What's with this guy and his name changes? He's changed his name more than Shakespeare, The 17th Earl of Oxford, and Edward de Vere.
Using initials instead of a name sounds pretentious, like feigning importance.
Editor's note: You use initials.
Reply: Yes, but it's a pseudonym for fiction writing. However, both initials represent this writer's given name.
Anyway, getting back to J.D. Vance's initial situation: Why? It sounds neat, business-like, and prosperous. However, would he have used initials if his name were Frederick Ulysses Vance?
Uh-huh! Yep! F.U.Vance is running as D.J. Trump's vice president. A'int that a B.S. laugh?
Maybe Frederick Ulysses were both originally Vance's first and second name, and he realized, "Those initials ain't going to look good on my business cards. And if I telephone someone and say, 'Hello, F.U. here,' the other end will hang up before I can say Vance. I need a new name change. Something classy sounding and not hillbilly sounding."
Once upon a time, a successful Broadway play became a television series titled The Odd Couple. One of the odd couple's names was Felix Unger. There were many F.U. jokes, but the series eventually ran out of steam, like the J.D. Vance/D.J. Trump election campaign.
Trump will probably pull out because he doesn't want to be known as a loser. Again. And again. And again.
And then, maybe Mr. Vance will go for another name change.
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