Veepstakes

There are parties and then there are policies. I tend to be more interested in the latter. Choice, the environment, Ukraine, you know my hot buttons...

But there is also the question of manners and temperament. And the contrast between the potential Presidential slates this year could not be more dramatic.

One side resembles a WWE or MMA carny show and the other ticket all seem remarkably sober. One side continually degrades the opposition and calls them dumb as a rock and trash. The other comports themselves with respect and good manners.

BigDave sent me a good article from Common Dreams, Hey, Trump, who's the real garbage?

I don't want to sound like a cheerleader but let's compare the two vice presidential possibilities. 

On one side is Vance, a man that thinks that women who are beaten by their husbands should stick around for the sake of their kids, who does not believe in abortions even for those poor women who have been raped or impregnated by incest, wants to cut off aid to Ukraine and let Putin take over the country, a Christian nationalist who doesn't think that people that never had children have the same right to vote as those that do, where do I stop with this man?

Contrast that with the Dems. Cooper, Kelly, Beshear, Walz, Shapiro, Pritzker, Whitmer, Buttigieg. All composed, taciturn, bright, able administrators who don't engage in the lame high voltage theatrics. Grounded, not volatile, not a single one of them. Even.

I honestly would be happy with any one of these people as Vice President and potentially running our country one day, if need be. I like them all.

The contrast could not be more clear.