Picking JD Vance as the VP pick is, in my mind, of a piece of the rest of the lazy, overconfident campaign that Trump is running. He has few public appearances, and the Vance nomination shows that he has zero interest in outreach to blacks, hispanics or women — Vance is a bigot and an misogynist just like Trump. Once we start talking about the shit that comes out of his mouth, and the bullshit in his book, this fake hillbilly will not be popular with anyone. This is a ticket for fascists and incels, and we need to make that point clearly.
I’m resigned to another week more of the Biden replacement shitshow. After that, either Biden or Harris will be nominated and we’ll be done with it. At this point, it just needs to be done, and we need Democrats who are ready to talk issues. I also think that interest in the assassination attempt will be short-lived because we sure forget school shootings pretty quickly, don’t we.
Also, some Democrats just need to quit with the quitting. Josh Marshall [paywalled]:
But here’s the thing. The folks talking to the Capitol Hill sheets didn’t say, we’re dropping the swap Biden idea. They apparently said, well, we’re giving up on presidential race altogether. That is just the kind of toxic loserdom that makes me see red every time. Can’t stand it. I’m agnostic on the replace Biden thing. If the big party players want to do it then do it. And if not then Biden’s the candidate. I go back and forth on which option I think has the better shot at success. What I’m hearing now is that these ringleaders are just going to take a pass on the whole race or have their contribution be giving demoralizing quotes to Politico if they can’t get their way. The truth is we don’t have any time for whining. If members of Congress want to replace Biden on the ticket, they can. They need to get together and do it. If not, then drop the idea and move on. But again there is just no damn time for whining.
I’m actually seeing people write articles comparing those raised fist images to the iconic flag raising on Iwo Jima or various paintings from the Revolutionary War or Christian iconography. A column ran today on The New York Times op-ed page in which the author explained that Saturday’s events convinced him that Trump was what Hegel described as a “man of destiny” on the model of Napoleon, a figure “whose own particular aims involve those large issues which are the will of the World Spirit.”
JESUS CHRIST.
If you can’t take in this nonsense and say, nope, I’m going to head straight to Milwaukee and make the case against this dangerous degenerate, than you just need to resign or get out of the way and make room for someone who can. No complaining, no whining. Act.
Trump/Vance is a beatable ticket. Biden can beat it. Harris can beat it. But only if we can talk about their positions and plans instead of the last 3 weeks of crap.
(Edited to add: Apparently JD is in the 6-ish foot range, according to some commenters and current google wisdom. Apparently, 5’7″ was listed as his height in the first hit you’d get from google a while ago, which gave rise to this tweet.)
