Tim Walz and Jamoke Dumbass Vance will debate in about 24 hours from this writing (9:40 PM Monday 30 September ET). I’ve heard some of the anticipation of the debate on the pundit shows with the wringing of hands and endless disclaimers so they can cover their asses with their predictions.

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In the midst of all this, I’m reminded of the coverage of the suit that the Sandy Hook families brought against  Alex Jones when Scarlett Lewis looked him in the eye while under oath and said, she, her family, and their pain were real, but more importantly, “…I know you know that, and that’s the problem.“

It is the statement that every Trump supporter has to answer for. The outrageous lies about immigrant crime and behavior need to be challenged directly. Not just the truth of the matter, but that the actual lying and the deliberate knowing lying needs to be confronted.

My fantasy is that the wholesome Mid-Western niceness of Tim Walz saying, “Why do y’all lie so darn much? Why do you repeat lies that you know are lies?” He’s one of the few politicians who are uniquely suited to being able to use this line because he is just so down home white.

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I know Vance is going to be prepared with answers for everything, including, the self-righteous, “It is my constituents who are calling with stories of pets being eaten by Haitian immigrants.” He’s said it before. But, the answer is that even though people may have called with these claims, we know it isn’t happening, so you should be correcting them a la John McCain correcting his voter who accused Obama of being a Muslim.

I think Walz will handle him well with his “Mind your own damn business” energy and bedrock view of the world. Vance will be disciplined and prepared, but the stank of the pile shit that Jamoke Dumbass is and the sewage that flows so liberally from the Old Felonious Authoritarian Rapist Traitor will still waft over the lipstick they smeared on that pig.

I’d love to hear your thoughts, hopes, and fears about the debate and the election in the comments.

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In one of the biggest twists of irony in history, the concept of the Big Lie has been attributed to a quote that Goebbels, Hitler’s Propaganda Minister, did not make, so that attribution is in itself a Big Lie. It has been repeated so often that it is believed giving solid evidence to how the Big Lie works: repeat a lie often enough, it takes on the illusion of truthiness (sorry Colbert).

I know that Goebbels didn’t actually say it, but it is what’s out there and it is an effective representation of why Republicans knowingly lie for political gain. Enjoy the irony rather than @’ing me.