Mike Pence’s Past

With Donald Trump announcing his vice presidential candidate, Indiana Governor, Mike Pence, I thought that it would be prudent to take a look back and see exactly what it is that Republican voters are getting for their "money" using two sources of information.

 

Thanks to the fine folks at web.archive.org, we are able to travel back in time and see what Donald Trump's running mate, Mike Pence, had to say about some key issues on his mikepence.com website. Here we go.

 

1.) Bill Clinton's continued existence as President of the United States:

 

 

2.) Negative political campaigning:

 

Keep in mind that negative political campaigning really came into vogue in the past three presidential election cycles as shown here:

 

Mike Pence was way ahead of his time with his use of negative campaigning back in 1990 when he was running for Congress against Democrat incumbent, Phil Sharp.

 

3.) The sinking of the American Empire:

 

 

4.) The collapse of the Republican Party:

 

5.) The American smoker:

 

After all, let's not let big government get in the way of smoking oneself to death because, according to the scientific research done by Mike Pence, "smoking doesn't kill".  In one sense he is right, it's not the act of smoking that actually kills, it's just the side effects like cancer that cause deaths.

 

Now, thanks to On The Issues, we can look at Mike Pence's stance on a myriad of key issues including abortion, the federal budget and the economy, civil rights, corporations, crime, education, energy and oil, the environment, families and children, foreign policy, free trade, government reform, gun control, health care, homeland security, immigration, jobs, principles and values, social security, tax reform, technology, war and peace and welfare and poverty.

 

Let's look at Mr. Pence's views on four key issues, leaving the rest up to you to research for yourself by clicking on this link.  Please note that every issue has associated quotes that can be opened by clicking on the quotes link for each issue. 

 

1.) Abortion:

 

2.) Civil Rights including same-sex marriage:

 

3.) Gun Control:

 

 

4.) Health Care:

 

If you wish to see where you stand on these key issues, you can take the VoteMatch quiz found here.  You can then compare your responses to Mr. Pence's as shown on this screen capture:

 

When all of Mr. Pence's VoteMatch scores are added up, here is where his views fit on the VoteMatch political matrix:

 

That's pretty far to the right side of the political spectrum.

 

Now that Mike Pence is going to be in the 24 hour news cycle thanks to Donald Trump's endorsement, it is interesting to take a look back at his pre-Congressional views and how he voted on key issues during his 12 year tenure in the House of Representatives.  This will help us put his future comments into perspective and gain a better understanding of what he really stands for.