I have to think that J.D. Vance's thinly veiled misogyny is due to his childhood. He's angry at his mother, angry at women who choose not to be mothers, and desperately trying to prove to someone that he's lovable and worthy of being loved. (Presumably he should have had that all sorted when he got married.)

This guy needs a lot of therapy, short of which his marriage isn't going to survive and he's going to be a miserable human being.

I think his personal ambition stems from the same source, to prove that he's "worthy" of being loved. It's this blindness that leads to miscalculations like agreeing to be Trump's running mate, because nobody is ever elevated through their association with Trump, except perhaps in the eyes of people that you wouldn't otherwise wish to associate. Maybe Pence, but no. Not really.

I thought about commenting on Trump's stunt at Arlington National Cemetery, but why bother? He's demonstrated repeatedly there is no norm of decorum that he won't violate for the sake of attention.

He does seem desperate now, and flagging in terms of the level of energy he can bring even to his unhinged rants. He's just an angry old man. I suppose that does make him somewhat dangerous, given his cult following. But he's rapidly becoming a husk, a caricature of himself.

I look forward to a day, hopefully soon, when I won't have to hear his name ever again.

Originally posted at Nice Marmot 08:29 Sunday, 1 September 2024