Political debates in America are rarely worth the effort to watch mostly because they are not genuine debates. Instead, they are something like a joint press conference where the candidates also get to shout at one another. In a general election, the candidate of the stupid party always agrees to allow the candidate of the evil party to invite his friends to be the moderators. The resulting show, and it is mostly just a show, is about the stupid party candidate fending off the others.
There are exceptions to this farcical aspect of our elections. Once in a while something will happen in the show to address a lingering concern of the public or maybe bring out something about one of the candidates that people have suspected. The most obvious example is the Trump – Biden debate in the summer. People suspected that Joe Biden was a vegetable, and this was confirmed in the debate. The subsequent response from regime media led to his ouster.
There was some of this in the vice-presidential debate between J.D. Vance and Tim Walz last night. Unless you live in Minnesota or Ohio, you had no reason to know these guys until now. Vance was a rising star in the GOP, so he is a bit better known than Walz, but hardly a household name. Before winning the VP lottery, Walz was an unknown governor from flyover country. The debate was a chance for both men to introduce themselves to a national audience.
In the case of Vance, the regime media has been attacking him daily. They started with the “weird” campaign in the summer and then moved onto a narrative that says he is dragging down the Trump campaign. They even floated stories about Trump dropping him, which were all nonsense. His performance in the debate show put to rest any concerns the media campaign may have planted in the minds of voters. He was sharp, prepared and dominated the evening.
What normie got to see in Vance is a guy who is extremely smart and confident, but also extremely normal. He wove in his backstory when required, which is highly relatable, but he did not wave his bio around like a bloody shirt, which is something modern politicians do constantly. They have to be the hero of their story. Vance came across as down to earth, despite owning the room quite easily. Even the regime media had to admit that he dominated the show.
Walz on the other hand came across as a strange combination of Uncle Fester from the Addams Family and a highly caffeinated Mr. Magoo. Most of the night he was maniacally scribbling things on a pad he brought with him. One got the sense that he was taking notes so he could tattle on Vance to the teacher. Obviously, someone told him that smart people take notes in these things, so he practiced doing what he thought smart people do when taking notes.
Of course, the main takeaway from the night for Tim Walz was his comically weird facial expressions when staring into the camera. You half expected him to put a lightbulb in his mouth. It was the sort of behavior that crystallizes a suspicion of him in the minds of the typical voters. This is a very strange man. His overly-caffeinated Elmer Fudd routine might be fine for the folks back home, but for the rest of the country it suggests there is something disturbing about his private life.
Normally this would not matter, as people do not think too much about the vice-presidential candidates. At most they suggest something about the presidential candidate’s strengths or weaknesses. In this case, it matters a lot because there are questions about both party candidates. This election is not just about Trump versus the Blob, but about the future of Republican Party, on the one hand, and the trust in the regime candidate on the other.
What Harris needed in her running mate was someone who could reassure the white population that they could trust a boozy bimbo. Harris may be a simpleton, but the people around her are competent. The narrative they were going for was what they thought worked in 2008 with Obama. The young diverse hero supported by the old white establishment man. This story would be diverse girl boss supported by middle America white dudes in the person of Tim Walz.
Instead of salt of the earth middle-aged white guy, the Harris campaign got wacky old guy who gives people the creeps. The debate simply underscored the fact that the regime candidate is a ham-and-egger thrown in at the last minute. On the other hand, Vance looked like the guy who would take over the populist movement after Trump retires and actually have the skill to implement the agenda. Last night highlighted the fact that this election is a choice between normal and crazy.
Of course, the specter haunting this election is the rigging. Will we see waves of phony ballots mysteriously turning up in the dead of night again? It is hard to rig two elections in a row and always a bad idea to try it. That is the main reason to think they will try to rig this election. The regime is in the phase where they never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. If rigging this election is the worst thing they can do, you can be sure they are thinking about it.
That aside, if Trump does win the election, one reason will be that he picked the right sidekick this time. It shows he learned from the last time and that he is thinking beyond the mere vanity of his politics. He will also have been blessed with an opponent that reminds people of their last trip to get their license renewed. Her choice of Uncle Fester as a running mate confirmed that she has no business make lunch decisions, much less making important decisions in the Oval Office.
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To me, Walz’s bizarre progression of facial expressions are a tell that he’s trying to conceal certain things about himself.
Obviously this failed when the moderators, who were totally biased for him, managed to trip him up on his China experiences.
One wonders what else Walz may be concealing behind those beady eyes of his.
“Highly caffeinated Mr. Magoo” is gold.
I come here for the intellectual stimulation, but I stay for the snark.
There are a couple of different arguments for why Walz was chosen by Harris. One is that the top tier of options like Shapiro didn’t want to be her VP in part because she is such a dunce. The other is that this is another link in the Democrats incompetence chain. Obama picks Biden because he knows Biden won’t show him up, Biden picks Harris because he wanted a non white woman she is the dumbest one his people can find. Harris is so dumb she needs to stoop to Walz to make her look better by comparison. I don’t… Read more »
I actually saw some speculation a few weeks back that there was a much more sinister purpose behind the choice of Walz. I’d have to track down the exact piece again, but it was pointed out that the Great Replacement has essentially been accomplished by the Left in Minnesota. Not only have they swamped the state with Somalians to “vote” reliably Left, but they also recruited welfare cases from Chicago to move to Minnesota with the promise of more gibs. Apparently the Democrat party was actively involved in scheming out this replacement and Walz – although certainly not the mastermind… Read more »
I didn’t watch the debate, but Mephisto Walz allegedly said that he’s befriended school shooters. That’s rather telling.
Not paying much attention tbh, but I did watch a clip. The Uncle Fester vibe is strong.
Rigging, sure, but I do believe Roe looms. These ads I’ve been seeing, the middle-aged women worrying. Do not underestimate how many women have had abortions and their feelings. If Roe is settled, they’ll feel like bad people, and they’d burn down the world rather than feel like bad people.
“Will we see waves of phony ballots mysteriously turning up in the dead of night again? It is hard to rig two elections in a row and always a bad idea to try it.” Need you ask? Of course they will. And why is it a bad idea to do it twice? They did it flagrantly the first time around and got away with it scot-free. It will be easier the second time. They’ve got the hang of it now. The only thing that might stop it is violent demonstrations, cities ablaze, and the like. Something like 1968. But middle… Read more »
I can’t imagine a straight election but I can imagine almost anything else. Including a little October surprise shooting war with da Ole russkies.
The right doesn’t seem to view violence as a rheostat that can be dialed up or down as the Left does. If things cross the sporky line, will be an “all in” enterprise.
The only brakes on really blatant cheating may be–note, may–it makes the Regime look even more ridiculous and is an impediment to preaching to the world about democracy.
That the headlines this morning were not “I Have To Visit Worldstar To Regularly See Beatings Like the VP Debate” shows just how meretricious the media is. I rarely watched debates, but I could not stop watching the absolute shellacking Vance gave Walz. Any person that could write, and anyone that could believe, that the debate was anything other than an absolute smackdown should have their ability to vote stripped.
For the record, I don’t vote, so my views are not some perverse form of wishful thinking.
For the Dem to lose the debate, they have to basically lose the ability to speak, like Obama in 2012 and Biden in June. It’s also worth noting that the debate is done entirely within the liberal frame. The questions yesterday were about climate change, school shootings, etc., all stuff designed to be a layup for the Dem. It’s not like Vance can go out there and say, “well, you know, most violent shootings in the USA are due to blacks in inner cities in spontaneous acts.”
The Harris/Walz act is the ultimate flex on the plebes by the Deep State. The subliminal, if not outright, message is: “we’re in charge, we can run whomever the hell we want – even these doofuses – print up the ballots and ram it down your throat”. At least Obama was polished and sober, thereby lending a veneer of dignity to the proceedings. This farce is at a Vaudeville level of kitsch and frivolity.
There is an element of sadism.
Walz gives me major Sandusky vibes, especially as all his extracurriculars seem to involve spending time with kids, taking them to China or setting up the gay club or what have you. I know they picked him as a salt-of-the-earth type of normal guy, and also one who just happened to bend the knee to the head girlboss and the liberal system, but it doesn’t work when he just has major creep energy.
Yeah a grown man setting up a gay club for teens is about as sketchy as it gets without outright breaking the law.
He didn’t actually say this, but you know he was thinking it last night.
“Look, all I can do is explain it. I can’t make you understand.”
-JD Vance
I’d opt more for a cross of Chris Farley and John Wayne Gacy. Hopefully, the worst case is Walz ends up in a “van down by the river”. Don’t drink on weekdays, but ended up busting out a bottle of rye after about 15 minutes. But there is something seriously wrong with Walz. Apparently some guy checked in with the St. Paul PD today and didn’t find any evidence his kid was anywhere near a Rec center shooting. Kid already has development problems, no normal person would pimp him out that way.
John Wayne Gacy
Thanks! That’s the similarity that had been escaping me. Walz’ inner Pogo cannot be concealed.
None of us knows if there is a margin at which an election cannot be fortified successfully, but it probably exists. Is this one outside of that margin? This assumes a totally blatant theft would present a problem, and if that is the case it would be solely for international PR purposes. I have tuned out elections but did watch the debate last night for my first time this cycle. Everything you wrote is spot on. Elections matter around the margins on very minor things, perhaps, but the Regime does what the Regime wants to do. Elected officials essentially are… Read more »
Every business owner I know, including myself, spends a significant amount of time on succession. Do we have the people in place to pick up the slack if I drop dead or get sick of it all and retire? Are we keeping those people happy, or are they looking to get experience and bounce to another firm or start their own firm? Trump has a business owner brain. V.P.s aren’t picked with succession in mind, unless you count the: “better keep me alive because my V.P. is worse” kind on succession planning. I don’t watch debates because, honestly, I’d rather watch… Read more »
Walz is a goofy old white guy from a goofy white state (for the current demographics, anyway) and I didn’t think he did that badly. He seems like a decent, if completely misguided, guy. He just doesn’t debate well, and is not used to the public spotlight like that. If you put me on that stage, I’m sure Zman would be saying today that I’m an idiot weirdo. But clearly Vance dominated. I got lost in his dreamy A10’s a few times, and now I’m questioning my sexuality this morning. Vance is better than Trump. I hope Trump doesn’t f**k… Read more »
Re: rigging….. Harris has almost certainly already won North Carolina. You can look at a blue/red county by county map for yourself and see that the western mountains are the deep red side of the state and that without them, NC goes D. And it seems unlikely that very much of that region will have power barely 4 weeks from now on election day. Much of it doesn’t even currently have road access. You can safely predict that turnout will be way down in those red counties. They will get power restored to Asheville, which has road access. Asheville is… Read more »
Someone needs to ake a .gif of Walz scribbling on his note pad, followed by Jeff Lebowski revealing it to be a doodle of a man with a giant erection.