Trump is no longer the worst person in government - By George F. Will
Opinion writer May 9 at 7:39 PM
Donald Trump, with his feral cunning, knew. The oleaginous Mike Pence, with his talent for toadyism and appetite for obsequiousness, could, Trump knew, become Americas most repulsive public figure. And Pence, who has reached this pinnacle by dethroning his benefactor, is augmenting the public stock of useful knowledge. Because his is the authentic voice of todays lickspittle Republican Party, he clarifies this years elections: Vote Republican to ratify groveling as governing.
Last June, a Trump Cabinet meeting featured testimonials offered to Dear Leader by his forelock-tugging colleagues. His chief of staff, Reince Priebus, caught the spirit of the worship service by thanking Trump for the blessing of being allowed to serve him. The hosannas poured forth from around the table, unredeemed by even a scintilla of insincerity. Priebus was soon deprived of his blessing, as was Tom Price. Before Prices ecstasy of public service was truncated because of his incontinent enthusiasm for charter flights, he was the secretary of health and human services who at the Cabinet meeting said, I cant thank you enough for the privileges youve given me. The vice president chimed in but saved his best riff for a December Cabinet meeting when, as The Posts Aaron Blake calculated, Pence praised Trump once every 12?seconds for three minutes: Im deeply humbled. .?.?. Judging by the number of times Pence announces himself humbled, he might seem proud of his humility, but that is impossible because he is conspicuously devout and pride is a sin.
Between those two Cabinet meetings, Pence and his retinue flew to Indiana for the purpose of walking out of an Indianapolis Colts football game, thereby demonstrating that football players kneeling during the national anthem are intolerable to someone of Pences refined sense of right and wrong. Which brings us to his Arizona salute last week to Joe Arpaio, who was sheriff of Maricopa County until in 2016 voters wearied of his act.
Noting that Arpaio was in his Tempe audience, Pence, oozing unctuousness from every pore, called Arpaio another favorite, professed himself honored by Arpaios presence, and praised him as a tireless champion of .?.?. the rule of law. Arpaio, a grandstanding, camera-chasing bully and darling of the thuggish right, is also a criminal, convicted of contempt of court for ignoring a federal judges order to desist from certain illegal law enforcement practices. Pences performance occurred eight miles from the home of Sen. John McCain, who could teach Pence or perhaps not something about honor.
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Eliot Rosewater
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(29,198 posts)and is still the worst person in government in the history of the United States... and that includes everyone from the President down to the local mail carrier.
Hands down.
Sorry George, you are wrong. Pence is bad... but Trump is worse.
Gothmog
(145,046 posts)Response to DonViejo (Original post)
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