That could be stiff competition, but I’m not going to argue with Newt about it. She’s certainly the dumbest one in my own memory.
But here’s my question: Why does a vice president have a national security advisor? In fact, why does she have a portfolio at all? There is nothing in the Constitution about this. Her only duties are to be president of the Senate, break ties with her vote, and to be available if the president leaves office. How did we get to the point at which the media are so ignorant of the Constitution?
I don’t think she is dumb but she doesn’t take her job seriously but then again, she belongs to a party at war with reality.
Joe Biden was also a VP. He at least ha the sense to STFU most of the time, every time he didn’t he gaffed…
How did we get to the point at which the media are so ignorant of the Constitution?
They became a caste of ‘educamated’ College graduates instead of craftsmen that had learned through on the job experience. Credentialed not Qualified.
Actually, VPs have had national security advisors for a long time and most have had a “football” with them too, especially when they travelled. I think the idea was that, should they suddenly be left holding the bag when the balloon went up (geez, any more metaphors here?), they would have the tools and the advice to help get them through it.
And the authority does not come through Constitutional succession, but through National Command Authority, which is based on statute and which is solely concerned with emergency war orders and such. In this narrow area, the chain goes from POTUS to VPOTUS, and then SecDef, if they haven’t changed it recently (by which I probably mean twenty years). It was all based on convincing “foreign powers” that we had a deep bench where command in a nuclear war was concerned and that octogenarian House Speakers and Presidents Pro Tempore were not involved.
Now I’m really frightened.
So Say We ALL!
President Roslin banned abortion and supported the state religion. A neoconservative is a liberal who has been mugged by genocidal cyborgs.
President Roslin is Hobama with intellect and (a few) morals.
Replace the words on the authentication cards with some simple math problems. Issue solved!
Madam President we are ready for weapons release. Here is your authentication question: “Kamala loans 4% of her 100 missiles to Boris. She then has 3 times as many missiles as Vladimir. How many missiles does Vladimir have?”
“Uh, 42…? If you say I’m wrong then you’re RAYCISS!”
(or at least someone unfamiliar with Douglas Adams)
If you say I’m wrong then you’re RAYCISS!
Close but wrong. Remember, the point of the authentication cards are to insure the identity of the CINC to command authority, not the wording or algorithm used on the card. Therefore the authentic answer is: “Um, I was told there would be no math needed to start this war. Hahahaha”
Al Haig was right!
“They became a caste of ‘educamated’ College graduates instead of craftsmen that had learned through on the job experience.”
The expression is “severely educated”.
“An intellectual is someone educated beyond [his/her/its] intelligence.”
The Heart of Gold’s doors.
Doesn’t sound like stupidity to me. Probably some combination of stress of public appearances combined perhaps with mental issues (well other than being stupid). The alleged bullying of staff, if true, would probably be an indication of the latter.
I doubt Kamala could have gotten this far via the path she took (DA route to politics), if she was the dumbest VP ever.
There are plenty of examples of stupid people achieving high office.
Yes, particularly if they have s3x with the right people.
My point is that being a successful DA (which I feel she’s done politically even though I find her record repugnant) requires some headroom. It’s not a cushy congressional job.