Franke’s Verdict

Writes David Franke: The vice presidential debate was pretty much a draw. Your answer to “Who won?” probably depends on who you were for beforehand. Joe Biden’s big weakness was his mocking attitude toward Ryan. I didn’t mind that—my preference would be to see them duke it out physically there on the stage. But we’ve seen a real feminization of American politics, and women don’t like that kind of stuff. Paul Ryan’s big weakness was Afghanistan. The American people are tired of war, and Biden understood that, driving home the point that we will be out of Afghanistan in 2014, … Continue reading Franke’s Verdict