“Christ, Have Mercy”: Puck Superfriends Chop Up The VP Debate

Impolitic with John Heilemann

Audacy | Puck

News, Politics

4.8 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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John is joined by his colleagues Dylan Byers and Peter Hamby to discuss the vice-presidential debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz. The Puck Superfriends analyze Walz’s wobbliness in the debate’s first half, his recovery in the second, and his late-stage landing of the night’s strongest and most sound-bite-friendly attack (on the topic of January 6); Vance’s undeniable forensic chops, apparent allergy to factual accuracy, and stubborn refusal to admit that Donald Trump lost the last election; how well Nora O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan of CBS News acquitted themselves as moderators; how pleased (or not) the GOP nominee might be with Vance's performance—and whether it will affect the likelihood of Trump agreeing to debate Kamala Harris again. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Aloha and Namastea everyone and welcome to In Politics with John
0:08.2	Hyaman, my podcast for Odyssey and Puck coming at you every Wednesday and
0:11.1	Friday with fresh topical candid conversations with the people who roam the corridors of power and influence in America
0:16.8	From Washington DC to Hollywood Silicon Valley and of course the greatest city of the world
0:22.3	The Big Apple New York New York
0:24.4	the city so nice they named it twice which happens to be the headquarters of the
0:28.7	puck empire and its sprawling cinematic universe and that as it, is where our two guests today and of
0:34.5	course me, your host, all hail from. The three of us Puck Super Friends are here
0:40.7	once again because last night was another debate night in America
0:44.8	this time between the putative seconds in command and second fiddles the understudies
0:50.4	on the undercard the running men who are this election's running mates, two
0:55.0	gentlemen who were born, raised, and deeply shaved by the values of where they're from, the
1:01.3	great northern region of Upper Cauchasia.
1:04.3	Oh, oops, I mean the great American Midwestern heartland.
1:09.8	On the Republican side, James David, J.D. Vance, and on the Democratic side, Timothy James
1:15.9	Walls, face to face, toe to toe for a little more than 90 minutes from the fabled CBS
1:21.0	Broadcast Center on West 57th Street,
1:23.5	just 4.3 miles from where I am sitting right now.
1:27.1	And if it's a debate night in America,
1:29.2	as I said, it's a night for the Puck Super Friends,
1:32.8	here on in politic with John Hyaman
1:35.1	and our daily podcast, The Powers That Be,
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