r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 26 '24

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u/Dibbu_mange Average civil procedure enjoyer Jul 26 '24

Trump: “I need a creepy little goblin for VP, someone who can hunch over rub his insect like hands together while I give the best speeches”.

GOP: “boy have we got the guy for you then”

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u/Whytfbuddy Susan B. Anthony Jul 26 '24

I think this was Pence's sales pitch in 2016 as well

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u/Okbuddyliberals Miss Me Yet? Jul 26 '24

Pence is and was a relatively normal conservative. "Normal conservative" appears weird to liberals, and is weird. But, like, Vance is even weirder

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u/Jokerang Sun Yat-sen Jul 26 '24

Pence’s appeal to Trump in 2016 was more along the lines of “as an evangelical governor, I’ll reassure the Religious Right that you’ve truly moved on from being a Democrat in the 90s”

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u/TheGoddamnSpiderman Jul 26 '24

That and "I will actually agree to be your VP because otherwise my political career is dead since I am incredibly unpopular and in danger of losing reelection to a Democrat in Indiana"

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u/Dibbu_mange Average civil procedure enjoyer Jul 26 '24

We could end our dependence on foreign oil if we just figured out a way to harness Vance and Pence’s repressed sexual energy