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Jedi Guy

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27. I don't think he's particularly stupid. I don't think most of the GOP are stupid, either.

Fri Oct 8, 2021, 01:55 PM

Oct 2021

I think Pence and the rest of the Trump wing of the party are craven opportunists with no scruples and an insatiable lust for power and control. Trump himself is clearly an imbecile, but all the GOPers who hitched their wagon to him, not so much. When he announced his bid for the nomination, they mocked him. When he won, they bowed down and kissed his feet, nearly to a man/woman, out of political expediency.

Pence cast aside all dignity and morality to kiss Trump's ass because he believed it was the best course for himself. That said, Pence is deluding himself if he thinks the Trump faithful will pick him over Trump in 2024.

If they were stupid, they'd be much less effective and much less of a threat. Malice is infinitely more dangerous than idiocy.

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Is Mike Pence dumber than we thought? [View all] Cyrano Oct 2021 OP

Simply Yes! BlueJac Oct 2021 #1

I agree OLDMDDEM Oct 2021 #30

Is This A Trick Question? SoCalDavidS Oct 2021 #2

I don't believe that's possible. rsdsharp Oct 2021 #3

That's my thought. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #12

I used to think it was an act Effete Snob Oct 2021 #4

Yes. H2O Man Oct 2021 #5

Not possible to be dumber than I think he is relayerbob Oct 2021 #6

No, we've known he's always been dumb as a rock budkin Oct 2021 #7

Yep, he can always go back to radio, if any of the winger... brush Oct 2021 #20

Once a Limbaugh wannabe, always a Limbaugh wannabe Shermann Oct 2021 #40

That would be hard to imagine, really. MineralMan Oct 2021 #8

I wonder if Indiana would go blue if he ran? LiberalFighter Oct 2021 #9

At least purple, he was not going to be reelected. AwakeAtLast Oct 2021 #17

I'm in Indiana too. Too many need to be voted out here. LiberalFighter Oct 2021 #26

That's why I moved back to Illinois. n/t AwakeAtLast Oct 2021 #39

He does ask Mother for permission all the time. And sleeps with her. LiberalFighter Oct 2021 #10

No. We already thought that Mike Pence was very, very dumb. Shrike47 Oct 2021 #11

In his own words from a 2017 cabinet meeting... Kid Berwyn Oct 2021 #13

And To Think He Wrote It All Himself! The Roux Comes First Oct 2021 #14

He sounded pained when he read them. Kid Berwyn Oct 2021 #18

He really should go to a monastery in Tibet and try to Cyrano Oct 2021 #16

no. I've always thought him to as fucking stupid as a bag of rocks. NewHendoLib Oct 2021 #15

Sorry, but he knows this. The GOP is one big grifting machine. themaguffin Oct 2021 #19

He's exactly as dumb as we thought C_U_L8R Oct 2021 #21

That would be hard to say LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 #22

I don't think that's possible. we can do it Oct 2021 #23

A Ken doll handled by a toddler Leith Oct 2021 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Oct 2021 #25

I don't think he's particularly stupid. I don't think most of the GOP are stupid, either. Jedi Guy Oct 2021 #27

Interesting analysis Cyrano Oct 2021 #28

If they were all idiots, they'd be far less effective. Jedi Guy Oct 2021 #34

He might be deluded into believing his Purpose in Life... Silent3 Oct 2021 #29

Where's that fly? Come back big black fly! panader0 Oct 2021 #31

My first thought as well. n/t rzemanfl Oct 2021 #33

He's as dumb as he's always been. comradebillyboy Oct 2021 #32

"Dumber than we thought" is kind of a high bar to clear. We didn't exactly think he was a genius. JHB Oct 2021 #35

He is not dumb, walking a tight rope RANDYWILDMAN Oct 2021 #36

Maybe he's got some dirt on Trump Rstrstx Oct 2021 #37

When you think you're one of God's special snowflakes TlalocW Oct 2021 #38

Dumber? Propbably not. Poorer? That is another question. An imagined dialog: DFW Oct 2021 #41