2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDear U.S., get ready to experience the Mike Pence rash
In a normal election year, Pence wouldn't even sniff the vice-presidency. In March 2015, in the "Mad Max" fallout of RFRA, Mike Pence went on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" and dribbled pudding down his chin. All talks of a Pence presidential run ceased, and Mike slinked back to Indiana.
But in an election cycle ruled by a man who's alienated entire nationalities and religions, an embarrassing TV appearance doesn't seem so bad anymore. And hey: Pence's backward thoughts on homosexuality are downright rainbow-infused compared to recently passed amendments in the burgeoning Republican platform.
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A failed governor with the magnanimous personality of beige carpet will smirk in his new national spotlight and count down the seconds until his fickle boss realizes that the presidency is a job, shrugs and says, "here's the key to the Oval Office, Mikey. Go ahead and nominate Joel Osteen to the Supreme Court."
http://www.courierpress.com/columnists/jon-webb/dear-us-get-ready-to-experience-the-mike-pence-rash-36989537-0a30-4fff-e053-0100007f8ce2-386839771.html
Laurian
(2,593 posts)Anyone else see similarities?
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)Pence does beat out Quayle in the asshole category though.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)to decide. Of course, the very real prospect of the people of Indiana handing him a permanent yellow slip could be taken as the message from on high he wanted. He's a knuckle-dragging, authoritarian, strong socioreligious conservative of the type who can never be trusted to handle power properly in a secular democracy, or any other kind for that matter.
But, that's not the resemblance that leaps to mind. He shares a basic incompetence, extreme unsuitability, and inability to meet a call to be great with so many malignant theocratic social/religious cons who are prominent in today's Republican Party, people like Sen. Ted Cruz, Mitt Romney, Gov. Perry, Marco Rubio, Sarah Palin, shockingly numerous Republican members of Congress, and unfortunately on and on and on.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)And it's not pretty:
http://politifact.com/personalities/mike-pence/statements/