Mike Pence’s sycophancy comes back to bite him (Paywall)

There is not a more oleaginous sycophant in President Trump’s inner circle than Vice President Pence. Ironically, the one person Trump cannot fire is also the one most prone to elaborate expressions of loyalty that would put North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s courtiers to shame. Pence will defend any remark, make any argument and sacrifice any principle (e.g., support for federal law enforcement, get tough with dictators, free trade) to stay in Trump’s good graces.

SWAMP CITY (September 5)

I am not questioning Mike Pence's “faith”.

(Although I may have some quarrels.)

The question I have for the VP

is, “Do you have left any morals?”

I will grant him his boss is a bawling infant

but that need not make Mike a complete sycophant.

Better to dine with a woman alone

than to acknowledge your soul's not your own.

Donnie, he knows, is the ultimate sleaze.

What is it, pray tell, that keeps Mike on his knees.

What is the attraction, one must needs ask why,

that keeps him transfixed on his boss's fly.

[updated 9/5/2019 1:50 pm]