{"id":19958,"date":"2022-06-22T20:47:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T20:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=19958"},"modified":"2022-06-22T20:53:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T20:53:54","slug":"between-cowardice-and-opportunism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=19958","title":{"rendered":"between cowardice and opportunism&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"609\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pale-prince-pense.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pale-prince-pense.jpg 609w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pale-prince-pense-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Portrait of Pense the Pale Prince of Pretense<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Excerpted from<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New Republic article  <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/authors\/alex-shephard\">Alex Shephard<\/a> \/ June 22, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Mike Pence Is Useless<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The former vice president\u2019s refusal to address his former boss\u2019s attempted coup somehow manages to straddle the line between cowardice and opportunism.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;He\u2019s a coward and an opportunist, and he sees only one way forward: kissing Donald Trump\u2019s ass while, every now and then, lightly calling out the fact that Trump tried to get him to steal the election (if not killed). This only adds to the increasingly tragic career of Mike Pence. He has the opportunity to salvage his reputation\u2014at least somewhat\u2014and perhaps take Trump down. Because he na\u00efvely believes he still might be president, he chooses not to. He will emerge from this gaining neither the things he wants nor the things he needs.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Court-Painter-Pale-prince.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Court-Painter-Pale-prince.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Court-Painter-Pale-prince-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Court-Painter-Pale-prince-768x557.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>For anyone who has the patience Court Painter has included the range of commissions since 2017 that feature Pense the Pale Prince of Pretense .<\/p><cite> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Court-Painter-pale-pense.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Court-Painter-pale-pense.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Court-Painter-pale-pense-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Court-Painter-pale-pense-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"678\" 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