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Hillbilly Energy: Tipped to be Trump’s
running mate, JD Vance is the voice of
the new American right.

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Posted By: Moritz55, 2/14/2024 11:04:54 AM

Does America’s 2024 election come down to a choice between two different shades of your crazy uncle, one semi-senile, the other vulgar and erratic? A decade ago, when Donald Trump launched his presidential bid, there was a real clash of visions for the US at stake. “Make America great again” (Maga) heralded the end of globalisation and the return of tariffs, hard borders and nationalism: the stuff of the Dark Ages, as far as establishments on both sides of the Atlantic were concerned. Today, the Trumpian critique of neo-liberal globalisation is echoed by Financial Times columnists – and enacted into policy by the Democrats.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DVC 2/14/2024 11:16:52 AM (No. 1657638)
Hmmm. I think that Tim Scott would be a better choice from a vote getting standpoint. Scott would bring a lot of black voters who are on the fence to Trump. I'm not sure what Vance can bring. He's not well known outside of DC, I don't think.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Toodles3956 2/14/2024 11:26:37 AM (No. 1657648)
Couldn't be a better choice.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: czechlist 2/14/2024 11:31:27 AM (No. 1657651)
...vulgar and erratic reference to DJT Remember when the bidet stood beside the zero on national TV and said " this is a big f@#&ing deal". Don't see how anyone could be more vulgar and let's not get into bidet being erratic.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: bpl40 2/14/2024 11:31:42 AM (No. 1657653)
I still think he needs a fire cracker like Kari Lake.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Gallo3 2/14/2024 12:00:36 PM (No. 1657668)
Vivek
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Reply 6 - Posted by: FJB 2/14/2024 12:07:22 PM (No. 1657673)
What? Based merely on brains, guts, and merit?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: cjjeepercreeper 2/14/2024 12:30:03 PM (No. 1657683)
In response to those that don't know JD, he wrote a great book.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: thekidsmom66 2/14/2024 12:34:38 PM (No. 1657688)
Not well known outside of DC?? Vance wrote a little book entitled Hillbilly Elegy (hence the play on words in the title of the article), which was made into a movie in 2020, running on an obscure little network called Netflix....
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Reply 9 - Posted by: thekidsmom66 2/14/2024 12:39:21 PM (No. 1657689)
I should have added the "little movie" was directed by some upstart named Ron Howard, and led to an Academy Award nomination for some up and coming starlet named Glenn Close.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Manxsom Foe 2/14/2024 1:19:41 PM (No. 1657723)
I'm with Hur.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: DVC 2/14/2024 1:40:02 PM (No. 1657735)
Sorry, but huge numbers of people never read the book, don't have Netflix, and never, ever watch the Academey Awards. The guy is an unknown to me, perhaps not as much as I thought to others who play all those hate-American first networks at home.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: J. Arthur Brown 2/14/2024 1:50:39 PM (No. 1657743)
(1) The Biden Administration's energy policy is the very opposite of "economic nationalism" as its aim is to abolish the use of energy sources in which America is self-sufficient in favor of sources over which Communist China has the upper hand. (2) The "free movement of labor" is a misnomer because not all intend to work. It is actually a "free movement of persons," many of whom plan to steal rather than labor and even more of whom aspire to become welfare recipients.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: thekidsmom66 2/14/2024 2:08:52 PM (No. 1657768)
#11, I haven't read the book or seen the movie, and I don't watch awards shows, either. And I WON'T watch Netflix anymore because of that whole "Cuties" thing. My point, of course, is that Vance, a very strong conservative, is very well-known outside DC, and outside our "typical" circles, as well, which could be advantageous. Plus, Trump himself is the ultimate outsider, right? :)
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Reply 14 - Posted by: judy 2/14/2024 2:32:15 PM (No. 1657790)
Anyone is better than Biden & Kamala....nasty article ...
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Reply 15 - Posted by: SeenEnuf 2/14/2024 3:07:04 PM (No. 1657809)
JD Vance gave a deep and educational speech on the Senate floor in the last week. I recommend a quick search on C-SPAN to watch it. You will understand that this man 'gets' America. His experience with poverty, the education system, and the wide experience he has gained re the workings of DC politics, makes him a prepared candidate . Pres. Trump has a plethora of good choices and I trust his choice,,, this time.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: acesfull 2/14/2024 3:07:45 PM (No. 1657810)
JD will fit the bill. DJT must win PA,MI,and WI. He will campaign just in those states everyday. He’s working class and blue collar smart. Kristi Noem is too pretty and Elise Stefanik is too plain Jane. The optics aren’t good but with DJT/JD as the ticket we reinforce the strength of MAGA.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: msjena 2/14/2024 3:15:15 PM (No. 1657815)
I read the book I'm kind of surprised Vance has turned out to be such a strong conservative voice. I didn't think his book was particularly political. It was more about a harrowing upbringing that he somehow overcame. He will also get hammered with his comments in the book about Christianity--since walked back.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: berthabutt 2/14/2024 3:36:53 PM (No. 1657829)
He's become Catholic since the book/movie peaked. I voted for him but really would like to see him produce more than pretty speeches before climbing on that train.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: FormerDem 2/14/2024 4:12:28 PM (No. 1657858)
I like all his options: Vance, Vivek, Elise, Kristi....
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