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To: numberonepal
Do people turn down being tapped for VP? Has that ever happened?

Yes, I believe it has. It's been described as being worth a bowl of warm spit.

708 posted on 08/05/2022 8:46:51 AM PDT by Oratam (Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...)
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To: Oratam
::::Yes, I believe it has. It's been described as being worth a bowl of warm spit.:::::

Agreed.

717 posted on 08/05/2022 9:10:47 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: Oratam

Well it’s certainly a demotion from Governor in my opinion.


718 posted on 08/05/2022 9:11:19 AM PDT by numberonepal (WWG1WGA)
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To: Oratam

Actually, John Nance Garner didn’t say “spit.” He named a different body fluid, but the newspapers of the time wouldn’t print it.


721 posted on 08/05/2022 9:15:33 AM PDT by Publius
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To: Oratam

Do people turn down being tapped for VP? Has that ever happened?

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Yes, I believe it has. It’s been described as being worth a bowl of warm spit.

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I believe the vessel was a pitcher...Spiro Agnew (sp?


792 posted on 08/05/2022 1:16:46 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Never worry about anything. Worry never solved any problem or moved any stone.)
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To: Oratam; numberonepal
"The [U.S.] Vice Presidency is not worth a bucket of warm spit." -- John Nance Garner, 32nd Vice President of the United States, under FDR. His first VP.

He really didn't say spit. He was misquoted.

819 posted on 08/05/2022 2:24:22 PM PDT by goldbux (“The whole world is a very narrow bridge. The main thing is to have no fear at all.” -- Nachman)
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