I would say that I pity Mike Pence but the fact is when you lie down with dirty dogs you can’t complain about all the flea bites. Or more specifically, if you work for a lunatic, you shouldn’t be surprised when he goes psycho on you. In all events, Pence is now reaping what he has sown. Donald Trump is claiming to the base that Pence has the power to unilaterally “reject fraudulently chosen electors.” Pence has squat. And apparently he tried to explain that to Trump today at lunch. New York Times:

Mr. Pence has spent the past several days in a delicate dance, seeking at once to convey to the president that he does not have the authority to overturn the results of the election, while also placating the president to avoid a rift that could torpedo any hopes Mr. Pence has of running in 2024 as Mr. Trump’s loyal heir.

Even as he sought to make clear that he does not have the power Mr. Trump seems to think he has, Mr. Pence also indicated to the president that he would keep studying the issue up until the final hours before the joint session of Congress begins at 1 p.m. Wednesday, according to the people briefed on their conversation.

One option being considered, according to a person close to Mr. Trump, was having Mr. Pence acknowledge the president’s claims about election fraud in some form during one or more of the Senate debates about the results from particular states before the certification. Mr. Pence will preside over those debates.

Mr. Trump has been cajoling Mr. Pence in public and private to find a way to use his role on Wednesday to give credence to his unfounded claims — rejected by the states and in scores of court cases and backed by no evidence — that the election was stolen from him through widespread fraud.

The president has told several people privately that he would rather lose with people thinking it was stolen from him than that he simply lost, according to people familiar with his remarks.

And if you’re looking for comic relief, the Republican party can always provide that and in spades. They never fail. Here is Iowa’s senior senator’s contribution to this fractured farce.

Mike Pence might have “to step away.” He might have to s*it his pants. And who better to have on board than Chuck Grassley to take the reins? Oh, Sweet Jesus. Where is Orrin Hatch when you need him? Did you think the day would dawn that we would yearn for Orrin Hatch? But if you consider these other communiques of Grassley’s, yes indeed, where is Orrin? Let’s send out a search party. Mitt, have you seen Orrin lately?

This is a United States senator folks, the president pro tempore, in fact, of the world’s greatest deliberative body, we would have you to know. Here’s another one.

He assumed that “the deer” was dead — but it had no “carcas?” Meaning carcass, Caracas, maracas, WTF? Anybody know? So he hallucinates big things in the road — or somewhere — but then the bodies vanish and he guesses that they’re dead —  because it’s night? Something? Well, it’s comforting to know that if Pence collapses tomorrow, and we wouldn’t blame him, that we can depend upon this level of keen intellect to march into the fray and represent America’s interests, now isn’t it?

We’re in great hands at the joint session tomorrow, folks, no question in my mind. None.

 

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  3. For some reason I flashed back forty years or so to a scene from The Goodbye Girl. The one where Richard Dreyfuss’ character was stomping around in his room in that ridiculous costume he’d have to wear doing lines from the play he was trapped into playing in his NYC (off Broadway however) acting debut. Let’s just say the directors version of King Richard was VERY different than what was traditional and the play was destined to be a huge bust, as would be it’s headline character. Mason tells him he’s being crazy and asks him what he is doing and he replies “trying to figure out how to save my career!” That’s what’s going on in the Pence household tonight. And I don’t think “Mother” is of any help to Pence on this one. At this point he would probably be best served by coming down with the most vicious case of diarrhea in history. (He could “tearfully” tell Trump on the phone to remember how embarrassing it was as Rudy farted his way through that Congressional hearing, and how much worse it would be to have him ripping wet “sharts” into Depends on live TV with the whole world watching! Trump might buy that!) Sure, the press release explaining why he was holed up at the Naval Observatory would make him a laughingstock but the alternative is Trump going to work on him on Twitter.

  5. I do not feel the least sympathy for Pence He has been a leading sycophant these past 8 years (seems that long) and he should go too I think impeachment is still an option with this new senate, so let’s watch and see.

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