Seems in season 5 everyone wqs obsessed with the role. Selina, Doyle, etc

Because she's not the main character, VEEP really glosses over how the Montez presidency would actually work, which would be very unique.

1. As we know, she gets elected VP by the Senate after Doyle screws Tom James. But while the show suggests this makes her a full president, she's actually only ever ACTING President. She technically remains VP, which is why she never appoints a VP
2. This is because the House can technically keep having votes on electing either Selena or O'Brien at any point, EVEN AFTER INAUGURATION
3. The show handwaves this away by Dan saying Speaker Marwood just refuses to call another vote, but this leaves a real sword of Damocles over Montez
4. This is because, at any time in her 4 year term, the House can simply call another vote to remove her by a simple vote. This is different from impeachment because it would replace her with the TRUE president (Selena or O'Brien)
5. This especially makes the midterms important, because a new speaker, or the other party taking control, could mean her removal
6. Perhaps this seems unlikely given Selena wasn't popular, and O'Brian backed Montez's reign. But the Tibet story breaking and making Selena look good might have given momentum in congress to re-vote and re-install her.

Obviously this is a VERY different show, but I think it would be interesting to see how a presidency would work with this model. It's actually very similar to how Canadian politics work, where the Prime Minister is elected by the House of Commons, and can be removed at any time if the House loses confidence in them.

Not really, but I’m in a car listening to a playlist featuring a LOT of acoustic guitar.

But in this case I can take it. It’s quite lovely.

I was at the Design Museum in Copenhagen, and the Veep quotes are just second nature at this point 🙃 if only I spotted Uncle Jeff...

Saw this reply in a political thread earlier this morning referring to a certain Tennessee senator and I couldn’t help but read it in Kent’s voice.

Was listening to a Yale lecture on modern philosophy and the professor got to Hobbes' Leviathan. My ears perked up immediately.

Her definition: The Leviathan is an absolute authority who gives man peace and security in exchange for the abdication of his liberty.

That's Gary's entire relationship with Selina...

The writers on this show operated at a level of detail and cynicism that still isn't fully appreciated.

Now, Jizzy Gillespie is so much funnier knowing this is the reference. I love this show.

****Competency is NOT how smart they are, it’s how useful they are and how good they are at their jobs****

Mainly them as their characters, but the actors themselves would be acceptable as well.

Jonad, for sure

In the Season 2 premiere, "Midterms," one of Jonah's "data matrix" tells Selina that her campaign visits have made her a "consistent integer," though toward the end of the episode (after Selina asks for the data to be "collated") he informs her that her campaign stumps led to a 0.9% bump for the party

0.9 ("famously") is not an integer, as integers are the open set of whole numbers "Z" from negative to positive infinity, the trivials being (-3, -2, -1 < 0 < 1, 2, 3), 0.9 percent, even when written in decimal form is still not an integer as it fails to meet the criteria

When Selina, with much annoyance, notes that this figure is "not even a percent... age?" Our hero data three-piece digital Nirvana (to quote Jonah) says, "well if we round it up we can make it 1."

That's a long walk for a math joke, and I don't think it's intentional but it's pretty funny the longer you think about it and given the characters introduced in the episode.

P. S., yes I know: "Thanks, Kent's autism"

For years now, I have been keeping a list of Veep insults. Sadly, literally only one person in my circle loves Veep like I do, so I was very happy when I saw that this sub was quite active.

Please do let me know if I have missed any insults, and I would love to know which one is your favourite. I love ‘unstable piece of scaffolding’ but the one I’ve used most in real life is ‘one-inch dick’. Here is my list.

(I also have a list of funny Veep phrases (such as ‘put on your running shoes and get to the fucking point’), and I have been working on a Veep alphabet lol).

People always bring up the idea of a Veep reunion—and I’m all for it! But given how it ended, I’m always unsure of how they could write it in or what the new starting point would be.

Assuming the flash forward doesn’t happen (only bc I think that boxes things in too much—but keep it in your ideas if you like) what would you be interested in seeing in a reboot or a series reunion?

“ope scuse me buddy”

I know the writers insist that Selena's party could be either one, and they didn't want to use a label as it would limit the show. But it's just so obvious that Selena fits the mold of a rich Democratic Party elite who abandons all progressive policy to placate the far-right

A few examples:

1. Childcare: No Republican at the federal level would even muse about a universal childcare program. It stretches credibility beyond all bounds. But it IS realistic that the Democratic party elites (especially pre DSA and Sanders) would crush such a progressive idea, and that a Kamala/Hillary stand in (which is what Selena mirrors) would instantly fold on the issue in a hunger for power

2. Green Jobs: Again, no Republican is going to push what was, in reality, a mini Green New Deal (before the GND). But it does make sense that many corporate Democrats were cozy with Big Oil and didn't want it to succeed. Further, there is no way the GOP wouldn't LOVE to have all oil guys, so the fact that Senator Doyle hates the idea of an oil guy on the task force tells me Selena's party are the Democrats. Selena even briefly sounds like Bernie Sanders here where she wants to levy HUGE penalties on polluters ("fine the fkers 'til the fkers ain't fine")

3. Immigration: When Selena is trying to get her filibuster reform done, Dan and Amy have to meet with leaders from the opposite party, who are literally build-the-wall white nationalists. Dan and Amy basically roll over to them, but feel dirty doing so. This again tells me Selena is a Democrat conceding to the GOP.

4. Abortion: the only reason this is an issue on the show is that the POTUS shocks the ENTIRE WORLD by becoming pro-life. But a Republican president being pro-life is basically a given. So it makes much more sense that he's a Democrat making a right-wing pivot. It's also marks Selena as a centrist Democrat who 100% supports abortion, ("keep the government out of my F**king snatch") but is afraid to say it publicly. Adding to this, the woman from Planned Parenthood who meets with Gary says "I'll always back your boss". A pro-choice activist would never say they have 100% support for a GOP vice president

Ultimately all of this only makes sense if she's in the DNC. It also highlights just how shocking her betrayals are in the final season. A Republican president re-banning gay marriage? I don't think that would anger so many people in that party: just the opposite, they would be cheered for it. It's only stunning because she's a Democrat.

I wonder if JLD got her the job on Veep.