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InstantGratification

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20. Agreed

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #10)

Sat Mar 29, 2025, 10:51 AM

Mar 2025

he's just an asshole without any principles or purposes at all other than pure ambition. He is likely counting on the possibility that Satan will call Trump home before the end of his term

I've said several times that he views Trump as his express ticket to the top. He sees Trump's age and ill health as clearly as we do. Think about it, 2 years ago, he was a political outsider, having never held elected office. Then he relentlessly kissed Trump's ass to get that Senate endorsement. Less than 2 years into his first term as an elected official, he kissed more ass to get tapped to be the VP candidate. He probably wants Trump to make it just past the mid point of the term so that it doesn't count as a full term for him. He would still be eligible for 2 full terms after finishing Trump's term.

he wants to establish himself as Powerful! and Mighty! so Trump's MAGA cult will accept him as the inevitable replacement in 2028. That will be a hard sell

He won't be worried much about selling it to MAGA at that point. He will be working for his handlers, people like Peter Thiel, Leonard Leo and the rest of the Oligarchs and Theocrats who want to remake American government in their ChristoFacist image.

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JD Vance is a real monster. [View all] milestogo Mar 2025 OP

Yes SheltieLover Mar 2025 #1

I can only imagine her as a hostage. milestogo Mar 2025 #2

Hey plenty of women are evil. Woodwizard Mar 2025 #4

Except she supported his "they're eating the pets" fabulism FSogol Mar 2025 #7

Her a hostage? SheltieLover Mar 2025 #8

May be, but probably more like "birds of a feather" paleotn Mar 2025 #25

Or, DENVERPOPS Mar 2025 #61

Honestly, they're all kind of low IQ. paleotn Mar 2025 #69

Hostage? Dave Id Mar 2025 #28

She's not a hostage. That's a fact. .... littlemissmartypants Mar 2025 #37

Try imagining DENVERPOPS Mar 2025 #62

Then you're pretty short on imagination GaYellowDawg Mar 2025 #70

Post removed Post removed Mar 2025 #44

He's a super glib, lawyerly liar. Mc Mike Mar 2025 #3

And didn't he used to despise TSF? milestogo Mar 2025 #6

Used to compare him to Hitler; nowadays, Mc Mike Mar 2025 #11

Vance is like a piece of clay BonnieJW Mar 2025 #23

Yep, he's a great big phony. ShazzieB Mar 2025 #48

JD Vance advocated for reparations for Red Lining at one tine, that Epstein file is HUGE!! uponit7771 Mar 2025 #5

He looks like he has no substance at all Beringia Mar 2025 #9

Vance is an empty suit. Whatever ideas or ideologies he might hold Ocelot II Mar 2025 #10

Agreed InstantGratification Mar 2025 #20

You're assuming Vance and Satan are not in allegiance on this jmowreader Mar 2025 #58

Couched in mystery with rich friends who are evil as all hell. Kid Berwyn Mar 2025 #12

Usha impresses me as someone like my mother. no_hypocrisy Mar 2025 #13

She's a movement right winger who clerked under Cavanaugh and Roberts 617Blue Mar 2025 #14

True, but that may be irrelevant to poor personal choices. no_hypocrisy Mar 2025 #15

Picking the wrong man? Cirsium Mar 2025 #27

It can be included, yes. no_hypocrisy Mar 2025 #30

And real smart. Yale College and Yale Law grad. CTyankee Mar 2025 #73

She's not a victim or a dupe SkylineChili Mar 2025 #29

This!!! 👆👆👆👆👆 SheltieLover Mar 2025 #50

One redeeming quality might be that he is seemingly a Game of Thrones fan. Shermann Mar 2025 #16

Nothing positive there at all, I'm afraid.. yorkster Mar 2025 #24

Agreed... regnaD kciN Mar 2025 #52

That's why he has the job. That's what they want. twodogsbarking Mar 2025 #17

Puzzling though Nasruddin Mar 2025 #21

They've all mastered the art Mr. Evil Mar 2025 #18

People forget but should NEVER forget bronxiteforever Mar 2025 #19

Serial killer vibes. n/t OneGrassRoot Mar 2025 #22

Yeah..remember the arrogant way he talked about childless women Demovictory9 Mar 2025 #26

He goes out of his way to alienate large groups of people milestogo Mar 2025 #33

I would love to see a cage match Conjuay Mar 2025 #31

J D would be worse. True Blue American Mar 2025 #32

Between his druggie Mother and his vanlassie Mar 2025 #65

JD Jean Genie Mar 2025 #34

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I had hoped that at least he might be less sold out to Putin than Shitler AdamGG Mar 2025 #36

Amen wryter2000 Mar 2025 #38

When i was in high school JPPaverage Mar 2025 #39

Is there anyone in the line of succession who doesn't suck? 3catwoman3 Mar 2025 #40

TMV: Trump/Musk/Vance, a triumvirate of monsters leading this country. Sogo Mar 2025 #41

So... he's a little mini-Trump with a beard and Military background. WarGamer Mar 2025 #42

"Military background" LMAO Mysterian Mar 2025 #45

better than bone spurs or deferment. WarGamer Mar 2025 #46

The Little Corporal Norrrm Mar 2025 #54

Worse, even less charisma IbogaProject Mar 2025 #43

But as the kids say, he has no rizz Iris Mar 2025 #47

he's trying to soften up Greenland for the invasion Skittles Mar 2025 #49

One thing that stands out PCB66 Mar 2025 #71

He is trash personified. NoMoreRepugs Mar 2025 #51

And he has no sense of humor. He is a boring ass. Klarkashton Mar 2025 #53

He scolded Denmark just like he scolded Zelenskyy. yorkster Mar 2025 #55

An educated fool. No Vested Interest Mar 2025 #56

I think in The States, we have been insulated from how horrible humans can actually be. We view Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot LT Barclay Mar 2025 #57

But he wouldn't be popular with the MAGAs MissB Mar 2025 #59

I don't think Vance can hold the Magats. Buttoneer Mar 2025 #60

Agreed. Dulcinea Mar 2025 #63

He killed his political career by becoming vp. Unlike other vps whose careers died following the end of their tenure PortTack Mar 2025 #64

And he's hard on sofas and couches. marble falls Mar 2025 #66

I think he's the... 2naSalit Mar 2025 #67

Sometimes when I read OPs too fast my mind makes me laugh BigmanPigman Mar 2025 #68

Question - who is 4th in line for the presidency? lark Mar 2025 #72

No one has to vote for him. OldBaldy1701E Mar 2025 #74