[sphinx]

White trash family; Appalachian hillbilly types who migrated to southern Ohio for factory work. Single mom was a junkie. Got shuffled from one temp home to another growing up. Ended up with a problematic grandmother who at least tried to set him straight. Borderline kid on the edge of trouble growing up. Joined the Marines as an alternative to dead end manual labor in a declining rustbelt town. Found discipline and direction in the Marines; served in Iraq. Ohio State on the GI Bill. Grades and test scores got him into Yale but the financial aid package was not enough; worked two or three jobs through law school. Made a success of himself. Apparently a conservative and probably a Republican despite Yale. If he were black, the lefties would have raised him to the godhead by now, provided he changed his politics and learned to whine about being a victim. Anathematized by the left for his first book, because he dared to suggest that poor people have agency, that everyone is responsible for his own actions, and that breaking out of a dysfunctional culture means having the courage to change the things you can. Sees honor in honest work and accepts the idea of starting at the bottom and working one's way up.

What exactly do you think disqualifies him?

[LizzieD]

Just watched the film and I think it’s safe to say that JD Vance would never sell the American people out to China. That the most important qualifier I can think of right now.

[wardaddy]

Because he may understand Horacio Alger well enough

But he is light on culture war

The war we are in is all culture

It’s not fiscal versus spenders

It’s the we hate white people and Christians

It’s the we hate America and western civ

It’s the we hate traditional family

It’s the we hate free people having guns

Against us

They wish to destroy out culture in total

JD Vance doesn’t get that...and Peter Theil who is useful regardless does not either

[wardaddy]

Neither does Townhall understand this either

They are clinging to the old paradigm ....not GOPe but not Trumpian either

Townhall is perfect for original Nevertrumpers here who have sneaked back in

I see them