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A comment on The Populist Right Must Own Tariffs.

Re:The Populist Right Must Own Tariffs by ggm on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @04:52AM (#43842706)
Much of what is wrong in current political discourse is the over use of non normative must. Therefore I argue there is little or no must here, there is only wish and may.

Be careful what you wish for. It must be said, the outcome may be unexpected.

Also, Vance's role is not to be the successor to the king. He's there like all VP to be blamed when the time is right.

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Re:The Populist Right Must Own Tariffs by cafard on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @07:15AM (#43843585)
Until about Mondale, VPs were seldom given much to do. Yes, Nixon made a handy bad cop to Eisenhower's good cop. But without going to a reference, I can't name an VP who didn't succeed to the presidency between George Clinton and Alben Barkely. Well, OK, John Calhoun, chiefly because he was on such bad terms with Jackson.
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