Plate of hot shrimp and a Heinekin...
Posted on 07/17/2016 5:31:25 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Shortly after being officially introduced as Donald Trump’s running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence was trending on Twitter — but it had nothing to do with politics.
Pence posted a photo of his family eating at a Chili’s restaurant in New York, prompting a storm of tweets.
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So did some other pol - was it de Blasio? Shh, don't tell anyone, but in Italy it is common to see people eat pizza with a knife and fork.
Not all of them are fancy either. Just last week, I took my son to O'Hara's Pub at 120 Cedar Street, just a couple blocks from ground zero. The walls there are covered with fire department badges from all the departments that helped out during 9/11. Would have been cool for Pence and his family to have been seen there. I'm surprised Trump didn't steer him to a place like that. I think once the convention is over, Trump will have a little more influence over Pence's schedule.
Anyway, no major harm done. Doubt it's going to affect anybody's vote. Might actually play well in his neck of the woods - hey, a VP presidential candidate goes to NYC and eats at Chili'!
I would have steered Pence to Old McSorley’s Ale House on E 7th. Good think he doesn’t take advice from me. He’d be sleeping it off. They only let you order beer two glasses at a time and they keep coming and coming.
Pence committed one of the more egregious tourist blunders
Would have been cool for Pence and his family to have been seen there.
Trump is a master at dishing it right back with some wit. Hopefully we will see the same from Pence.
Plate of hot shrimp and a Heinekin...
Personally, I like the fact that Mr. Pence did pretend the unique dining options of New York matter to him, when they obviously don't. I certainly don't see how his being a poseur would help the campaign.
Don't make that assumption. Some of us are just trying to help him and give him good advice. I'm sure Mike Dukakis would have appreciated somebody telling him it was a bad idea to get into that tank. My advice to Pence for next time he's in the city is to go to a working class pub like the O'Hara's Pub I mentioned earlier that is a 9/11 shrine. That gives him the "everyman" cred that should help him with NYC voters. I'm not talking a 4-star "striped pants" restaurant with 7 courses. That would not be good either as it would portray Pence as a typical upper crust country club Republican. There are thousands of places here in the city where working class and middle class people go and it's not that expensive.
But we all might be making a mountain out of a molehill. I believe on the campaign trail, Trump himself will occasionally stay at a budget hotel chain like Hampton Inn or Marriott Courtyard. I think Trump even ate at an Applebees and ordered his steak well done. So what do I know.
That Taco Bell is in the best location for a Taco Bell in all of America. The sunsets are incredible.
I used to hike and bike up the street from there.
The floor was always sandy from the surfers!
Yes, you’re making me homesick. I’m in Texas now.
I had to go back to this photo after hearing about the photo controversy. His daughter is not in the mirror image. Everyone wants to know if she is a vampire.
Maybe having an undead daughter will win him back the coolness points he lost by eating at Chili's.
It stays in business solely based on visits from out of town hicks. /sarc
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