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jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts)
Tue Oct 31, 2017, 12:39 PM Oct 2017

Tim Kaine..."It really made me scratch my head" RE: Kelly on slavery

I always thought he was an odd VP choice....too vanilla...by that I mean personality, not skin color.....Andrea Mitchell just asked him about Kelly's latest quote RE: slaves. He said 'It really made me scratch my head"...he is just so cornball.....and I am older than he is.... what a STRONG statement....certainly not the firebrand type we need to win.

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Tim Kaine..."It really made me scratch my head" RE: Kelly on slavery (Original Post) jodymarie aimee Oct 2017 OP
To be fair, most vp candidates aren't firebrands.... unblock Oct 2017 #1
He's a former civil rights lawyer renegade000 Oct 2017 #2
He's mine too...but always found him a bit tepid.. HipChick Oct 2017 #3

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1. To be fair, most vp candidates aren't firebrands....
Tue Oct 31, 2017, 12:42 PM
Oct 2017

I think presidential candidates tend to choose (consciously or not) running mates who won't upstage them.

renegade000

(2,301 posts)
2. He's a former civil rights lawyer
Tue Oct 31, 2017, 02:14 PM
Oct 2017

And represents VA. I get the impression he's well versed in the art of not triggering sensitive white people any more than necessary. Whether or not that's what is needed at the national level is certainly a matter for debate. I'm glad he's my senator regardless.

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