He Doesn't Want To Be President, He Wants To Be Able To Say He Won The Presidency

How Donald Trump Picked His Running Mate - NYTimes.com:

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... [A]ccording to the Kasich adviser (who spoke only under the condition that he not be named), Donald Jr. wanted to make him an offer nonetheless: Did he have any interest in being the most powerful vice president in history?

When Kasich’s adviser asked how this would be the case, Donald Jr. explained that his father’s vice president would be in charge of domestic and foreign policy.  

Then what, the adviser asked, would Trump be in charge of?

“Making America great again” was the casual reply. 

In a way, it's almost a relief. But then, even had it been Kasich, it would have been a terrifying prospect in and of itself. That it's Pence makes the prospect even worse.

It's like I've been saying all along. Trump doesn't want the job, isn't committed to anything except being an entitled asshole. (And being racist.) That he's the nominee simply highlights the fact the rest of the Republicans are entitled assholes genuinely committed to a radical ideology that will unmake the country. They were all just as bad, and in at least Cruz's case - worse, and the Republican base (at least the segment that isn't genocidal-for-Jesus) could smell it on them.

So, last night Christie played attack dog for Trump by indicting Clinton in the convention's kangaroo court. ("Guilty!" the mob shouted, "Lock her up!" they chanted.) Now that he's not going to be VP, it seems clear he's angling for a top cabinet position. My guess is State, based on how he focused on Clinton's foreign policy disasters. (And yes, she has been and will be a disaster.)

With Christie, I don't know. Does he really mean half of what he says, does he have any kind of principles beyond screw-the-enemy? If Trump can't win, and recent polling data still indicates he won't, is it even worth the bother of speculating about?

Turning Up Like a Bad Pence

cryptonaut-in-exile: Mike Pence, C-Street twat, blowing hard on the dog-whistle today.

For all the nods of assent the choice of Mike Pence for running mate by Donald Trump is receiving, it's worth recalling what the C-Street Republicans stand for, in addition to evangelical sex scandals. It's been a number of years since I've bothered paying attention to Pence (the leading link is from November, 2010,) not looking forward to listening to more of what he has to say.

Congressional Prayer Caucus correspondence. (Religious Thought Police Edition)

Seriously?! They are telling the President, "You need to say 'God' more."

Click excerpt to read the entire letter.

It's signed, no surprise, by a Who's Who of the most mentally unstable members of Congress: Bachmann, Gohmert, Pence, Foxx, etc.

Mike Pence, C-Street twat, blowing hard on the dog-whistle today.

C-SPAN Video Player - The Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention

2012 Presidential hopeful, currently enslaved to a cruel king.

Flipping channels, I paused just long enough to get my blood boiling (about ten seconds) to see what Pence, who has recently been hinting about his Presidential ambitions, had to say to the Conservative Goon Convention earlier today. I came in at about the 40:00 mark in the linked video. Listen for the references to: chains ("OBAMA IS ENSLAVING US!"), Obama's acting and being received as a king, and the way Obama's lecturing us ("THAT UPPITY DARKIE!"); and, following those, the way he borrows the stilted biblical phrasing of Isaih 6:10 and Matthew 13:15 to imply that in the next election the people will turn to a more godly leader to be healed. ("OBAMA'S NOT A REAL CHRISTIAN LIKE ME, MIKE PENCE!")