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Martin Eden

(12,801 posts)
5. Mike Pence is a sanctimonious hypocrite
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:06 PM
Oct 2020

Ten years ago Mike Pence gave a speech for the Federalist Society in a not so veiled criticism of President Obama. In the speech Pence extolled the virtues of character which are so critically important in a president:

The presidency's "powers are vast and consequential, its requirements -- from the outset and by definition -- impossible for mortals to fulfill without humility and insistent attention to its purposes as set forth in the Constitution of the United States," declared Pence, his gaze steely and his jaw firmly set. Of power, he said, "Those who are entrusted with it must educate themselves in self-restraint."

"A true statesman lives in what Churchill called a continuous 'stress of soul,'" Pence informed his audience. "And that's why you must always be wary of a president who seems to float upon his own greatness."

Pence told a story to illustrate the humanity and humility of Calvin Coolidge. "A sensibility like this -- and not power -- is the source of presidential dignity, and it must be restored," he said. "It depends entirely upon character, self-discipline and an understanding of the fundamental principles that underlie not only the republic but life itself.

"It communicates that the president feels the gravity of his office and is willing to sacrifice himself, that his eye is not upon his own prospects but upon the storm of history, through which it is his responsibility to navigate with the specific powers accorded to him and the limitations placed upon them not merely by man but by God."


link to Steve Chapman's commentary

The rest, of course, his history. Mike Pence went on to be the chief sycophant and boot licker of a POtuS who is the absolute antithesis of every virtue he so sanctimoniously cited.
religion, for too many, is something else entirely. nt BootinUp Oct 2020 #1
Pence is a very low sort of semi-sentiment creature. jaxexpat Oct 2020 #2
Took me until the age of Trump to finally get it -- most people are atheists. Girard442 Oct 2020 #3
People who genuinely believe in some sort of Superior life force Aussie105 Oct 2020 #18
I agree. LuvNewcastle Oct 2020 #19
Atheists do the right thing central scrutinizer Oct 2020 #21
Religion is a crutch Enterstageleft Oct 2020 #4
Shield and Sword StClone Oct 2020 #6
Can I get a am...... brother, oh yeah, never mind! Enterstageleft Oct 2020 #7
Amen StClone Oct 2020 #8
A friend of mine had cancer and beat it ... she was always 42bambi Oct 2020 #10
You're a better person than I am Enterstageleft Oct 2020 #11
Mike Pence is a sanctimonious hypocrite Martin Eden Oct 2020 #5
I've been saying this for some time Hamlette Oct 2020 #9
With Trump, it's baked in. With Pence, it's baked out. dchill Oct 2020 #12
Pence is an obvious sociopath. Anyone who lies that easily and continuously is. diane in sf Oct 2020 #13
Some truths from the Orthodox Faith regarding vainglory: sprinkleeninow Oct 2020 #14
Pence is no hypocrite. Trump does share his views, beliefs and values. My Pet Orangutan Oct 2020 #15
Didn't Mike Pence Battle on Behalf of the Tobacco Companies? panfluteman Oct 2020 #16
a small black box! Aussie105 Oct 2020 #17
A godly sheen... Blue Owl Oct 2020 #20
"Whenever Pence talks, he sounds like a serial killer... alterfurz Oct 2020 #22
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