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Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) is making history as the least liked vice presidential nominee since 1980 following his party’s nominating convention, CNN reports.

He’s also the first to have a net negative favorable rating.

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[–] [email protected] 110 points 3 months ago (2 children)

JD Vance proves that no matter where you start, no matter how humble your beginnings, no matter how tough your journey, anyone can rise to be an insufferable asshole.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Guys like him are survivorship bias as a person. They think they owe their success to nobody and nothing but their own determination, while ignoring all of the lucky coincidences that made that possible. And ignoring all of those who worked just as hard, but did not make it. Instead they blame lack of success on personal failures and laziness.

So they want to abolish everything that could help those below them. They look at them with contempt. They will happily tell their own success story and their humble origins, but won't even touch a minimum wage worker with a pole.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

For instance.

If he grew up so poor, how did he afford the $90,975 per year for Yale?

Here is someone who made the most of the handouts along the way pulling the ladder up behind them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Baby face Vance is someone the orange felon/rapist should watch closely. Vance is the same kind of guy he is. he would stab old orange in the back, think nothing of it, and keep on going.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Both Trump and Vance have pretty inspiring stories, Trump especially has shown us that, even if you have extreme mental disabilities, you too can rise to the level of US President. Being the first MRDD President was a real milestone.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Both Trump and Vance have pretty inspiring stories

Intrigue....

Trump especially has shown us that

Extreme intrigue....

even if you have extreme mental disabilities, you too can rise to the level of US President.

LOL. You got me.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

I read this as "there are people still undecided enough that the VP pick may still change whether they vote Trump" - and frankly I find that almost impossible to believe.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’m very confused about a person for whom trump is a viable choice and Vance is a bridge too far. I don’t know if I really want to meet them, but I am curious.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It’ll probably be the people who can’t stand to see anyone with skin darker than wonderbread, since he had the temerity to marry a woman who’s Indian.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

Hey even if that's only like, 3 people in the entire US of A, that's still 3 people!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

These people exist and live among us.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Believe it.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't think it's a mystery why Trump chose Vance. He asked every potential VP pick whether they'd pull the trigger on stealing the next election in a repeat of J6. Vance has said he would do so publicly, so he went with the sleaziest option. Trump's decision-making really isn't that complicated.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Don’t discount Peter Thiel’s deep pockets in this decision. Thiel owns Vance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

methinks if trump and vance win, thiel will have vance 25th amendment the tangerine palpatine and end up puppetmaster to the president.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

BRUTAL

Is this the new "SLAMMED!!" ? Because ugh am I sick of this.

...

Nah, no, I lied. Brutalize JD all you want, fuck that guy. Get him with a steel chair, hyperbolize his ass back to the stone age, put him on blast, do yer worst.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 months ago (4 children)

It would be so fucking funny if Trump booted him from the campaign after 2 weeks.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Are we bringing back the Scaramucci Scale?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I love measuring time in Mooches.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

Anything less than a full scaramucci would be embarrassing.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

maybe he can get a refund on the JD vance merch?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

My thoughts exactly. I doubt he will, but it indeed would be kind of funny

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hmmm. No link to their poll.

Look, I want to believe. But there's not any indication of how this poll was conducted, and they don't say who did it. Without more substance to it, I can't give this any weight.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Confusing headline. It wasn't a poll, just a look through historic data.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (3 children)

As an Ohioan, this guy is a wannabe poser piece of shit, and while I’d be glad to lose him as a Senator, I’f ‘d hate the trade-off to VP. I don’t even know why MAGAts would be supporting him either, given that there’s video recordings of this guy talking shit about Trump previously, but apparently things like evidence don’t matter to them and Herr Trump can do no wrong, he only picks the best people (who have almost universally come out against him after they’re done working him).

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As another Ohioan fuck JD Vance

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

They forgive anything as long as their media sphere ordains it. They love the born again narrative. It’s only about the appearance and virtue signaling for these people.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Does anyone like this guy?

I don't know what percentage of women have chosen to be childless, but this creepy ass motherfucker is acting like we're in the third act in a horror film. No children? By jove, you don't even deserve to exist! And I will set my insurrectionist goons on you... soon...

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

He's a monster so yeah I'm sure a lot of Republicans love him

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Let us hope trump continues his pattern of horrible decisions

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

A pattern he hasn't broken in decades. Doesn't ever stop the brainwashed idiots from voting for him.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Maybe his wife is turning off the Maga Nazis

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I dunno, I lived in Louisiana when Republican Bobby Jindal (of Indian descent) was governor and the hardcore conservatives didn't have any problem with him. Conservatives can generally turn off their racism when it suits them (like they do for Clarence Thomas as another example), which I think makes it even more abominable.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

They love their uncle Tom

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

And his mixed race kids. They HATE him.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

To save everyone born after 1965 a click or two, the 1980 VP nominees were Bush Sr. and Walter Mondale. The latter lost in a landslide, so I'd assume that was the unpopular one.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter. Vance promised to do what Pence refused to and would decertify election results that disallow a 3rd term.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Call me cynical, but Trump picked him a) because of his conservative bonafides, and b) to counter Harris in the debates. "I can't be a racist, look who I married! My kids are multi-cultural!"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Too late now. Let's see them try and simply swap him out now. Too much horse trading has been done by the Billionaire Boys Club, and I'm sure there a bunch of FEC rules surrounding campaign money once the ticket is set.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Well they're claiming Biden broke laws by stepping down. So by definition the most preferable thing to do as a Republican is to be the biggest hypocrite possible. So honestly I'd expect them to try and change the ticket

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

LOLZ. They're claiming a lot of things. Biden didn't step down, and hasn't. He simply stopped his run for President. He wasn't even the nominee yet. He didn't break any laws. That's the dumbest thing I've heard yet from them. Where was this?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Good. Keep the direction, J.D., and march straight on.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

J.D. Vance: Boat Anchor.

This fall on ABC at 7.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I pose the theory that he was chosen simply because his name is so similar to Pence. All those redneck homemade signs can now be easily modified by just changing two letters.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

His name makes me think of a used used car salesman tv commercial, like I can just imagine him walking through a car lot telling me to “Come on down to JD Vance’s Automotive Emporium for the best deals on new & used vehicles!”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In latest Trump news, a bigly massive order has been placed for square stickers reading 'VA'.

Is Trump making a push to take Virginia?

Or is he promising to eliminate the Veterans Administration?

More as this story unfolds here at Newsmax!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

It's to retrofit all the "PENCE" signage for "VANCE".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Peter Thiel spent a lot of money to get his taint skin puppet Vance on the ticket.

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