John Smith wrote on May 21^st, 2025 at 8:45am:

The person selected for VP is usually one who will not upstage, offend or eclipse the presidential candidate; rarely is the VP at least as 'competent' or even close to being 'preordained' in a right of succession.

Think Truman, Nixon, Johnson, Agnew and Ford. The fact that 3 of those 5 became presidents was due to extraordinary circumstances, not competency rewarded by election to the presidency.

In Nison's case, Eisenhower had nothing but contempt for him and did not see him as presidential material... Was he right?

Agnew ultimately resigned over a legal scandal.

Why was Biden chosen as Obama's VP in the first place?

Camelot lives on in the Kennedy dynasty with a genuine loony ruling over health. Celts believed the king controlled weather and wars and failures resulted in sacrificing the king in a bog or swamp.

MeisterEckhart wrote on May 21^st, 2025 at 9:00am:


Which Biden are you referring to Jill or her husband.

Kingship grows with the coronation. The pope was a smily clergyman but gradually grows authority like fungus or mould. The peasants want to see an aura and this energises the performance into gravitas and monarchism.

John Smith wrote on May 21^st, 2025 at 9:55am:

What evidence do you have to doubt that any of the presidents who selected those VPs did not rank competence over not being upstaged?

History demonstrates that the VP is unlikely to be the most competent or popular second choice for president... the VP choice is nearly always chosen as the best, least threat to the presidential candidate of those available.

Most VPs did not ultimately become presidents, even after they ran for the role.

While the republic did begin with VPs becoming presidents in their own right (Adams and Jefferson), for most of the 19th and early 20th centuries this was not the case.

Since WW2, however, there have been only 6 VPs, out of 18, who became president, with 3 of those 6 ascending to the presidency due to the death or resignation of the president.

A very honest and revealing retrospective on the state of Biden's cognitive decline and its cover-up, by Ezra Klein and Jake Tapper, the latter who co-wrote a book arguing  “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again”.

The book details the Democrats' inner sanctum's fear that Harris would be the 'next in line' for candidacy if they didn't support Biden. This is a shocking revelation, given that these were the same people who put Harris's name forward as the ideal running mate for Biden.

It's another clear example of how the vice president is specifically chosen as the best, least-appropriate fit for the role of president, chosen not to upstage, eclipse, or threaten the presidential candidate's popularity. This, despite the 'tradition' that the VP is the presumptive heir-in-waiting for the presidency.

How Groupthink Protected Biden and Reelected Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO7-Ij8l9jI

'Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (1890-1995) was the mother of President John F. Kennedy. She was known for her strong influence within the Kennedy family and her advocacy for mental health awareness, particularly after her daughter, Rosemary, experienced mental illness.'

Donny was quick to get Robbie as a fellow kook, along with JD the loopy bigmouth. Their cabinet meetings are recorded for medic analysis.

Monarchy manages to get the right stuff at the top.
Elizabeth got in ahead of sex-pot boozer Margaret.
William is up there ahead of ding-bat Harry.
Charles wandered in before Andrew the Headlines.