Tim Kaine actually said...

"There are various indices, including the Economist Intelligence Unit, that measure the state of democracy in countries around the world."

"We should actually ask the people involved and what it is that they want, their own desires, their own aspirations."

"Is not this something that in the end should be looked at as a strength and not a weakness?"

"It is incumbent upon us to explore and explain why the support of emerging democracies should be a core U.S. national interest precisely because it is a national security imperative."