politics
Politicians used to be boring in public. It was better then
I just turned 56, and as a Gen Xer, I am old enough to remember when the vice presidency was a ceremonial job that included attending funerals for foreign dignitaries, sitting behind a president during the State of the Union address, attending ribbon cuttings, but mostly long stretches of doing nothing anyone noticed.
TL;DR
- The author is 56 years old and identifies as Gen X.
- Recalls the vice presidency as a ceremonial job in the past.
- Ceremonial duties included attending funerals for foreign dignitaries and ribbon cuttings.
- The role also involved sitting behind the president during the State of the Union.
- Mostly, the vice presidency involved long periods of doing nothing noticeable.