When JD Vance and Tim Walz take the stage for next week's vice presidential debate, CBS News says it will be up to the candidates, not the moderators, to fact-check each other.

CBS News, hosting vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz for the general election campaign’s third debate next week, says it will be up to the politicians — not the moderators — to check the facts of their opponents.

  • EleventhHour@lemmy.world
    921·
    2 months ago

    Vance isn’t Trump. He’s a wet noodle who can barely work his way through a sentence. Walz is an adorable teddy bear with claws.

    It’ll be the cutest bloodbath we’ve ever seen, and we’ll all laugh about how the old guy from Minnesota made the dude wearing eyeliner get scared of giving trans school kids free lunches.

    Edit: I can’t wait!

    • jonne@infosec.pub
      61·
      2 months ago

      He’s ok with pushing outright lies, and it’s hard to keep up with all the right wing lies that are floating around. I hope Walz just starts calling them the liars they are instead of avoiding ‘name calling’.

      • EleventhHour@lemmy.world
        47·
        2 months ago

        Vance isn’t much of a public speaker, and, up against a debate opponent like Walz (who is a great public speaker), Vance is pretty much fucked. He won’t have much of a defense but to pivot when confronted, and Walz is both clever and persistent. He’s also extremely charming, which Vance extremely isn’t, lol.

        • proudblond@lemmy.worldEnglish
          23·
          2 months ago

          You’re making me look forward to it. Kinda. Let’s say I’m looking forward to the instant replays by the Daily Show.

          • EleventhHour@lemmy.world
            16·
            2 months ago

            Well, it’ll probably be more policy-focused than anything with Trump, which is always just a clown show because Trump only knows how to be a clown. Vance will, at least, try to debate Walz, but it will quickly just be a timed trading of canned campaign jabs. How each plays it will be interesting to see, and - personally - I think it will be fascinating for 3 reasons:

            1. again, Vance’s relative terribleness vs Walz’s very goodness will be awesome to watch. Walz will kick Vance’s ass easily

            2. more than that, this debate will be far more substantive than the last debate, which was, basically, Kamala baiting Trump into crazy-shouting one crazy lie after another while Kamala just laughed and laughed.

            3. Tim Walz is, quite possibly, the most lovable guy to ever exist. JD Vance is, quite possibly, a new form of venerial disease.

    • paf0@lemmy.world
      11·
      2 months ago

      Vance is like a Dollar Store version of Trump. He looks like the same product, he tells the same lies, but the parts aren’t all there. He’s a grifter but he’s not in the same league as The Donald, he even looks like he’s in pain when he lies.

      • EleventhHour@lemmy.world
        13·
        2 months ago

        The fucked up part is that, since you can’t get cheaper than Trump, the knockoff is actually more expensive. Worse, Vance is also (somehow), dumber, poorer, less-popular, and more insecure. He’s also - unbelievably- worse with interactions with the public and with public speaking.

        And we’re about to find out how bad he is at debate against a real politician.

        • BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world
          41·
          2 months ago

          Vance at least looks like an actual human, the Toupee’s human disguise was created by a sentient pile of excrement that only once glanced at a human from a distance.

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
      9·
      2 months ago

      Vance isn’t Trump. He’s a wet noodle who can barely work his way through a sentence.

      But what is Vance?

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      62·
      2 months ago

      It’ll be the cutest bloodbath we’ve ever seen

      When you wrestle the pig, you both get muddy but only the pig likes it.

      • EleventhHour@lemmy.world
        11·
        2 months ago

        Helps when the pig is both extremely popular already, and the pig’s opponent is… lol… well, JD Vance lmao

        Seriously, the guy lost a debate against the opening staff at a donut shop. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

  • LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world
    611·
    2 months ago

    Fucking cowards. We saw how quickly fascists crumble when you fact check them. Why won’t CBS want to do that?

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      26·
      2 months ago

      Because they want to help the fascist.

      Something about ten dudes at a diner table with an eleventh who is a nazi.

  • NatakuNox@lemmy.world
    51·
    2 months ago

    Ya this is a dumb move by CBS because it compromises the legitimacy of the debate… But I know Tim Walz is going to wipe the floor with this couch fucker.

    • RunningInRVA@lemmy.world
      18·
      2 months ago

      It compromises the legitimacy of CBS. How can they be okay with blatant lies being aspired on its network?

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    501·
    2 months ago

    *CBS is announcing that it will allow the Couchfucker to Gish Gallop.

    Fixed that title for you.

    • PLAVAT🧿S@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, and a side effect of refuting gosh gallop, if you even can, is that you end up wasting your time on the floor instead of discussing your points.

  • Marleyinoc@lemmy.world
    361·
    2 months ago

    CBS is owned by Paramount Global who splits their “donations” between parties (heavier toward Democrats). Are we tired of being governed by corporations, yet?

  • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
    341·
    2 months ago

    Waltz: Vance I heard you fuck couches for fun.

    Vance: NO I DON’T

    Waltz: That’s not proof. If you’re gonna fact check me you gotta provide proof! Clearly you fucked couches!

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      2 months ago

      Walz would be way more subtle than that.

      hey. So glad you got off the damn couch.

      And

      Oh. Meant to ask you. How was the tour of Ashley Furniture? Find any attractive couches?

      Edit:

      didja get any good recipes from RFK?

  • Capt. Wolf@lemmy.world
    23·
    2 months ago

    Oh sure, tell the guy who basically said “We’ll make up whatever facts we need to to get our point across!” when the whole pet eating debacle was debunked that he won’t be fact checked… What could go wrong!?

  • Etterra@lemmy.world
    23·
    2 months ago

    Facts? Integrity? What the hell are you talking about? We need a ratings bump.

    CBS executives, probably.

    Anyway Walz is gonna eat Vance’s face for dinner and then shit down his throat hole. I look forward to catching the highlights reel online.

    • CitizenKong@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 months ago

      Walz just has to be himself and he will vastly outclass any pathetic attempts at appearing charismatic that Vance will be trying to conjure up.

      Then Vance will repeat Trump’s bullshit but more coherent and Walz will talk actual policy, probably appearing like the well-meaning teacher talking to the problem kid in class.

  • Maggoty@lemmy.world
    20·
    2 months ago

    Those were some of the best moments though! When the Linsey Davis (moderator) deadpan said, “There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born." I fell off my couch laughing at Trump. He didn’t know what to do, he was like a fish out of water.

    I guess the GOP made it a deal breaker for the VP debate.