Not to negate ANY of Pence's horridness but he looks like a human being in Texas.

[nolabear]

I bring this up just because it's gotten SO obvious how inhuman The Orange Menace is. All Pence is doing is walking around and standing beside Franklin (shudder) Graham while he prays and shills, but he looks like an actual person, pressing a little flesh, doing a political photo op in the way politicians do them.

It's stunning, the comparison. I can't help but wonder if they're placing him carefully in the seat of ascension.

And apropos of nothing, I had NO idea the Governor was in a wheelchair.

[LisaM]

1. The operative term is "looks like". It seems to help him get by.

Here's what he really thinks, though:

"Congress must ensure that a catastrophe of nature does not become a catastrophe of debt for our children and grandchildren.”


https://americanbridgepac.org/pence-held-hurricane-katrina-relief-funds-hostage-to-push-his-political-agenda/

[nolabear]

2. Oh I know! That's the terrifying part. He's evil incarnate.

[HipChick]

3. I found out about Gov last week...Pence is looking mighty like a president..

ssh..don't tell Orange Fitzgibbons..

[asiliveandbreathe]

4. With all due respect nolabear..I just can't get there....

disaster relief okay - but will cut medicare and Medicaid to do it - we should never forget his policies....just can't nolabear...maybe if he shows he can walk on water - then you just might get me to agree..sure is plenty of water to walk on..and I do not mean that disrespectfully...

Too many are suffering for ANYONE to politicize this devastation......just sayin'

[nolabear]

9. Make NO mistake. He is evil incarnate. I'm horrified at the idea he might get in.

But he knows how to look like a human being, not a weird simulacrum. Nobody could say his APPEARANCE was bizarre. This is a bad thing. I'm not supporting him at all.

He's a nightmare. As for politicizing, it's just going to be a natural offshoot of participation for those seeking any kind of office. I'm really curious to see how people align themselves when they come back next week.

[Glimmer of Hope]

5. Don't be fooled by the disaster appropriate outfits.

[nolabear]

10. I'm not. I am NOT supporting him in any fashion.

[Glimmer of Hope]

19. Oh I was just joking. I understand your post completely!

[nolabear]

21. Oh good. Mea culpa.

[spanone]

6. as a congressman pence voted against relief for sandy victims...he's an asshole too

[pangaia]

7. He looks nothing like a human being.

Don't compare him to the orange menace.
Compare him to a real human being..
then, you will see.

[nolabear]

12. I disagree. I'm not claiming he is one, just that he knows how to look like one.

[pangaia]

25. Well, Nolabear, as somebody said somewhere, sometime,

we will just have to disagree, in a most friendly manner..

I don't think he even LOOKS like he knows how to look like one.
He sure can't fool me..

He's an alien bot.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. I know what you mean.

For all that he is, Mike Pence appears to have some grasp on political optics--what looks good versus what doesn't--where Donald Trump never can even approach that area.

That's not to excuse some of the things Pence stands for, and it' s not to say he isn't a huge hypocrite, but he clearly is far more adept in that one department than Trump.

He's essentially running for President in 2017 or 2018, and his "electorate" are Republican members of Congress who would need to be convinced ditching Trump at this point is a smart move.

[nolabear]

13. Thank you! I was beginning to think I'd had a little stroke and defended the guy.

Yours is the first response that seemed to grasp that I wasn't complimenting him. In fact, he's all the more scary for having good camouflage.

[pangaia]

27. Wow, I NEVER thought you were defending him.. at all..

Things have slid around the corner here in someways..

[meow2u3]

11. ANYBODY looks like a human being compared to the Toxic Tangerine

At least Pence is capable of pretending to care, i.e., playing the part, even is his heart is really not in it.

[nolabear]

15. Yes. It's interesting how incredibly bad The Orange Menace is at even looking human.

I guess if you only listen to yourself you don't twig to the fact that you look like an asshole.

[dembotoz]

14. invasion of the body snatchers

[nolabear]

17. LOL! Indeed.

[kairos12]

16. He should be explaining to them

how, like with Sandy Aid, he wants to cut from SS and Medicare to pay for any relief they get.

[madamesilverspurs]

18. Tuned into the news just in time

to see a clip of Pence hoisting a bundle of branches away from some flood site. Not to demean any sincere concern Pence may have, but that scene immediately called to mind the coverage of another "sincere" guy in Texas clearing brush. . .


.

[nolabear]

22. Me too! Must be a Texas GOP requirement.

[arthritisR_US]

20. Hiss theatre arts classes are paying off.

[pnwmom]

23. He looks, at least, like he's worn that pair of blue jeans before. n/t

[JHan]

26. lol

[6000eliot]

24. Until he removes his mask to reveal the reptile underneath.

[oasis]

28. After he snubbed Hillary at Trump's innaguration

Pence showed his true colors.

[WinkyDink]

29. Oh, for sure, this is a YUGE PR push for....46.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

30. Shows how low the bar has been set.

[lunatica]

31. Last night on the Maddow Show she talked about the gov of Texas

Greg Abbott. Just in case you think you might like him like I did, she said that after an explosion of a chemical plant that was so big that it killed dozens of people and destroyed lots of homes in a town close by, that he helped pass a law in Texas where it was OK for chemical plants or any other kind of dangerous plant to not disclose what chemicals they have. People are not allowed to ask either. So now no one can know what's in that chemical plant that the officials of the company have told the towns to evacuate. They claim that any number of their chemicals can explode because they lost refrigeration. But they haven't and probably will not disclose what chemicals are there. So no first responders can prepare.

Too bad. He seemed like a pretty decent person.

[nolabear]

32. I swear people are stupid. It just blows me away sometimes.

Apparently it blows a lot of other people away too.

[lunatica]

33. Yeah, and after I wrote what I did there was an explosion at the plant in Texas

Texas is such a backwards state!