Touché, Coach
When I look back at the Veep Debate, there are only two things that stood out for me. Well, three, really. The third was that Vance and Walz agreed with each other on more than one occasion. The agreeing just got to be annoying.
Can’t we all just disagree?
One other thing on JD was not on any of my bingo cards.
From the debate transcript:
“JDV: Margaret. The rules were that you guys weren’t going to fact check, and since you’re fact checking me, I think it’s important to say what’s actually going on. So there’s an application called the CBP One app where you can go on as an illegal migrant, apply for asylum or apply for parole and be granted legal status at the wave of a Kamala Harris open border wand. That is not a person coming in, applying for a green card and waiting for ten years.”
“MB: Thank you, Senator.”
Two things come to mind.
1. JD objected when he intimated that the Springfield Haitians were in the country illegally, and the moderators clarified that the Haitians were not undocumented workers. He thought it unfair that the truth got out after all he did to besmirch his fellow Ohioans.
2. The word salad that followed was such a “deep in the weeds” explanation of the Haitian’s status that I’m sure he lost his supporters’ trains of thought. It reminded me of something we Democrats are prone to do from time to time.
The other one, also a JD production, is aptly summarized by a meme posted by the MSNBC control room in their post debate deliberations. 
For those under 40, the photo on the left is from the Dramatic Prairie Dog video clip that expressed sudden surprise. On the right, that is JD being suddenly surprised that the 800 pound gorilla in the room was mentioned: January 6th.
All of that debate prep and no one showed ol’ JD how to react when asked whether the 2020 election was stolen. One thing. He only had to do one thing when asked “Did [Trump] lose the 2020 election?”
Caught in the headlights.
JD parried with a “whatabout” and Walz lunged for the kill with “That is a damning non answer.”
Touché, Coach.
“For those under 40, the photo on the left is from the Dramatic Prairie Dog video clip that expressed sudden surprise.”
Um… I turn 65 in 10 days, and I have no clue who – or what – this meme is about.
The one thing that stuck out at me about the debate, in terms of Vance’s appearance, is that his eyes are *unnaturally* blue. Like WWII Nazi blue. Is he wearing color contacts?
1Let’s just talk about the future.
Sure, like Trump’s invisible health care plans that were forever going to be revealed in two weeks?
“The future” is another damning indication of the utter failure of four years under Trump. Nothing going on there, move along, move along. And when Vance did step into the past, a COVID infected quagmire, he had to lie.
2I can’t open NYT articles, I can only read headlines. I see where they found 13 “opinion writers” to all say JDV was the better debater. Hmm, guess lies well presented lies makes a better debater. Forget the message. CNN more or less said the same. The good old whitewashing for $$’s media to keep magats on board.
3Claims of asylum have nothing to do with being an ‘illegal migrant.’
While Vance is an almost uniquely unlikeable pol (I have to go back to Jesse Helms to find his equal), I find it, let’s say, rich that libs are dumping on him for lying while also chortling and manufacturing new couch jokes every day when that story was long ago exposed as a lie. (Not half empty, but watch the late night comics.)
4So, Harry Eagar, only one side gets to fabricate, rinse and repeat?
5I’m a moderate “lib” that finds insults and lies from the likes of jdv and trumpf far more dangerous than an obvious bad joke.
6Some people use the term “lib” as an insult, too.
OT Has anyone heard from Opinionated Hussy? I think she lives in the North Carolina mountains along the state line with Tennessee (and maybe Virginia). That area what hit with major flooding problems also. We had a weather system that dumped a lot of rain in that area before Helene even came through.
7Some related good news: Tina Peters, the election clerk in Colorado who broke the law by letting outsiders have access to the voting machines, has been sentenced to nine years. Better yet
1. She was taken immediately into custody to be shipped off to the hoosegaw, and
2. That was a state lawl she broke, so even if the bloated orange one wins this year’s election, he cannot commute the sentence or pardon her.
She was completely defiant, and instead of using her response to being found guilty to express (or at least pretend) remorse, she doubled down on claims of being a lone hero trying to oppose a fraudalent election. I suspect that may be one reason for item 1 above. Judges don’t like defiant felons.
Malarkey@1: my first response to your comment was “it’s an older meme but it checks out”, as in the first Star Wars movie. But I’ve also had to rely on https://knowyourmeme.com/ at times. Of course I also can grab a student on campus and in my best Grandpa McCoy voice ask them to explain ….
8mike @ 5
What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
And I wonder how many in, say, Fallon’s audience know it was a fake.
9Well, let’s see, how many (magats) still believe the story jdv used his bullhorn to spread about Haitian immigrants eating people’s pets (and trumpf continued to use at his rallies well after it was debunked)? Millions? Would that be about the same number of “libs” that still believe jdv screwed his couch? Who is counting at this point.
10Some good looks of jdv. Hope nobody gets offended.
11https://open.substack.com/pub/jefftiedrich/p/this-week-in-stupid-october-5-edition