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knives out for Couchie -- (link)

Posted by hollywood big shot (aka pickmix) Jul 26 '24, 04:32

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https://thehill.com/homenews/4793818-vance-vp-trump-house-republicans/ (thehill.com)

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This is a... non story? - Strongbad Jul 26, 06:29 29
- I don't see anything changing in the VP choice of course, but there does seem to be a bit of buyer's remorse. -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 07:07 1
  - lol “a ton of crap for you” (is this supposed to humanize him?) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 26, 07:16
- I thought about the options before the pick and couldn't come up with anybody who would expand the map for 45. - Baron of the Rings Jul 26, 06:40 23
  - Correct. More so than ever, there is no middle that candidates are fighting over this year. Turnout of base will win. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 06:44 5
    - If that's true, then why must KH's VP pick be a white CIS male moderate? -- nm* - con_carne Jul 26, 07:09 3
      - To show that the Dems are a big tent that can accommodate differing perspectives. - Roger More Jul 26, 07:29
      - I'm confused by your response. I'm the one here who has been saying it doesn't have to be. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 07:25 1
        
        The q was not directed at you, but the fact that this does seem to be the direction of things. -- nm - con_carne Jul 26, 07:30
    - McCain picking Sarah Palin (aside from the whole mortgage meltdown) was the biggest VP own goal since Dan Quayle. judgment matters to voters -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 26, 06:59
  - Nikki Haley would have been the obvious strategic balance -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 26, 06:43 16
    - Rubio would also have been a better pick than JD. Probably the #2 pick behind Haley that he could have made. -- nm - Jovian Jul 26, 07:01 4
      - Meh. ST (david?) told me years ago that Rubio had no political future. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 07:05 3
        
        He...didn't. Remember how he wasn't running again in hopes of becoming a national candidate? Pepperidge Farms remembers... -- nm - David Jul 26, 08:03 1
        
        Let's revisit this again later. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 10:15
        
        he was supposed to be the fresh young nominee in 2012. and only stayed in the senate after that didn't pan out (or in 2016) by reneging on his promise -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 26, 07:11
    - A strong play for NH. :) (Which admittedly can be the difference!) -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 26, 06:49 1
      - or just . . . women -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 26, 06:50
    - I doubt she would have said Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 06:44 7
      - Being VP to a 78 year old president has its compensations -- nm - Roger More Jul 26, 07:05
      - of course she would have said yes. -- nm - Jovian Jul 26, 07:00
      - in a heartbeat. she stood up on the convention floor to totally debase herself for him after all the semi-tough talk of the primaries -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 26, 06:47 4
        
        Candidates like her (and DeSantis) regularly bend the knee like this for the good of the party and because it's expected. Not because they want to. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 06:50 3
        
        Which pretty much is why she would've said yes. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 26, 06:56 1
        
        Disagree. That's why she said Yes in 2016. She wouldn't do it again. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 07:24
        
        Chris Christie didn't, and won't. Asa Hutchinson. there are still plenty of Republicans who refuse to grovel for his fascist takeover -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 26, 06:53
    - seriously. the answer was right in front of him. -- nm - Pippy Jul 26, 06:44
- House Republicans would drink the Jonestown kool-aid on the floor if he told them to -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 26, 06:38
- true. like saying the sky is blue -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 26, 06:34 1
  - WHAT?!?! Since when??? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 26, 06:41
“House Republicans speaking on the condition of anonymity”—Gee wonder who that could be? Let’s see…MTG, Gaetz -- nm - Trending Jul 26, 05:39 4
- MTG doesn’t do anything quietly. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 26, 06:13 1
  - This. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 06:34
- Meh, the lunatic fringe likes him so that’s not them. These people are likely the ones who gave decades of experience - Will Hunting Jul 26, 05:45
- young girls they can understand; but fucking couches is a step too far -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 26, 05:42
Trump will keep him just so he has another excuse if he loses -- nm - oblique Jul 26, 05:31
and Zaslav -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 26, 04:33 1
- How’d it take so long? The Hollywood press sucked this guy’s dick for two years. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 26, 06:13

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