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madokie

(51,076 posts)
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 04:05 PM Apr 2017

Pence Really Thought Hed Be President by Now

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Commenting on Donald Trump’s first hundred days in office, Vice-President Mike Pence told Fox News on Sunday, “To tell you the truth, I really thought I’d be President by now.”

“When I agreed to run on the ticket with him, I said to myself, ‘Mike, after he’s been in the White House for a few weeks, he’ll be a total train wreck and you’ll be able to slide into the big-boy chair,’ ” Pence said. “I never in a million years thought he’d last a hundred days. My best guess was thirty.”

The former Indiana governor said that, with such seemingly fatal missteps as Trump’s failed health-care plan and travel bans, as well as any number of unhinged outbursts, “It feels like I’ve come close to getting in there maybe ten or twelve times. But close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.”

Calling the past hundred days “the longest hundred days of my life,” Pence said that he has no choice now but to “sit and wait for my moment.”


http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/pence-really-thought-hed-be-president-by-now?mbid=nl_043017%20Borowitz%20Newsletter%20(1)&CNDID=49553061&spMailingID=10922090&spUserID=MTkwMzY3ODcxNjc1S0&spJobID=1142417045&spReportId=MTE0MjQxNzA0NQS2

An email I received. Only one more paragraph at the link
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Pence Really Thought Hed Be President by Now (Original Post) madokie Apr 2017 OP
Watch the war begin between Wellstone ruled Apr 2017 #1
Stupid is as the other stupid does. pressbox69 Apr 2017 #2
He actually is president in everything but title. LonePirate Apr 2017 #3
LOL malaise Apr 2017 #4
You think this is BS too? Wawannabe Apr 2017 #7
Borowitz catches most of us malaise Apr 2017 #8
Lol Wawannabe Apr 2017 #15
Pence better not be so certain of his inevitable job security. democratisphere Apr 2017 #5
No one else calling BS on this? Wawannabe Apr 2017 #6
Look up Andy Borowitz nini Apr 2017 #9
Google Andy Borowitz ;) OnDoutside Apr 2017 #10
K. Thx Wawannabe Apr 2017 #11
It's so hard to distinguish between satire and reality, nowadays. OnDoutside Apr 2017 #12
Right? Wawannabe Apr 2017 #16
I have PTSD from Reagan years... Wawannabe Apr 2017 #13
I follow Borowitz and he caught me malaise Apr 2017 #14
Get it malaise Apr 2017 #17
These jokes write themselves Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2017 #18

LonePirate

(13,424 posts)
3. He actually is president in everything but title.
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 04:15 PM
Apr 2017

He makes all of the decisions and chooses all of the appointees. 45 simply shows up for the signings and photo ops. His complete disinterest in policy and details is evident anytime he speaks.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
5. Pence better not be so certain of his inevitable job security.
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 04:20 PM
Apr 2017

I'm counting on Pence's impeachment along with the rest of of the drumpf administration.

Wawannabe

(5,661 posts)
6. No one else calling BS on this?
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 04:48 PM
Apr 2017

Well, OK.

NO WAY Pence said this on Fox News! Maybe to "mother"...but really???
WTH?
Not calling out poster, btw.

Wawannabe

(5,661 posts)
11. K. Thx
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 05:07 PM
Apr 2017

I "follow" no one...
If it had been Onion or SNL I might have guessed satire for sure.
Live and learn.

Wawannabe

(5,661 posts)
13. I have PTSD from Reagan years...
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 05:10 PM
Apr 2017

So the thought of little t* being ramrodded through as the figurehead and scapegoat gets to me

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