From 10/30/17 - Mike Pence could be the next president and he was handpicked by paul manafort

[spanone]

The man who helped put Mike Pence a heartbeat away from the presidency is now facing federal charges.

Paul Manafort, who was hit Monday with 12 counts tied to alleged financial schemes, pushed for Pence to become Trump's running mate and even managed to talk Trump out of his doubts. As the Trump administration now works to distance itself from Manafort, his Pence pick stands among the best evidence of his impact as Trump's short-lived campaign manager.

Before Trump formally announced Pence as his vice presidential candidate, it was Manafort who made sure it happened, The New York Times reported last year.

Trump had hesitated to settle on Pence, who was governor of Indiana. Trump was fielding last-ditch appeals from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and publicly said he had not made a “final, final decision” until advisers like Manafort reminded him of the importance of uniting the GOP around conservative Christian values.

https://www.newsweek.com/mike-pence-was-handpicked-paul-manafort-696412

[badhair77]

1. And now we're cursed with this guy.

[CatMor]

2. Conservative Christian values ....

what a joke. Trump as a Christian is a joke. Manafort deserves prison just for sticking us with trump/Pence.

[spanone]

3. manafort & pence are on the same moral level ...pond scum.

[CatMor]

6. Yes, that's a perfect description of those two.

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

4. Christie's poll numbers were down at 15 %

I find it somewhat hard to believe even Trump could be in the dark about what that means. A vice presidential pick is expected to carry at least one state. Nobody bought the plane issues for being the cause of the delay and really the whole thing was staged. Trump sustained the carrot stick thing and Christie had his eye on AG. And that didn't happen. Christie blames Kushner for his having been thrown under the bus. Never will he admit to himself the real reasons are in the facts in that he is far too damaged goods. When you look at the bridge thing and the government shut down, you can see why Trump likes the things Christie does, thing of that is,is the thing that he does comes at a price. Trump has yet to pay it.

[2naSalit]

5. I think Pence has his very own

Grand Jury to honest. I suspect he'll be swept up in the dragnet should one take place.

[marble falls]

7. Fat lot of good it'll do him in stir. Fat lot of good it'll do Mike Pence. Mike isn't bright ...

but he's not stupid enough to pardon anyone in a three to six month Presidency.

[Duppers]

8. We must remember and stick this fact in

RWNJs'/fake christians' faces.