That VP choice was sofa king bad
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CNN’s Bakari Sellers responded by saying, “I think that J.D. Vance is kind of the Sarah Palin of Dan Quayles.”
This is the quote of the day!
Really? Where does Palin fall on the “worst” list?
Clearly Palin would be the second-worst pick now.
I don't think we should take that away from her, it's all she's got.
She's got a house she can see Russia from, that's something
I still think Obama would have probably won. I didn't think that poorly of McCain though. Not my politics, but he seemed like a good person.
Once he picked Palin though...
Not mine either but I met him once in a hotel lobby. He was very nice to the group of high schoolers and came off as a decent person but that may have just been him being good at his job.
I always felt watching that election that he was pushed to the right and out of his comfort zone by the state of his base and even though I didn't want him to be president I felt a little sorry for him. He would have made a better president than a lot of other Republicans.
No one was going to help McCain, he was a long shot candidate after 8 years of a Republican president that left the country exhausted and fed up, Obama was an answer, McCain was an offer to get more of the same with a little tweak here and there.
Could also be that a lot of people are waking up to just how fucking weird the Republicans actually are, too...
Captain couch fucker is the perfect cheerleader for weird.
"Of my lifetime..." Spot the person born after 1988.
Dan Quale misspelled potato(e) JDVance wants to end democracy...
Dan Quayle helped save democracy!
Seriously, Pence called him looking for guidance on the electoral college certification, and it was Quayle who convinced him that he had no choice but to certify the election. He's earned the right to spell potato however he wants.
The redemption of Dan Quayle was one of the strangest moments of our strange era in history.
Who would you say is worse? I'm not sharp on history and politics.
Dick Cheney perhaps?
Dick was a horrible VP. A vile human being. But on paper he looked decent until the position. Jergin Dick just seems like a horrible choice in every way possible. Not recognizable. Bad reputation. Talks shit about his boss. And flip flopped on everything since forever. Zero integrity.
Oh my good lord I just remember Sarruh Payuhlin. JD that bad? I don’t know man.
JD is much worse.
When Palin first joined the McCain ticket, she boosted his poll numbers and none of the criticism she got seemed to stick. It was only when SNL started parodying her that public opinion shifted. On paper she was exactly what McCain needed, both to shore up his base and to add some much need youth and energy, and having that whole family image that polled well with women.
Obviously we have a lot more information to go on now, but at the time Palin made sense.
Vance was a terrible pick from the beginning. He's a nut job that even Republicans aren't happy with. He appeals to nobody that wouldn't have already been a Trump supporter. He adds nothing of value, just more shit that people can easily mock and/or be terrified of.
He adds nothing of value
He was chosen because he publicly said he would do what Mike Pence wouldn't do on January 6th.
As would the vast majority of Republicans now, I think. There has to be more than just that.
Yeah, they keep topping themselves. Bush Sr was probably a weird choice for the time, being the CIA guy.
Atleast her selection gave us quality pornography like Who's Nailin' Paylin? What would JD give us, just a creep molesting furnature.
Rule 34.
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