Has anybody tuned into the Mike Pence "town hall" on CNN?

[calimary]

O.

M.

G.

I guess the guy must be running for Pope or something. He's brought up religious references and his faith and praying to Our Lord Jesus Christ...

Hey, as some here may know, I'm a lifelong (if lapsed) Catholic, and I'm still basically a believer. But Good Grief, I don't use every other sentence to shove my religious beliefs down somebody else's throat! And in such a simpering, sanctimonious way, too! I feel like I'm about to lapse into a diabetic coma and I am not a diabetic. I guess it's his idea of sincerity, but Holy Cannoli, does it read as phony as all-get-out. ICK!!!!! I feel positively sticky.

And here I thought America was a secular nation, with freedom of (and from) religion as each individual sees it. Not with THIS dude.

[oldtime dfl_er]

1. quick

go watch Jimmy Kimmel's opening monologues from yesterday and the day before!

[calimary]

5. I'll have to go find them!

I'll have to go find them. I love Jimmy Kimmel! Wonder what he'd say about the Pence pants-packing session.

[FoxNewsSucks]

2. No, but I was told CNN is NOT moving to the right.

I think I was lied to.

[calimary]

7. What I was able to struggle through of that nauseating spectacle, I noticed something.

Conveniently, every audience member introduced to ask a question was a Republican. I kept waiting for a Democrat or an Independent, but finally gave up, before the bottom of the hour. Couldn't stomach anymore.

[FoxNewsSucks]

14. I'm not surprised.

There was some other right wing program they were pushing this week, I didn't watch that either.

It's just like what they did to the morning show. Minimize the Democrats, give republicons all the airtime they want, and have a crackpot-right co-anchor.

[BigmanPigman]

27. Same here.

No CNN for me since the few times I "decided to give them another chance" proved that they are leaning right. I will only watch if there is a big, news story, like a weather disaster.

[markodochartaigh]

30. I think that you are correct, CNN

has been reported to be moving to the right after in was bought by Trump donor John Malone. I don't understand why people here would deny that.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/10/objective-cnn-rightwing-week-in-patriarchy

[blm]

3. He's using it as a security blanket to save him

from MAGA. He hopes the MAGA evangelicals will at least cut him some slack.

[thesquanderer]

25. Good point. In fact, appealing to the most devout might be his best path to steal support from Trump

Trump's fake piety might be his achilles heel in keeping his base intact. Pence was on the ticket largely to shore up that vote, after all.

[Beachnutt]

4. Matthew 7:15

[badhair77]

6. I didn't see the town hall but

I’ve seen his performances before. He might be a believer but he definitely uses faith to get what he wants. Phony sums him up.

[Jade Fox]

31. He seems very rigid and controlling underneath his unctuousness.....nt

[Bev54]

8. No, want to keep the contents in my stomach.

[calimary]

10. Glad I hadn't eaten too much, beforehand.

If I were in that audience, I'd be thinking "my kingdom for a cream pie..."

[magicarpet]

9. Jesus sent me to save America...

God Bless,...

Amen.

(Mike Pence)

[calimary]

13. I think he must be made of ground-up saccharine tablets.

[magicarpet]

18. He does leave a very odd + bitter taste behind that you just can't get rid of.

[bedazzled]

32. Maybe he should hook up with desatan

After all, God sent desatan to "save florida"

[NewHendoLib]

11. No way. Watched the Celtics - now rewatching The Usual Suspects

Next time I watch news on TV will be the first time in over a decade.

[dweller]

12. Missed it

Had to wash my sock



✌🏻

[J_William_Ryan]

15. Pence represents the old Christo-fascist right.

Christian conservative/fundamentalist, Evangelical, (im)moral majority.

[Clash City Rocker]

16. His speeches are better than Zzzquil

They’re a natural way to induce sleep. Side effects include nausea, however.

[spooky3]

17. Is there any way to speed up the Rapture? Nt

[bamagal62]

19. Honestly, they are

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Hoping they can bring it about. And, I’m not joking.
My MIL who is a very religious democrat, basically told me she wants the rapture to happen in her lifetime. They honestly think it will. She was perplexed when I stated, that’s what these people want to do. They want to bring about the rapture. She was curious as to why I did not want that to happen??? It was a weird conversation. I was basically trying to say, we can’t make that happen by doing political shit. But she was all in on the rapture shit. It was almost like she was okay with certain things. If it brought the rapture. Crazy.

[Funtatlaguy]

20. He's always seemed creepy to me...with like a closet pedo creepy vibe.

[CharleyDog]

21. Does Pence really think he has any prospects in future government? Indiana rejected him, but

the orange Dotard allowed him to step in his orange shadow. Pence was dutiful and creepy. Now, he's mildly
rebuking the Dotard, and asking for respect. No one likes him. No one respects him.

[FoxNewsSucks]

22. You know, I can't help but notice that the usual

lickspittles defending CNN etc against valid examples of "leaning right" are absent here.

I wonder why that is . . .

Giving such a tongue-bath to the likes of Mike Pence is a clear bias.

[madamesilverspurs]

23. Has anyone told Pence

that Manafort is no longer able to elevate him?



.

[nakocal]

24. Pence is NOT a Christian

You are a Christian because of your actions, not your words. And Pence's actions do NOT reflect the teachings of Jesus.

[KS Toronado]

26. Pence wants to marry church & state so we can all go to heaven

Oh, bless his dumb ass.

[DemocraticPatriot]

28. Is that what THAT was ?

I was wondering why he was on there for so long... I was channel-flipping between MSNBC, CNN, and DU.... lol


I never stayed so long with Pence on CNN to know what he was talking about, beyond his christian religious BS...


If the GOP voter base was actually as 'christian' as a significant portion of them claimed to be, he ought to be doing better in the polls, yes ? but 5 percent? LOL

Most of the Republicans who claim to adhere to christian beliefs are CINO-- Christian In Name ONLY.

In a way, I feel sorry for him. In reality, not.

"LORD OF THE FLIES" ?? He might win that election, if the flies can vote!!!
They seem to like the smell of him....

[SergeStorms]

29. I couldn't watch.

Remembering his long, hopelessly sycophantic gazes at Trump during his propaganda screeds was all I ever needed to see. Pence has no spine or love of country.

He and "Mother" are both hopeless sky pilots. They'd love the entire country to be exactly like themselves. Not me, not ever. I have nothing against people who believe, but when they allow it to take over their lives and then proselytize to everyone they come in contact with.......no thanks. Piss off!

[carpetbagger]

33. No, but I'm sure it was as creepy as that Disney animatronic president thing.

[NJCher]

34. A little of pence goes a long way

I caught a few of the promos on abc which has or had him on some other show.

He has so many traits that I dislike:

—he’s a chicken about speaking out
—he’s been a dutiful sycophant to an idiot, trump
— he exhibits no sense of humor
—he calls his wife “mother”
—he’s religious

[Xolodno]

35. Wife asked if I wanted to watch it. Said, absolutely not.

Figured it be a long sermon-like monologue.

When I'm asked to speak in church, they are seldom longer than 10 minutes and that's only because I'm adding a lot of history for context. Rest of the time, I'm done at the 5 minute mark.

Make my point with the necessary supporting arguments and references and done. Guess whose speech every one seems to remember?

I sat through someone else's that went on for 25 minutes...at the end of it all, I had no clue what his point was. He went off on so many tangents, it lost everyone.

[AZLD4Candidate]

36. I missed it. I had important watching of grass growing and paint drying to do while he bloviated

[Martin Eden]

37. Does this mean Pence is going to quit politics and start a church?

Probably one of those televangelist deals where people have to send money to save their souls.

[Owl]

38. No way!

[kentuck]

39. I saw snips...

I was not impressed. He seemed very cowardly and milquetoast, in my humble opinion.