Gary Franks: Did October 1 mark the beginning of the end for the Harris-Walz campaign?   Opinion by Gary Franks, Tribune Content Agency• 19h •

Ohio Senator JD Vance did exactly what he had to do during the vice-presidential debate with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Vance was outstanding. He adroitly handled the questions and issues in a way that clearly informed America why they should support a Trump-Vance ticket for the White House come November.

Vance’s answers on women’s issues and former President Donald Trump’s recent announcement that he would veto any national ban on abortion rights, both should shore up pivotal support from women.

And Walz – Vice President Kamala Harris’s first major decision as a candidate for president – imploded on the stage. Even the liberal media spin doctors could not resuscitate him. He proved that he was not ready for prime time. Not having prime time moments is fine with Walz and Harris as they both have been doing their best to avoid the media – by not doing interviews – like Superman avoids kryptonite.

The Biden-Harris administration continues to manifest its incompetence on foreign affairs in two parts of the globe. We have two wars that the U.S. is funding to the tune of hundreds of billion dollars (that we have to borrow and add to our over $35 trillion national debt). Each war could very well unleash weapons of mass destruction, which have not been used in nearly 80 years, since World War II.

Russia has repeatedly threatened to use these weapons if its interior, especially Moscow, is bombed by Ukraine with U.S.-made long-range missiles. And the ever-expanding war in the Middle East which now includes Lebanon and Iran could force such a result as Israel retaliates for the October 7 senseless killings, kidnappings and attack on innocent Israeli civilians. President Joe Biden’s attempts to lead on either have failed. Clearly when America’s president shows little strength there is no peace.

Would Harris do better than Biden here? Doubtful. With Trump however, we had no wars in four years, proving peace is ensured through strength.

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