# JD Vance Discussion Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 19, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892 "2024-08-19T00:22:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 30
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892/581 "2024-09-23T02:39:44Z")
_bzzzzzzt_ the word is “propter”, not “prompter” ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892/582 "2024-09-23T14:42:25Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > the word is “propter”, not “prompter” _post hoc ergo teleprompter hoc_ “After it, therefore I’m going to lie about it in a speech.” ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892/583 "2024-09-23T15:43:55Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > _bzzzzzzt_ > > the word is “propter”, not “prompter” D’oh!!1! No wonder I always sucked at following along at home on _Jeopardy_ ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892/584 "2024-09-23T16:21:14Z")
Are you sure that’s really the cause of your sucking or did one just coincidentally follow the other. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892/585 "2024-09-23T22:32:24Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > the word is “propter”, not “prompter” Thanks! I knew there was something off about that but my brain refused to produce what it should be, despite all those years of Latin in school. Of course, that was over a half century ago… ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892/586 "2024-09-23T22:35:05Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Of course, that was over a half century ago… You know, it never occurred to me before, L looks a little like half a C. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892/587 "2024-09-23T23:25:26Z")
Well played Sir. _Very_ well played. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892/588 "2024-09-23T23:36:07Z")
[Couchfucker complains about](https://news.yahoo.com/news/jd-vance-claims-eggs-cost-163451926.html) how eggs cost four dollars a dozen, while standing in front of a grocery store display that lists them for $2.99. Then he tells us his two sons eat 14 eggs each and every morning. (Is one of them named Luke?) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892/589 "2024-09-23T23:37:20Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Then he tells us his two sons eat 14 eggs each and every morning. (Is one of them named Luke?) Is the other one named Gaston? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892/590 "2024-09-23T23:52:43Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Then he tells us his two sons eat 14 eggs each and every morning. If your kids are weird too, just keep that quiet JD. Let them be weird in private like most weird kids. What a crappy dad. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892/591 "2024-09-24T00:23:08Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Then he tells us his two sons eat 14 eggs each and every morning. While dragging them around the country and using them as props in a photo op. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892/592 "2024-09-24T00:26:08Z")
It’s late September and they really should be back at school. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892/593 "2024-09-24T00:26:24Z")
And his plan to reduce food prices is to put tariffs on imported food. That’s right, he plans to reduce food prices by increasing food prices. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892/594 "2024-09-24T00:51:47Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > What a crappy dad. He didn’t exactly have the best parenting examples as a kid himself. I wonder what his wife thinks about all this (or is she just supposed to keep her mouth shut, like a good little helpmeet?) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892/595 "2024-09-24T02:12:52Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Then he tells us his two sons eat 14 eggs each and every morning. (Is one of them named Luke?) In college one of my roommates rowed on the crew team. No exageration his normal breakfast was a dozen eggs and several slices of toast w PB, plus a box of cereal and a quart of milk. He was also 20 and ~6’2" of solid muscle. And spent hours a day in vogorous exercise in cool to cold & wet conditions. Per Google, JD Vance’s kids are 7, 4, and 2. Something about his story doesn’t quite check out. Sorry JD - this myth is busted. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892/596 "2024-09-24T04:29:25Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Something about his story doesn’t quite check out. Maybe they have gigantism or something. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892/597 "2024-09-24T09:54:43Z")
It’s probably just a spoonful of caviar. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892/598 "2024-09-24T09:56:53Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Maybe they have gigantism or something. or they are weird ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892/599 "2024-09-24T11:25:26Z")
Well, the egg doesn’t fall far from the chicken cloaca… ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892/600 "2024-09-24T14:34:30Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And his plan to reduce food prices is to put tariffs on imported food. > > That’s right, he plans to reduce food prices by increasing food prices. Don’t you know how tariffs work? They’re paid by the export country, not by us. For centuries governments have missed out on this treasure trove of literally free money, because they thought that we, the consumer, would ultimately have to pay for the tariff. Thankfully, our nation’s most brilliant economist, Donald Trump, has pulled the veil from our eyes and we can now fund so many wonderful projects with trillions of dollars given to us by other countries. /end sarcasm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-discussion-thread/1005892.md?page=31)