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Dulcinea

(7,406 posts)
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 07:19 AM Sep 4

JD Vance takes 'Worst VP pick EVER!' crown from Sarah Palin, and gets less likable every day

(USA Today) That’s it, folks, I’m calling it: Let it be known, in September of the year 2024, that JD Vance ‒ aka “The Bearded Weird” ‒ is officially the worst vice presidential candidate pick in all of U.S. history.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, please turn in your crown. Vance will accept it while saying something unfunny that makes normal people feel uncomfortable. It's kind of his thing.

With a seemingly endless stream of “previous podcast appearances” in which he speaks of women as faceless baby pods and with ongoing public appearances that show him struggling with the basics of human interaction, Vance has proved himself almost staggeringly unlikable.

He’s the guy nobody wants to get stuck next to at the office party. Or at the bar. Or in the grocery store line. Or anywhere, really.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/jd-vance-takes-worst-vp-151011873.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&segment_id=DY_VTO&ncid=crm_19908-1202929-20240904-0&bt_user_id=P%2BMgeeR2xw%2BKABSK3BGOcWqleE20VsVHRlx4VE1h8%2F7vdB7HvRRV2KRd%2FJftT2MK&bt_ts=1725451051280

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JD Vance takes 'Worst VP pick EVER!' crown from Sarah Palin, and gets less likable every day (Original Post) Dulcinea Sep 4 OP
I wonder which mental defective of the Drumph litter came up with Vance as VP: Butthead Jr or Bevis? marble falls Sep 4 #1
I read that Kevin Roberts of the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025 recommended Vance. Lonestarblue Sep 4 #8
The Story I Read... GB_RN Sep 4 #25
Dinner at Mar-a-Lardo must be interesting without Milania to liven the conversation. I've heard Barron speaks ... marble falls Sep 4 #39
Dollars To Donuts... GB_RN Sep 4 #40
Mango Jebus has said he's heard Barron is a fine young man. I can't wait for the movie. marble falls Sep 4 #41
Lolz! GB_RN Sep 4 #42
"Bearded weird" SheltieLover Sep 4 #2
Beardo n/t Mr.Bill Sep 4 #20
Love it! SheltieLover Sep 4 #24
"Oozing whatever is the opposite of charisma" Pinback Sep 4 #3
So good ones in there underpants Sep 4 #7
I think the opposite is he oozes amsirahc. MLAA Sep 4 #13
Ha! Pinback Sep 4 #18
Indeed, he reeks of it! MLAA Sep 4 #28
Yes, his yuck-count is unprecedented. Magoo48 Sep 4 #4
I would not have thought it possible. 3catwoman3 Sep 4 #5
Me too! get the red out Sep 4 #9
Just imagine a ticket of JD Vance and radical noodle Sep 4 #6
No! Marthe48 Sep 4 #11
Go-go galoshes and guyliner Pinback Sep 4 #19
That's a picture I may never be able radical noodle Sep 4 #32
A duo of unlikeable, creepy weirdos. Elessar Zappa Sep 4 #22
The thought of that makes me want to take a shower. Dulcinea Sep 4 #27
"...presents HIS version of the perspective of such a woman..." Beartracks Sep 4 #10
I'm not sure though PatSeg Sep 4 #12
Even Dan Quayle looks good next to this guy. nt TBF Sep 4 #14
He's the Hertiage Foundation's designated puppet Rocknation Sep 4 #15
While everyone wants to have a dad, friend, coach, or teacher like Tim n/t hibbing Sep 4 #16
Super sad that he will remain our couch humping Senator.... Hope22 Sep 4 #17
There's still time for Ohio to recall him FakeNoose Sep 4 #29
Our Republicans are equally as disgusting as he is. Hope22 Sep 4 #36
And to think Ohio could have elected Tim Ryan instead Auggie Sep 4 #21
I disagree with one claim made in the article. cab67 Sep 4 #23
He's the perfect symbol for the GOP to represent their brand of toxic assholery Blue Owl Sep 4 #26
I think his strategy is to deliberately provoke us FakeNoose Sep 4 #30
This faceless baby pod* not fooled Sep 4 #31
Remember Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 4 #33
The writer really describes the creepiness and "stay away" factor pretty well liberalla Sep 4 #34
Vance has a big lead over Palin in DU's unofficial poll of Worst VP Candidate ificandream Sep 4 #35
"Vance is a replacement-Pence, which is the saddest thing a person can be." sl8 Sep 4 #37
it's a close call prodigitalson Sep 4 #38

Lonestarblue

(11,700 posts)
8. I read that Kevin Roberts of the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025 recommended Vance.
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 08:07 AM
Sep 4

The two seem to have a close relationship. Jr. is also just stupid enough to support Vance.

GB_RN

(3,131 posts)
25. The Story I Read...
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 10:12 AM
Sep 4

Was that Cantaloupe Caligula the Corpulent was in favor of one of the other “candidates,” but Dumb and Dumber talked Caligula into picking J Divan Vance.

marble falls

(61,996 posts)
39. Dinner at Mar-a-Lardo must be interesting without Milania to liven the conversation. I've heard Barron speaks ...
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 07:41 PM
Sep 4

... Slovak and English but with a Slovakian accent.

GB_RN

(3,131 posts)
40. Dollars To Donuts...
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 08:08 PM
Sep 4

Barron rarely eats with his…umm…male parental unit.*

*Cantaloupe Caligula the Corpulent isn’t worthy of the title of father. Most likely, Dolt45 was disinterested, at best.

Pinback

(12,858 posts)
3. "Oozing whatever is the opposite of charisma"
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 07:33 AM
Sep 4


And this description of Sarah Palin: “…little more than a reality television contestant in search of a low-rated show.”


This piece is well written and studded with memorable zingers. Fun read — thanks for posting.

underpants

(186,406 posts)
7. So good ones in there
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 08:06 AM
Sep 4

That’s a fairly smack-able thing to say. And it demonstrates Vance’s unique skill of sounding smug, sexist, faux intellectual, lonely, tragic and dumb all at once.

get the red out

(13,564 posts)
9. Me too!
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 08:10 AM
Sep 4

But, as someone childless by choice, Palin would have only seen me as a witch, I believe Vance would like to see women like me dead.

Dulcinea

(7,406 posts)
27. The thought of that makes me want to take a shower.
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 10:37 AM
Sep 4

2 of the most unlikable creeps on Planet Earth right there.

Beartracks

(13,540 posts)
10. "...presents HIS version of the perspective of such a woman..."
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 08:11 AM
Sep 4

I think a lot of conservatives are like this. They just imagine what something must be like, and then present it as fact and try to base public policy on it. And in this case, it really illuminates what must be Vance's own miserable-ness as HE continually tries to get more people to think like him. Same old projection and hypocrisy that are hallmarks of the GOP brand.

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PatSeg

(49,682 posts)
12. I'm not sure though
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 08:14 AM
Sep 4

Maybe it could be called a tie. Sarah Palin was truly awful, more like an SNL sketch than a real candidate.

Hope22

(2,632 posts)
36. Our Republicans are equally as disgusting as he is.
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 05:44 PM
Sep 4

They probably have all gone home to hump the couch wondering what took them so long to think of it. Seriously our SOS just made an emergency rule that says only the voter on the absentee ballot can drop it into the box at the BOE. If you have four voters at home all of you have to drive in the car to drop them off!!! Almost a year ago voters passed Constitutional changes to incorporate women’s reproductive rights with 57% of the voters support! It has taken months to implement the changes because the State Legislature that is heavily gerrymandered is trying to screw with the verbiage. They have zero scruples. That being said I like your idea. If we get the gerrymandering passed for the third time in November maybe the State Supreme Court will force compliance and then the voters can boot JD to the street corner!

cab67

(3,213 posts)
23. I disagree with one claim made in the article.
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 10:10 AM
Sep 4
Running neck-and-neck with Palin in the “Ooof, that was a bad VP pick” category is former Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine...


Tim Kaine may not have been the most charismatic candidate Hillary Clinton could have chosen, but unlike Palin, Kaine showed evidence that he can read and write. He clearly went to school and paid attention. He knows how the legislative process works. He wasn't trying to draw attention away from his running mate, as though it was reality TV. He didn't quit his office after losing the election to extend his concluded welcome on the speaking circuit. And he supported decent policies. So it's not even close.

FakeNoose

(35,514 posts)
30. I think his strategy is to deliberately provoke us
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 12:48 PM
Sep 4

... and take some of the heat off of Chump. It seems to be working to a certain extent.

Doesn't matter though, when Chump loses, they both lose.

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