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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 10:10 AM Jul 2020

Mike Pence hoped being Trump's worshipful manservant would protect him from the president's collapse

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/mike-pence-hoped-being-trumps-worshipful-manservant-would-protect-him-from-the-presidents-collapse-but-the-pandemics-on-him-now/

Mike Pence hoped being Trump’s worshipful manservant would protect him from the president’s collapse — but the pandemic’s on him now

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Mike Pence is now fully engaged in saving Trump, not saving American lives. He has big ambitions of his own and plans to run for president. But he’d better hope Trump wins in November, because if he thinks he can run in four years if they lose this time, he needs to think again.

There’s a reason Trump put him in charge of the worst crisis of his presidency. It’s Pence’s pandemic now. And you can bet that Donald Trump will be the first one to hang it around his neck with one of his extra-long red ties. After all, if Trump loses this fall, there’s every reason to think he’ll be running against Pence in 2024.
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Mike Pence hoped being Trump's worshipful manservant would protect him from the president's collapse (Original Post) soothsayer Jul 2020 OP
Trump will give Pence a nickname. I like "Mother's Boy". nt NCjack Jul 2020 #1
Ha soothsayer Jul 2020 #5
That have been part of the scam Trump came up with the evangelicals. Thomas Hurt Jul 2020 #2
Huh? . . Iliyah Jul 2020 #3
That's not how it works in regimes like this. Mike 03 Jul 2020 #4
Potted Plant for President. 😆 let me get over that before I comment underpants Jul 2020 #6
Trump Running In 2024? Me. Jul 2020 #7
Can you run from prison? soothsayer Jul 2020 #8
He Can't Run Anywhere Me. Jul 2020 #11
He can run his mouth soothsayer Jul 2020 #12
... Me. Jul 2020 #13
Direct link to Salon article: The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #9
Good analysis on Pence, BUT TRUMP CAN NEVER, EVER, EVER... brush Jul 2020 #10

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
2. That have been part of the scam Trump came up with the evangelicals.
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 10:17 AM
Jul 2020

You support me for two terms, I push the christian theocracy agenda and queue up their real candidate Pence for a coat tail run.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
4. That's not how it works in regimes like this.
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 10:17 AM
Jul 2020

Being worshipful doesn't save you no matter how close you are to tyrants. As they collapse, their wrath moves closer and closer to the center of power. Could Pence go down like Goebbels or Bormann? Maybe. But I think it's more likely Pence will do exactly what Himmler, Goring and Speer did: panic and try to save himself at the very end.

underpants

(182,271 posts)
6. Potted Plant for President. 😆 let me get over that before I comment
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 10:24 AM
Jul 2020

I always saw it as Trump putting Pence up so that he could step in and grandstand. Pence was there to be the lesser. Pence’s whole role is to be a bland backdrop for Trump.

Yes the task force briefings were a good idea especially almost everyone was locked down and starved for information. Aside from actually leading, they had everyone’s attention and could have finished off the election. Bad advise from Jared, general buffoonery, and Trump rushing through stage like Kanye created a disaster both in strategy and imagery.

I loved this line from the article

From that moment on, Pence has worked overtime to lose whatever small amount of credibility he was able to cultivate in those early days.

brush

(53,467 posts)
10. Good analysis on Pence, BUT TRUMP CAN NEVER, EVER, EVER...
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 10:36 AM
Jul 2020

RUN AGAIN. Even the repugs won't stand for his scandal-a-minute ass to present himself for even dog catcher.

And considering his age and what poor physical shape he's in now, no way.

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