JD Vance briskly marched up to Air Force 2, Kamala Harris’ plane, planning to give political reporters a show as he confronted the vice president uninvited on Wednesday. His power-play dreams, like most of his chaotic veep run, were immediately thwarted once he realized Harris was not present. “I just wanted to check out my future plane,” Vance told campaign reporters gathered on the tarmac in Wisconsin.

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      Even if that phrase hadn’t been used ad nauseum already, this would be the right time to use it. This is truly a WTF move.

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          The entirety of conservative politics is narcissists trying to convince morons they embody strength and power…

          A weaklings idea of strength.

          A peasants idea of wealth.

          A losers idea of a playboy.

          An idiots idea of a genius.

          A cowards idea of a hero.

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      What is it with Americans and just ruining catch phrases?

      It’s cool and funny sometimes, not every fucking time.

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    you can’t get shot for storming the VPs plane?

    they just let you on it?

    for all the innocuous things you can get shot for, storming the vice President’s plane seems like one you would get shot for.

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      Presumably, he also has secret service protection, so they knew he was coming. Hilarious they decided not to just tell him she wasn’t there

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        Oh, got it, thanks.

        Not telling him is super funny.

        Like the agents around him just giving each other knowing glances every now and then, inwardly giggling at how funny it’s going to be when he rushes into an empty plane.

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    America being the worldwide laughingstock when it comes to politics has lost it’s charm. The last few years Idiocracy has become the better alternative.

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      The only people that think this are people obsessed with American media.

      David Cameron has some association with a pig.

      Modi has said some bizarre things about being a demigod.

      Macron lectured a kid for saying “How’s it going Manu?” instead of “How’s to going, Mr. President”

      Germany has a long history of very dumb policies, not unique to any specific politician. Such as banning protestors from chanting in any language other than English or German.

      And many other things. Politics have dumb things and dumb people everywhere*- it’s not uniquely American. American politics are just the most widely publicized internationally.

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    This might be the first time I have ever truly been glad that Veep ended 5 years ago. Because the writers would just be paralyzed by all of this stupidity.

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      People were slamming each other all the time in the 80’s. It’s one of the reasons AIDS hit so hard.

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        If anything that’s what’s missing in American politics these days, a little across the aisle fornication. Turn the House back into the sex den it was in the 80s! Make America Fuck Again!