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WTF ? Pence and mother in Ukraine. (Original Post) DURHAM D Mar 2022 OP
He has 4 years of experience pretending to be VP. Sneederbunk Mar 2022 #1
LOL! treestar Mar 2022 #12
He's kicking off his campaign! skip fox Mar 2022 #2
Yep Auggie Mar 2022 #9
Yep. Trying to shore up his foreign policy chops. brush Mar 2022 #25
Yes, he is running for President PatSeg Mar 2022 #44
He's trying to look like he cares... Caliman73 Mar 2022 #3
Kind of sad, isn't it? PatSeg Mar 2022 #46
He is a grifter. Shameless. Caliman73 Mar 2022 #47
Yes, that pretty much sums it up PatSeg Mar 2022 #49
Pence is running Pantagruel Mar 2022 #4
WTF????? MissMillie Mar 2022 #5
I don't see anything there.... SergeStorms Mar 2022 #6
Pence 2024! Don't hang me please. Thomas Hurt Mar 2022 #7
+1 dalton99a Mar 2022 #10
Someone has made ink stamps.... SergeStorms Mar 2022 #13
Fly-head Pence...trying way too hard agingdem Mar 2022 #8
No one could ever forget.... SergeStorms Mar 2022 #18
The man whose ass your lips were attached to, Mike Mr. Ected Mar 2022 #11
samaritan's purse is a rw org. mopinko Mar 2022 #14
I wondered..... SergeStorms Mar 2022 #20
just another grift mopinko Mar 2022 #21
They do good deeds, but only for the people Ilsa Mar 2022 #27
yup. and we all know who they think is worthy, and who they think isnt. mopinko Mar 2022 #29
Yep, they get their stinky pants in a knot over Ilsa Mar 2022 #38
It's a Franklin Graham outfit ironflange Mar 2022 #30
ah ha. thank you. mopinko Mar 2022 #34
Samaritan's Purse is a Franklin Graham scam. AngryOldDem Mar 2022 #32
It's not my choice when considering charitable giving Zeitghost Mar 2022 #52
I'm OK with it. Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #15
Who paid for his trip? Emile Mar 2022 #16
Probably in Poland, not Ukraine. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #17
Exactly. SergeStorms Mar 2022 #19
That's what I was thinking, too DFW Mar 2022 #40
More like he's at Epcot Center. tavernier Mar 2022 #61
Probably Polish, tho Pence should be safe at the Russian border also. Hortensis Mar 2022 #22
Fuck Mike Pence, gab13by13 Mar 2022 #23
I like "Putin party", let's label them with that 24/7. brush Mar 2022 #28
+1 2naSalit Mar 2022 #42
Trying to upstage Kamala! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #24
Bet he only decided to go... 2naSalit Mar 2022 #43
The fly would have a better run at vp than spineless Pence SheltieLover Mar 2022 #50
... 2naSalit Mar 2022 #54
Hahaha! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #55
I thought you would. 2naSalit Mar 2022 #58
Absofuckingloutely not! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #59
Kinda surprised they're not in Mother Russia Blue Owl Mar 2022 #26
he's there for the grift. i wonder how many more wingnut will want a piece of this action. mopinko Mar 2022 #31
I think that me man is so delusional that he thinks he as a future in national politics. Chainfire Mar 2022 #33
Agreed. AngryOldDem Mar 2022 #37
Someone needs to tell him Ukrainians can't vote Totally Tunsie Mar 2022 #35
Mike -- getting in the way. AngryOldDem Mar 2022 #36
Samaritan's Purse Deep State Witch Mar 2022 #39
Brownie-Pointer czarjak Mar 2022 #41
What? No paper towels? 2naSalit Mar 2022 #45
Is it just me, or does the kid look like he's not buying it? Lol! Nt imaginary girl Mar 2022 #48
Guess who's running for president in 2024. sinkingfeeling Mar 2022 #51
Maybe he went to ukraine for safety jcgoldie Mar 2022 #53
His Daddy, Trump, will not like that. kentuck Mar 2022 #56
I bet he's getting ready to run for something FakeNoose Mar 2022 #57
Shameless. He has no business getting in the way over there. DET Mar 2022 #60

brush

(53,771 posts)
25. Yep. Trying to shore up his foreign policy chops.
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:09 PM
Mar 2022

It won't work. He's determined though. Gotta give him that. But he's forgetting they tried to hang him, and they won't forget.

Caliman73

(11,735 posts)
3. He's trying to look like he cares...
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 12:40 PM
Mar 2022

He is operating under the delusion that he has a chance at becoming the Republican Nominee and President in 2024.

PatSeg

(47,415 posts)
46. Kind of sad, isn't it?
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 02:02 PM
Mar 2022

I guess once you get bitten by the "President bug", you are infected for life.

Caliman73

(11,735 posts)
47. He is a grifter. Shameless.
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 02:08 PM
Mar 2022

His "holier than thou" presentation is bullshit. He was a "shock jock" on radio before he became Governor of Indiana and the VP pick. He was also almost dead broke.

He took the gig with Trump and got some riches off of it. He likely needs more.

I agree that some people are drawn to the office and many will run more than once. President Biden ran several times. The difference, and I say this generally between Democrats and Republicans. Democrats will usually run out of a sense of service to Country. Republicans seem to want to run to get the power and riches that may come with the office.

PatSeg

(47,415 posts)
49. Yes, that pretty much sums it up
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 02:35 PM
Mar 2022

For republicans, political office is an opportunity to exploit and enrich oneself. In recent years, republican presidential primaries have been hysterical as every clown and snake oil salesman hops onboard the grifter train.

They all have something to sell (Gingrich and Huckabee - books and tapes) and what better way to get free publicity. I'm not sure what Herman Cain was selling, but like so many, he was not a serious candidate. And Ben Carson? That was just weird. He did end up as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, but I don't think that was his initial objective.

I guess politics truly does make strange bedfellows and if you are a republican, stranger still.

SergeStorms

(19,199 posts)
6. I don't see anything there....
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 12:44 PM
Mar 2022

where he claims to be the VP. A private citizen, yes, but any private citizen can visit Poland or other adjoining country to Ukraine and see the border.

Samaritans Purse; is that anything like a "prison wallet"? 🤔

SergeStorms

(19,199 posts)
13. Someone has made ink stamps....
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 12:50 PM
Mar 2022

a that say "Trump for president 2024" and are stamping all the money. I crossed it out with a black Sharpie!

Trump is going to end up with all of that stamped money though, so they're not only wasting their money, they're wasting their time too.

agingdem

(7,849 posts)
8. Fly-head Pence...trying way too hard
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 12:45 PM
Mar 2022

to rid himself of the Trump stink...no can do...and about that "perfect phone call"...

SergeStorms

(19,199 posts)
18. No one could ever forget....
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 12:52 PM
Mar 2022

his fawning, loving gazes at the back of Trump's head though. His "campaign" will never get off the ground.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
11. The man whose ass your lips were attached to, Mike
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 12:48 PM
Mar 2022

Is one of the chief causes of this massive human rights catastrophe.

Too little, too late. God knows what happened.

mopinko

(70,088 posts)
14. samaritan's purse is a rw org.
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 12:50 PM
Mar 2022

they were the ones who set up hospital tents in central park in the early days of the plague. iirc, they got kicked out for dissing lbgtq ppl.

Ilsa

(61,694 posts)
27. They do good deeds, but only for the people
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:13 PM
Mar 2022

they decide is worthy of it. They are too RW for me to donate to. I'd rather donate to my local church, which also send money for international aid, and to the Red Cross, etc.

Ilsa

(61,694 posts)
38. Yep, they get their stinky pants in a knot over
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:34 PM
Mar 2022

the slightest things, like pronouns, on top of bigger issues.

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
32. Samaritan's Purse is a Franklin Graham scam.
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:24 PM
Mar 2022

He started it. Most likely it’s Franklin’s Purse. Hell will freeze over before I donate to that.

Zeitghost

(3,858 posts)
52. It's not my choice when considering charitable giving
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 04:35 PM
Mar 2022

But it seems to be a reputable organization with high marks for transparency that distributes the vast majority of their donations. Do you have any reason to believe Charity Navigator is wrong?

https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/581437002#:~:text=Exceptional,with%20Confidence%22%20to%20this%20charity.

DFW

(54,362 posts)
40. That's what I was thinking, too
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:47 PM
Mar 2022

It sounded like he was on the Polish side of the border, looking across.

I'll bet any suggestion that he drive a few dozen KM eastwards to get a real idea of what was going on would have been met with 167 versions of "no, thanks."

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
22. Probably Polish, tho Pence should be safe at the Russian border also.
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:00 PM
Mar 2022
As vice president, Mike Pence spent four years defending Donald Trump as he cozied up to Putin, sold out our allies, undermined U.S. intelligence agencies, and threatened to withhold military aid from Ukraine."
And more that hasn't been established in court yet.

gab13by13

(21,317 posts)
23. Fuck Mike Pence,
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:03 PM
Mar 2022

He was all for abolishing NATO before it became unpopular to be pro-Russian. He is a member of the Putin Party with a Putin puppet as its leader.

2naSalit

(86,569 posts)
54. ...
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 04:37 PM
Mar 2022

I used to buy weird greeting cards for their graphics or wit. I had one which had a hand-tooned image of a lot of flies. Inside it read, 10,000 Flies can't be wrong, eat shit.

I think of that every time I see or hear of the hairfly!

mopinko

(70,088 posts)
31. he's there for the grift. i wonder how many more wingnut will want a piece of this action.
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:24 PM
Mar 2022

funder plug right the in front of god and everybody.
do they ever tweet w/o a plug for the latest grift?

Chainfire

(17,532 posts)
33. I think that me man is so delusional that he thinks he as a future in national politics.
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:25 PM
Mar 2022

Mikey, I am sorry, but nobody but your mother likes you. He is the one politician that is despised by both camps. Nothing spells loser any more than a former, one term, Vice President.

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
37. Agreed.
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:32 PM
Mar 2022

He’s dead to Trump, which means he’s dead to the GOP.

This is nothing more than shameless, cynical promotion for “Christian values” and $$$$$$$.

How much is he getting from Franklin Graham to do this, I wonder? And why don’t the authorities tell him to GTFO?

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
35. Someone needs to tell him Ukrainians can't vote
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:28 PM
Mar 2022

for POTUS.

He pretended for 4 years to be VP to a cretin who pretended to be President for 4 years...great qualifications there, Pencie!

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
36. Mike -- getting in the way.
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:28 PM
Mar 2022

For a fucking photo op. I hope it was made clear to both him and Mother that are on their own here.

This is really making my blood boil. Talking to that asshole is the last thing the Ukranians need to be doing.

Deep State Witch

(10,424 posts)
39. Samaritan's Purse
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:43 PM
Mar 2022

Gag. Franklin Graham's charity. Because those Ukrainians need some good old Republican Jeebus as well as food and shelter. Never mind that the Ukrainians have been Christians since 988.

kentuck

(111,079 posts)
56. His Daddy, Trump, will not like that.
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 04:39 PM
Mar 2022

He might come back and say something that contradicts Pootie?

FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)
57. I bet he's getting ready to run for something
Thu Mar 10, 2022, 04:41 PM
Mar 2022

Needs some good meet-the-refugee photos in his portfolio. Makes him look "presidential."

Just sayin'

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