Oh geez, Ben Carson. He’s like the guy you put in charge of buying beer for the party, because there’s no way to fuck that up, and then he shows up with six cases of Zima.
Carson’s latest goof happened in a car with his wife and a Washington Post style reporter, which sounds like the world’s most awkward road trip. He was making some idle smalltalk when he seems to have accidentally identified some of the top contenders for Trump’s running mate.
Later, after the Washington Post shared the news with the world, Ben had to call and muddy the waters: “I’m going to say yes to everybody, everybody could potentially be considered,” he said. Everybody! Everyone on Earth! Including all the Mexicans! And all the Muslims! You could get the call tomorrow, like Publisher’s Clearinghouse showing up at your door to surprise you, only instead of winning a check you win the world’s worst boss.
When Carson was in a name-naming mood, he had no particular surprises to share. Kasich, Rubio, Cruz, Palin, and Christie were all top of mind for him, which isn’t exactly stop-the-presses information.
Personally, I think it’s doubtful that Trump would name any of those people, since they’re all fairly predictable. Trump himself admitted that they weren’t even considering “most” of them, and he always tells the truth.
The @washingtonpost report on potential VP candidates is wrong. Marco Rubio and most others mentioned are NOT under consideration.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2016
And what’s more, some of those people might not even want to be on Trump’s list at all. Even Sarah Palin seemed to balk. “I just want the guy to win. I want America to win,” she said. “And I don’t know if I would be the person that would be able to help him win.”
It’s a good point. He’s already got the crazy vote, why does he need her?
Other Republicans are playing hot-potato with the nomination, which hasn’t even happened yet and is playing out purely in the speculative fantasy imaginations of political reporters.
Dan Quayle said that Senator Rob Portman would make a good running mate. Portman said that Kasich should be the running mate. Kasich says no thanks and isn’t even sure if he wants to endorse Trump.
Newt Gingrich, on the other hand, seems to be very interested in being Trump’s VP. “I think we’d be very hard pressed not to say yes,” he said. But then he also played a little hard-to-get: “I don’t think it’s an automatic yes… I think you have to think through what does he think the job involves.”
Well, it’s hard to say what Trump’s opinion is. But judging by 100% of the names being tossed around, the job involves being a god damned moron.
Obviously the author of this blog has his own biased opinion. It would be nice if the facts were all we had to deal with.