10-07-2016, 11:14 PM
(10-06-2016, 02:36 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote:(10-05-2016, 09:09 PM)Ski at 1SKY6 Wrote: I feel Trump is the lesser of two evils, and after seeing the VP debate I am concerned that, Kaine, Hillary's choice for VP would not be up to the job if she could not complete her term. Pence stayed calm and presented himself a capable, confident candidate.
Pence comes across to me as an age-mature Ken doll, plastic and self-serving.
But, I agree he did seem confident and more capable than the man at the top of the Republican ticket.
If Trump is elected, which I think and hope is not going to happen, Pence would definitely have much more executive decision-making power than VPs normally do (in my opinion). Trump won't have to die for Pence to have a significant influence in how our country is led.
Tim Kaine failed in not calling out Pence's extreme anti-gay positions during the VP debate, but they're well-known and well-documented. Pence feels his religious views should determine laws for everyone else. The worst of his stances in that arena is his push for cutting AIDS funding and proposing to divert funds to gay conversion therapy. It surprises me that you, being a gay man, would seemingly view Pence favorably in terms of leadership.
HairOfTheDog, My friends could not understand my support for Ronald Reagan in 1980 either. I just see Pence as the only one of the four, running for the two highest offices, as someone who might lead with a firm confidence and without the attacking rhetoric that comes so easily to the other three.