Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

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Oh. Well, this is interesting, sure seems like instead of just spewing out stupid shit he’s just trying to act like a saner, less unstable version of Dear Leader, as though he was auditioning to take his place ASAP.
What a coincidence, that.
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Vance admitted that yeah, experts with PHDs have come out in droves saying that Trump’s plans will crash the economy. But he dismisses it because “something something common sense”.
His entire shtick has been saying up is down or left is right.
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In Vino Veritas
I’m running dailys in WoW rather than watch the debate, but from the sounds of it Vance is being as worthless as I expected eh?
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Vance paraphrased: I voted to send the topic of abortion back to the states. The states are saying they want abortion to be an option. I think they need better education on the topic.
It’s all opposite day with this guy.
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But if Walz corrects him, it’ll seem as though he’s ignoring the question that was asked.
This is what debates used to be, two parties just spewing their own version of reality without engaging with one another.
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Walz is fine. Kinda bland, was really hoping he would lean into his John America image. Project his dad energy.
Vance is speaking clearly, which is an odd standard to have but that’s how low Trump has set the bar. His monologues are all gaslighting, but at least he’s legible.
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Nice to see Walz talk about the time when Trump tried to get rid of Affordable Health Care before McCain said “no.”
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I think this is like the 5th time Vance has mentioned his wife and his “3 beautiful children”.
I’m starting to think they don’t really exist. He’s been gaslighting us on everything else, maybe he doth protest too much.
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Walz: Your running mate tried to overthrow democracy.
Vance: Your running mate tried to censor people on Facebook.
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It really feels like Buttigieg and whomever else from the DNC prepped Tim made him pull most potential punches and focus on finding common ground and treating Vance like a decent, honest person. So many openings he could’ve exploited, and it takes really little to get under Vance’s skin, like when the moderator accidentally set him off by simply clarifying to watchers the Haitians are in Ohio legally.
EDIT: Though I will say he did get some good soundbites in to use for the ads, particularly on abortion and the sheer dystopianism of “hardened schools” to counter mass shootings. His best moment was calling out Vance for trying to dodge stating whether he believed Trump lost the 2020 election. “That is a damning non-answer.”
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In Vino Veritas
Judging by the highlights and play-by-play I caught up on, this probably didn’t move the needle. Seems it ended up being a pretty traditional VP debate following the “do no harm” model.
Both candidates can walk away with an accomplishment. Vance probably helped boost his image and explained some of Trump’s vagueities. Walz got some good dem talking points in, and likely generally kept the image of the Harris/Walz ticket of being optimistic and forward moving.
Neither really did anything to move undecided voters to their candidate, but they didn’t scare them off either.
Which means it’s still up to Harris and Trump to define the trajectory of the race.
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Sounds about right. And let’s be real, how many undecided voters are even left at this point in the race, now that millions have already voted early and absentee? One observer on Bluesky noted that the people who watch VP debates are usually just the already highly engaged and partisan ones.
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Walz mentioned about how Finland has a lot of people who own guns but don’t have mass shootings in schools. So he said that the US could implement similar gun control laws like Finland did.
BlitztheDragon
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For shits and giggles I took a look at a sample ballot for the election here in Wisconsin. Gotdang a lot of people got on the ballot here.
For President, potential Trump spoilers include RFK Jr (We the People), Chase Oliver (Libertarian), and Randall Terry (Constitution). Potential Harris spoilers include Jill Stein (Green), Claudia de la Cruz (Party for Socialism and Liberation), and Cornell West (Justice for All).
Harris better hope that there aren’t too many leftists in Wisconsin willing to vote third party over Gaza, the border, and fossil fuel production. A lot of the folks in my since defunct DSA chapter will likely be voting for de la Cruz.
Moving down to the Senate, I think Baldwin will be in good shape both from incumbency, polling, fundraising, AND the fact that both third party candidates on the ballot with her will only siphon away Republican votes. Besides the Libertarian (under the name “Disrupt the Corruption”) candidate, there is a Thomas Leager running for the “America First Party.” Basically he’s doubling down on all the red meat culture war issues even harder than Trump himself.
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Ah, no Lyndon LaRouche?
I’m disappointed.
I mean, I know he’s dead. But I can’t believe something like THAT would be enough to make him give up.
Isn’t the National Caucus of Labor Committees running someone else in his place?
Maybe they’re just waiting for him to resurrect or something.
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