JV Dance is a player, and whatever he's playing he's losing at it. But it is not inconceivable he'll be the dude in 2028 (if the Big Dude is still around and decides to sit it out). I do love the minions hanging on every little phrase, all the gestures and the farts of Big Dude, lying their skinny assess off about his brilliance.
I'd love to see Burl Ives as Big Dude, seeing thru these buffoons' mendacity.
Vance used to be afraid of Trump, until he was made an offer he couldn't refuse. The Regent, the Lost Dauphin of Ohio. All he has to do is debase himself and he is next in line for the throne, a position he could never achieve on his own, even with Theil's help. God, the power struggle in the Republican party is going to be absolutely insane.
What did you think he was afraid of? What he's afraid of now is losing the offer; he's competing with Rubio working his head off to replace him as the presumptive 2028 presidential candidate, a contest in which the main event is which of them can flatter Trump enough to get his endorsement--which Trump will hold off as long as possible, because the attention is what's keeping him alive, as with Cornyn vs. Paxton, except in this case what he really wants, as everyone understands, is to do it himself, and he could well decide that way and pick some new candidate for VP (I think things are moving a lot faster than these three understand, and their premises are no longer sustainable).
Or did you mean he was sincerely "afraid" of Trump being Hitler? I don't think that's the case at all. He was trying out a possible future as a TV talking head and showing how unconventional and insightful he is. If Trump turned out to be Hitler (as he has, in a way), Vance wasn't going to lose anything from it. There's no way he actually cared.
I was riffing on your last paragraph, Vance being "so afraid of Trump" which I assumed you meant sarcastically, referring to Vance's early condemnation of Trump vis a vis his current Wormtongue role.
As far as the struggle for the throne, Trhmp will endorse whoever offers him the best deal. Given Rubio and Vance are unprincipled opportunists it should be entertaining. And there's still DeSantis and Abbott out there with dreams of wearing the crown.
No, I wasn’t sarcastic. Of course he’s not alone. Everybody at court knows the emperor is naked and lives in terror that they might get caught committing this wrongthink.
Do you think Cornyn and Paxton offered competing “deals”? I don’t. I think Trump was playing central casting: Cornyn is a stiff-necked asshole like Pence, Paxton is a gleeful criminal like himself, and he just *recognizes* Paxton as a fellow tribesman.
As Capo di tutti Capo Trump doean't need deals from his underlings, just tribute. I agree Paxton is la familglia in a way Cornyn could never let himself be.
Everyone around Trump knows the role they must play and what to do if they somehow displease him. I think the reasons why Bondi is gone but Patel isn't are a clue to what is required. Blanche sure knows.
No, we should protest other countries’ kings if there’s a reason. For instance, the visit of Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman in November was protested, with good reason. I should have been there myself, I’m sorry I wasn’t.
Vance wasn't really saying we should protest Charles, he was saying we should stop protesting Trump (not realizing he was admitting that Trump is doing his best to be the tyrant (from "tyrannos", the ancient Greek word for "king")
JV Dance is a player, and whatever he's playing he's losing at it. But it is not inconceivable he'll be the dude in 2028 (if the Big Dude is still around and decides to sit it out). I do love the minions hanging on every little phrase, all the gestures and the farts of Big Dude, lying their skinny assess off about his brilliance.
I'd love to see Burl Ives as Big Dude, seeing thru these buffoons' mendacity.
Vance used to be afraid of Trump, until he was made an offer he couldn't refuse. The Regent, the Lost Dauphin of Ohio. All he has to do is debase himself and he is next in line for the throne, a position he could never achieve on his own, even with Theil's help. God, the power struggle in the Republican party is going to be absolutely insane.
What did you think he was afraid of? What he's afraid of now is losing the offer; he's competing with Rubio working his head off to replace him as the presumptive 2028 presidential candidate, a contest in which the main event is which of them can flatter Trump enough to get his endorsement--which Trump will hold off as long as possible, because the attention is what's keeping him alive, as with Cornyn vs. Paxton, except in this case what he really wants, as everyone understands, is to do it himself, and he could well decide that way and pick some new candidate for VP (I think things are moving a lot faster than these three understand, and their premises are no longer sustainable).
Or did you mean he was sincerely "afraid" of Trump being Hitler? I don't think that's the case at all. He was trying out a possible future as a TV talking head and showing how unconventional and insightful he is. If Trump turned out to be Hitler (as he has, in a way), Vance wasn't going to lose anything from it. There's no way he actually cared.
I was riffing on your last paragraph, Vance being "so afraid of Trump" which I assumed you meant sarcastically, referring to Vance's early condemnation of Trump vis a vis his current Wormtongue role.
As far as the struggle for the throne, Trhmp will endorse whoever offers him the best deal. Given Rubio and Vance are unprincipled opportunists it should be entertaining. And there's still DeSantis and Abbott out there with dreams of wearing the crown.
No, I wasn’t sarcastic. Of course he’s not alone. Everybody at court knows the emperor is naked and lives in terror that they might get caught committing this wrongthink.
Do you think Cornyn and Paxton offered competing “deals”? I don’t. I think Trump was playing central casting: Cornyn is a stiff-necked asshole like Pence, Paxton is a gleeful criminal like himself, and he just *recognizes* Paxton as a fellow tribesman.
As Capo di tutti Capo Trump doean't need deals from his underlings, just tribute. I agree Paxton is la familglia in a way Cornyn could never let himself be.
Everyone around Trump knows the role they must play and what to do if they somehow displease him. I think the reasons why Bondi is gone but Patel isn't are a clue to what is required. Blanche sure knows.
It is almost a contest of how full of shit they can be still and still make us pay attention.
Plus the fact that Charles III is not *our* king. Why should we protest other countries' kings? This debate-me-bro stuff is aggravating
No, we should protest other countries’ kings if there’s a reason. For instance, the visit of Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman in November was protested, with good reason. I should have been there myself, I’m sorry I wasn’t.
Vance wasn't really saying we should protest Charles, he was saying we should stop protesting Trump (not realizing he was admitting that Trump is doing his best to be the tyrant (from "tyrannos", the ancient Greek word for "king")