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~~Until just now, this guy seemed to be a legit stable Republican: conservative social values and conservative fiscal policy.~~ Apparently, I was mistaken. This guy's public political values and stances were always what he needed to get ahead. Now, the dude did a surprise complete 180° on Trump, ruining any view of stability and trust the rational public had in him, just to run as Trump's Vice President? A combat veteran that is now running under a convicted felon that attempted to overthrow the previous presidential election and has evident ties with Russia? No way. The Russians def got dirt on his ass. No one gets to work for Trump unless there's coercive control. They've got kompromat on Vance, so they know he wont be a hero. Instead, he will follow orders. Vance has been compromised.
Looking at the big picture, I'm thinking one of the few ways out of this mess is to give politicians an amnesty period. It will suck to let them get away with it, but they're getting away with it anyway and bringing the country down in the process. Unless some super clean hero that also has insane political capital comes along, we either we let compromised politicians openly get away with whatever the Russians uncovered and clean up this Russian coup, or we let them get away with it and fall into an autocracy allied with Russia.
This article he wrote for the Atlantic in 2016 is striking: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/opioid-of-the-masses/489911/
He wants power and money. Doesnt need to be compromised.
Just greedy.
Idk as an Ohioan, I've know this guys a piece of work for at least 8 years. No research was required when the pick was made to understand the ramifications. Dudes a Muppet. my first thought was "Trump got his 'yes man' who will do what Pence wouldn't."
Fellow ohioan as well, and since he has been our senator, I've seen him as the walking definition of the German word backpfeifengesicht. He seemed like a weasel to me from the get-go, and I could not for the life of me figure out why.