Donald is sending this hated guy around to campaign solely because Donald is a low-energy geriatric suffering from dementia. He is far too old to be president.
Wish people actually believed this, rather than just tossing it out as a barb. Wouldn’t mind seeing a statutory requirement for Presidents to be under the age of 75. But it would never see the light of day in our gerontocracy.
“People” meaning voters? Because I’m pretty sure the people tossing the barb believe it. I certainly do. It’s not the worst thing about Trump by far, but it’s a problem nonetheless.
Because I’m pretty sure the people tossing the barb believe it.
“Age doesn’t matter because Trump is worse” was the refrain on this sub for months.
It’s not the worst thing about Trump by far
That’s the problem with any kind of generic critique. If you’re always carving out an exception because it’s a two party system where one party always sucks, then “He’s too old” has no substance. You’re going to vote for whatever the only acceptable party feeds you, whether its a spry young cop-loving prosecutor from California or an 80 year old Senatorial mummy from Delaware.
Age isn’t relevant when you’re choosing between two people who are the same age. That’s no longer the case, so age is now a distinguishing factor.
Anyway, my gripe with the age talk wasn’t that age doesn’t matter; it was that Biden was being hammered on it as if Trump is somehow better in that regard.
Age isn’t relevant when you’re choosing between two people who are the same age.
Are you suggesting that you’d support a Trump campaign if he’d been 20 years younger?
Hell no, and I already said it’s not the most important factor. But in a sane world where both candidates are decent people, age could very well be a deciding factor for me.
But in a sane world where both candidates are decent people
The partisan divide is predicated on assuming your rivals aren’t good people. That’s why everyone loves calling each other Tankies and Communists/Fascists and foreign shills.
Let’s be real, JD Vance was picked by the party to be the adult in the room who can actually get Project 2025 passed under Trump since Trump doesn’t care about Project 2025 and just wants what’s best for himself at that moment and to be a petty little bitch
Also worth noting that Vance has no personality. When asked in Eau Claire, WI “why should a voter want to have a beer with you” he responded “uh I uh haha um I actually like beer haha” (he also tried to sidestep a question about Tim Walz by saying “we aren’t talking about Minneapolis policy, were talking about Wisconsin” while literally standing 1 hour’s drive from Minneapolis
And when asked “what makes you smile” instead of any sane answer he answered “insane questions from biased reporters like you!” Then followed it with waffling about how he loves his job so much while forcing the fakest smile you’ve ever seen
IMHO they want Vance for one reason: Trump thinks he can control him, but Vance’s actual master, Theil, will have Vance 25th amendment the orange asshat on day one - giving Theil the whitehouse.
The Vice President can’t do that without “a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide” on their side. That can’t happen without either the aid of people that Trump would have to select (and he’s notorious for picking toadies) or Congress passing a bill to create a body to evict him.
eh lol you think Theil only paid off Vance?
roflololol
Do you have a link for that Eau Claire Interview?
Here is an article with a snippet from the interview referenced. The whole interview is readily available on YouTube if you do a quick search. Hope it helps. https://www.wizmnews.com/2024/08/08/vance-jokes-hes-checking-out-his-future-vp-plane-while-overlapping-with-harris-at-eau-claire-airport/ Cheers!
Thanks.
But confusingly, Trump has continued to send Vance out to campaign events all week, while the Republican presidential nominee has remained largely out of the public eye. Given Vance’s low appeal, it’s unclear how this strategy helps the campaign.
Trump is going to blame Vance for the failure of his campaign, calling it now. He’ll have the usual shit about dems as well, but he’s going to scapegoat vance and throw him under the bus just like he’s done with literally everyone else before him.
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But Trumps only reason for president is to dismiss the federal charges against him.
That’s just the tip of the iceberg. Trump wants another stab at the Prez because he wants to settle scores. This wouldn’t just be an attempt at a self-pardon. He fully intended to unleash his DOJ and law enforcement on the political opposition.
