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Donald Trump’s choice for vice president, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), is, according to the Washington Post, “a rising star in the Republican Party and previously outspoken Trump critic who in recent years has closely aligned himself with the former president.” The leftist establishment media will in the next few weeks make a great deal out of his having been a Trump critic, leading some patriots to wonder if this was yet another of Trump’s personnel decisions that ended up backfiring on him (think Pence, Tillerson, McMaster, Bolton, et al). The strongest point in Vance’s favor, however, is that the left burns with a loathing for Vance that is almost as intense as its hatred for the man at the top of the ticket.
Zack Beauchamp, a “senior correspondent” at the far-left propaganda organ Vox, wrote Monday that Vance is “friendly, thoughtful, and smart — much smarter than the average politician I’ve interviewed.” Praise from a “journalist” of the caliber of Zack Beauchamp is a red flag. Zack Beauchamp thinks J.D. Vance is smart; Zack Beauchamp also thought that there was a massive bridge connecting Gaza and the West Bank, forcing Vox to issue a Babylon Bee-level correction: “An earlier version of this post suggested there was a bridge connecting Gaza and the West Bank. Various plans to do this have been floated, but the bridge was never actually built.”
Beauchamp also noted in 2021 that a surge in antisemitism in the U.S. coincided with a “recent flare-up in fighting between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas,” which actually made sense, since in some cases, the perpetrators “waved Palestinian flags or shouted pro-Palestinian slogans.” Instead of actually coming to a realization, however, Beauchamp then retreated into his familiar leftist cocoon, improbably blaming Bad Orange Man: “the anti-Semitic attacks are part of the generalized surge in American anti-Semitism since 2016, which most experts link to the rise of Donald Trump and the alt-right movement.” Sure, Zack: supporters of the most pro-Israel president in history have always “waved Palestinian flags or shouted pro-Palestinian slogans.”
Zack Beauchamp is thus not just a doctrinaire leftist; he’s an exceptionally dim bulb. If he thinks you’re smart, you can probably beat the average second grader in a tough game of tic-tac–toe, or parrot the leftist dogmas Beauchamp loves so deeply, albeit ineptly. So Trump’s pick looks disquieting, except that Beauchamp goes on to say that Vance’s “worldview is fundamentally incompatible with the basic principles of American democracy.” When leftists start prattling on about “democracy,” or more commonly, “our democracy,” they mean their own hegemony and dominance of the American public square. If Vance threatens that, Trump has made a good choice after all.
Beauchamp then treats us to a scare paragraph about just what a black-hearted villain Vance really is:
Vance has said that, had he been vice president in 2020, he would have carried out Trump’s scheme for the vice president to overturn the election results. He has fundraised for January 6 rioters. He once called on the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into a Washington Post columnist who penned a critical piece about Trump. After last week’s assassination attempt on Trump, he attempted to whitewash his radicalism by blaming the shooting on Democrats’ rhetoric about democracy without an iota of evidence.
This business about Trump trying to “overturn the election results” is common media spin for efforts to get a genuine investigation of the abundant evidence that there was widespread fraud in the 2020 election. Trump didn’t want Mike Pence to “overturn” the election results, but to withhold certification of the results until the fraud claims were fully investigated (which most never were; most of them that went to court were dismissed on other grounds). Pence clearly could have done this, as the Democrats in Congress later passed a law limiting the vice president’s power in order to ensure that it could not be done in the future.
Numerous Jan. 6 defendants, meanwhile, have languished in prison, in inhuman conditions, for years now without trial. Do they not deserve justice? Or at very least, fair treatment? J.D. Vance thinks so. Zack Beauchamp doesn’t. And as for the request for the criminal investigation of the columnist, it’s no surprise that Vance’s argument went way over Beauchamp’s soy-nourished head; it was an exercise in using the left’s “insurrection” hysteria against the left.
Beauchamp also hates Vance for blaming a leftist’s attempt to murder Trump on the left’s overheated and hysterical rhetoric about the Republican candidate. Vance, you see, is just trying to “whitewash his radicalism.” Never mind all the leftists who have for years now been calling openly for Trump to be killed. In Zack Beauchamp’s tiny Marxist world, they don’t exist.
And so Zack Beauchamp has, in sum, penned a long-form campaign ad for J.D. Vance, and Vox is happily featuring it atop all of its hard-left agitprop. It’s the best testimonial the vice presidential candidate could have wished for.
Uh…..the left hates any conservatives. And they have been calling any Republican who runs for President, Hitler, since Dewey-Truman in 1948.
This is nothing new, but should be expected.
If Vance is copping flak it most certainly means he is over the target.
“he attempted to whitewash his radicalism by blaming the shooting on Democrats’ rhetoric about democracy without an iota of evidence.”
The evidence is everywhere, that reporter should work for Pravda.
“A man sees what he wants to see and disregards the rest…” – Paul Simon
Honestly, the Globalist Leftist democrats hate everyone who stand for freedom and America.
True. Yet they are stridently against hate speech. Though, only anything that can be construed as being hate speech AND directed only against them and their constituencies.
They not only never stop hate speech directed towards the right, they only too willingly perpetuate it themselves.
Correction: They are “pro” free speech until somebody says something they don’t like or speak the truth..
they’re like that pesky gnat buzzing your face just asking to get smacked away…. we shall do that and not listen, not react, but move forward.. we’ve got a country to save🇺🇸
The Left hates that which is good. They are all unhappy and they want to destroy everyone’s freedoms and prosperity. Honestly, What do they have to offer anyone? The fact is all agencies have been weaponized against a civil society.
I don’t know much about Vance, but I sure hope that he is a far better choice than a lot of Trump’s previous picks for various offices
He was an outsider and trusted untrustworthy people.
“They stuffed his cabinet with Washington power people.
They all stabbed him in the back.
He now knows the game.
And this time he will select his own cabinet.
That is the biggest threat to the Deep State in American history
The choice in the 2024 election will be between
Trump or the DEEP STATE AND WAR.
Please Mr. Trump make sure who is near you.
They may try again.”
– Martin Armstrong
The left hates Mitt Romney and Lindsey Graham. But from what I hear, Mitt Romney and Lindsey Graham also hate JD Vance, and that makes me much more comfortable with him as VP pick.
… you’re mistaken about pierre delecto Romney and lympsy graham.. those two fools are the biggest uniparty RINOS… JD Vance is an excellent choice….
All it took was J. D. Vance’s nomination to get filthy Democrats to drop their bogus calls for cooler rhetoric and unity. I knew they couldn’t last for more than a few days. Now they’re right back to their usual gutter politics—because when you’re a stinking leftist that’s all you’ve got.
Nothing has changed.
The same destructive, nihilist, ideas are still being taught at the universities and will keep on being taught at the universities after President Trump is long gone from the White House.
Remember the “Reagan Revolution”? Remember how Reagan was going to save America? President Reagan has now been dead and buried for 20 years and things have only gotten much worse.
President Trump is a very courageous man in many ways, but one man cannot save a country.
Only the right philosophy taught at the universities can save America. That philosophy is not Christianity (Christianity prepared the ground for Marxism) but Objectivism.
“The present state of the world is not the proof of philosophy’s impotence, but the proof of philosophy’s power. It is philosophy that has brought men to this state—it is only philosophy that can lead them out.” – Ayn Rand
I’m always suspicious of those who are driven by their ideology. I dare say that every human conflict has been fueled by those who insist that they possess “the right philosophy.” These are the fanatics and zealots who are convinced that their vision will bring about a better world. For them, no end is greater, and therefore no means too severe.
buck up and buckle up THX, a welcome change is on the way.
Guess what, he doesn’t care.
Recently you bemoaned the fact that there are few positions available for Objectivist professors at the university level. I see you are still bemoaning it. So I thought I would do a little research to help you out.
Here’s what I found:
forum.objectivismonline.com/index.php?/topic/1901-objectivist-professors/
www.atlassociety.org/post/government-jobs-for-objectivists
ari.aynrand.org/about-ari/get-involved/
www.atlassociety.org/post/careers-in-medicine-and-social-work
Get off your ass and go get a job at the university level. But you won’t. Some people would rather whine and moan than actually accomplish something
You are the king of the do-nothings.
Vance has an impressive background from his service in the marines, and his education, the way he was raised, a child of little means to become a Senator, and now the Vice Presidential pick. He is a new young leader, 39 years old, who is definitely for the working class and middle class, and we wish him luck. The left has tried to destroy the middle class and change every precedence of American culture. There are sorely needed leaders who represent the good in society and the freedoms that so many have taken for granted.
The Left hates that which is good. They will do anything to destroy freedom and prosperity and a civil society. All agencies have been weaponized against a free America.
JD Vance is a bright young man. He has an impressive resume from his college education, to serving in the marines, and he is a big supporter of the working class and middle class. He came from a family of limited means and has became a Senator, and now the Vice Presidential pick. He is an example of so many Americans who are overcomers. Honestly, What does the left have to offer anyone? They aren’t examples of leadership or good policies. They hate what they can’t change.
…OR the dumb goy are getting spoon fed pap.
I’m going w/that.
so, you’re saying a criminal, pedophilloic, known plagiarist, treasonous liar is the caliber of leader you feel safe and secured w/the life and livelihood? …. you’ve really drunk their kool-aide pal.
“that Beauchamp goes on to say that Vance’s “worldview is fundamentally incompatible with the basic principles of American democracy.” This is evidence that Beauchamp is not a real journalist either. America is not a democracy. Most people who paid attention in class when US history and civics used to be objectively taught in the public schools system know this fact. There is no way that US citizens will submit to “Majority Rule” which is what democracy is.
Zack Beauchamp says that Vance’s “worldview is fundamentally incompatible with the basic principles of American democracy.”
Zack is really confused.
It is depraved psychopathic murderous berserk violent freedom crushing Islam whose “worldview is fundamentally incompatible with the basic principles of American democracy.”
How could the leftist democrats mix up Islam with J.D. Vance ?
Zack Beauchamp is as loony as Islam.
Me thinks that Zack is really a secret admirer of Hamas and depraved totalitarian Islam.
my guess, Beauchamp will likely be an AI bot whose infesting countless websites w/propaganda and misinformation…. (im reposting here and find that this comment is awaiting moderation… hmmmm. why?)
Media malcontents and the Left. The more things change, the more they hate; it never gets old.
Vance seems to me like a bad choice. He was a never Trumper and I think even called people who would vote for him an idiot. Anyone who wasn’t wise enough to know early on that Trump was worth considering is not wise enough to lead this country. Trump just sucks at choosing a team.
Don’t break your arm patting yourself on the back there buddy. There was little evidence of Trump’s potential before he assumed office. Even if you didn’t believe the media hyperbole there were plenty of valid questions about his ability to lead the nation.
I’m not one of those who was stuck in faux sophistication looking down on Trump, but he was an unknown – other than being inclined to self promotion. I voted for him because “unknown” was still far better than the know evil of Hillary.
You may be right but I think Trump’s got good reasons for picking Vance.
I voted for him for the same reason and that he WASN’T a politician though has had plenty of life experience dealing w/them in order to become the accomplished and successful entrepreneurial businessman. What did we have to loose? It turns out nothing and as we all experienced in those 4 short years, he accomplished much despite being absolutely hounded by the marxist hyenas and feckless rinos… He accomplished it by himself for us. He’s an unbelievable and seemingly divinely placed patriot at a time where the future of this country hangs at a precipice….
I’m not saying anyone had to be convinced he would be a good leader before 2017, but anyone worth a damn as a politician should have known by then that he should not be dismissed. The way Vance totally dismissed him with absolute arrogant certainty all those years ago just shows he is too much of a fool to lead.
Trump early on proved he was a fighter and wasn’t afraid to say truths that needed to be said.
well from one redneck hillbilly to another,
I’m going to chalk it up to freshman politician ignorance. He was only 35 and was likely being influenced by those same do nothing rinos that are in congress right now. I intend to give him the same support that I give President Trump now and did when he announced his first presidential campaign… 🤷♀️. JD hopefully has been fully vetted and does not have the kind of skeletons in his closet that every other long time politician does…..🙏🏻
The usual political calculation of what state can my VP choice help me win is trumped (yeah yeah I know) by the calculation of how many veterans can I get to show up on election day.
Veterans tend to be conservative, but they also tend to be cynical about the entire process. Getting them to NOT stay home on election day and instead going to the trouble to show up is what Trump gets for picking this marine.
I don’t think true Patriots will questions Trump’s pick because JD Vance used to be anti-Trump, in fact this helps us even more. So many people are joining the movement and we need more people to “feel” okay about being lied to and having believed those lies and being able to see the truth now. When the left begins their attacks on JD and ask him those questions, he will provide the answer that many Americans (who are anti-Trumpers but also can see Biden’s obvious incompetence and don’t want to vote for the zombie in this election) need.
The left not only hates all Republicans except Liz Cheney and would find fault with any selection, Democrats hate the founders of the nation. Note the many statues vandalized by Democrats and many officially torn down. Even George Washington is now a villain to Democrats.
Could you picture the squealing by Democrats if George Washington was alive and Trump picked him as VP??
MSNBC plunged in this morning already with a college roommate, clearly a leftist who thought Vance was ‘snarky and whatever.’ And another article that was an attack on Hillbilly Elegy as a ‘con job’ and most ridiculous of all, 8 years ago at a meeting of top CEOs Vance said he ‘felt out of place’ as some Daddy Warbucks sitting next to him talked about having to cut wages to his myriad workers. More Alinsky tactics to come.
good post. short and sweet .
Simply making the right people mad is no qualification. People in Ohio have pointed out that Vance did not win his senate seat big when the rest of the GOP was winning by 15 points or more. Vance only 6. That is not a strong finish in Ohio.
Vance was not a good choice.
Today’s Wall Street Journal features something Vance published about Trump in the Atlantic. It is anything but positive. The Dems will have a field day with this.
Can’t blame them. Vance is the typical toadie who pointed out the charlatans flaws only to later kiss his hand to please his cult members
and what they won’t publish is what Vance said to the Ohio Capitol Journal that he released a statement acknowledging his shift in support.
He said” I’m not gonna hide from the fact that I did not see Tripp’s promise in the beginning but you know, he delivered.”
He also noted,”Donald Trump is the best president of my lifetime for the simple reason that he never bent toto the mob and fought consistently for
hardworking Americans.”
They don’t actually hate JD Vance, that is a lie. What democrats hate, is the fact that a guy who graduated at the pinnacle of his class at Yale law school is gong to debate this genius for the VP slot: The words of the democrat genius:
“We will work together, and continue to work together, to address these issues…and to work together as we continue to work, operating from the new norms, rules, and agreements, that we will convene to work together…We will work on this together” OR
“We will work together, and continue to work together, to address these issues…and to work together as we continue to work, operating from the new norms, rules, and agreements, that we will convene to work together…We will work on this together” And of course there is always these littel gems here:
“For us at every moment in time, and certainly this one, to see the moment in time in which we exist in our present. And to be able to contextualize it. To understand where we exist in the history and in the moment as it relates not only to the past, but the future.”
“We’ve all watched television coverage of just yesterday that’s on top of everything else that we know, and what we don’t know yet, based what we’ve just been able to see… and because we’ve seen it or not does it mean it hasn’t happened. But just limit it to what we have seen.”
“I see America as being a place where we are gonna continue, all of us, to believe in all that is possible”
I guess that’s enough for now! She said everyone of those words in a public setting, in front of an audience who apparently are just as stupid as the VP is!
Another thing to consider – Trump, if he wins, will be a one-term president this time, and considering his age he may not outlive his term. I’m comfortable having someone like Vance in the wings, a self-made success who made the American dream come true through hard work and commitment. Contrast that with Biden/Harris.
Robert Spencer wrote: “blaming a leftist’s attempt to murder Trump on the…” That’s not true. The shooter was a registered Republican who dressed in military and hunting clothing at school–not typical of a libber.
Ya right, a Trump supporter tried to murder Trump. Got it.
he also donated to far left groups and donated to the Biden campaign.
I don’t trust Vance, yet. But at least his wife comes from a religion and country that kicked the muslims out, even if it took hundreds of years.
Simpleton thesis —- “the left” or what we real NON–draft dodging Americans call commies, would trash any Trump VP pick!
Real cirizens have long despised Vance for his blaming the workers for the super rich/globalists offshoring America —- maybe Spencer is just another globalist poser???