after vietnam. he wrote his memoir called a time to heal, and biden was going to heal the country. and he had reason to believe we might be able to heal in 2021. after all, mitch mcconnell and lindsey graham on and on denounced trump, but alas, a dictator kicked in. nobody in the republican party wants to square off with trump i see that all the time in american history. it s what dictators or authoritarian figures do all over. you cross me once and you re off my list. trump has done that quite effectively, so it puts the republican party from a historical point of view into the trenches with a nefarious figure like trump. it s not going to look good in the long run of american history because i believe we ll get through this kind of wave of nativism and becoming a kingdom of fear and get back to being the united states that has the
what about this idea of a vice president caught in a predicament like this isn t horrible but you want to be above the frey, be loyal to the president. it was interesting his press spokesman did point that fact out. what did you think of that? well, i thought it was fascinating. pence faces some of the same dilemma that other vice presidents have faced. i thought of gerald ford. i would recommend the pence staff read ford s excellent memoir, a time to heal which he published after his presidency. they would want to read the section. ford is frank. he admits he did some things wrong. he was too inclined to support the president personally and to believe everything the president, members of his family said, rather than focusing on policy. it s a great to go out there and go rah, rah on the policy. it s not wise for a vice president to automatically in a