Not Who I Would Have Picked
Yesterday some damn fool asked Mike Pence which vice president he wants to be most like. He had 47 choices and he picked ….
GOP vice presidential candidate Mike Pence said his role model for the number two spot is the last Republican to hold the job — Dick Cheney.
“I frankly hold Dick Cheney in really high regard in his role as vice president and as an American,” Pence said on ABC’s “This Week.”
Pence said that, like Cheney, he hoped to be “a very active vice president.”
Okay, Mike, if you think that Donald Trump is even going to invite you to the White House after he’s elected, you ain’t got your tray in the full upright and locked position.
Also, how soon we forget …
When Vice President Dick Cheney left office, his approval rating stood at a staggeringly low 13 percent. Few political figures in history have been so reviled.
So, what you’re shooting for is a lonely man with a 13% approval rating. I think you already have that covered, Mike.
Thanks to everybody for the heads up.
Donnie admires Putin and Kim. No surprise that Little Mikey admires Darth Dickey.
1Cheese and crackers! Talk about an example of no ambition at all!
2Not to worry y’all, I loathe Dick Cheney but one should know one’s enemy and Cheney is one smart mother-grumble. Mike Pence is no Dick Cheney; at best he makes it halfway!
3Sort of like a nasty little kid saying he wants to be Al Capone. Fortunately he’s not going to get anywhere near that level.
4>>> …if you think that Donald Trump is even going to invite
>>> you to the White House after he’s elected…
Actually, JJ, I wouldn’t be too sure about that. Hair Chump has already made it explicitly clear that he has no interest in or intention to be bothered with the mundane details of actual governance. His hyuge excellent plan is to surround himself with the “best people” his giant brain can pick out (just like on his scampaign, amirite?) and delegate, delegate, delegate.
I’m reassured… not. ;-/
I haven’t slept for ten days… because that would be too long.
– Mitch Hedburg (& because the thought of Hair Chump being elected is keeping me up at night. – Pretzelogic)
I demand to see Chump’s long-form worth certificates!
5(Yes, I’m a “worther” and proud of it.)
KEEP America Great Again!
Clinton/Kaine 2016
“Congressman, I knew Dick Cheney. You are no Dick Cheney.”
This Pence is really turning out to be a joke. I read that he was deeply uncomfortable with the title of “vice” President because
6well, Jesus, and all. Can you imagine the Founder’s listening to the current dialog regarding the most important positions in the world? I believe there are tears rolling down the cheeks of their cold, dead bodies. No, really.
We in Indiana don’t call him Gov. Dense for nothing.
7To quote Dubya summarizing his presidency:
“Eight years was awesome and I was famous and I was powerful.” THAT is the intellectual depth of the Bush administration. So… Pence wants to emulate Cheney? Figures.
And why? Because this is the Trump rewrite of recent history with Dubya’s reign as the greatest EVAH! If TrumPence gets to the WH we are SO screwed.
8Pretzel… I’m not a “worther”, I’m a truther.
Press: Show us your tax returns.
9Donnie: Can’t. Being audited.
Press: Show us proof you’re being audited.
Donnie: …………………….
Mike Pence is one of that strain of Christians who are wary of thinking, because it can interfere with one’s blindly-pious relationship with Jesus.
Beloved and sadly-missed blogger James Briggs Stratton “Doghouse” Riley, Indiana native, watched and commented on Pence for years. He wrote this just three years ago
10Pence has set the bar so low he can slither over it like the snake he is.
11The story I’ve read is that, before picking Pence, Trump invited Kasich in to talk about being veep. Manafort told him that he would be tasked with managing domestic and foreign affairs. Asked what Trump’s role would be, Manafort said, “Making America Great Again.”
Kasich turned him down. Obviously, Pence was more than happy to agree and OF COURSE he says he admires the last veep who had the same job description.
Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up.
12ARRGGGHHHH! Having said that, I feel better. The lack of intelligence demonstrated by pence is almost too much. Almost. I cannot ever remember a worse vp pick except perhaps palin. Sigh
13JAK – nothing wrong with being a “truther” this year – Hair Chump tends to lie whenever he breathes. But with regard to his tax returns, the Chump’s heirs apparent, Uday & Kusay, have recently admitted pretty clearly that the real reason they haven’t been released is because they would “raise too many questions”. (See the full details at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; note: THEY titled the web page “Trump-lies-Pennsylvania”, not me).
Too many questions? Awww, poor thing. And I mean that – poor, until I see evidence that he’s not as deeply in debt as I think he is the the Russians & Chinese. Until then, as far as I can see, he’s doing business with the bin Ladens (!!) to try to stave off bankruptcy. What a loser.
Veritas vos liberabit. – The truth will set you free.
😉
I demand to see Chump’s long-form worth certificates!
14(Yes, I’m a “worther” and proud of it.)
KEEP America Great Again!
Clinton/Kaine 2016
Woops. I was trying (awkwardly) to post a link to TribLive:
http://triblive.com/politics/politicalheadlines/11142102-74/trump-lies-pennsylvania
File not found. Should I fake it? (Y/N) – anonymous
;-P
I demand to see Chump’s long-form worth certificates!
15(Yes, I’m a “worther” and proud of it.)
KEEP America Great Again!
Clinton/Kaine 2016
OMG, his idol is Darth Dickhead?! What standards can possibly be lower? Oh, if he succeeds in emulating his idol, he’ll find or create the lowest standards known in America. He’ll make Scumpf’s buddy V Pukin, look Mandela-ish.
16Juanita Herownself: I disagree that Trump won’t let Pence see the inside of the White House. On the contrary, he will turn over all the business he should be attending to to his Veep. Remember when a Trump son was trying to round up a VP candidate? Offering him the chance to handle domestic and foreign policy? “And what will he [Trump] do?” asked one prospect. “He’ll be working at making America great again!” replied the Trumplet.
17In other words, if (God forfend, please–I’ll give up chocolate for life in return) Trump should become prez, he’ll be a figurehead and Pence will actually do the work. Why wouldn’t he choose Cheney as his role model?
Ditto Pence holding the bag. Nobody thinks Donnie’s gonna own up to any failures, right? No, he’ll point pence in the direction he wants, let Pence do the work, and then take the fall. As far as Cheney, perfect sense. He’s the RWNJ’s hero. STRONG i.e. vindictive and mean as hell. DISCIPLINED i.e. ruthless. And highly intelligent. Unfortunately, anyone who’s willing to work for Donnie can’t be that smart. Just ruthless, vindictive, and mean as hell.
18I keep telling folks that if Donnie should [God forbid] get into the White House, it won’t be Donnie running the country, it will be Ivanka, Eric and Don, Jr. The 3 Trumpkateers!!
19The only thing scarier than dump is dense…….he will push women’s /LGBT’s rights back to the stone age…….
20Be fair, that is about as far back as the beloved uneducated can remember in Republican Vice Presidents except for Dan Quayle & who would want to emulate Dan Quayle.
21Did he say which friend he’s going to shoot in the face?
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