I am enjoying “Elizabeth and Essex” with Bette Davis because I’ve not seen it in full to just enjoy her talent. Tonight’s debate will be very like the first debate between the Don and Pres. Biden, with Sen. Vance playing the Don. I have no doubt Gov. Walz can handle it all, but there will be no fact checking or corrections, the two mods are women so I expect Vance to be abusive if one does try to control the program, and then there is this from the Daily Beast:

You Won’t Like Who JD Vance Will Copy at Tonight’s Debate

The past is always prologue and this one features another shouty Yale Law School graduate.

Nell Scovell Updated Oct. 01, 2024 12:52PM EDT / Published Oct. 01, 2024 12:46PM EDT 

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Look for candidate JD Vance to come out swinging at Tuesday’s vice presidential debate against Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Odds are good that Vance will go for the Trumpian emotional trifecta: playing the victim, spewing anger, and attacking women and immigrants.

While not everyone is charmed by righteous rage, Donald Trump is the “audience of one” who needs to hear his chosen candidate mimic the boss. There’s precedent for this behavior from fellow Yale Law School graduate, Brett Kavanaugh. (snip)

Vance knows that his debate performance must please an “audience of one.” Job one is to make Daddy Donald proud. Reasonable and empathetic just won’t cut it. Here are ten predictions for how Vance will follow in Kavanaugh’s footsteps by using a sharp tone, being overly emotional and saying a few things he should not say. (snip-MORE)