Besides :LIB: firsts for the record book, what does she do? Vice presidents aren't automatically useless; Dick Cheney ran the empire for a while for example.

  • Lundi [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    dick cheney has been the only vice president to actually do shit. Because Bushie was dumbdumb.

  • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Biden's brain is obviously soup at this point, so she's possibly the actual president.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      So she's behind the wheel of doing nothing. :this-is-fine:

    • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      there's no way the biden people even take kamala's calls without a voicemail, she couldn't even manage a campaign

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      How does she deal with them while having no intent on fixing... ohhhhhhh! :think-about-it:

  • Vampire [any]
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    3 years ago

    The US vice president breaks ties when the Senate is split 50-50

      • Ziege_Bock [any]
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        3 years ago

        No. Furthermore, the Senate has decided that it requires a supermajority to actually pass most legislation with the exception being reconciliation bills, so in most situations where a tie occurs in the senate the VP's deciding vote is meaningless, if I'm not mistaken.

        • jkfjfhkdfgdfb [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          YOU'VE GOT BIDEN LITERALLY JUST THREATEN THEM WITH ALL THE POWER THAT IMPLIES

          YOU CAN GET THE TWO DEMS WHO WON'T COOPERATE TO DO SO

          AND THEN USE THE TIEBREAKER ONCE THEY MAKE IT FIFTY

          BUT OF COURSE THEM PROVIDING AN EXCUSE NOT TO DO THINGS IS THE FUCKING POINT

      • Vampire [any]
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        3 years ago

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tie-breaking_votes_cast_by_the_vice_president_of_the_United_States

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          I knew this already. But in practice these are more like guidelines, especially when one compares and contrasts Dick Cheney with Mike Pence, or even :top-cop:

  • flowernet [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    Picks battles to fluff her resume for the next presidential election and falls down implausibly long flights of stairs.

  • Rojo27 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    She ineffectively deflects tough questions.

  • MemesAreTheory [he/him, any]
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    3 years ago

    I hear she throws great barbecues. That's gotta count for something, right? :innapropriate-laughter:

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      How do you do fellow humans? I like ice cream too! :liberalism:

  • deadtoddler420 [any]
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    3 years ago

    There's a documentary series about what she does called Veep.

  • effervescent [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Having read through this thread, she is apparently both completely cut off from day to day operations and is also the secret shadow President running everything.

    All I know is she doesn’t break ties in the Senate because that would be uncivil I guess

    • ElGosso [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah that's really it, Biden trots her out to do pointless controversial stuff like yell at immigrants.

  • corgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]
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    3 years ago

    That's the magic about her. Nobody knows. No one can say with any certainty. If your criticize her, you may be right, you may be wrong. Nobody can say for sure. She might do nothing, she might do everything.

    If you oppose her, lord help you :top-cop:

  • abc [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    She misdirects and absorbs part of the anger that the average citizen feels whenever the Biden administration fucks up yet another thing.