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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:19 PM Original message |
Obama's VP: Take this to the Bank: |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. I keep thinking Richardson. I like him so much and he's a |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Richardson isn't rock solid on GLBT issues |
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jesus_of_suburbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Another reason I don't like Richardson. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. His entire campaign can be described as a series of horrid gaffes |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
59. Richardson had the backbone to support Obama when it really counted |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. That is so disappointing. Good grief. nt |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. It is disappointing |
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JackORoses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
41. Bill Clinton passed DOMA yet you seem to adore him |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. No, a republican congress passed it |
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invictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Not only did Bill Clinton gleefully sign it, he said he agreed with every word of it. Hillary too.nt |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. gleefully? Nah |
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Eric Condon (761 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #52 |
78. Well, he ran ads on Christian radio trumpeting how he signed it. |
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JackORoses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #42 |
58. excuses,excuses |
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Creideiki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Yeah, and on GLBT issues, Obama is a politician, too. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #58 |
69. Walk me through |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
61. His actual record on LGBT isssues as governor is better than his verbal gaffes would suggest |
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jesus_of_suburbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Not gonna happen - it would be a big FU to Hillary supporters. |
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PoliticalAmazon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
39. Why? Because Richardson endorsed Obama? .... |
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MikeDJohn (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
67. How about a woman? NOT Hillary |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. no way in hell that will happen |
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NewHampshireDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Sorry, but over at HillaryIs44, they'll be calling the ticket |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Richardson for Secretary of State |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Agreed. And here's who I recommend -- |
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panAmerican (864 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. That won't work. Jim Webb is on his 3rd marriage, his wife on her 2nd. |
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jesus_of_suburbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. do you really think that matters as much in 2008? |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
70. Ofcourse it does matter, |
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panAmerican (864 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
82. People expect bitterness in a breakup, but 3 failed marriages!?! |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. McCain can't fling any dirt about marital problems... |
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jesus_of_suburbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. I like Webb or Clark |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
71. Did you read the criteria |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
76. Need him too much in the Senate |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. All I hope for is that they are not DLC, and did not support this criminal war. |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. Man, you just described Wes Clark |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. No I did not advocate Clark! |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. I said you described him. I'm doing the "advocating". |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
51. I agree with the criteria and agree Clark meets all of the criteria well. |
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SaveAmerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. That leaves Ronald McDonald |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. NO! - Some compromise will be necessary. TOO MUCH |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
68. I think Ronald McDonald is fundamentalist LDS'er |
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DAGDA56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. I would also add that it NOT be a sitting Senator, unless he or she is from a state |
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NewHampshireDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. *cough* Clark *cough* |
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NewHampshireDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. Sorry ... I was not suggesting that you were being sneaky in your support of Clark |
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george_maniakes (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. Tim Kaine! |
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Creideiki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
63. Sorry, no one from Virginia. |
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george_maniakes (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 09:29 PM Response to Reply #63 |
72. whats tim kaine got to do with that? n/t |
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Creideiki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #72 |
85. He's the governor of Virginia, right? That's what my google came up with. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
17. He's going to need a well known moderate with lots of experience. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. Clark and Webb fit that perfectly |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'd be delighted with Richardson as his VP, I really got to like him in the earlier campaign. |
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Hope And Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. Russ Feingold? |
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gmudem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
26. Sounds a lot like Wes Clark. |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
27. I AM NOT ADVOCATING CLARK |
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DarthDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. We Get It |
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Clear Blue Sky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
28. We are in the midst of an unpopular war. I suspect he'll pick someone with military experience. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I like Kaine & Feingold - but I think he needs Clark |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Didn't he say he wouldn't, though? |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. If he doesn't consider Clark a strong candidate, he is not thinking this through. |
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Clear Blue Sky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. It's not absolutely necessary, but would be helpful. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
31. Al Gore fits. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. He did his time in hell |
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TheDoorbellRang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. I wouldn't ask it of him, but if he volunteered I'd be on the bandwagon |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. You don't want to know what I'd be willing to do to make Al Gore President |
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TheDoorbellRang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
47. Amen to that! Al Gore would be perfect |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #47 |
60. Isn't Gore just interested in the top job? I love Gore - he is always my first choice for any dem |
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TheDoorbellRang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Probably not. But still, think what they could accomplish together |
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DarthDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
32. Clark or Webb? |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
45. The neo-liberal vultures hovering around Obamas campaign will tell him Clark doesn't put Ark in play |
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Creideiki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #32 |
64. Colorado will be in play |
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nomorewhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
33. richardson |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
36. Too bad Wes Clark doesn't have better ties to the Clinton campaign |
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Blondbostonian (298 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. I think there's one no brainer candidate for VP |
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graycem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Ew no he doesn't |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. I have to disagree Rendell is THE no brainer candidate for VP |
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graycem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. hahaha! |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
54. Wow, no love for Edwards here. I'm surprised. |
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WA98296 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 09:39 PM Response to Reply #54 |
74. I LOVE Edwards, I think he's be great! |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #54 |
75. We're gonna need an attorney general. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
57. You just described the anti- |
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Tippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
65. I believe Phil Bredesen |
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DesEtoiles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
77. Webb |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
79. You just described Wesley Clark |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. OK - To Play devils Advocate - How does Clark |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. Arkansas *is* bluable, I think, but no matter ....... |
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sfam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
81. So Hillary Clinton is the choice? |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
84. Clark, Clinton, or Richardson is my guess. |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
86. Nunn :Old politics and DADT at its best; Zinni - unknown; |
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