john nance garner, cactus jack, as he was called, who was fdr first vice president, probably has the most famous line about the job, i'm sure you've heard of the vice president. he said it's not worth a bucket of warm -- or something. he also said taking the job was the worst -- fool mistake i ever made. truman said, look at all the vice presidents in history where are they? they're about as useful as a kaos 50. think about that one for a while. nelson rockefeller, who of course, served under our friend jerry ford, had a unique job description. he described his job this way. i go to funerals, i go to earthquakes. george h.w. bush. bush was even pythia. he says, you die. i fly. and walter mondale called it. he said, the vice president over our american history has always been stand by equipment. now, mondale, in some ways was actually one of the most important vice funds. we had who never became president. he saw how marginalized his predecessors had been, particularly lbj, who felt very disconnected from jfk in the white house and then turned around to the exact same thing when he wa