Thursday, October 3, 2024

Flotsam and Jetsam - Master Debate Revisited

Dave Strom at Hat Hair calls the V.P. Debate: Much Ado About Nothing "J.D. Vance is about 30 IQ points above Time Walz, but you would never know it from the VP debate. Vance did better than Walz, but that was a given. What didn't happen was a Walz collapse or explosion, and I was hoping to see my governor show his true colors by exploding with rage as he has in the past." At TownHall Guy Benson asserts Vance Won...and It Wasn't Even Close and Kurt Schlichter insists JD Vance’s Debate Performance Shows This Guy Is a Conservative Superstar. Matt Vespa at TownHall, The Media Really Couldn't Hide This Fact About the VP Debate. Stephen Kruiser at PJM, JD Vance Did a Great Job Against Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan and Dems' Media Lapdogs Know They're Losing Their Grip on the Narrative. At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed finds Focus Groups say Vance Won the Debate And a Few Converts. What About the Media?, Vance Got It Right on Haitians, Not CBS, Says ... Chris Cuomo, CBS News Welched, Vance Soared. Jeff Blehar at NRO asks Can We Please Finally Dispense with the Ruse of ‘Fact-Checking’? Capt. Ed adds "To put it bluntly, cutting the mics to stop Vance from rebutting their "fact check" was a chickens**t move." Da Signal is Fact-Checking Claims Made in Vance-Walz Debate and thinks Vance Delivers a Master Class in How to Deal With Biased Moderators. Althouse cites Andy Cuomo, "At one point, Vance wanted to correct something about how Haitians got into this country — and he was RIGHT...." and "... I’ve written pretty harshly about Vance.... But I thought he actually did himself and his ticket some good." ""Vance came into this debate with a mission, which was to make himself and his running mate seem more reasonable, less extreme and more respectful of women. He knew exactly what he wanted to achieve, and he was just really good at it. He calibrated his tone really shrewdly. Whereas, I don’t think Walz had an objective other than to answer the questions and talk a lot about Minnesota.... Says Matt Bai, in "Did Tim Walz miss a crucial moment at the VP debate? The governor didn’t seem to have a clear objective in his face-off with Republican JD Vance."" 'Bonchie" at RedState says MSNBC's Must-See Post-Debate Meltdown Managed to Be Both Hilarious and Educational. From Twitchy, Jon Cryer Tries to Disparage Vance With 'Pretty in Pink' Reference and Shows His True Colors. At Reason, J.D. Vance Actually Does Understand How Costs Get Passed Along the Supply Chain

Stacy McCain, How Badly Did Tim Walz Lose? 'Bonchie' at RedState, Tim Walz's Self-Implosion Continues During Press Gaggle, and John Fetterman's Reaction Is Priceless. Jim Geraghty at NRO, Tim Walz Loses His Bubble Wrap. Twitchy, 'Amazing'! Politico Explains Tim Walz's Debate 'Eye-Popping' and It's Something Else. Ace, Real News Site Politico: Walz's Deer-In-the-Headlights Look Showed "Passion," Whereas JD Vance's Beard Demonstrated Toxic Masculinity Which Is Off-Putting to Strong Empowered Women. Althouse, It felt like an imitation of Kamala Harris's "I grew up a middle-class kid" — Tim Walz began his answer with "I grew up in small, rural Nebraska, town of 400." "The moderator, Margaret Brennan, purporting to delve into "personal qualifications" — that is, character — asked Tim Walz to explain why he said he was in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square protests when, in fact, he was not. . . " And, "Mind-blowing that Tim Walz said he was 'friends with school shooters' 🤡" said Elon Musk... "... at the top of the X page headlined "Controversy Over Tim Walz's School Shooter Comment/Last updated/17 minutes ago/Grok can make mistakes, verify its outputs."" Scott Pinsker at PJM, Tim Walz: Friend of School Shooters, but Mainly Just a ‘Knucklehead’. Twitchy, COME AGAIN? Twitter Posts HILARIOUS Reactions to Tim Walz's 'Friends With School Shooters' Gaffe. Benny Johnson@bennyjohnson, "REPORTER: “Can you clarify what you meant when you said you became friends with school shooters?”" The Babylon Bee@TheBabylonBee, "School Shooters Distance Themselves From Tim Walz https://buff.ly/47T1Nyj"

Greg Lukianoff at Insty, HOW TIM WALZ GOT FREE SPEECH VERY WRONG AT THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: "There is no hate speech exception, government must not be the arbiter of truth, and you CAN shout fire in a crowded theater. And to make that last point clear, here is a helpful video from FIRE:" From Reason, Yes, Tim Walz, You Can Shout 'Fire' In A Crowded Theatre. "During Tuesday's debate, Tim Walz fumbled a key moment by misunderstanding the First Amendment." He didn't fumble it, he expressed Democrat's position. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair has A Couple More Thoughts On Last Night. Greg Price@greg_price11. "CBS: You lied about being in China during Tiananmen Square. What do you say? Tim Walz: “I used to ride my bike with friends growing up.” This is completely painful to watch."

Twitchy, DAMNING Thread Shows How Tim Walz's Radical Leftist Policies Have DESTROYED Minneapolis. At YouTube, TIMMY GOT ISSUES | Official Music Video. Mildly amusing. 

At Althouse, This morning, the betting odds converged. At Hat Hair, John Sexton notes that In Nevada and Pennsylvania, Latino Voters Are Shifting Toward Trump, Salena Zito thinks that In Pennsylvania Tour, Trump Hits All the Right Places and Messages. At Spiked, ‘The working class will decide this election’. "Ruy Teixeira on why it’s too early to write off Donald Trump." Capt. Ed adds "If that's true, then Democrats created a real problem for themselves by torpedoing Biden. He was their last connection to that demographic, and the party is now fully under the thrall of Academia-driven elite progressivism."

At NewsMax, Trump Won't Participate in Interview for '60 Minutes' Election Special. Why give CBS another crack at him? Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw notes California Makes it Illegal to Prevent Voter Fraud. "Newsom has now signed a law making it illegal to require voter identification, preferring to keep everything on "the honor system." How do you suppose that's going to work out?"


Sunny@sunnyright, "Biden ships pallets of cash to Iran while it builds its nuclear program but opposes allies neutralizing the nuclear threat. At what point is it just fair to say Biden-Harris support Iran having nukes?" Rep. Meuser to Newsmax: Iran 'Emboldened' by Biden Admin. Matt Margolis thinks Kamala Completely Botched Her First Public Statement About Iran Attacking Israel: WATCH. PJM's Cathy Salgado, ‘The World Is on Fire’: Trump Says Biden-Harris Weakness Led to Iran Attack.

At Politico, Harris hails striking dockworkers, swipes at Trump’s record. "The vice president supported striking dockworkers and hit at the former president’s Trump’s economic policies." Ward Clark at RedState says October Surprise! Kamala Harris Embraces Striking Port Workers, Owns Any Resulting Economic Damage

Capt. Ed wonders whether it's a Dirty Trick? Second-Hand Domestic Abuse Allegation Emerges Against Harris' Husband, "The Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, 59, allegedly struck the woman in the face so hard she spun around, while waiting in a valet line late at night after a May 2012 Cannes Film Festival event in France." Insty, #HIMTOO? "Kamala Harris’s husband Doug Emhoff ‘forcefully slapped ex-girlfriend for flirting with another man’ and was accused of ‘causing’ nanny mistress’s miscarriage during their affair. As Ed Morrissey writes, “Well, the oppo-research files have opened up right on time." Ace, Allegation: Doug Emhoff Slapped His Girlfriend In Public for Flirting with Another Man. "Wait, a woman dating Doug Emhoff flirted with another man? That makes no sense. Doug Emhoff is a Super Alpha that men want to be and women want to be with. No woman would ever seek another man's company if she had The 'Hoff. So this bullshit is obviously fake news." End Wokeness @EndWokeness "Doug Emhoff timeline: 2009: Impregnated his chiId's nanny, 2012: Physically assauIts his girlfriend, 2023: Lectures us on toxic masculinity, 2024: Hailed for redefining masculinity" Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.02.24 (Afternoon Edition), Twitchy, Is This The Democrats’ “New Masculinity”?


At Da Signal, Hurricane Helene Response Highlights Biden and Harris’ Failure to Lead. PJM's Chris Queen reports Politicians Are Hindering Rescue Efforts in North Carolina, and One Rescuer Has Had Enough. Insty, NO ONE IS COMING, IT’S UP TO US. "Via Chris Bray, who notes: “While serious military assets sit unused and nearby, well into the disaster, little groups of neighbors are going hard at the problem. . . . No one in the American green zone knows what to begin discussing, much less doing. Wars metastasizing, ports closed, communities flooded. Did Margaret Brennan and Norah What’s-her-name appear to notice any of that? Friends and neighbors will have to do. And “the American green zone?” Harsh, but fair.”" Sarah Arnold at TownHall examines How Hurricane Helene Will Affect the Election.

John Sexton tries to figure out How Much Prison Time is Hunter Biden Facing? I'll be very surprised if he spends one day behind bars.

Charlotte Hazard at JTN, Defamation lawsuit against attorney Andrew Weissmann moves forward. "Passantino said in the lawsuit that Weissmann’s tweet was a "lie and a "smear." Filed under suits I want to succeed. 

At his NYPo gig, Insty says Adams is just the latest pol caught at the trough in the United States of Global Graft. Capt. Ed, "Foreign graft has always been around, but corruption seems to be getting worse ... and not just with elected officials. The media may be worse, but that's not an excuse for pols."

𝗡𝗶𝗼𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 ♛ ✡︎@NiohBerg "Check the date. Absolute psychopaths." Campus Reform reports Two more potentially anti-Semitic attacks happen at UMich as Jewish students think of safety measures. Insty, at NYPo, Jewish students, come here to the South — where you’ll be safe

At CJ, Chris Rufo is Unmasking the “Whole-of-Government” DEI Agenda. "One prominent proponent of that policy is Vice President Kamala Harris, who rose to power on the coattails of racial politics and, as vice president, has worked to entrench DEI into every aspect of the federal government." Capt. Ed says "Rufo plans a slow rollout of the findings over the next month, so keep an eye on City Journal. But no one can claim to be ignorant of this stampede toward quotas as 'justice.'"

Hans von Spakovsky at Da Signal, Naval Academy’s Choice of Speaker Runs Afoul of Pentagon Edict. "By inviting a speaker, history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat of New York University—who has already said that she plans to attack presidential candidate Donald Trump in the annual Bancroft Lecture at the U.S. Naval Academy on Oct. 10—the academy is violating Defense Department directives prohibiting the military from engaging in partisan political activity."

At Hollywood in Toto, Kevin Sorbo Schools Whoopi: I’m Proof of New Hollywood Blacklist. "Conservative star shares how industry punished him for having 'wrong' views."

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: The Pleasure Is To Play up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

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