Tim Kaine, the present U.S. Senator from Virginia and former Mayor and governor was introduced to the nation on Saturday in Miami, Florida before a supporting large crowd as Clinton's running mate. It was a very active crowd in the swing of things with a lot of applause and chanting USA, USA. Clinton introduced Kaine as he sat on the stage near her. Both the crowd and Kaine showed their emotions during the introduction.
When it was Kaine's turn to speak he and Clinton swapped position and both were on the stage together the whole time. Both of their speeches were about a positive and progressive America, very different than the America Trump and his V.P. selection Mike Pence described at Pence's introduction. Kaine gave a short "bio" of himself and spoke about 30 minutes.
There was an enthusiastic bond between Clinton, Kaine and the crowd who enjoyed each other. Kaine quoted one of President Harry Truman's famous statements that "America was not built on fear" and the crowd loved it. What a change from Trump's attempt to play the "fear card" on America this election year as republicans have done for so many years in the past. Both John McCain and Mitt Romney tried it against Obama in 2008 and 2012.
Now its off to Philadelphia Monday for the Democratic National Convention and should be one with a positive theme and the people will have a chance to hear Clinton's vision for the future with sound positions on the issues. The American people will have an opportunity to judge for themselves what party has the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates who are the "serious public servants."
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Note: See my commentary dated 12/9/15 Titled, America Was Not Built On Fear etc,etc. This was written seven months before Tim Kaine quoted President Truman's statement.
