Posted on 10/09/2021 4:23:27 AM PDT by cotton1706
Anyone whom the MAGA base suspects of being a RINO is a dead armadillo now. The best advice I could offer Pence and Haley is to disappear. Since they can’t go back in time, and since swimming against the tide is (at best) treading water, the best thing they could do is wait for the world to change. But they’re still here, acting like no one will remember they were caught swimming naked when the tide rolls back in.
Why is it that everybody but Pence and Haley can see this? As Richard Feynman put it, “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.” It truly is the rare person who knows to quit when the quitting is good.
There’s a great story about how Jani Lane, the front man for the late ’80s glam metal band Warrant, realized in a split second his career was over. He walked into Columbia Records, saw an Alice In Chains poster over the secretary’s desk, and thought: “Hello Seattle, goodbye Warrant.” He wasn’t wrong. A year earlier, his band’s poster had adorned the wall. But times were changing, and grunge was ascendant. I think about this story whenever vanilla Republicans like Pence or Haley reemerge. The main difference between them and the “Cherry Pie” rocker is that they lack his realism and level of self-awareness.
While Pence and Haley might have been formidable Republican presidential candidates in, say, 2012, the party has moved on—whether they like it or not. Timing is everything in politics, as Chris Christie could tell you.
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Yes, these are the current tea leaves for those two...but times change...
My guess is they may both be angling for the VP-—>POTUS route, especially Haley...?
Trump may want someone below him who can help bring along the RINO supporters...and a few gals?
Good read!
We have had the Best of the Best.....We have had Trump.
I continue to Praise God ......My prayer is Thank you as you restore our nation......!
Get out!
No way!
Best article title I’ve seen in a while.
No way Trump will pick either of them.
100% roadkill! I will never vote for either one. They are dead to me.
They both are dreadful, wretched people, and DO need to disappear!
Judas Pence and Haley are Deep State.
That's an insult to roadkill.
I don’t know why all these pundits seem to believe that Pence considers himself a contender for anything at all. He knows better than anyone that he’ll never be elected President.
Running for President can help one with finances
The only possible and viable candidates for VP are Kristi Noem and Ron DeSantis
We need DeSantis in Florida and Kristi despoiled herself
I agree about DeSantis remaining Florida’s Governor. Keep Florida going in the right direction. We need his equivalent in Texas and other states, too. Florida, geographically, cannot support that many people.
The idea should be to EXPAND the power of Trump’s MAGA agenda.
I especially like Pompeo for VP for many reasons including loyalty and guts. And he would be able to spot any jive today’s military would try to run by Trump.
FWIW … DeSantis’ background looks an awful lot like Pompeo’s.
As soon as Trump is re-elected he needs to fire all leadership and middle management of government organizations regardless of “investigations” that are started.
America does not need Mr. Rogers as president. It needs an MMA heavyweight champion.
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