Knucklehead Row - Episode 2

Politico's analysis of the VP Debate had to be read to be believed

It’s hard to go past Politico for the worst take on last weeks’ Vice Presidential debate.

Knuckleheads at Politico called in a body language expert to review the debate and came up with this …

“JD Vance’s Beard Matters”

Wait. What? Why?

Columnist Joe Navarro - a former FBI agent - started slowly …

One of the first bits of nonverbal communication to appear in the debate was on JD Vance’s face: his beard.

And then he boldly went where no-one has ever gone before …

“Research indicates that voters see beards as (surprise, surprise) more masculine. That can be positive to some, reading as strength and competence. But to others, especially women, it can be negative, conveying aggression and opposition to feminist ideals.”

Whoa!

Thank God for Politico.

Had it not been for this analysis, I would have assumed Vance’s beard was little more than a sign of personal style.

How wrong I would have been.

Trump’s running mate is a misogynist of the highest order.

He literally has misogyny GROWING ON HIS FACE!!!!!!

Now I must completely rethink Abe Lincoln, Jesus Christ and Santa Claus.

But wait. Back in 2020, didn’t Politico write this about left wing progressive Canadian PM Justin Trudeau …

“At the very beginning of this interminable year, Justin Trudeau grew a beard. The beard was Significant, a symbol of a once-youthful prime minister who was now older and wiser and battle-scarred.”

So facial hair on a conservative is a sign of anti-woman aggression.

But facial hair on the progressive media’s preferred woketard is a sign of significance, and maturity, and wisdom.

Got it.

Meanwhile, here’s what Politico’s expert had to say about Kamala Harris’ bug-eyed running mate …

“Walz’s wide eyes showed his passion”

You’ve got to be joking.

Walz looked to me like a deer caught in headlights.

No, no.

According to Politico’s finest …

“When Walz felt especially passionate about something, he’d open his eyes wide as saucers.

“Eye-popping can sometimes be a sign of surprise, but for Walz, it simply revealed his emotional intensity — like this moment during an exchange about abortion.

“The orbicularis oculi muscle, working in concert with the corrugator and frontalis muscles, contract to raise the eyebrows — a dynamic and emphatic facial motion that grabbed the viewer’s attention.

“Early humans would have made such facial gestures to communicate strong emotions, like danger is close.

“For Walz, it gave extra weight to his feelings and held our gaze.”

Walz was no stunned mullet in the face of a brilliant debating performance by his Republican opponent.

Not a bit.

He was simply sharing his emotional intensity, much as Neanderthals used to do.

Right.