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J. D. Vance
I wrote a post about J.D. Vance last night, sort of educating myself about him and sizing him up because I'd never heard of him and he now stands a pretty good chance of becoming President somewhere down the line. Then I scrubbed it because almost everything in it was second hand.
There was just one thing I observed for myself- which no-one I read seemed to have commented on- and it's this- that he's the first globally significant American politician since the 19th century to wear a beard- and from it I deduce two things- one, that he's in touch with the culture and two that he's not afraid to step outside the conventions....
There was just one thing I observed for myself- which no-one I read seemed to have commented on- and it's this- that he's the first globally significant American politician since the 19th century to wear a beard- and from it I deduce two things- one, that he's in touch with the culture and two that he's not afraid to step outside the conventions....