Stephen King: JD Vance never lost that snotty little half-smile--the expression of a used car salesman who just convinced

[highplainsdem]

a potential buyer that the CHECK ENGINE light on the used Toyota he’s trying to get off the lot is a computer glitch.

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[ms liberty]

1. This.

[Bettie]

2. I was literally just thinking

"used car salesman"....

[nuxvomica]

7. Me too!

A used-car salesman selling a broken-down heap that could blow up at any moment, and that's not a metaphor.

[badhair77]

3. I think that smirk is built in.

He can’t lose it. His brain won’t let him.

[Linda ladeewolf]

4. A used car salesman

Is who he really is. Trump is a used car. With lights on the dash and the car’s computer is going crazy.

[highplainsdem]

17. Ir seems that way.

[twodogsbarking]

5. A piece of black tape will take care of that engine light; for a while.

[Mr.Bill]

9. I sold used cars for awhile.

The owner went to the auction every week and bought cars for the lot. Almost every car we bought had the check engine light on. One day I talked to one of the mechanics and asked him if he took care of the check engine light on a particular car. He said sure, I've got the bulb right here in my pocket.

He was kidding, of course, but it shows the mind set.

[twodogsbarking]

13. I told my mechanic my car was making a noise. He said to turn up the radio.

[markodochartaigh]

14. I told the used car salesman that

the headlights didn't work. He told me that at my age I should be home before sundown.

[Paladin]

6. Bullseye from Mr. King---as usual. (nt)

[jaxexpat]

8. It reminded me more of that strange "looking away now' stance one might see...............

from someone trying to think of something to do somewhere else. " Sorry, can't debate anymore now. Emergency at home, my grandmother's dying and my dog needs a vet, STAT!"
Oddest thing is though, I think he actually thinks it makes him look smarter, that pose.

He's really a very deranged man, you know. He lives along the precipice, has for decades, and as VP cum POTUS he'll try to take us all there with him. From delusion to disaster, he's the man of the moment for horror/adventure.

[dempls]

10. Sneer of the elite

That smug sneer of the elite when he wasn't pretending to be from Appalachia. Such hogwash!!!!!

[samsingh]

11. i turned the volume off when vance would start talking

[jcgoldie]

12. very punchable face

Violence is never the answer but cant deny that his smirk inspires the urge

[ms liberty]

22. Yes, backpfeifengesicht, a face in need of a punch

One of my favorite words - so much that it shows up as a suggestion when I get to the "p"

[central scrutinizer]

15. Jerry Lundegard for VP

[BlueWavePsych]

16. Dangerous imposter.

[robertpaulsen]

18. Good comparison. Vance is the Joe Isuzu of VP candidates.

[royable]

19. I was interested to see what was going on with him as Walz lit into him about not accepting the election results.

I was watching a YouTube recording of the debate on my computer. When Walz was dressing him down about not refusing to say that TFG had lost the election in 2020, I noticed his repeated and frequent swallowing, which the beard hides a bit. On zooming in and replaying that segment, I could see all this subtle twitching and tightening of muscles around his mouth and chin. He was trying very hard to look completely calm and unfazed, but I think he was in a state of heightened alert and deep panic, like he'd been found out and the game was up.

He may have been doing it all through the debate when confronted with things he didn't want to hear, but I wasn't going to go back and watch any more of him.

[DoBW]

21. kinda like, here ya go...