With his calm, cool, articulate performance in the vice-presidential debate, JD Vance stunned those who had bought into the Dems’ childish narrative that he was weird.  This may have been the first vice-presidential debate in history to make a difference in how people vote, because with Donald Trump being a 78-year-old moving target — literally — the next person in line matters more than usual.  In addition, Vance’s lack of political experience is a plus to those of us who believe government is the true enemy of the people.

Kudos aside, I would have liked to have seen Vance handle a couple of hot-button questions more forcefully.  In his effort to appease the enemies of freedom (always a bad idea), he fell into the a priori trap.  What I am referring to is when a questioner states her opinion as a premise, as both CBS moderators did with at least two questions, the presumption is that everyone agrees with that premise.  It’s a cute trick if you can get away with it, and Democrats have been getting away with it for decades.

Moderator Norah O’Donnell started off by referencing hurricane Helene, then did a sharp left turn and converted it into a question about so-called climate change:  “Scientists say climate change makes these hurricanes larger, stronger, and more deadly because of the historic rainfall. … Senator, what responsibility would the Trump administration have to try and reduce the impact of climate change?”

This one had a priori written all over it.  The cold, hard fact is that many highly respected scientists do not agree with the leftists’ climate-change narrative.  The facts — as opposed to the opinions of a moderator — make it clear that climate change as an existential threat to mankind is a gigantic hoax, an insidious way of giving government unlimited control over everyone’s life.  Vance should not be afraid to say this out loud, clearly and authoritatively.

The other a priori question put to Vance was the tiresome babble about January 6 and refusing to accept the results of the 2020 election.  The facts about January 6 and the 2020 election have long been readily available to everyone — “peacefully and patriotically protest” … the first insurrection in history carried out with zero weapons … the supposed leader of an insurrection requesting 10,000 National Guard troops … etc., etc., etc.  Both Vance and Trump should state these facts quickly and in a straightforward manner whenever this a priori question is raised.

Thankfully, the debates are behind us and Democrats are now in full panic mode.  They had to lock Timmy in the basement after he blurted out that he wants to get rid of the Electoral College, and Kamala has been embarrassing herself with a plethora of hard-hitting interviews on such intellectual platforms as “Call Her Daddy,” “The View,” “The Howard Stern Show,” and Colbert the Clown that only serve to remind voters that she has yet to do a serious interview or press conference.  We’re now in the homestretch and Democrats appear determined to try to keep their latest puppet candidate away from any serious questions.  They figure that if it worked for a bumbling old fool like Biden, it should work this time around for a bumbling younger fool like Kamala.

As to the outcome of all this nonsense, I have repeatedly said that I believe Donald Trump is way out in front on the legal vote, but I still am not confident that Republicans will be successful in quashing the tsunami of fraudulent votes Democrats are planning to unleash on Americans over the next three weeks.  It’s sure to get very, very ugly.  But let’s be optimistic and assume Republicans succeed in overcoming the Democrat cheat machine and Donald Trump is actually declared the winner.  Then what?

I’ll probably lose a lot of subscribers for saying this, but it’s a mistake to believe Trump can return the United States to its once dominant position as a beacon of liberty, prosperity, and military strength in a single term.  The damage that has been done will take generations to repair if it can be repaired at all.  The reality is that the economy is on life support, millions of illegals roam freely throughout the country, the deep state is firmly entrenched, and, perhaps most important of all, the United States has become unmoored from its founding principles.

Even so, Trump would be infinitely better than another Democrat puppet president.  When Biden and Harris did the embarrassing fake news conference on Hurricane Milton, it was a stark reminder that Joe has been the perfect puppet for Democrats, because he’s dumb, demented, and devoid of a moral compass.  Kamala is also dumb (actually, dumber even than Biden) and devoid of a moral compass, but she’s not demented.  Instead, she’s genuinely repulsive, which is why it has been virtually impossible for Democrats to create an artificial persona for her that is palatable to voters.

That said, even though everyone, on both the right and the left, realizes that running Kamala for president is a gigantic scam, we should not lose sight of the puzzling fact that half the population will vote for her anyway.  If you can figure out why, be sure to let me know.  In the meantime, millions of us can take solace in the fact that we were lucky enough to live through a time when America was unquestionably the shining city on a hill with an unbudgeable moral foundation.

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?  Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you.