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I have a hunch that Vance is going to be treated as little more than a gofer and whipping boy for Dear Leader. Trump didn't seem to care for Pence from the beginning, and I doubt that he'll treat Vance much better, no matter how much Vance brown noses him and kisses his ass. Of course if Trump dies in his second term then Vance will become POTUS, which may be what he's hoping for.
No way Trump lets a guy who’s so much younger, smarter, more articulate, and most likely a bit more ethically and morally inclined than he get a minute more camera time than necessary.
I wouldn't count on the ethically and morally thing a bit.
Who is Vance--Yea-Like where did he go
Yes he did. You are correct.
I understand, but the bar is quite low.
I've been saying for years that he is the worst since Taney ...He was tilling the soil in preparation for this crisis years before Trump came on the scene
It is a fascinating - and frightening - question. Knowing what everyone knows about Trump and how he tried to prevent his eviction from the White House in January 2021, if things don't look good for the GOP in the 2026 midterm elections, does anyone really doubt that he and Elon and some others would try to use their power to influence or even cancel the elections in some way? The answer is of course they would - there are no restraints on presidential power now, as long as the president claims they're doing something as a part of "national business." If the shit hits the fan and the economy takes a real hit in some way and the Democrats are looking good in 2026, then it's hard to believe that Trump & Company won't use every bit of their power and total control of all three branches of the federal government to keep the Democrats from winning control of even one House of Congress.
Yes, I've been saying that too. But the claim is probably more accurate -- or at least was, before this summer -- as the worst since the Court's modern era (which started sometime around 1900-1910 depending on the classification system). There were a lot of bad justices in the Gilded Age. We don't often hear about their opinions, as they have largely been mooted by events, overruled by statute, or have been gradually overturned over the years by their impracticality. But there were some absolute doozies.
Yes, the best time for a civil war is when you control the drones.
It's a contradiction in that they have no principles when it comes to personal choice vs. government overreach.
Precisely.
UNCBAdookJD said it much better than me. It’s a contradiction in that they don’t want people to be able to tell them what to do with their bodies or their health care decisions, but they absolutely want to be able to tell everyone else what to do with their bodies and healthcare decisions.
Is that a contradiction? I think the GOP has been the party of governmental overreach for a long time. There are only a few places where they don’t like overreach - like taxes. They’ve been all about nosing into your business ever since they aligned with envangelicals - who are the nosiest of all groups.