Because Fuckface von Clownstick was not looking for a partner, i.e. a running mate – he was looking for a scapegoat.
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Not sure if you’re describing drump or vence…
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Why would Trump care though? By all accounts he loves when people who hate him flip and grovel and sing his praises instead. It proves he’s a big man, in the bullying sense, and his enemies are just pathetic worms for him to humiliate.
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There were stories at the time he was picked that Don jnr and Eric insisted that Vance was the best pick. And we all know about the quality of their judgment…
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It is interesting to see Trump’s people using the term “PSEUDO-CHRISTIAN VALUES ENCOURAGING THE TRADITIONAL NUCLEAR FAMILY”.
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Judeo-Christian is the phrase I’d expect here. I suspect they just went looking for something similar sounding to replace a word they didn’t like much.
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I think they know exactly what they are saying. The people writing this stuff are wealthy and were educated in “Marxist” universities.
Is that like the Kirkland-brand Jesus?
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And when Vance is no longer any use to him, he’ll suggest to his minions that he should be hanged for disloyalty.
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The Steele Dossier was not fraudulent and never reliably discredited. It’s just right-wing sources stubbornly demanding that it was fake. There are parts that are possibly not correct, but his purpose in assembling what various people said meant that some part of it risked not being 100% right. There are many other things that have since been independently verified.
As far as the actual piss tape goes, there was a video that was going around that claimed to be it. I saw it, and it looked very realistic. Most people just dismissed it as an online fake, but the one journalist tried to actively debunk it and basically settled on the reason (paraphrased) “It’s fake because the hotel it would have happened at said their rooms admittedly look exactly like that now but they didn’t when the video would have been shot.” Of course there was no independent verification of what the rooms looked like then. It’s not surprising that the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Moscow is going to say something that follows Russia’s talking points. They don’t want to risk losing their business by going against what Putin.Trump’s reasons why the tape couldn’t be real are absurd and make just as much sense as his other weak excuses when he’s caught doing something.
But, in the end, it’s not even worth worrying about these days. Trump’s done about a thousand different things considerably worse and that are far easier to prove.
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Free speech platform!
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Quiet, you!
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Here’s what’s really in this document of note- there’s nearly 100 pages devoted to four topics:
- Vance vehemently didn’t like Trump for a long time.
- Vance doesn’t seem to REALLY be conservative.
- Vance has questionable foreign policy positions.
- Vance really doesn’t appear to moderates.
The PDF is about 270 pages, so more than a third of the document is about these four topics.
With any other candidate, that would be more than enough to disqualify for consideration. But he wasn’t only considered, he was nominated. Thus, I’m left with two other questions:
- How bad was the research on the other VP candidates?
- How did Trump read this, or have it read to him, and decide he was the guy? How did Trump decide that a guy who bashed him from 2016 to 2022 was perfect for his VP role? Did he care so little about the VP role, thinking he could just beat Biden because Biden was old? Was there something else?
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I submit a third further question:
- Was there, in fact, as good or better research on the other VP candidates, but they were worse, even by TFG’s team’s standards.
Oh, and
- Did Trump in fact decide? Or did he just have people “remind” him that he already decided on Vance, he must have forgotten in the press of all the other important details on his mind.
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My guess is that this document was written by one or more true believers in both Il Douche and MAGAism, arse-lickers (perhaps naive ones) who saw Vance and his backers as a threat to their own clique’s status in the partei. Such is the way with fascists.
There’s no evidence that the document was ever read in whole or part to von Clownstick, or that there were similar documents by these or other authors assessing other potential running mates. It ultimately had no bearing on the choice, which as others have pointed out depended more on exploiting Biff’s short attention span and susceptibiliy to in-the-moment flattery and on the efforts of neoreactionary billionaire techbro donors.
The NYT today, doing its part to help the campaign distract from the leak of the document:
Donald Trump and His Real-Life Apprentice (by the aptly named Michael C. Bender)
The former president views JD Vance as a kindred political spirit, while Mr. Vance has spoken of Mr. Trump as a kind of father figure.
[…]
Mr. Trump’s unusual willingness to overlook his apprentice’s missteps is an early indication of a unique partnership developing with Mr. Vance. The former president seems to be enjoying a more collaborative role with someone he views as a kindred political spirit to help lead his MAGA movement back into the White House — even as the number of Americans who say they dislike Mr. Vance continues to climb.
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I think it’s pretty obvious at this point that Peter Thiel’s money made this decision for Trump.
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I imagine that the meeting where the choice was made went something like this…
Campaign Chair: Ok, sir, you’re amazing all on your own but we have to choose a running mate for your VP.
TFG: You mean we have to have that Jesus guy who betrayed me again?!
Campaign Chair: No, no. He’s finished. You get a brand new one.
TFG: Good. I like shiny new things.
Campaign Chair: Now, to go through the list…
Finance Chair: Obviously we should start with the best choice, JD Vance…
MAGA Arselicker: Wait, I wrote a 270-page report on why he’s a bad choice and hates you, your excellency. I can read it to you right now!
Finance Chair: What are you doing in this meeting? Aren’t you assigned to Deportations and Pogroms? Get him out of here!
[Secret Service looks at Campaign Chair, who nods. They hustle out Arselicker]
MAGA Arselicker: Also, his wife is a… [door shuts behind him]
Finance Chair: Ok, back to business. And, sir, business is what this is about. If we use him, Peter Thiel and Elon Musk will give you [winks] … I mean “the campaign” … hundreds of millions of dollars.
Campaign Chair: He also thinks America should be ruled by a rich king and hates gay people, uppity women, immigrants, and more. He has better ratings than the other options. Not as huge as your ratings, sir, but he did write a book that was made into a Ron Howard movie.
TFG: Who?
Campaign Chair: Richie Cunningham from Happy Days, sir.
TFG: Oh, that was a great show. Those aren’t loser ratings. But didn’t my lackey just say he said bad things about me?
Campaign Chair: I didn’t quite hear the guy who wanted to read you a 200-page book. Vance may have, when he was trying to be President and was understandbly jealous of you. But he’s like Haley and all the rest now.
TFG: I’m still not sure. I don’t like people saying bad things about me.
[Campaign Chair nudges Cokehead. After a moment he stirs to action, putting aside the rolled-up $100 bill that Thiel gave him.]
Cokehead: Nononono Dad! [sniff] I’ve met him, and he loves you now! Loves you! Yesyesyes! He says you’re like a father to him! [wipes nose]
Campaign Chair: Only good things now. He fell in line. Also, the money.
Fredo [catching up]: Durrr…wait. If he says you’re like a father to him, dad, that makes him my new brother! Yay!
Finance Chair: But really, the money. That means rallies and TV time and merchandise and huge ratings.
Campaign Chair: And just the other day, he said you’re the best candidate and billionaire businessman, the biggest winner ever! With huge hands!
TFG: I think I made the best, really the most classy choice by suggesting Fonzie. Let’s call him up so I can give him the good news.
[Annnd … scene! Though I will add that future accounts of the meeting will place this close to documentary.]
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Well he’s a fascist… 
He’s promoting fascist ideas and has the support of power, rich fascists Peter Thiel.
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