"the VP can't believe what the f*** is going on."

[L. Coyote]

Link to tweet

[madaboutharry]

1. The truth: Pence would be a terrible president.

The only upside would be that although he's nuts, he doesn't belong in a straight jacket.

[guillaumeb]

3. But that thin veneer of normality might convince people that Pence would not be so bad.

When Pence is a theocrat who would push to transform this country into a Christian theocracy.

[RhodeIslandOne]

6. Exactly

It's amazing how Pence went from being un-electable four years ago to an acceptable compromise because Trump is a disaster.

[madaboutharry]

7. I think so too.

He is a religious zealot. He is a different kind of dangerous

[VOX]

5. Correct. He's a far-right cannon, but not a loose one.

That is to say, he's predictable and consistent in his ultra-conservative stance.

Trump is neither predictable (except for tweeting) nor consistent. He frequently contradicts himself and the statements of his immediate staff. He's got to go!

[C_U_L8R]

2. I don't see Pence attracting much of a following

He has all the charisma of a bowl of vanilla pudding left out on the counter too long.

[L. Coyote]

11. "Old Vanilla Pudding" is now my moniker for Pence.

From the 1850s

[thecrow]

4. Pence was who the Koch brothers wanted

But they knew he was too vanilla, so they made him VP and will wait out the impeachment of Comrade Colorful.

[poli-junkie]

8. Those knitted brows

What irritates me about Pence is registering his fake concern with knitted brows. So smarmy and disingenious.

[phylny]

10. My 90-year-old, Fox-watching father says, "He has such a kind face." SMH n/t

[CTyankee]

9. Quite right. Culturally, I think heavy drinking is their way of coping with the significant

[L. Coyote]

12. And lead in the water water is why they can't cope with reality....

To what extent is societal dysfunction attributable to the ways we pollute ourselves? Drink only tested water.