I agree with you wholeheartedly about Vivek: what a vain, pretentious, bloated ego he is! And, unfortunately, you’re right: we haven’t seen the last of him. Ugh.
And in terms of using the Presidential “race” as a method of self-promotion is CLEARLY not new: let’s not forget that Donald J. Trump was using the 2016 election exclusively for self-promotion (the one singular skill Trump has truly mastered), and by all accounts was truly astonished on election night that he had actually won! Talk about “the dog that caught the car”!
We all know he's going to have a nice future at Fox, Newsmax, or something like that. I don't know his entire backstory, but if he was really all that good in the money-shuffling world, why was he even here in the first place?
I for one am gladdened that Smarmy Rice-a-Roni is "here to make sure that (Trump being denied the White House? or Haley becoming a puppet of the deep-state?) doesn't happen."
He will be the savior of his kind of democracy.
Seems Smarmy has so much money that for his "amassing" 4,045 votes on the $8 million he claimed to have spent, it only cost him about $2,000 a vote. Now that's the mind of an entrepreneur!!
As I think of it...he might be more cagey. He'll continue his jackanape role on His Master's campaign trail and parlay that into a role for FOX or the other stooge channels.
Chris, I agree with you about the toxic political incentives "success" of Vivek Ramaswamy's POTUS candidacy as a foreboding of more the same. Vivek just tried out on a national stage what we have seen work in House and Senate campaigns. Sen. Ted Cruz beget Reps. Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert and Nancy Mace. The small dollar online fundraising prowess of show horse candidates [Trump, MTG, Mace] and their reinforcing rewards on ideologically boutique media outlets [Fox, Newsmax, OAN, Bannon's War Room] is incredibly depressing to me.
I love his idea about all Republicans removing themselves from the ballots in Maine and Colorado but why stop there? They should remove themselves from all 50 states!
Yeah but Chris, I really liked the Monorail salesman in the Simpsons. That was a good 28 minutes of entertainment, plus that catchy song that stays stuck in your head for days and days. Vivek wasn't nearly as much fun!
After all, isn't that what Trump's was after when he started to run in 2016? He was looking for a boost in one of his businesses or books or some such thing. That he won the primary appeared to surprise him--he was NOT prepared to run a campaign for President.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out, Vivek.
“There is no path for me to be the President absent things that we don’t want to see happen in this country. I am very worried for this country.”
He couldn't even bow out gracefully, he had to throw one final little wink at the crazy conspiracy crowd.
This guy.
I agree with you wholeheartedly about Vivek: what a vain, pretentious, bloated ego he is! And, unfortunately, you’re right: we haven’t seen the last of him. Ugh.
And in terms of using the Presidential “race” as a method of self-promotion is CLEARLY not new: let’s not forget that Donald J. Trump was using the 2016 election exclusively for self-promotion (the one singular skill Trump has truly mastered), and by all accounts was truly astonished on election night that he had actually won! Talk about “the dog that caught the car”!
Remember that there was a Barnum AND a Bailey ... the circus rolls on!!
Adios. Just like so many, this isn’t the last of him. He was a non starter from the beginning but craved the attention and wanted to be heard. Ugh.
We all know he's going to have a nice future at Fox, Newsmax, or something like that. I don't know his entire backstory, but if he was really all that good in the money-shuffling world, why was he even here in the first place?
Very true.
I for one am gladdened that Smarmy Rice-a-Roni is "here to make sure that (Trump being denied the White House? or Haley becoming a puppet of the deep-state?) doesn't happen."
He will be the savior of his kind of democracy.
Seems Smarmy has so much money that for his "amassing" 4,045 votes on the $8 million he claimed to have spent, it only cost him about $2,000 a vote. Now that's the mind of an entrepreneur!!
As I think of it...he might be more cagey. He'll continue his jackanape role on His Master's campaign trail and parlay that into a role for FOX or the other stooge channels.
Chris, I agree with you about the toxic political incentives "success" of Vivek Ramaswamy's POTUS candidacy as a foreboding of more the same. Vivek just tried out on a national stage what we have seen work in House and Senate campaigns. Sen. Ted Cruz beget Reps. Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert and Nancy Mace. The small dollar online fundraising prowess of show horse candidates [Trump, MTG, Mace] and their reinforcing rewards on ideologically boutique media outlets [Fox, Newsmax, OAN, Bannon's War Room] is incredibly depressing to me.
Vivek was right about one thing….the non-Trumpists in American will do (almost) anything to keep that man Trump out of the White House.
And they are going to succeed in keeping the wannabe Dictator from the White House for good.
I pray that you are right!!!!!
So we can’t just say, “Go away little man,” and be done with him for good is what you’re saying. :-(
I love his idea about all Republicans removing themselves from the ballots in Maine and Colorado but why stop there? They should remove themselves from all 50 states!
Yeah but Chris, I really liked the Monorail salesman in the Simpsons. That was a good 28 minutes of entertainment, plus that catchy song that stays stuck in your head for days and days. Vivek wasn't nearly as much fun!
The guy got 4th place ... 7.7% of Iowa voters said, “yeah, he’s our guy.” He got 3 delegates.... just pathetic of those folks.
After all, isn't that what Trump's was after when he started to run in 2016? He was looking for a boost in one of his businesses or books or some such thing. That he won the primary appeared to surprise him--he was NOT prepared to run a campaign for President.
Everything you wrote about Vivek applies almost exactly to the Big Orange Man - except that the latter was successful, which is even WORSE
Man, how I miss Phill Hartman (the voice behind the Monorail pitchman)
ugh