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Indeed. It's absolutely true. We have to start out this morning. I haven't asked them yet, so I'll ask them now.

Did you two guys watch the debate last night?

I did not, but I saw the fact-checking sheets that came out, and it looked like it was a

dozy of a debate. Yeah, I was flipping it on when the wild game was either in a commercial

break or in between, period. So I actually think I watched more than the 15 minutes or so I

guesstimated yesterday. Right. It was a debate. It was one of the debates of all time, is what I'll

say. Of all time. What do you mean? It was, it happened. Yep. It did happen. See, I thought it was

not all that bad. They showed some courtesy to one another, which never happens in politics

anymore. Yeah, and that's what I think what, that's what happens when you get two Midwesterners

up on stage together. Well, that's good. No, you might be right about that. I mean, there's no

question about it. Wall shakes off nerves and vice presidential debate finishes feisty on fate

of democracy.

Democratic Governor Tim Walls held up Minnesota as an example to follow during his first and only debate with Republican Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio.

I don't, I don't know. I watched the whole debate with Catherine, watch the entire hour and 45 minutes.

I thought it was going to be an hour long.

I did too. I kept flipping it over. it's like, wow, this is still on.

They're still talking.

I thought they handled each other very well.

They moved toward one another in some things, disagreed on other things.

I mean, it seemed real instead of fake political bullshit to me.

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