ALSO: he apparently doesn’t want to be Vice President after all.
I had to make sure the article in today’s Huff Post wasn’t written by the Onion. Pence Doesn't Want to Be Called Vice Presidential Candidate.
Due to religious scruples, Pence doesn’t want to be called the Vice Presidential candidate, because the Bible apparently defines vice as “wicked” and “evil” (if the shoe fits). [BTW, as a Hebrew speaker, I must remind everyone that the Bible wasn’t originally written in English, not even the New Testament. And AFAIK, there is no one-word translation of vice in Hebrew.]
But the kicker came when he “...was asked during his press conference if he condemned the word “vice” on Christian principles, why then didn’t he condemn the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist organization, that openly participates in immoral and wicked behavior?
“I would,” he answered. “But if we start criticizing deplorables, we run the risk of losing half our voters.” (!!!!!!!)
BWAHAHAHAHA
The article, by Christopher Lamb, a professor of journalism at Indiana University, goes on to quote a few more goodies from the press conference. When asked, for example, if he’s such a Christian, why he cut off tens of thousands of his state’s citizens from food stamps, instead of feeding the hungry and helping the needy, as the Bible says should be done.
Pence’s reply was that, “The Bible says that the Lord helps those who help themselves.”
The reporter pointed out that the phrase was not actually in the Bible.
And here is where Pence proved that Drumph chose someone just as wacky as himself. Pence, who defines himself as a Christian first, a conservative second, and a Republican third, replied, “Never mind, it’s in the Republican Bible.”
There are a few more goodies. I really recommend reading the whole article, linked above.
Should be headlines all over.
