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[–] hansl@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That’s kind of the job of VP, though. She’s been in the news but never in the front.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's a failure of the party to not promote her then. Gore got coverage and sponsored legislation as a vp. Cheney spearheaded an entire war. A vp can be in the news cycle if you want them to.

[–] hansl@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Gore has always been a huge media favorite (even before he became VP), knew how to play the game and loved the attention. Same for Cheney. Some VP are more on the front, but you hadn’t heard much of Biden while he was VP, and Pence… well he was a lap dog until the constitution depended on him.

Can you even tell me who George HW Bush’s VP was? Or Carter’s? Without looking?

Harris doesn’t care about it, it’s not required for her job, and if she doesn’t do a good job we’d probably know about it more than if she did.

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You mean VP Potato! Will always remember that before Quayle.

I recall Carter's veep because I have family who are distantly related to Mondale via marriage. They were all upset when he lost again in the 80s, like, they were gonna get VIP passes to the white house via some elaborate scheme for 4th cousins. lol

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Yes I can tell you that. :-)