Imperator, the bit about Pence handling domestic and foreign policy didn't come from knyte but from the following (obviously biased) article wherein the Trump campaign supposedly offered those powers to Kasich.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/07/20/trump_reportedly_wanted_kasich_as_vp_to_be_in_charge_of_domestic_and_foreign.html

Of course, why anyone would ever take on that role (VP acting as president without the actual power) is beyond me.

Not exactly a "heartbeat" away. Out of all 44 us presidents, only 8 have died/been killed in office, and one has resigned, bringing it up to a total of around 18% of presidents who have been replaced by vice presidents.

Trump's heartbeat

Letting Pence off while attacking Hillary for her vote history would be the same accepting Hillary's mishandling of classified material while jailing Manning or Snowden for their mishandling of classified material.

It wasn't just "mishandling" by Snowden. It was deliberate leaking of information that he knew for certain was classified. Hillary just used a private email server, which has been done by several other politicians, and no information was properly marked as classified when it was sent or received.

Well to be fair Pence isn't running for president, so I'd actually agree that He is allowed to make more mistakes than someone who is running.

Seems like Pence would actually be President if he handled domestic/foreign affairs lol. (IF the offer was true. It probably is because the Kasich team really has no incentive to lie about this. It's also the type of thing that Trump would do.)

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