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mcar

(42,372 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 07:32 PM Jun 2020

Pierce: You Can See Mike Pence Reach the Absolute Frontier Limits of His Intellect in This Exchange

You Can See Mike Pence Reach the Absolute Frontier Limits of His Intellect in This Exchange
The vice president strained with all his might to avoid admitting that CBS reporter Paula Reid was exactly right.

BY CHARLES P. PIERCE
JUN 26, 2020

The White House Task Force on the coronavirus pandemic re-emerged from its hyperbaric chamber and met the press again on Friday morning. If you watched the whole thing, you might have noticed that none of them were adhering to CDC guidelines, including wearing masks, and that HHS Secretary Alex Azar tried a little of the old okey-doke involving the Ebola outbreak in the Congo, and that Dr. Anthony Fauci now sounds like a man who has been hauling a barge through the Erie Canal. But all you really needed to see was the last question and the last answer.

Paula Reid of CBS asked this question of the Poser-in-Chief regarding the superspreader events in which his re-election campaign is now engaged.

You could see Pence visibly reach the absolute frontier limits of his intellect in trying to craft an answer that was not admitting that Reid was absolutely right, and that also would keep Pence from offending the angry toddler for whom he works. What emerged from that frontier was a rhetorical critter unfamiliar to most political taxonomists. Neither fish nor fowl, nor really English, either.

I want to remind you again freedom of speech and the right to peaceably assemble is in the Constitution of the U.S. Even in a health crisis, the American people don't forfeit our constitutional rights and working with state officials as we did in Oklahoma and as we did in Arizona, we are creating settings where people can choose to participate in the political process. We will continue to do that. I think it is really important that we recognize how important freedom and personal responsibility are to this entire equation but allowing younger Americans to understand, particularly in the counties most impacted by the challenges we are facing. Their age group, we think is important but it is so important that we recognize that as we issue guidance to reopen America two months ago and has all 50 states are opening up our country again, people are going back to work, everyday life is being restored one step, one day at a time.


Note how quickly Pence, dancing as fast as he can, runs through his stock of conservative Republican cliches. He apparently is unaware that one can speak, laugh, cheer, chant “Lock her up!” and “Build the wall!” and “USA!”, and otherwise exercise one’s First Amendment rights through a mask. You can talk through a mask. (Ask Batman.) Also, you can peaceably assemble while standing six feet apart. You can model behavior for your fellow citizens. You at least can say the word, “mask.” Pence asked us repeatedly to pray, but refused to ask us to wear masks when we do. God will not understand this at all.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a32984272/mike-pence-masks-social-distancing-trump-rallies/
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Pierce: You Can See Mike Pence Reach the Absolute Frontier Limits of His Intellect in This Exchange (Original Post) mcar Jun 2020 OP
Pence is weak sauce. Solly Mack Jun 2020 #1
And he's the best they've got. n/t Laelth Jun 2020 #2
Both scary and disgusting. Solly Mack Jun 2020 #3
He has perfected the smarmy sincere look mcar Jun 2020 #7
Always looked like painful gas to me. Solly Mack Jun 2020 #10
... mcar Jun 2020 #11
I always thought his hemorrhoids were acting up. japple Jun 2020 #20
I hope it's both. More discomfort and pain. Solly Mack Jun 2020 #24
Sincerity is everything in politics. rsdsharp Jun 2020 #13
No he hasn't. He's utterly insincere, nobody's fooled Arazi Jun 2020 #16
I should have left it as mcar Jun 2020 #17
He is the most sanctimonious, phony-ass, sickeningly saccharine politician I've ever seen calimary Jun 2020 #26
That is the perfect word to describe him. Solly Mack Jun 2020 #27
But not vote by mail. onenote Jun 2020 #4
Love it! mcar Jun 2020 #8
Watered down chicken broth,.... magicarpet Jun 2020 #5
Good one Traildogbob Jun 2020 #22
I watched a few minutes of the Task Force thing this afternoon Srkdqltr Jun 2020 #6
That was my take too mcar Jun 2020 #9
I've basically ignored him from Day One, as his main function is to praise Trump's accomplishments.. Frustratedlady Jun 2020 #12
fuck pence and all rpubes who aren't 100% opposed to Trump by now SiliconValley_Dem Jun 2020 #14
I think Pence went to a doctor that would give him BOTOX.....Just look at him....it's everywhere. onecent Jun 2020 #15
The terrifying conclusion SCantiGOP Jun 2020 #18
Just to rattle them someone should do a poll Mr.Bill Jun 2020 #19
pence is 99.9% full of shit. spanone Jun 2020 #21
Another man with very stapled genes ... I mean a very stapled jesus ... no ... that's supposed to be struggle4progress Jun 2020 #23
Brilliant! Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2020 #28
I just wish someone would have asked him this: Dustlawyer Jun 2020 #25

japple

(9,838 posts)
20. I always thought his hemorrhoids were acting up.
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 09:52 PM
Jun 2020

He def. looks like his neural transmissions have nearly ceased.

Arazi

(6,829 posts)
16. No he hasn't. He's utterly insincere, nobody's fooled
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 09:33 PM
Jun 2020

He's Mark Twain's hypocritical politician. A few choice quotes...

"Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself."

“There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress."

"Fleas can be taught nearly anything that a Congressman can."

"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it."

"An honest man in politics shines more there than he would elsewhere."

"All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots, and a compassion for them, on account of personal experience and heredity."

"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals."

mcar

(42,372 posts)
17. I should have left it as
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 09:36 PM
Jun 2020

it's all he's got.

You are correct. He hasn't perfected it. He is a phony as hell.

calimary

(81,441 posts)
26. He is the most sanctimonious, phony-ass, sickeningly saccharine politician I've ever seen
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 10:16 PM
Jun 2020

in decades of watching politics and sleazy politicians.

George Will used the word oleaginous to describe him once. PERFECT! Because that's what he IS. Besides, being the whitest-looking white guy that the donald ever laid eyes on. I'm still convinced THAT is why he picked Pence to be his running made. I think THAT is what tipped the scale for trump and helped him decide to pick Pence.

Smarmy, sanctimonious, phony and oily and greasy. Oleaginous to the nth degree! It's a PERFECT word for Pence.

onenote

(42,748 posts)
4. But not vote by mail.
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 07:56 PM
Jun 2020

I think someone needs to organize a political rally at which everyone shows up naked and smokes dope. And if the authorities try to break it up, cite VP Pence's view that people don't forfeit their constitutional right to peacefully assemble.

magicarpet

(14,164 posts)
5. Watered down chicken broth,....
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 07:56 PM
Jun 2020

....70% water, 15% distilled water,... 15% chicken broth. With six table spoons of chicken fat to give it some flavor and as a thickening agent.

Traildogbob

(8,791 posts)
22. Good one
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 09:55 PM
Jun 2020

In the Navy, after 3 weeks at sea and supplies running short we use to talk about the “Duty Chicken”. There was a chicken on duty for soup day and it had to be dipped in hot water, then put back away, for our next Chicken soup day. Had a few to rotate duty days to keep em fresh. Your post is our soup recipe, except for the live chicken to dip.

Srkdqltr

(6,315 posts)
6. I watched a few minutes of the Task Force thing this afternoon
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 07:57 PM
Jun 2020

He sounded like a man who knew he was lying and was stumbling over the words.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
12. I've basically ignored him from Day One, as his main function is to praise Trump's accomplishments..
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 08:18 PM
Jun 2020

real or imagined. He is truly pathetic. He's soaked up Trump's word salad and makes no sense, whatsoever.

This week has shown that neither of them have much desire or enthusiasm to run for office, again. We can understand that thought process, as we've been experiencing the same dread. The last thing we need is another campaign by these two losers. Our only benefit will be watching them slide down the sewer to obscurity.

How have we survived nearly 4 years of these clowns?

onecent

(6,096 posts)
15. I think Pence went to a doctor that would give him BOTOX.....Just look at him....it's everywhere.
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 09:26 PM
Jun 2020

Lord, he is HORRIBLE.......

struggle4progress

(118,332 posts)
23. Another man with very stapled genes ... I mean a very stapled jesus ... no ... that's supposed to be
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 09:59 PM
Jun 2020

a very stapled penis ... wait ... no ... whatever ... damn you auto-correct ...

Dustlawyer

(10,497 posts)
25. I just wish someone would have asked him this:
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 10:14 PM
Jun 2020

MR. Vice President, other than your base of 38% who don’t care if they get the virus and spread it to other, how do you expect the majority of Americans not to think of you and this Administration as nothing but a bunch of heartless idiots for refusing to wear masks and follow the medical advice in dealing with this horrible pandemic that the Administration allowed to happen?

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