Posted on 07/11/2016 2:42:01 AM PDT by nikos1121
Edited on 07/11/2016 3:01:49 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
I've come full circle on choices for VP. Sarah Palin to Condi Rice to Newt, Rand Paul, Paul LePage and Chris Christie.
In the past few days, General Flynn has been thrown out there.
It looks like Pence has been the choice for some time now. And I take my hat off to many here who predicted this weeks ago.
LIKE ONYX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
An article was posted here last week:
Pence has 10 days to accept VP nod from Trump http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3446588/posts
Now that we presume he is the choice, it makes a lot of sense, and once again shows that Trump is thinking of the best people. NO doubt Bobby Knight had something to do with this.
In short, Mike Pence is a dynamite choice. He will fire up the republican base to come out strong. He assures in Indiana and maybe even Ohio too.
Here are the salient facts from Wikipedia
Michael Richard "Mike" Pence (born June 7, 1959) is an American politician and attorney who is currently serving as the 50th Governor of Indiana, taking office in 2013. A member of the Republican Party, he previously represented Indiana's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013 and served as Chairman of the House Republican Conference from 2009 to 2011.
Early life, education, and family.
Pence was born in Columbus, Indiana, one of six children of Nancy Jane (née Cawley) and Edward J. Pence, Jr., who ran a string of gas stations.His family were Irish Catholic Democrats.He was named after his grandfather, Richard Michael Cawley, a Chicago bus driver who came to the United States from Ireland through Ellis Island. He graduated from Columbus North High School in 1977. Pence earned a B.A. in History from Hanover College in 1981 and a J.D. from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 1986. While at Hanover, Pence joined the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, serving as his chapter's president.
Pence and his wife Karen have three children: Michael, Charlotte, and Audrey. Pence is a declared Christian. During his service in the U.S. House, the Pence family lived in Arlington, Virginia when Congress was in session.
Tenure
Pence served for a time as the chairman of the Republican Study Committee, a group of conservative House Republicans.
His Committee assignments in the U.S. House included: Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia (Vice Chair), Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution (Vice Chair), and Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet. While in Congress he belonged to the Congressional Internet Caucus, International Conservation Caucus, Sportsmen's Caucus, and the Tea Party Caucus.
Economy
Pence was a cosponsor of a Spending Limit Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This amendment would limit federal spending to one-fifth of the American economy – the historical average since World War II.
Earmarks
Pence was a supporter of earmark reform. He voted against the $139.7 billion transportation-treasury spending bill in June 2006, and in favor of a series of amendments proposed that same month by Jeff Flake that would strip other members’ earmarks from the federal budget. Pence, on occasion, secured earmark projects such as $500,000 for the “Transit Acquisition and Intermodal Facility Project” in his state, as well as $250,000 for construction of a park in Portland. Pence secured earmarks for inclusion in a labor-health and human services 2007FY bill. This included $200,000 for both Ball State University’s Center for School Innovation in Muncie and to the Madison County Community Health Center in Anderson. Pence also secured $100,000 for Ivy Tech Community College in Columbus.
Immigration laws
In June 2006, Pence unveiled a plan he describes as "no amnesty immigration reform", consisting of increased border security, followed by strict enforcement of laws against hiring illegal aliens, and a guest worker program. This guest worker program requires potential participants to apply from their home country to government-approved job placement agencies that match workers with employers who cannot find Americans for the job.The plan received support from conservative leaders such as Dick Armey.Pat Buchanan, writing at WorldNetDaily, described this as "stealth amnesty," claiming that it is merely a "one week vacation" for illegal immigrants to return to their home country to apply for jobs under the program.Conservatives Phyllis Schlafly and Tom Tancredo criticized Pence's plan.
Foreign policy
Pence supported the joint resolution authorizing military action against Iraq, otherwise known as the Iraq Resolution.The resolution cited factors including Iraq's noncompliance with the conditions of the 1991 ceasefire agreement, including interference with U.N. weapons inspectors, Iraq's "brutal repression of its civilian population," and Iraq's hostility towards the United States as demonstrated by the 1993 assassination attempt on former President George H. W. Bush and firing on coalition aircraft enforcing the no-fly zones following the 1991 Gulf War as reasons for taking action.
During the Iraq War, Pence opposed setting a public withdrawal date from Iraq. During an April 2007 visit to Baghdad, Pence and John McCain visited Shorja market, the site of a deadly attack in February, 2007, that claimed the lives of 61 people. Pence and McCain described the visit as evidence that the security situation in Iraqi markets have improved.[35] The visit to the market took place under large security including helicopters overhead, and was was criticized by The New York Times as giving a false indication of how secure the area was due to the extremely heavy security forces McCain brought with him.
Pence has opposed closing the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and trying the suspected terrorists in the U.S. Pence believes that “the Obama administration must overturn this wrongheaded decision”.As an alternative, Pence has said that the "enemy combatants" should be tried in a military tribunal.
Pence has stated his support of Israel and its right to attack facilities in Iran to prevent them from developing nuclear weapons, has defended the actions of Israel in its use of deadly force in enforcing the blockade of Gaza, and has referred to Israel as "America's most cherished ally".
LGBT rights
In 2000, Pence stated “Congress should oppose any effort to recognize homosexual's as a ‘discreet and insular minority’ entitled to the protection of anti-discrimination laws similar to those extended to women and ethnic minorities.” He called for “an audit to ensure that federal dollars were no longer being given to organisations that celebrate and encourage the types of behaviors that facilitate the spreading of the HIV virus” and instead advocated that resources be directed towards conversion therapy programs.
Pence has said that homosexuals should not serve in the military, saying "Homosexuality is incompatible with military service because the presence of homosexuals in the ranks weakens unit cohesion" and in 2010 stated that repealing Don't ask, don't tell would "have an impact on unit cohesion."Pence opposed the 2009 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act, saying that Obama wanted to "advance a radical social agenda"and said that pastors "could be charged or be subject to intimidation for simply expressing a Biblical worldview on the issue of homosexual behavior."
Pence opposes both same-sex marriage and civil unions.He has referred to Harvard sociologist Pitirim Sorokin's findings that throughout history, societal collapse was brought about by the deterioration of marriage and family.
He has advocated a constitutional same-sex marriage ban, but did not champion such a proposed ban for his first year as governor.
Other
In 2005, after Hurricane Katrina struck the Louisiana coast, Pence favored offsetting the costs of the hurricane with $24 billion in other spending reductions.
Pence is an advocate of federal restrictions of online gambling. In 2006, he and 34 others members of the House cosponsored H.R. 4411, the Goodlatte-Leach Internet Gambling Prohibition Act,and H.R. 4777, the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act.
After the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the Affordable Care Act on June 28, 2012, Pence, in a closed door meeting, said that the ruling upholding the health care law was similar to the September 11 terrorist attacks.He immediately apologized for making the statement.
I would prefer it was someone else but if Trump feels comfortable with him, it’s his choice. Will always support his choice. Someone mentioned that many names that have been floated may end up being cabinet positions. DT mentioned at one time he would like to announce a few of them at convention so they can run as a team.
The idiot calls Quayle an idiot.
Why am I not surprised!
Exactly.
I don’t know that much about Mike Pence. However I will support Trump no matter who he chooses for VP.
I’ve been impressed hearing him speak, too. But, I think he should’ve stood up for himself for that “potatoe” spelling. Wasn’t he was reading from a flash card given to him?
I think it’s Rope-A-Dope.
Pence and TRUMP have two different approaches to the enemy at the GATE. Pence is no fit for a TRUMP approach, unless boring Congress to sleep would serve some kind of mysterious purpose that I don’t quite fathom.
It was Pence who was unhelpful to religious liberty in the case of the bake a cake shop, which was set up by the Queer Marriage gang, forced to cakery to them. Bah.
Icing on the cake... Maybe Trump can find some other job for Newt...
I actually listened to Hannity’s opening monologue this afternoon and he made a compelling case for th Newtster.
I know I don’t want Pence. But Trump talking about how one anti-Establishment guy is enough has me thinking he’s made a deal to secure the nomination by taking on a GOPe hack like Pence.
Oh, well.
They look like Mutt and Jeff together.
How tall is Pence?
Yep—you’ve got it right.
Trump is allowing the top candidates for VP to speak in a public arena. This is what Trump did in “The Apprentice.” As we watch those speeches, we will have our own look at their performance.
Have you never been on a team? All members don’t think alike but they pull for the betterment of all of them! Politics is no different. You are called to work with those you disagree with. As sensible adults, you don’t take your ball and go home.
Trump isn’t being called to play on a team - he’s PICKING the team. Why should he pick someone who hasn’t supported him 100% compared to, say, someone who HAS?
Even snooty The Atlantic magazine published an article by a noted family advocate abd scholar, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, called Dan Quayle Was Right in 1993, for which she won many awards and recognitions. But of course, by then the political damage was done.
The article examined actual statistics concerning single-parent "families", divorce and step-parenting and other sexual re-engineering and showed that the so-called Sexual Revolution does "not strengthen the social fabric but, rather, dramatically weakens and undermines society."
For the betterment of all! I’m sorry you don’t understand this concept.
Remember, Jack French Kemp told Bob Dole in 1996 that Kemp was no “attack dog”. I guess Pence won’t be any worse than Kemp was, but I prefer Trump-Santorum.
Yes I remember Kemp’s “debate” with Algore.
“I agree with everything Al Gore says.”
“For the betterment of all! I’m sorry you don’t understand this concept.”
There’s no indication that selecting Mike Pence will be “for the betterment of all.” So it basically comes down to dismissing anything that disagrees with your choice of a running mate because, after all, he’s your choice for a running mate.
I’m done arguing the point.
Keep in mind that he did veto the religious freedom bill which came to him last year.
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