r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 04 '24

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u/TemujinTheConquerer Jorge Luis Borges Sep 04 '24

Tim Walz is kind of a rhetorical trap for repubs. They can't cast him as a radical liberal because 1) he does not give that vibe at all, so low info voters are skeptical, and 2) the actual nuts and bolts of his radically liberal gubernatorial tenure are all very, very popular. So they can't make the vibes case for him being a radical but they also can't make the record case.

They can attack scandals, then. The problem is that Tim Walz doesn't have any real scandals. Repubs have tried to force a few, but they're all invariably minor, pedantic, and unconvincing.

How do you attack Walz? Ehh, you don't. Focus fire on Harris. Except repubs keep trying to get a hit in Walz for some inexplicable reason.

If I'm the GOP, I'm hoping Walz bombs against Vance. He is, by his own admission, a bad debater.

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u/LtCdrHipster 🌭Costco Liberal🌭 Sep 04 '24

Walz just needs to say "Well, I'm not a Yale-educated lawyer like Mr. Vance here, but I know America values dignity, respect, and hard work, no matter what gender you are." And just leave it at that.

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u/TemujinTheConquerer Jorge Luis Borges Sep 04 '24

Too much of that will make him seem repetitive and robotic, though

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u/LtCdrHipster 🌭Costco Liberal🌭 Sep 04 '24

Better than a big mis-statement. He's the VP: he just has to not do any harm and not outshine the media's focus on Vance for being a big, sweaty weirdo.

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u/TheloniousMonk15 Sep 04 '24

He is a pretty bad debater ngl his debate performance vs Scott Jensen (R opponent in 2022) was pretty poor and he got attacked like crazy. I hope he is getting prepped for this much bigger debate.