As any father would tell you, as much as we always try to support our kids, there are times when you just have to tell them: “Look, you know I love you, but on this matter – you’re just plain wrong.”
Many Republicans today are wishing Donald Trump had told Donald Jr. that when, reportedly, Junior personally persuaded Daddy to reject a handful of highly-qualified candidates and tap untested Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) as his vice presidential running mate.
What a mistake. Vance is the least impressive and most damaging vice presidential nominee since Sarah Palin. But at least Palin was lively, funny and capable of firing off a few, well-aimed zingers. Vance is as lively as roadkill.
Did anybody on the Trump campaign bother to check Vance’s acid comments about Donald Trump before giving him the green light? “I’m a Never-Trump guy,” Vance proudly proclaimed in 2016. That same year he repeatedly said he believed Trump had committed sexual abuse,........