Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumBernie advisor: Joe Biden's female VP "could be Sarah Palin or Condi Rice"
The strategy of saying bat-shit crazy things is consistent with a campaign losing by 40% in Florida, and expected to lose by a ton everywhere else too.
In football they can this a "hail Mary". Take desperate measures and pray, because there's nothing to lose.
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(305,440 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LisaM
(28,609 posts)What is up with this?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
still_one
(96,555 posts)excuse they say on Tuesday
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Another three months of this shit.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Grokenstein
(5,832 posts)Following through is another matter.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Ninsianna
(1,353 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Aquaria
(1,076 posts)He'd hire as POTUS. They might be nominally more qualified than the Cheetolini hires. But only nominally.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MyOwnPeace
(17,275 posts)who will hire "only the best people........." Oh, wait, that didn't work out so well, did it?
After Joe cleaned Palin's clock at their VP debate in the 2008 campaign, I really don't think he'd go for someone like that in his administration.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)the gender of a VP choice is long before careful analysis is done depending on circumstances later might be bat shit crazy.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Maru Kitteh
(29,098 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)the bat.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LongtimeAZDem
(4,515 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)lined up already.
And some of them might surprise us all-- anyone think Gillibrand may be on the list? Aside from the overblown Al Franken thing, she'd be a great choice.
And there are lot of others out there.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Squinch
(52,770 posts)You might want to consider self-deleting.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(305,440 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)set of people. Automatically eliminating half of them, because of gender, imho, is not very astute. Pick the best person first regardless of gender. That best person may indeed be a female. Or it may not be.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Squinch
(52,770 posts)Not since the BEGINNING OF TIME!
Female gender is one of the most important characteristics that defines "the best person" for this candidate in this race. We sucked it up and picked an old white man, albeit a very dear one, for the top of the ticket. We had BETTER get some representation in the second slot.
To suggest that none of our spectacular female representatives might check the boxes to be the best VP, while some man will, is insulting to all of us.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MoMof6
(16 posts)This "MUST pick a woman/minority" for VP is complete and total BS.
Considering Joe's age (and it is an important factor), his VP choice is critical for our country...maybe now more than ever. That person may well be president before his/her VP term expires.
Whoever the choice is: may it be the person BEST qualified for the job. Period.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Squinch
(52,770 posts)written off 51% of the population and never bothered looking within it for "the best possible candidate." Yet I seriously doubt you felt the need to cry, "Best possible person regardless of gender!!!1!" then.
So now, the best possible person is a woman. Period. And again, suggesting that the best possible person is not to be found among our female candidates is just ridiculous.
It's going to be a woman. Period. Deal.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Be a male.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Squinch
(52,770 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Squinch
(52,770 posts)Happily, most people know better.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Squinch
(52,770 posts)a perfectly qualified and appropriate vice president within the female 51% of the population, but then again he may not. Its possible, in your world, that there won't be any qualified or appropriate women for the job.
THAT'S the bull.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)automatically eliminating any males who you deem are qualified. You are limiting yourself to females who you deem qualified.
Simple concept. You are cutting your total pool in half. Same as if you announced VP would be male.
Say next month, your number crunching analysts tell you if you picked x male in x state, for example, you lead trump by 10 points more in that state, which is a must win. Enough to give you a safer advantage in EC. You can't..or look dumb to flip flop. Dingbat wins.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Squinch
(52,770 posts)And I don't remember any men crying out against that fact when people said Hillary had to pick a man.
And seriously, just stop digging. Now you're saying there is a possibility that selecting a female VP will lose us the election. And let me anticipate your indignance right now and say that yes, you damn well are.
I have nothing more to say to you.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Also seems 'the best' is wholly subjective and itself, open to interpretation, inference and perspective-- by the base, the electorate as whole, the population as a whole, the establishment and Biden himself.
Which then begs the question: which of the above's "the best" are you referring to?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TwilightZone
(28,833 posts)And assuming he doesn't already have someone in mind.
Both are shaky assumptions. He didn't make the statement without someone specific in mind, someone he would clearly feel is fully qualified. Or several someones, though I suspect he's focused on one.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
The_Counsel
(1,742 posts)... Joe ALREADY knows who his running mate is?
Rumors RE: him selecting the likes of Stacy Abrams has been out there for months.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Never know what could happen with that person between last night and whenever VP choice announced at convention. Just prudent to keep all options open until then.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LizBeth
(10,823 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(71,023 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JaneQPublic
(7,117 posts)---A rumor Joe's team is too classy to spread
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MrsCoffee
(5,822 posts)Putin would piss his pants with glee.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LuvLoogie
(7,545 posts)I still like Bernie. I'm starting to feel sorry for him.
I think we will overcome the ratfucking and gaslighting of his surrogates.
He should let go of his fraying banners and let someone else carry on.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Aquaria
(1,076 posts)But those people are resorting to ratfucking and gaslighting because their leadership is fine with it.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
betsuni
(27,258 posts)That Mitt Romney let Biden borrow his binders full of women and Biden wouldn't notice they were Republicans.
That's . Sad!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Maru Kitteh
(29,098 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
betsuni
(27,258 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(305,440 posts)everything about them and absolutely nothing about Joe Biden.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Me.
(35,454 posts)much less a progressive woman...all he did was hem and haw
Aloha Hoa
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Jarqui
(10,490 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)Dear Heather Gautney,
Your guy, Bernie Sanders, lost the debate tonight. On Tuesday, he is going to get blown out of the water...again. As the gap between the number of Joe Biden's number of pledged delegates and Bernie Sander's number of pledged delegates continues to grow, comments like yours are going to look more and more desperate. The last time the Democrats voted for a candidate that was not a Moderate was in 1972, and way too many of us know our history to let that kind of thing happen again. There is no way that a Socialist, and especially a Socialist who likes defending Chinese Communism, is going to ever make it to the White House in 2020.
This is America, the most anti-Communist country on earth. The sooner you and supporters learn this, the better off we will all be.
By the way, Biden said that he would consider a Republican because he was trying to be cordial to a nice lady that came to one of his rallies. Joe Biden would rather stick a fork in his eye than have a Republican deciding close votes in the Senate, which is what the VP gets to do. Joe was in the Senate for 36 years. He knows what happens there.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
delisen
(6,467 posts)The comment that Biden made about being open to choosing a Republican vp was unneccessary and hopefully not to be repeated.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
ahoysrcsm
(1,107 posts)They would have to "step up" and be "simpatico" with Biden. Also said, "We could disagree on tactics but strategically wed have to be on the exact same page."
Context is key.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ucrdem
(15,703 posts)Feel the burn!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
nolawarlock
(1,729 posts)
that whenever someone posts something really self-indicting by a Bernie surrogate that the Berners barely, if ever respond.
We can use that barometer to see what this campaign has done that's truly indefensible.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
herding cats
(19,612 posts)It's literally cartoonish in its delivery.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Funtatlaguy
(11,793 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Bucky
(55,334 posts)Biden will pick a Democrat. Everyone knows this
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ecdab
(930 posts)They need to stop the nonsense.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Squinch
(52,770 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
handmade34
(22,925 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
CincyDem
(6,935 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LenaBaby61
(6,991 posts)I think they were joking, because honey 🙄
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)prove the crazy isn't just limited to sanders
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LiberalFighter
(53,475 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
oasis
(51,705 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BlueMTexpat
(15,496 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
mcar
(43,512 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
liberal N proud
(60,950 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
FM123
(10,126 posts)Next thing you know they are going to throw out even crazier names like Ivanka or Melania....
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Watching The Sanders Campaign collapse is very revealing.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
SCantiGOP
(14,248 posts)Zero.
This shit is getting really old.
Biden is already going to have to run against the GOP right wing machine and the Russians, do we really need the Sanders people working against our candidate too?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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