The VP Debates were tonight.

I’ll say it right now: I enjoyed watching them entirely too much. Though I’ve almost certainly made up my mind for voting this November, I do like to hear from all of the candidates and sides to make sure that I am making the right decision. There is of course that whole “oh woo woo woo what difference can one person make in the elections woo woo woo” but I try not to listen to that—seeing as if I do that all of the time I’d never do anything at all.

 

The Biden-Ryan Showdown certainly jossed my feelings that Biden is just sort of noise that shows up once in a while to make a goofy fucked-up observation on an open mic. He was solid in his performance tonight. Biden came out swinging, and he didn’t pull any of his punches. Even his reactions were candid.

 

He very  nearly facepalmed at one of Paul Ryan’s statements. It was what they in the business call Blatant Lies™ and there wasn’t much that Joey-B could do but just sort of laugh it off. And he did. A lot. I get the feeling it was because it was a bit more ethical than just going, “You are so full of horseshit.”

 

Man, it was crazy. It was like a fencing match.