Posted on 07/20/2016 2:26:54 PM PDT by Zakeet
Trump plans to saddle his veep with most of the duties of being president. Because why not?
Anyone looking to tune in to the Republican National Convention this week to hear from the man the GOP is seeking to send to Washington to run the country needs to adjust their DVRs, because that speech won't be given by Republican presidential nominee and apocalyptic circus peanut Donald Trump on Thursday. Rather, it will be given by the party's vice-presidential nominee, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, on Wednesday night.
So what gives? Well, it's not entirely surprising. See, Trump has, throughout his campaign, made it clear that he believes that being president is a really easy job - no sweat for him! But if you want to get a sense of just how easy Trump imagines the office to be, you should check out the Robert Draper’s account of how Trump came to select Pence as his running mate in The New York Times Magazine. It begins with Trump's eldest son making a back-channel overture to Ohio governor John Kasich, offering him the chance to be Trump's running mate:
(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...
YUP.
It’s not true and even if it was, I’d FAR rather have Pence running things than the hippo in the pantsuit.
hey i was just thinking. Dont the couples meet at the end of the debate. The families come out?
What a CONTRAST that is gonna be!!!! :)
Anyone who goes through any sort of interview gets real questions and ones just to see what response would be, so they can evaluate who would be a fit or about character or such.
And it wasn’t Donald who asked/said it, so why’s this even “news”?
Snarky article for the sake of being snarky.
IIRC, the VP-selectee always has the night before the nominee’s speech.
If it’s in the Huffington Post it must be true...
More on Jason Blumpkins.
The source is a Kasich staffer, so of course it’s true. /s
Not sure about any of these stories but Trump is used to being CEO and delegating. In some fashion I would expect him to outline and orchestrate what needs to be done and get others to carry it out — more so than other Presidents.
Even if this fake story were true, so what?
Who do I want picking two or three SCOTUS justices? Pence or Clinton?
Trump has a large suite in Jason Linkins’ head.
Jason’s gonna do a Scanners if he isn’t careful.
Jason sets off the old gaydar, too. Just sayin.
So Trump wants his VP to be a defacto Prime Minister?
Why not? The French and Russian Presidents already govern in this manner.
And the Presidency is a strenuous job for an old man like Trump.
Yeah, I’m sure Trump will just sit in the Oval Office and water the plants.
The media is insane.
And in 1980 Reagan was going to be a smiling face, bewildered and confused, as George Bush (CIA .... brrrrrrr!) was going to run things. These people really are Hollywood. Not a new idea in fifty years.
Just who do you think was running that boardroom?
Trump will be the CEO.
Pence will be the Chairman of the Board.
Makes sense from the world Trump is coming from.
So the HuffPo has a new crystal ball. And apparently it shows them that Trump is going to win.
They think if Trump doesn’t micromanage everything, he’s senile.
Liberals.
Journ-o-list meme bs story.
earlier it was Kasick.
The long knives of the left wing media are out in full goebles mode.
We read all about this in the New York Times ... so you can all rest assured that it’s true!
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But the NYT used one of their rock solid unnamed sources.
Patriots are reminded that one of the very few powers that the states have actually delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, to regulate an aspect of domestic policy is to manage the US Mail Service (1.8.7). So VP Pence may wearing the hat of the nation’s postmaster a lot. /semi-sarc
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