Vance doesn't project the villainy vibe that Trump does, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

 

To be a popular villain in fiction a character has to express their villainy with panache. Trump is a master of doing this, from floating the idea of putting alligators in the Rio Grande or shooting immigrants trying to cross the border in the legs to, just the other day, talking about having one day when police can round up criminals without the usual retraints on using violence against them.

Here's his latest crowd pleasing suggestion:

Trump's call for police to have a 'Purge'-like day is an authoritarian strategy.

Excerpt:

In the 2013 dystopian thriller "The Purge," America observes a tradition wherein, once a year for a designated 12-hour period, all crime is permissible — up to and including murder. During the purge, society is rocked by spectacular violence, which is said to have a cathartic effect: It dramatically reduces crime and unemployment. "The Purge" provides audiences with a warning about the horrifying consequences of selective observation of morals and a world ruled by a "might makes right" ethos. But at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Sunday, former President Donald Trump effectively floated the idea as a good thing. Except in his spinoff version, the twist is that it’s only the cops who get to do what they want. 

Poor J.D. Vance tries to pull off this kind of unabashedly evil persona, but he just can't manage it. Trump, with his sing-songy voice and the hold he has on his audience, manages it. Perhaps this works because he is able to use that modulated voice the way hypnotists use theirs to put subjects in a trance.

I suppose we can excuse Vance for seeming to be a Trump Mini-Me. 

Trump has been acting for decades. Vance is on the big stage now, but he has barely the skill for a small role in a community theater performance. If his best lines are about cat ladies and people eating pets he can't even deliver them well.

Tonight in the debate he has one last chance to prove his acting chops. He will have to do this debating someone who isn't going to be mouthing lines from a script written by lunatics.

Yesterday's blog:

Other recent blogs

It can happen here, right? RIGHT!!! Start by asking what kind of monsters put children in cages and go from there. By Hal M. Brown, MSW

Let's say the new $100,000 Trump watch is worth $100,000, why the hell does Trump think it is a good idea to sell it now? By Hal M. Brown, MSW

It happened in Germany and Russia. If Trump wins It could happen here, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

Read more previous blogs here.

 

It's possible J.D. Vance will be president within four years, by Hal Brown, MSW

 

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Today's bonus blog:

If elected VP JD Vance will be a heartbeat, or absense of a heartbeat, away from succeeding a president with a thick neck, who eats poorly, gets little exercise, and is obese. These are all factors portending life threatening illness. 

Consider President Vance. 

I'm sure he has.

Biden is older than Trump but doesn't have the health risks Trump does. Not only that the idea of President Harris doesn't strike fear into the hearts of every democracy loving American.

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