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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Pence is white bread, a null, a blank space. The only thing passionate about him is his zealous, regressive evangelical beliefs, so he'd certainly appeal to that part of the GOP base. He has nothing much else to offer, though, besides a penchant for corrupt behavior in office.
He's the sort of person who would never headline a ticket because he just isn't exciting enough.
Edited by Fighteer on Oct 2nd 2020 at 10:06:07 AM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Biden getting tested for COVID
:
(CNN) - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, are being tested for coronavirus on Friday morning, following President Donald Trump's disclosure that he had tested positive just days after the first debate.
There was no contact from the Trump campaign or the White House to alert the Biden campaign of possible exposure, a senior Biden campaign official who was with the former vice president at the debate said. That aide said Biden's campaign believes there is not much risk because "we were never near them."
Biden was scheduled to travel to Michigan on Friday. It was not immediately clear Friday morning whether that trip would take place.
The former vice president tweeted well wishes for Trump and first lady Melania Trump, who also tested positive.
"Jill and I send our thoughts to President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump for a swift recovery. We will continue to pray for the health and safety of the president and his family," Biden tweeted Friday morning. Biden's running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, tested negative for coronavirus Thursday "as part of the campaign's routine testing of principals," a Biden campaign aide said.
"Jill and I send our thoughts to President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump for a swift recovery. We will continue to pray for the health and safety of the president and his family," Biden tweeted Friday morning. Biden's running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, tested negative for coronavirus Thursday "as part of the campaign's routine testing of principals," a Biden campaign aide said.
Biden campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon sent the campaign's staff an email Friday morning instructing staffers not to post about Trump's positive test on social media.
O'Malley Dillon also told Biden's campaign staff to "rest assured that our campaign staff, in consultation with health experts have continued to take every precaution to protect Vice President Biden, Sen. Harris, their spouses and our staff. The health and safety of the entire team has been, and will remain, our number one priority."
At Tuesday night's debate, after Trump's entourage of family and administration officials entered without masks, a Cleveland Clinic doctor approached Trump's guests, asked them to wear masks and offered masks to them, according to a reporter who observed what was happening in the room before the debate.
Both Pence and Harris have reportedly tested negative. So, provided that holds this means that the VP debate may still take place.
Which brings me to a point of mine that may have been missed - after the debacle of the first debate it may actually elevate the importance of the VP debate. Pence isn't going to be able to "dominate" the debate against Harris like Trump did verses Biden. So at a basic level you'd get a more civil debate which may appeal to more voters in general.
On a broader view however - Harris has an opportunity to grill the establishment Republican party that Pence represents. Put it this way - no one has ever been able to pin down a Republican Senator on their views on Trump for an extended period of time. As has been observed, they have gotten extremely skilled in jumping into elevators to avoid reporters. On the debate stage however, Pence won't be able to escape. And so Harris can really ask - why have you constantly made excuses for this man? Why do you enable him in the face of how he has consistently gone against your stated values? At long last sir, have you no sense of decency?
It's basically the only chance that the Democrats have to put the Republican Party writ large under the spotlight.
https://twitter.com/AlexWardVox/status/1312035678671298563?s=20
Masks still optional?????!!!
What the fuck.
Unfortunately, Mike Pence has actually given many a coherent speech in defense of Donald Trump and is in fact the President's go to guy for speeches that require enormous 1984-esque leaps in logic. I had the misfortune of watching Mike Pence's address to evangelical leaders about why it was important to continue their support of Donald Trump despite the latter being a human wasteland.
I don't think people quite get how much avoiding the perception of weakness is the heart of fascism.
Edited by CharlesPhipps on Oct 2nd 2020 at 7:40:42 AM
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel tests positive for coronavirus
, apparently she was with Trump a short while ago. Persay Trump has mild symptoms.

I hope the Bidens are okay.
@ Purple Eyed Guma - Who do you believe the GOP's "real frontmen" are?