone&#8221; in northern Syria &#8211; ya, by bombing the crap out of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Kaine&#8217;s defense of the Clinton Foundation is the biggest hoot of the election season so far!<\/p>\n<p>Well, so much for the hope that either of the VP candidates would give a damn for the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Replying to a comment raising the age &#038; life expectancy of Trump &#038; Clinton: &#8220;we have to be careful with topic since the media has labeled any speculation on candidates&#8217; health as conspiracy mongering or hate crimes.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night&#8217;s Vice Presidential candidate debate is another proof that the 2016 campaign is the gift that keeps on giving &#8211; 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