[Ads-l] suggested anti-Republican insult (probably a nonce usage)

[Nancy Friedman]

On Threads, August 19:
https://www.threads.net/@andreajoylevine/post/C-3oNU-uXPS
"He Vanced it up"

(Comment on image of John Kerry with caption "20 years ago in Philadelphia,
John Kerry ordered a cheesesteak with Swiss cheese and tomatoes.")

It's hard to search the term, because YouTube produced an ad-blocking
application called Vanced (now deprecated).


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On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 6:17 PM James Landau <
00000c13e57d49b8-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> (warning: this is a partisan post; feel free not to read it)
>
> dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/3/2267610/-New-audio-bad-numbers-and-more-Vance-is-a-terrible-running-mate?detail=emailrecap&pm_source=ICYMI&pm_campaign=ICYMI09042024&pm_medium=email?no_rewrite%3Dtrue
>
> <quote>
>
> Every day that Vance spends on the campaign trail is another day in which
> failed 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee and former Alaska
> Gov. Sarah Palin feels better about herself. He’s not just bad,
> he’s epically bad. Bad enough that “Vance” might as well be a synonym for a
> poorly considered, deeply unwise decision.
>
>
> Trump really vanced his choice of running mate.
> <end quote>
> James Landau
> jjjrlandau at netscape.com
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