genuinely brings me pleasure that no one respects this guy (least of all himself)
— jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) August 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It was FDR’s vice president John ‘Cactus Jack’ Nance Garner who is supposed to have characterized the office as ‘not worth a pitcher of warm spit’ [or some other bodily fluid]. JDivan Vance is learning the hard way that it’s not the office, it’s the individual, per the Daily Beast:
… The vice president had reportedly attempted to dine at The Bull in Charlbury, Oxfordshire, an early 16th-century countryside pub with a Michelin Bib Gourmand, a prestigious award from the Michelin Guide that highlights restaurants offering excellent food at moderate prices.
However, the staff reportedly staged a mutiny, telling management that they wouldn’t show up to work if the venue accepted Vance’s dinner booking, according to a Popb—- newsletter from Thursday.
The rejection is all the more embarrassing considering that former vice president turned presidential hopeful, Kamala Harris, dined there just weeks before, as part of the pre-wedding dinner for Steve Jobs’ daughter, Eve…
Residents in Charlbury and the tiny hamlet of Dean, where the manor house is situated, quickly grew weary of Vance and his entourage of vehicles and Secret Service agents. Even the deputy mayor of Chipping Norton, not far from Dean, spoke out against his vacation.
“We’ve had a curtailment of our freedoms here, just by his mere presence, in terms of where we can walk and where we can be,” said Steve Akers. “And the American Secret Service knocking on people’s doors and asking about their Facebook profiles.”…
this has almost certainly literally happened
— jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) August 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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