This was initially just another piece of weirdness on the part of Fox News. What could be the least bit unusual about that? You’ll see Jesse Watters — Tucker Carlson with the same idiotic ideas but minus the hyena laugh — go through an entire list of basic things that Donald Trump does in such a masculine way. Granted, it’s totally stupid but it has a couple of purposes. Take a look at the tape and then we’ll discuss the purposes.
Wait… he's seen Trump do what now? pic.twitter.com/tIiXyggTET
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Two things going on here, I think: Primarily, J.D. Vance, he of the eyeliner and the lip gloss, is presenting a problem with respect to traditional masculinity. This is a guy who got married in a long white garment of some sort, with a red dot on his forehead and flowers.
This is not a look that is consonant with macho MAGA men, needless to say. So forget about talking about what a he man Vance is, that brings you to Trump. Or the Trump men as a group, which is rather hilarious. That’s the second purpose, is to assure MAGA that the manly men of the Trump family will be in charge and leading us all. Talk about the stuff of nightmares.
And of course the stupidest thing of all is not who can throw a ball or aim a gun or any of that. Vance or Walz (or Trump or Harris) are going to be hired for their skills at statesmanship or the lack thereof.
So this is an appeal to focus on Trump, basically, and not on Vance. And the problem with that is that Vance is going to be the center of attention tomorrow, October 1. It was even speculated for a while that Trump was attempting to do some kind of counter programming. Originally he had two events set in Wisconsin, in Waunakee and Milwaukee. Now the Waunakee event is still on for the afternoon and the late afternoon Milwaukee event has been cancelled.
It seemed odd at the time that Trump would have had two events in one day, to begin with, but on the day of the Vance/Walz debate? Again, all we can do is speculate because the Trump events roster changes daily. Maybe Trump changes his mind on a whim, or maybe he agrees to go someplace and then decides he doesn’t want to go there anymore, like any petulant child.
In all events, Vance/Walz is carved in stone for tomorrow. They’ll be at a broadcast center at CBS in New York. Without real time fact checking, evidently. This is not a good idea. All it’s going to do is make CBS look bad and that’s already taking place.
Meanwhile the toll from Helene is approaching 600 and n0-one is discussing anthropogenic global warming.
But they will ‘discuss’ whether Mr Trump catches and throws balls.
Is this the broadcast media we want?
Notice how far inland the serious effects of Helene are. Ashville NC, for crying out loud. I’m pretty sure, that much like Katrina, this the warned larger, more severe storms. As it stands, insurers have pulled out of Florida and the ones that remain are downgrading the adjuster’s estimates of repairs to ridiculous levels. How much more self-inflicted suffering are we the people going to tolerate?
🤬 Oh, FFS!! While Watters is discussing athleticism = real man, he is showing a slow moving old hulk and comparing him to a swift-walking, energetic man running to meet and shake hands with lots of people! Watters says he’s never seen this so-called coach throw a football. Hey, Jesse, I’ve got a better test of athleticism. Get Trump and Walz in a room, put a football on the floor in front of each of them, and ask them to bend down and pick up their ball without help. It doesn’t really prove anything…I just wanna watch Trump try! 😝
Hey beeker from sesame street…until your boy can hold a bottle of water in one hand to drink…I’m not impressed. Another pissing contest from our toxic faux masculine crowd. By the way, as the oceans warm, and they are warming, the intensity of storms will increase. All energy systems are heat driven…weather is no exception. The other fact for my homies in NC…not a single member of our representatives voted to help NJ/NY when Sandy phucked them up. Karma? You tell me.