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question everything

(47,476 posts)
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 03:17 PM Feb 2022

Now there are speculations that Pence is getting ready to run

I am not an R, of course, but I think that his chances are null to zero.

I don't remember another ineffectual V.P in the past 70 years, or so. We usually point to Walter Mondale to become the first active V.P., almost a co-president. But even Nixon, as Eisenhower's would travel the world to meet with foreign leaders.

All Pence did was to be the shadow, to mimic everything that his master did. I don't think that he was ever sent, alone, to any function, a funeral, or something.

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rsdsharp

(9,170 posts)
2. He and Mother were sent to that Indianapolis Colts game
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 03:22 PM
Feb 2022

to stage a phony walkout after players knelt during the anthem. Of course TFG had told him exactly what to do before he left DC.

Midnight Writer

(21,753 posts)
6. He also performed a phony walk-out at Hamilton.
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 03:32 PM
Feb 2022

What puzzles me is where did Pence get tickets for Hamilton. At the time, it was a hot ticket and folks had to wait forever to get in.

Pence was living in Indiana, not known as an area where you can scoop up hot tickets on short notice.

PJMcK

(22,035 posts)
16. Broadway tickets
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 04:38 PM
Feb 2022

Producers almost always have extra tickets (house seats) available in the event someone important wants to show up. A show’s creatives and some cast members also get house seats made available up to 48-72 hours prior to a performance.

Additionally, if the VP is attending, it would be planned significantly in advance for security and publicity reasons.

By the way, house seats are never “free” in that someone ultimately pays for them.

Lovie777

(12,257 posts)
10. I keep remembering that video where they were in a meeting . . ..
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 03:53 PM
Feb 2022

square long table with shithole at the helm and Pence sitting to the right of him. shithole took his bottle of water off the table to the floor (I guess) and Pence did the same with his bottle of water. I knew then Pence was weak.

Pence knew at least he could not overturn the Constitution and thereby complied with it. I'll give him credit for that.

As Presidential material, no.

padah513

(2,502 posts)
11. I agree to a point
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 04:02 PM
Feb 2022

Yes, he did the right thing, but only after checking to see if there was another alternative. Doing the right thing, which should have been his first option, was actually his last option.

PatSeg

(47,419 posts)
14. With or without Trump,
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 04:05 PM
Feb 2022

Pence was never a terribly appealing candidate. He has no discernable personality or charisma. So very forgettable.

PortTack

(32,762 posts)
17. He might be..right now tfg candidate choices are doing poorly at fund raising, some have dropped
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 05:02 PM
Feb 2022

Out.

Money is going to candidates that oppose tfg

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