Stop Trying To Make Vivek Happen

[Kamaji]

Stop Trying To Make Vivek Happen

Scott Morefield
Jul 31, 2023

I remember watching Vivek Ramaswamy announcing his presidential bid on Tucker Carlson’s now canceled Fox News show earlier this year. It was teased as a “big announcement,” but it didn’t seem all that big to me. Who the hell was this guy? I had seen him before in interviews on various conservative media outlets. Uber-rich tech bro sees the light and decides to sell his companies so he could better fight the system from the outside, or something. He had a way with words, but at the same time I always thought something was a bit off. Why not fight the ‘system’ from, you know, the INSIDE, where you can have more effect, especially if you own the freaking company? But whatever. Dude struck me as articulate, intelligent, and based, so I didn’t really have a problem with him. I mean, if you’re against the ‘woke’ cult, you’re probably going to be good in my book.

But president of the United States? I mean, this was a joke, right? Why not start somewhere smaller, like senator, representative, or, I don’t know, city councilman? Constable? Dog catcher? Sure, being 37 and a birth citizen means he constitutionally ‘qualifies’ based on a statute laid out when life expectancy was much, much lower than it is today, but does the fact that Republicans just nominated one rich businessman with no political experience mean we automatically have to keep doing it?

Despite his smarminess and off putting snake-oil salesman vibe, one thing Vivek has always had going for him is his ability to articulately lay out his positions. The man is clearly smart and well spoken, and for what it’s worth, his technical delivery is much smoother than any politician currently running. However, though his take on many issues is spot on and has garnered him some degree of support, there are red flags there as well, such as his desire to increase legal immigration, allow transgenders in the military, and reenter the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Hardly ‘America First.’

For months, as expected, I didn’t hear much of Ramaswamy’s candidacy other than catching the occasional soundbyte. But then, in June, he traveled down to Miami to personally protest the latest Trump indictment. It seemed a strange thing for a presidential candidate to do. Sure, express your disgust at a politicized Department of Justice, but a personal, bullhorn-in-tow protest right in front of the courthouse, aided by none other than Trump sycophant Laura Loomer? It seemed fishy and weird, and a shameless grab for attention.

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Source:  https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2023/07/31/stop-trying-to-make-vivek-happen-n2626395

[ScottinVA]

For me, Ramaswamy is a non-starter.  He proposed giving 20% of Ukraine to the Russian invaders and would ban the Ukrainians from joining NATO.
 
He a bit too Trumpy.. no thanks.

[libertybele]

For me, Ramaswamy is a non-starter.  He proposed giving 20% of Ukraine to the Russian invaders and would ban the Ukrainians from joining NATO.
 
He a bit too Trumpy.. no thanks.

Ramsy is an unknown with no record; similar to O'Bammy.  He's a smooth talker and tells people what he thinks they want to hear.  Neither of his parents were born in the U.S.  He's been affiliated with Soros.

No thank you.

[jmyrlefuller]

He's just the summer star... like Herman Cain was in 2012. Next comes the character assassination, then the heroic rise of a Fred Thompson/Rick Perry-esque candidate drafted into the race in September... who will fizzle by Iowa.

[LMAO]

Ramsy is an unknown with no record; similar to O'Bammy. 

Obama was senator before he ran for president so he did have a record. But this fella has none

[mountaineer]

Obama was senator before he ran for president so he did have a record. But this fella has none

Obammy was in the state senate, too, as I recall. This is where he infamously always voted "present." Vivek is following Trump's example in having no legislative experience before going for the big prize. On the other hand, Biden had decades and decades of corrupt "service" in the U.S. Senate before becoming Obammy's sock puppet, so legislative experience isn't everything.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Why not give Romney a third shot? :D

[catfish1957]

Even so, I'd still vote for him over Tumpy or Nicki the Bitch.

[mountaineer]

Vivek will say whatever he thinks people want to hear.

https://twitter.com/johncardillo/status/1686814784329498625

[libertybele]

Obama was senator before he ran for president so he did have a record. But this fella has none

Correct and had people taken the time to research O'Bammy  and his record they wouldn't have voted for him.

[mountaineer]

Does Trump still consider this guy VP material?

Vivek Ramaswamy
@VivekGRamaswamy
What Trump did last week was wrong. Downright abhorrent. Plain and simple. I’ve said it before and did so in my piece.
5:54 AM · Jan 12, 2021

[kevindavis007]

Even so, I'd still vote for him over Tumpy or Nicki the Bitch.

Still butthurt over her getting rid of the glorified toilet paper.



https://youtu.be/gvjOG5gboFU

[corbe]

   Vivek is a Trump Tool running for VP in a Trump Administration.  He has been quoted I won't accept Czar or even a Cabinet appointment.

[mountaineer]

Vivek last year on Mike Pence and Donald Trump: “Mike Pence, a man I have great respect for, decided it was his constitutional duty to resist the president’s attempts to get him to unilaterally overturn the results of the election, even in the face of the January 6 Capitol riot. Our institutions did hold, in the end. But they shouldn’t have been tested.”

https://twitter.com/emeriticus/status/1686873068864471040

[bigheadfred]

Vivek last year on Mike Pence and Donald Trump: “Mike Pence, a man I have great respect for, decided it was his constitutional duty to resist the president’s attempts to get him to unilaterally overturn the results of the election, even in the face of the January 6 Capitol riot. Our institutions did hold, in the end. But they shouldn’t have been tested.”

https://twitter.com/emeriticus/status/1686873068864471040

Does that mean he is running to be Pence's VP?

[Sighlass]

He is an Hindu, big flag for me (sorry, not sorry). I watched an interview he did with his family, but the kids crawling all over everything during the whole of the interview with neither parent correcting them, just grated on my nerves.

[catfish1957]

Still butthurt over her getting rid of the glorified toilet paper.

Do us all a favor and go F__ yourself.

OTOH, strike that.  Anyone who is dufous enough have your trekie traits gloriously pronounced isn't  to be taken seriously anyway.

So go do your silly com-con or whatever child like shit that you do, and let the grownups discuss important matters.

[kevindavis007]

Do us all a favor and go F__ yourself.

OTOH, strike that.  Anyone who is dufous enough have your trekie traits gloriously pronounced isn't  to be taken seriously anyway.

So go do your silly com-con or whatever child like shit that you do, and let the grownups discuss important matters.

 

[mountaineer]

An0maly
@LegendaryEnergy
Here is Vivek Ramaswamy's Politico piece from 2022 calling Trump & the GOP crybabies, comparing Trump to Stacey Abrams & saying Mike Pence made the right decision. Read it before they try to delete it.

The Grand Old Party of Crybabies
How Republicans embraced the victimhood mythology they once denounced.
By Vivek Ramaswamy
09/12/2022 10:00 AM EDT

[Vivek Ramaswamy is an American entrepreneur and author of the upcoming book Nation of Victims: Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence. This excerpt is adapted from Nation of Victims: Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence (Center Street) to be published on Sept. 13.]

It was a dark day for democracy. The loser of the election refused to concede the race, claimed the election was stolen, raised hundreds of millions of dollars from loyal supporters, and is running for executive office again.

I’m referring, of course, to Stacey Abrams. To this day, even as Abrams campaigns for governor again in the 2022 election, she still refuses to concede that she lost the last one.

But conservatives have their own victimhood complexes these days; we are, after all, a nation of victims now. All that differs is whom we see as our oppressors. The worst victimhood narrative that afflicts modern conservatives is their budding belief that any election they lose must have been stolen. Instead of distinguishing ourselves as the party that strives for excellence and rejects the easy path of victimhood narratives, we simply created our own.

While Donald Trump promised to lead the nation to recommit itself to the pursuit of greatness, what he delivered in the end was just another tale of grievance, a persecution complex that swallowed much of the Republican Party whole. Trump took a page from the Abrams playbook. His claims were just as weak as Abrams’. She claimed voter suppression in her 2018 defeat, he claimed voter fraud two years later.  ...

Politico

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

An0maly
@LegendaryEnergy
Here is Vivek Ramaswamy's Politico piece from 2022 calling Trump & the GOP crybabies, comparing Trump to Stacey Abrams & saying Mike Pence made the right decision. Read it before they try to delete it.Politico

I agree with him though.