Well, well, isn’t this special? It’s funny how when you let the little head do the thinking, the big head ends up needing a couple of Tylenol. Make that three.
When Traitor Tot went to the National Association of Black Journalists today, he clearly came loaded-for-bear, and looking for a fight. And he got more than he wanted. As disrespectful as he was of his hosts and audience, the hosts were just as scornful and dismissive of him. They regularly talked over him when the bullsh*t came too hard and fast, and two of the three panelists referred to him solely as Mr. Trump. Which had to sting.
But here’s where it all went into the crapper for Trump. He walked in expected to totally dominate the outing by pure arrogance and force of will. And instead he found them repeatedly forcing him into uncomfortable corners by simply refusing to be distracted or sidestepped. Which was terrible news for El Pendejo ex Presidente. After all, he wasn’t here to answer questions.
But answer them he did. Or at least tried to obfuscate and paddlefoot his way through them. And one subject they hit hard on, and kept returning to to keep Traitor Tot off guard, was Trump’s selection of the Hillbilly Imbecile as his running mate.
And His Lowness didn’t like that one little bit. As I’ve written, the Vance bloom is already off the rose for Trump. Trump has, in less than a month had to do the one thing no President or presidential candidate should have to do. Drop what they’re doing to clean up their underling’s mess. But Trump has had to do it over the moronic childless liberal cat lady twaddle.
And The Trumpster Fire didn’t like it. One little bit. They hammered him on pretty much every subject that could be combined with the words JD Vance, and he kept ducking and running;
- They asked him if he had picked Vance because he was ready to lead on day one? Trump’s reply was a defensive I picked him mostly because he’s very strong on… work! You could literally hear Trump’s gears grinding during that brief pause, and if cabbage had been the next word that popped into his mind, Vance would have been strong on cabbage
- They hit Trump on the cat lady drivel, and it was pure MAGA bullsh*t. The Democrats are mischaracterizing what he said. Vance loves families, he believes in them very strongly
- Asked about Vance’s stance on abortion, His Lowness rather flatly took credit for overturning Roe v Wade, but instead claimed that he hadn’t actually overturned Roe, simply sent it back to the states, where everybody, including Democrats and independents wanted it in the first place
- They asked Trump about Vance writing a forward for a section of Project 2025, and Trump once again disavowed knowing anything at all about the project, other than the parts he already knew he didn’t like
- And of course they asked Trump about Vance’s Whack-A-Mole assertion that families with children should have more power at the ballot box than people who didn’t have them. Trump stated that he had never heard that concept before, and that He really didn’t like it
When wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round. And to paraphrase the old hip-hop song, Whoops! There goes Vance! Whoops! There goes Vance! With calm and simple follow ups to sensible questions, the moderators put Trump where he never expected to be, and least wanted to reside.
They made Beggar Vance Trump’s personal responsibility. After each of Trump’s lame ass replies to their questions, here came the zingers, Are his views the official views of your campaign? immediately followed up by Well, do you personally agree with his views? In each case the answer was an evasive No. Which begs the unasked question, If he doesn’t speak for, and if you don’t believe he’s ready to lead on day one, or even represent your campaign, and if you don’t even agree with his views, then why the f*ck is he your running mate?
And here’s the McGuffin. Trump can’t even get rid of Vance, it’s too late. Not chronologically, he has until August 7th to make the switch. But to switch now would be a sign of weakness and an admission of error. And so, as much as he likely pines for the weakling toady Marco Rubio, he’s stuck with Vance. And he has to be careful about how he throws Vance under the bus, so that Vance doesn’t drag him under with him. Good times coming.
I thank you for the privilege of your time.
You are so right Murphy! This is going to be fun!
The faux glitter the big turd was rolled in, continues to slough off. Concurrently the big turd cannot figure how to polish the smaller turd he picked as a runny/ing cling-on. They’re well trapped in a rapidly uncontrollable intestinal transit, all of their own incontinence! Shite happens, eh!
Mythbusters proved you really can polish a turd. It was, as most of their episodes were quite an interesting show but they showed all the steps on how to do it. The results were startling as there was a visible sheen on both Jamie’s and Adam’s polished turds. Of course the problem is that polished or not you still have a TURD in your hands!
A coworker had a moose-poop necklace from Canada. Brought it in one summer’s day cuz no rain in California. Heavily lacquered brown lumps on a string. Shiny! No smell, but she said she’d been told to Never let it get wet.
I watched him. Those ladies might as well been interviewing the grand dragon of the KKK. What a POS.
Vance is the proverbial albatross around trump’s neck and he can’t get it off. The longer it’s there, the more putrid it becomes, until even his MAGA core won’t be able to stand the stench.
He didn’t actually answer the question they were asking about ready to lead on day one. They didn’t mean Vance would lead on day one under the president, that would be Trump. What that question has traditionally meant to journalists and analysts is this: is your pick ready to lead should you become incapacitated or die? That is the quintessential measure of how good the pick is. And watch as this pick for Harris is parsed and analyzed as well. All of those remaining are well established, very good as politicians, articulate, experienced and have incredibly high standing and respect among their political peers. When Kennedy was assassinated, Johnson stepped up and led the nation from minute one because he was ready. He had the experience, the gravitas and could lead a grieving nation. When Truman stepped up to take over following Roosevelt’s death, he too was experienced and ready to lead—during a time fraught with peril for the nation, at the end of WWII. Had Reagan died, Bush would have been ready to lead.
All of these examples demonstrate how very important a VP pick is–and I’d contend that this is why Vance is getting such low marks, never mind of course, that he is one mean-assed, judgmental, conflicted human being who has awful beliefs and crazy thoughts he is willing to put out into the ether. He is inexperienced, low-skilled, uncomfortable with any public speaking, and indeed he is uncomfortable in his own skin. Could you just see him dealing with Putin? Or Netanyahu? Or, well, Chuck Schumer or Hakeem Jeffries? I could go on but you get the idea.