So true. Funny that Pence still believes he is relevant. He should have taken a hint when a crowd of GOPers booed him.

I think a large number of GOP politicians still think they can be RINO's and win a national presidential election. I can tell you for a fact---that time in politics is over. Not only can a RINO NOT win a presidential election (I mean, why vote for a fake Democrat when you can vote for a real one?), but no RINO can win a presidential election because no RINO is ever going to get the chance to run in a general presidential election. The path for RINO's to win a Republican nomination is CLOSED---if not permanently----then certainly for the foreseeable future. They are viewed as backstabbing vermin by the vast majority of Republican primary voters. RINO's are dead as candidates for national office. They literally would have a better chance running in the Democrat presidential primary than they would in the Republican Presidential Primary.

(07-17-2023 01:23 PM)MileHighBronco Wrote:  Funny that Pence still believes he is relevant. He should have taken a hint when a crowd of GOPers booed him.

Living in the bubble, it must be difficult to find out what normal people are thinking/saying. If your main sources of information are your own family, a handful of aides who are employed by you or by your friends, a few sympathetic media-people, and maybe a couple of multimillionaires who agree with you on the issues… it would be easy to think “yeah, I can do this. Why not?” Then when you come in 12th place in Iowa and 11th place in New Hampshire, and you have to decide whether spending another month or so in Motel 6 really is a good idea or not, reality becomes impossible to ignore.

Almost all of these people are just wasting their time. But Pence, Christie, and Hutchinson — wow. They are not just wasting time, they are making themselves look like fools.

(07-17-2023 01:40 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(07-17-2023 01:23 PM)MileHighBronco Wrote:  Funny that Pence still believes he is relevant. He should have taken a hint when a crowd of GOPers booed him.

Living in the bubble, it must be difficult to find out what normal people are thinking/saying. If your main sources of information are your own family, a handful of aides who are employed by you or by your friends, a few sympathetic media-people, and maybe a couple of multimillionaires who agree with you on the issues… it would be easy to think “yeah, I can do this. Why not?” Then when you come in 12th place in Iowa and 11th place in New Hampshire, and you have to decide whether spending another month or so in Motel 6 really is a good idea or not, reality becomes impossible to ignore.

Almost all of these people are just wasting their time. But Pence, Christie, and Hutchinson — wow. They are not just wasting time, they are making themselves look like fools.

To be fair with respect to Christie---that fat azz is just in the race to attack Trump. He knows he has no chance. He will spend 90% of his time attacking Trump and the other 10% he will spend eating Twinkies. The other two you mentioned apparently are deluded enough to think they have a shot.