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CBS News network hosts the vice presidential debate this evening beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET.
There will be no muted mics. I guess CBS thinks we can trust the couch fucker not to talk over Coach Walz.
There will be no fact checking. Apparently CBS also thinks the faux hillbilly who has flip-flopped on stuff like his opinion of Trump won’t spout anything contrary to what he’s said before.
I’m hoping tonight’s moderators Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan ask something juicy — like whether Walz’s 1979 International Harvester Scout sports a very-well maintained original paint job or if he’s had it repainted.
Or whether Vance prefers something traditional like La-Z-Boy or if he’d prefer something trendier like West Elm or Restoration Hardware when it comes to couches.
My desired topics aside, I note ever-sketchy NYT decided to attack Walz today of all days. Never mind all the racist, misogynist bullshit Vance has unloaded — the NYT is going to save democracy by insisting Walz is telling an untruth rather than misstating what happened 35 years ago when he was abroad.
Tim Walz Said He Was in Hong Kong in 1989 During Tiananmen. Not True.
Mr. Walz taught at a high school in China as part of a program sending American teachers abroad, but he did not actually travel to the country until August 1989.
By Danny Hakim and Amy Qin
Oct. 1, 2024 Updated 6:36 p.m. ET
Ugh. Like the tensions inside China weren’t high and sensed across all east Asia back then.
Couldn’t leave the NYT’s endorsement of Harris without some both-sides-ing.
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This thread is dedicated to this evening’s debate. Please stay on topic, thanks.