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(26,366 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)"hood of christianity". At least with tRump, he will keep fucking up till the day he loses.
Unless someone can tell me that Pence wouldn't be able to be on the ballot in Nov. I think we have a better chance of beating the OrangeAnus.
still_one
(92,190 posts)I dont see that happening though
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)any better than tRump, just quieter.
still_one
(92,190 posts)grumpyduck
(6,235 posts)and then realize that the SDNY can rack him up on charges that his fucking minion Barr can't get him out of.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,693 posts)He should be a lot more afraid of the Manhattan D.A.
grumpyduck
(6,235 posts)I sit corrected.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)the republican party. Take him leaving any time you can any way you can. They've got nobody that could get the bear belly bubbas out to vote like him.
Hassler
(3,377 posts)demigoddess
(6,641 posts)term, and it would make him look like a coward.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,857 posts)because getting Pence at the top of the ticket would be worse. Those otherwise Republican voters would now have a good excuse to vote for the Republican, rather than anyone else or stay home. This close to the election, I think that Trump resigning (although I seriously doubt that will happen) would put Republicans in great turmoil.
Worrying about pardons isn't remotely helpful.
oasis
(49,386 posts)Trump> <public
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Polybius
(15,413 posts)Pence is easier to beat. I know he's slightly smarter, but he has far less charisma, energy, and base. The MAGA's will not come out in force for Pence.
Silent3
(15,212 posts)...I'm pretty damned sure that as awful as Pence would be as interim President, he wouldn't be anywhere as bad as Trump, and certainly not as vindictive and dangerous as a lame duck.
That's not much due to any great character traits of Pence, it's just that Pence doesn't command the cult of personality that Trump does, and is far too bland to fill those shoes.
I also think that Pence is likely the only one who'd replace Trump on the Republican ticket. Not that that's automatic, only that it's hard to imagine rapid emergency consensus being reached to put anyone else on the ticket with less than 60 days left to go.
Pence would not drive the rabid Trumpsters to the polls with anywhere near the same enthusiasm Trump gets.
MagickMuffin
(15,942 posts)Either works for me. But stroke out Code Blue WAVE!
marybourg
(12,631 posts)roamer65
(36,745 posts)PufPuf23
(8,776 posts)Would not Pelosi be POTUS until the January 2021 inauguration?
Plus McConnell and Graham and others should be pressed to resign, with the promise that Democratic majorities in House and Senate, Bien POTUS, and a new cabinet does nut suggest a comfortable nor fruitful future for for GOP enablers at the trough.
Unlike the past, the GOP miscreants should pay the price for their misdeeds and in full view of all.
Just hope the Democratic Party with the wind at their back and scant competition perform an FDR level job to restructure the USA and establish positive international relations. There is so much to do and not all are on board as to what is best in some sectors.
pnwest
(3,266 posts)just from the Republicans who wont vote for trump and were going to hold their nose and vote Biden. Theyd be relieved and happy to have a less controversial Republican option, and would vote for pence.
LiberalBrooke
(527 posts)LisaL
(44,973 posts)NT
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)compared to the orange menace. He could win, we need Trump.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)succession or who's on the ballot.
ScratchCat
(1,990 posts)Between November and January 21st if he is allowed to remain POTUS.
We all know this. Every GOP Senator and Representative knows this. He's going to insist China and Iran rigged the election against him. We know this already. He's going to push Barr/Durham into getting bogus indictments(that will be later dismissed) to pre-empt legitimate investigations by the new administration. Folks, the country as we know it is probably over.