Twitter Just Turned VP Nominee Tim Kaine Into Your Dad

Democratic presidential candidate Tim Kaine salutes the crowd after his address at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Democratic presidential candidate Tim Kaine salutes the crowd after his address at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night.
Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty ImagesDemocratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine introduced himself to America Wednesday night as a fighter, Hillary Clinton's ally and — a dad. Not just a dad to his own children but everybody's dad.
To start, he doesn't speak like a politician.
"Can I be honest with you about something?" Kaine said, "Can I be honest with you about something? I never expected to be here." He talked about his midwestern upbringing, and his own union father dad.
And his speech was peppered with moments that any dad — or anyone with a dad can relate to. The could-be awkward moments that supporters actually found endearing. He mocked Donald Trump during his speech, even though his impressions was not very good. He did a call-and-response with the audience. Threw in some Spanish, though he's not a native speaker. And then there were the dad jokes.
Twitter, of course, had a field day with these observations:
Tim Kaine is your friend's dad who catches you smoking weed at a sleepover and doesn't rat you out but talks to you about brain development
— PJ Vogt (@PJVogt) July 28, 2016
Tim Kaine is the dad who gets a little weepy when he tells you that he's real proud that you turned your math grades around
— Katie McDonough (@kmcdonovgh) July 28, 2016
Tim Kaine wants you to wait an hour after eating before you can go swimming. #dnc #dnc2016 #imwithher
— Kelly Kreth (@kellykreth) July 28, 2016
Tim Kaine for VP: Of course he doesn't mind giving you a ride to the airport on Monday don't be silly https://t.co/q59pte6Ukj
— Carrie Dann (@CarrieNBCNews) July 28, 2016
Tim Kaine is a dad that's biggest war is the bunnies that eat his carrots out of his garden that his family doesn't appreciate
— Sultan Syd (@sydnii_1) July 28, 2016
Guys, one of my Facebook friends posted that Tim Kaine "impressed the hell" out of them. It was my mom. #DemsInPhilly
— Siobhan Morris (@siomo) July 28, 2016