Posted on 01/15/2024 9:07:20 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
Much discussion is being made these days over who Trump should pick as his vice presidential candidate.
But we're not here to discuss that. We are here today to discuss the last good and effective vice president. Or maybe talk about the veeps that have done great harm and damage to our nation. Especially those individuals that have gone on to become president.
Here in the last 70 years or so is the list of Vice Presidents. Which were good, bad or indifferent?
Kamala Harris
Mike Pence
Joe Biden
Dick Cheney
Al Gore
Dan Quayle
George HW Bush
Walter Mondale
Nelson Rockefeller
Gerald Ford
Spiro Agnew
Hubert Humphrey
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
This is an interesting topic. I never thought about it, but no VP on that list was any good. I suppose Gerald Ford was okay as he helped heal the nation after Watergate.
Ford was a decent caretaker. But then he refused to step aside, and the nation ended up with Jimmy Carter. (We could have had Reagan four years earlier.)
As for Nixon, his later embrace of China and the EPA soured me in him.
Bush Senior
None of the Above
I was a pre-teen at the time, but I remember the media hated Spiro Agnew. That’s always a good sign. They also hated Dan Quayle.
No way.
Exactly! Whatever the media is pushing, I’m for the opposite.
Harry Truman??
Cheney was a rare case of a VP who had no aspirations to run for President, and who was also more competent than the President he served under.
Much older than you, but I agree with those two choices being the best on the list.
John Adams
Nixon would definitely say Ford. LOL
I recall my father at the time, was disgusted with GHWB’s pick of Dan Quayle. He felt Bush picked Quayle for his good looks, and thus to sway female voters to vote the ticket. Maybe.
1 = Good
5 = Terrible
Kamala Harris - 4
Mike Pence - 3
Joe Biden - 5
Dick Cheney - 3
Al Gore - 4
Dan Quayle - 2
George HW Bush - 3
Walter Mondale -3
Nelson Rockefeller - 3
Gerald Ford - 2
Spiro Agnew - 3
Hubert Humphrey - 3
Lyndon Johnson - 5
Richard Nixon - 2
None of these veeps were very good. The only reason I rate some of these a 2 is because they didn't screw up the nation in any detrimental way.
Richard Nixon
Good catch, but somehow not on the list.
..well competent if you love the globohomo CFR running DC DeepSwamp, and planning 911... Dick loved to hide the fact from WY voters and should have gotten the Liz treatment as he really deserved it... ymmv
You gotta be kidding - he was the deep state plant.
Who cares? The position tends to be overrated. It only matters when the Vice President becomes the President, unexpectedly.
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