Monday, September 9th 2024
My Dear America:
The truth is that Kamala Harris certainly had a hell of a lot of excellent prospective Vice Presidential Candidates to choose from. That was verified by the number and quality of speeches given by so many outstanding Democrats at the 2024 Democratic Convention in Chicago. Tim Walz might not have been the first name that every Democrat would have picked to be Kamala's running mate but at this point in the Presidential Campaign I don't think there are many doubters left in the Democratic Party who are unhappy with the Democratic Vice Presidential Choice.
Since Candidate Kamala chose Governor Walz the former Congressman, High School Teacher and Football Coach has stood alongside his Running Mate on many Stages across this country and charmed Democrats from Coast To Coast. Although Kamala was already doing well in the polls on her own The Governor has only increased her popularity in the polls.
Such is not the case, however, in the Republican Party with regard to Donald Trump's Vice Presidential pick, JD Vance. Ever since Trump picked Vance to run with him one of the most frequent topics of conversation in Republican circles is "Buyers Remorse."
JD being the product that Republicans are most remorseful about buying.
Certainly Trump's choice of JD Vance to be his running mate is somewhat bizarre at first glance because (As is being shown every day of the campaign as more and more Episodes are being unearthed from the Podcast Vaults) when Trump was running for President in 2016 JD Vance was no supporter of Donald Trump. In what seem to be countless interviews back then JD seemed to be taking great pleasure in Trashing Donald Trump every chance he got. JD Told interviewers that he thought that Donald Trump was a potential "American Hitler" and that he "Couldn't Stand" Trump.
What an odd turn of events to see this Former Best Selling Republican Author who seemed to delight in telling everyone who would listen how much he couldn't stomach Donald Trump turn himself into a Certified Trump Lap Dog.
But lets face it, Strange things can happen in Politics these days, especially in Republican Politics. When JD Vance was hawking his Best Selling Book, "Hillbilly Elegy" clearly he had no use for Donald Trump's approval and endorsement. Yet, unlike Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, who have stuck to their principles and continue to express their disdain for Trump even after being driven out of their Party, JD Vance was different.
When JD Vance decided to move back to Ohio from California so that he could run for the Senate in that state he suddenly realized that he probably wouldn't have a snowballs chance in hell of winning the US Senate Seat without the endorsement of Donald Trump. So in order for JD Vance to be successful in his run for the Senate he undertook a rather pathetic and disgusting program of Trump Ass Kissing which did unfortunately result in Trump's endorsement and JD's election to the United States Senate.
So just like that JD Vance completely changed his tune about Donald Trump, The man who he had disparaged all over the country on his 2016 Book Tour.
And Donald Trump not only rewarded JD with a Senate Seat that Trump controlled but also put him on the ticket as his Vice Presidential Choice.
So now how is that selection by Donald Trump of JD Vance as Vice President in his Administration Working out?
Well, It isn't really working out very well for a lot of reasons.
One of the reasons that JD is not working out too well is that many American Women were already upset with Donald Trump's bragging about how proud he was of the fact that he picked three Supreme Court Judges who lied in their Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings and said that Roe Versus Wade was "Settled Law" and as soon as they had the chance they turned it into unsettled law.
Some of JD's other off putting Controversial and Just Plain Weird opinions are the following:
JD is not supportive of Same Sex Marriage.
JD and Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced a bill that would criminalize Gender Affirming Care for minors with penalties of up to 12 years in Prison.
JD is not in favor of Gun Control.
JD is Not in favor of The US providing Military aid to Ukraine
JD also does not have a favorable opinion of Childless Women who love their cats.
JD is on record stating that he does not believe that a married woman who is being abused by her husband should solve this problem by getting a divorce
And maybe one of the main reasons that Trump picked JD to be his running mate is that JD Vance has gone out of his way to make it clear to Trump that if he had been the Vice President on January 6th of 2021, when Mike Pence refused Trump's illegal request for Pence to refuse to Certify Joe Biden's legitimate election, JD Vance would have followed Trump's direction to refuse to certify the election.
Perhaps JD Vance agreed too quickly that he would be Trump's Vice President. After all, It appears to me that being Vice President under Donald Trump could very well be an extremely dangerous position to be in. Certainly the reason that there has been an opening for Vice President this time around was because Donald Trump seemed to be Okay with the Violent Extremist Mob that he sent to the Capitol on January Sixth, 2021 executing Vice President Pence.
I certainly hope that Donald Trump never gets near the White House ever again and that we don't need to worry about Trump or Vance in power. Both of these individuals are dangerous and unqualified to serve as either President or Vice President.
Often times when we think about Vice Presidents we don't give a lot of thought to their qualifications. We have been lucky in recent years to have had some very qualified individuals serving as Vice Presidents. Bill Clinton had Al Gore, Barack Obama had Joe Biden, Joe Biden had Kamala Harris. All of these Presidents had highly qualified Vice Presidents.
Even George Bush had Dick Cheney. I never cared much for Dick Cheney but I could never argue with the fact that I thought he was at least Qualified to serve as Vice President. I also applaud the fact that Former Vice President Cheney has recognized reality enough to join his daughter, Liz Cheney in backing the candidacy of Kamala Harris in an effort to put Country before Party.
We have at times had Vice Presidents that should never have been elected. Nixon's Vice President Spiro Agnew was a crook, who was receiving illegal payoffs while he was in office until he was forced to resign.
What we should be thinking about when we are voting for President is that Vice President's do sometimes have the opportunity to become President. When President John Kennedy was Assassinated his Vice President, Lyndon Johnson took over the reins of power.
If, God forbid, Trump was re elected President and something happened to him and all of a sudden JD Vance was the President would any of us feel good about that.
I certainly wouldn't.
I would, however, be more than open to the prospect of Tim Walz becoming President at some point because he has a background of Service in the National Guard, in Congress and as Governor of Minnesota, as well as his Teaching and Coaching experience.
Tim Walz has made it clear that he thinks both Donald Trump and JD Vance are "WEIRD" and unqualified to be President and Vice President.
I'm with Tim and most Late Night Television Hosts on this one.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
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