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George II

(67,782 posts)
Mon Aug 7, 2017, 12:25 PM Aug 2017

Mike Pence Considering Running for President in 1820

Borowitz, of course!

Mike Pence Considering Running for President in 1820

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Vice-President Mike Pence is seriously considering running for President in 1820, various sources confirmed over the weekend.

According to several prominent Republican donors, Pence is already laying the groundwork for such a campaign, outlining what he believes are the most serious challenges facing 1820 America.

In a conference call with donors last week, Pence reportedly said that, as President, his No. 1 priority would be to repeal and replace the Bill of Rights.

He offered a sneak preview of a potential 1820 stump speech, in which he unleashed a brutal attack on the Bill of Rights’ author, James Madison, and called for the development of the telegraph key.

According to Harland Dorrinson, a donor who was on the conference call, “Mike believes he’s the right man to bring America into the nineteenth century, just like he did for Indiana.”

But minutes after the rumors were reported, the Vice-President pushed back, putting quill to parchment to call the reports “bunkum and balderdash.”

“America already has the perfect man to lead it in 1820, and that man is Donald J. Trump,” Pence wrote.

In Washington, some political insiders also threw cold water on the Pence-in-1820 talk, arguing that the timing was not right. “Pence’s best shot was 1620,” one said.

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Mike Pence Considering Running for President in 1820 (Original Post) George II Aug 2017 OP
He'd fit right in with that century! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2017 #1
I needed a good laugh bdjhawk Aug 2017 #2
ROFL malaise Aug 2017 #3
Putting quill to parchment. Really good JDC Aug 2017 #4
LOL SunSeeker Aug 2017 #5
So brilliant! LOL Lucky Luciano Aug 2017 #6
A choice between James Monroe and Mikey Fetus Funeral? That's a tough one. sandensea Aug 2017 #7
Thanks, I needed a laugh! PatSeg Aug 2017 #8
So true, the VP debate really soured me on Pence Dorn Aug 2017 #9
More like 1020. kairos12 Aug 2017 #10
Nope. We had separation of church and state back then. lindysalsagal Aug 2017 #11

bdjhawk

(421 posts)
2. I needed a good laugh
Mon Aug 7, 2017, 01:07 PM
Aug 2017

Thanks! But sadly, he would indeed fit right in and gladly take us back to those times!

Dorn

(525 posts)
9. So true, the VP debate really soured me on Pence
Mon Aug 7, 2017, 03:01 PM
Aug 2017

Fun Fact: Pence was expected to lose reelection in the fall before he became DTs VP choice.

lindysalsagal

(20,791 posts)
11. Nope. We had separation of church and state back then.
Mon Aug 7, 2017, 04:28 PM
Aug 2017

And a free press. He wouldn't survive that primary.

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