Greetings! After last night’s strong debate performance, JD Vance vaults to the top of 2028 GOP presidential hopefuls.  Despite his obnoxious and constant evasiveness to simple questions and his poor relationship with the truth, he projected a presidential image: calm, cool, and in command of his narrative and emotions.  Walz, while growing stronger through the night, often looked bug-eyed and ill at ease.  His appearance wasn’t helped by the stark black suit which looked like he borrowed it from an undertaker. While I appreciate the civility of the clash, I wish Walz would have taken the gloves off when it came to Vance’s longwinded dodge on the January 6 insurrection and 2020 election results….Tucker Carlson for president in 2028?  Sorry to ruin your breakfast, but it’s a real possibility according to John McCormack’s in-depth article in The Dispatch Whatever Happened to Tucker Carlson. The story looks at Carlson’s weird journey from preppy libertarian at the now-defunct Weekly Standard to flame-throwing conspiracy theorist…Dept. of Modesty:  Here’s what Trump had to say about the longshoremen strike.  “The situation should have never come to this and, had I been President, it would not have,” he wrote on his website yesterday….I will be taking the day off tomorrow in observance of the Jewish New Year.  Shana Tova to all who observe.  TheRighting will be back on Friday…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! I plan to  hate-watch tonight’s debate tonight simply to witness the scary and nasty JD Vance in action.  The thought of him a heartbeat away from the presidency is frightening.  Looking for color commentary during the Veep faceoff between Tim Walz and Vance?  Donald Trump will be posting his salty sociopathic takes on Truth Social. Here’s what The Donald said on Truth Social yesterday: “I will be doing a personal PLAY BY PLAY of the Debate tomorrow between the Brilliant J.D. Vance and the Highly Inarticulate ‘Tampon’ Tim Walz.”  He also called Kamala Harris “cognitively challenged”…On a more joyful note, happy 100^th birthday Jimmy Carter.  Try to make it until November 5.  We need your vote in Georgia…Sad: Rudy Giuliani’s daughter Caroline trashes the once celebrated NYC mayor and Donald  Trump lackey   The 35-year-old writer and filmmaker wrote a devastating Vanity Fair article where she endorses Kamala Harris and mourns the tragic fall of her father…What’s the book of the year?  American Spectator says it’s Ken Khachigian’s Behind Closed Doors: In the Room with Reagan and Nixon.  Khachigian toiled as an aid and speechwriter to both presidents.  Several right wing boldfaced names, like Ed Rollins and Pat Buchanan, have blurbed it…If you missed the opener of the  season premiere of “Saturday Night Live” featuring  a spot-on Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris and Dana Carvey in a devastating portrayal of Joe Biden, here it is…RIP baseball legend Pete Rose.  A low-down liar and degenerate gambler, but a helluva ballplayer…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard