I love it: this is a brilliant piece of campaign advertising. The monologue might have been a little better written, but the point is clear: Walz is a regular guy, a man of the people, and the Democrats care about all us ordinary, middle-class folks. Unlike the other guys. Sure, it really doesn't have anything much to do with the issues - but it is a very appealing portrait of Walz's humanity and decency,
It's an old, old strategy in the US of A. All through the 19th century, parties loved to paint their candidate as a true-blue American, born in a log cabin, a drinker of hard cider, not fancy French wines, a real man of the people, not some rich, out-of-touch snob from the big city who doesn't care about working folks. The more things change . . .
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Comments are welcome, but please note: this is not a public forum but my personal blog, which nobody is forced to read. You don't like what I write, go find a blog you do like; there are millions of others to choose from. Or write your own.
Polite disagreement is one thing, but rudeness will be deleted without hesitation.