Posted on 09/05/2024 10:35:35 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Since his selection as Donald Trump’s running mate, Senator JD Vance has performed poorly on most metrics by which we judge vice-presidential nominees. He has never been noted for his charisma, and his attacks and insults have rendered him exceptionally unpopular.
But he was not picked for traditional political reasons, like electoral strength in a swing state or being the ambassador to a needed voting bloc. It may be hard to recall after weeks of talk about “cat ladies,” but Mr. Vance, as much as virtually anyone else in Mr. Trump’s orbit, has tried to put ideological and policy meat on the MAGA bones. Mr. Vance was positioned to be MAGA’s overseer of the so-called deep state, the one who would make sure that, this time around, things would really change. Whether or not he became Mr. Trump’s heir, he would make sure that there would be a Trumpism beyond Mr. Trump.
But can there be a Trumpism beyond Mr. Trump? The idea — which appeals to many on the right who agree with the Trumpist turn on immigration, trade and foreign policy but also see Mr. Trump’s unfitness for office — may be an impossible dream in principle and not only because of Mr. Trump’s practical inescapability.
Mr. Trump’s persona has been the essence of his appeal — his policies matter more for the way they create and sustain that persona than they do for their substantive impact. It is intimately bound up with his anti-institutional posturing, his claim to be the one man who can defeat the system. That is a very difficult thing to institutionalize or even to hand off to a successor.
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None of that is even remotely true.
Since Timmy Tampon is swirling the drain they have to pretend Vance is, too.
“Vance has performed poorly on most metrics by which we judge vice-presidential nominees. He has never been noted for his charisma, and his attacks and insults have rendered him exceptionally unpopular.”
No need to read any further!
Just another lapdog piece for Team Throat GOAT.
“All the news we fit to print.”
i had the same concerns as noah
would MAGA end with Trump?
i had the same concerns until Trump picked Vance
NYT is scared...
The writer of this article is playing make-believe.
I count SEVEN lies in that first sentence.
would MAGA end with Trump?
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I think that is completely dependent on how the entire ticket does this time around. If Trump wins and the right carries the senate and house…then MAGA will last a while.
If Trump loses a close race and the R’s take the senate and blocks Harris for four years, it is likely that the MAGA wing will have power to spend in ‘28.
If Trump loses and there is no Red Wave… MAGA will be tossed in the dumpster.
Right now the Senate looks good. The House is still a question. Trump looks “ok”. I think the MAGA wing will need a new player—not Trump. No one is Trump. The question starting the day after the inauguration is who is going to lead that wing of the party, and how will they do it?
One of the most stupid statements I've ever read. People support Trump because he came along and stated policy positions many voters believed were best for this country, but which had been rejected by most in both parties for years.
“But can there be a Trumpism beyond Mr. Trump? “
The unique thing about Trump isn’t what he believes, rather it is how tough he is when he expresses those completely traditional thoughts and is viciously and unfairly and illegally attacked.
Vance will be fine.
“ but also see Mr. Trump’s unfitness for office”
Says the “newspaper” that is unfit even for lining bird cages.
Trump picked Vance when his opponent was Biden. I think Trump considered his win a shoe-in at that point. He picked Vance to be an excellent vice president and a possible successor. I do not think Trump picked Vance to help win this election. A female might have helped him more. I hope Trump wins anyway.
If Biden was cogent enough to write a hit piece, this NY Times hit piece is the piece he would write. Congratulations to the Times for channeling their former candidate.
Only among people who hate him anyway and would never vote for him because they oppose everything that needs to happen in this country.
We don't care about these people. We *WANT* them to hate him, because they are sh*tty people and deserve the pain they will feel when he wins.
In a way the Times is coorect: Unless Trump and the GOP can do something about the Civil Service Act the bureaucracy will simply wait them out.
The real key is to fix the universities, and the left's Achilles heel there is accrediation.
I think Vance has handled himself incredibly well. Particularly with Kristen Welker and Dana Bash.
“It may be hard to recall after weeks of talk about “cat ladies,” but Mr. Vance, as much as virtually anyone else in Mr. Trump’s orbit, has tried to put ideological and policy meat on the MAGA bones.”
The “talk” about “cat ladies” has been entirely from the media, and Vance was pretty accurate in what he actually said. Also, why is “virtually” in there? Who else, apart from Trump, is even close? Oh, and “tried?” MAGA has plenty of policy behind it, and a track record. To the extent that they have tried, they have succeeded.
For entertainment purposes only.
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