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I doubt this will compare to four years ago. It's going to be much worse.
I'm hoping he keels over in the next month and we get President Vance. I know three things about him.
He's really condescending towards people who didn't "escape" rural areas (from his book).
He's close with Peter Thiel.
He doesn't believe anything political he says. He previously said Trump is a dictator. He says what he needs to say to gain power.
There's a non-zero chance that he's full of shit, and then turns out to be a great president. Either way, an unknown quantity is better than the one we're about to get. Hopefully it happens before the appointments, since the appointments can't be worse. Trump is what, 78?
I think there's zero chance he turns out to be a great president, but there's probably a decent chance he'd turn out to be a mediocre president
The most important thing is that Vance wouldn't have the hold over the whole party to be able to make them bow to his every whim like Trump does. Yes, they would still try to get project 2025 implemented, but they'd be less likely to be able to keep enough of their party in line to do it.
That's four things.
I've just been hoping for the long shot that a plane carrying both of them will go down before the electoral college meets. If it also takes Musk, Johnson, Kennedy, and a bunch of others from his inner circle, so much the better.
He's not my first choice, but if the choice is Trump, Vance, or Johnson, I'd choose Vance.