Yeah, he looks bad - he’s lost weight, he hasn’t been keeping up with his hair dye and his orange face makeup, and he’s starting to look like a very old man. The old man ranting doesn’t help.
He’s so over edging into the couch.
I’ve had the same thought. None of these people are too stupid to see that this happens to everyone before them, so why do they think they’ll be different?
That’s a good idea. A VP ranking scale, 1= couch fucker, 2=potatoe, 3 = I can see Russia, can we get all the way to 5 or 10?
i’ve noticed this as well. his hair looks even more strange and thin. i don’t know if it was the audio on the x thing, but the clips i heard had quite a bit of slurring.
this campaign strategy is just… argh. there are no words, just onomatopias.
To be honest, I think a lot of them are hoping he’ll die on their watch and they get to be VP, rich widow, etc.
I agree. It’s their chance to “grab it for a second,”* and they’re gonna take it!
*Underrated Golden Earring song/album.
I don’t think that there is an easy way to get rid of Vance. The problem with Vance is that on the Trump ticket he’s just more of the same; scary, far right, with a more than a touch of derangement. So if you suddenly say “No this isn’t working he’s polling to poorly and has a weird vibe.” You are effectively admitting the weaknesses of Trump.
The thing is, Trump LIKES Vance. Vance is a loyal lickspittle.
So, remember the party Vance was at where he was dressed as a woman?
Why was he the only one?
That’s not my question.
Travis Whitfill, the source of the alleged photo, said it was taken by a classmate at Yale and sent to him. He, in turn, sent it to Matt Bernstein, the A Bit Fruity podcast host, who posted it online.
“It’s from a group chat of Vance’s fellow classmates and is from a friend of a friend. I believe it was grabbed from Facebook and was taken at a Halloween party,” Whitfill told the Daily Beast.
If it’s a Halloween party, why was nobody else wearing a costume?
I just think the official story, which is friend-of-a-friend stuff, is not the whole story, if it’s true at all. I don’t see anything insidious and I don’t even really care at all about it, I am sure it was done “as a joke”, but I also don’t think the official narrative is accurate.
Nor does the slurring/lisping that Trump treated us to during his online conversation with Elon Musk.
I wouldn’t be surprised if @Aeschines is correct, and Trump is simply too low on energy to do anything about Vance (or anything else). The Trump campaign has announced that instead rallies, Donald will be doing “speeches” in auditoriums—which, presumably, will be small enough for him to actually fill. Donald has no doubt been obsessed over the news reports of his inability to fill larger venues.
Well, Trump may have convinced himself that J.D. genuinely likes him. But on some level, Donald has to know that J.D. is faking it. (Vance may truly believe that Trump’s authoritarianism is worth imitating. But as for his actually liking Trump: I wouldn’t risk a dime bet on that.)
To your point, the Trump campaign is doing a rally in Asheville, NC today. They chose the smaller of two indoor venues, and the city of Asheville made the campaign pay $82k up front:
Ah, that’s great. Good on Asheville! I hope that news is broadcast so widely that some of the MAGA actually find out about it (unlikely as that may be).
JD Vance is starting to sound like Madison Cawthorn.
LMFAO, perhaps they will merge into one Ultimate Warrior for Reich and Christ!
His “Allies” have been imploring him to stay on message, the economy, specifically.
Mission Failed. Same Old Bullshit. Not one word of any actual policy.
I and a carful of kids were stuck in West Asheville, just trying to get home, as the Interstate and all crossing bridges were closed by cops. We were blocked for a long, painful time; but finally Trump’s motorcade, like a kidney stone, passed.
Also, on a podcast with rightwinger Eric Weinstein in 2020:
Keep talking, Vance.
His handlers have responded that he didn’t actually refer to the postmenopausal theory of old women; he was just being agreeable with the podcast host.
Walz has agreed to a VP debate, but Vance only wants one with a live audience. I guess he’s trying to parrot Trump’s line about Kamala’s crowds being AI?