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   George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 12-Oct-2023 23:39:34 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

   I see a lot of articles along these lines. “The Kamala Harris Question.” “The Challenge for Kamala Harris.” And so on. I just don’t remember similar articles about other VPs. “The Dan Quayle Question.” “The Challenge for VP Biden.” Vice Presidents are there to support the president and largely don’t have much else official to do. But the media and the public are holding Harris to a higher standard. Hmmm. I wonder why?

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     George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2023 00:25:28 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

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     • Michael T. Bacon, Ph.D.

     @MichaelTBacon Like a moth to a flame.

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     George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2023 00:25:28 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

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     • Eszter Balint
     • Tipa

     @eszterb @Tipa Simpler times.

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     Michael T. Bacon, Ph.D. (michaeltbacon@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2023 00:25:29 JST Michael T. Bacon, Ph.D.

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     @georgetakei I do remember "The Dan Quayle Question" articles but that was because he was uniquely prone to howlingly embarrassing incidents.

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     Eszter Balint (eszterb@mas.to)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2023 00:25:29 JST Eszter Balint

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     • Tipa

     @Tipa @georgetakei I remember potatoegate. Good times.

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     Tipa (tipa@gamepad.club)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2023 00:25:32 JST Tipa

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     @georgetakei I remember a lot of concern about Dan Quayle, actually. Could he read, could he feed himself, does he need help getting dressed...

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     David Phillips (dallanp@universeodon.com)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2023 00:26:10 JST David Phillips

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     @georgetakei Quayle got roasted. His bird was cooked by the media of the day. If social media was around then, he would have gotten worse than Harris is getting now.