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HeartoftheMidwest

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10. His Democratic credentials are promising, even impressive.

Reply to brush (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 24, 2016, 10:51 PM

Jul 2016

Who cares about his "star quality;" this is politics and our lives are at stake. This isn't some shallow reality show.

But I do wonder why Clinton thought he was a "terrible" VP pick in 2008:

"According to Game Change, John Heilemann and Mark Halperin's book about the 2008 election, Clinton dismissed Kaine as a potential No. 2, referring to him as a "terrible" choice. But the Virginia governor made it to Obama's final three...."

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/07/tim-kaine-vice-president-hillary-clinton-virginia-senate

I'd be interested in knowing why she felt that way in 2008, and what's changed her mind since then.

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Tim Kaine has belonged to a black church for more than 30 years. [View all] kwassa Jul 2016 OP

He walks the walk, gotta give it to him. nt MADem Jul 2016 #1

Kaine just gets better and better the more you find out about him. brush Jul 2016 #2

Yes, he does! Love this man! Tess49 Jul 2016 #5

His Democratic credentials are promising, even impressive. HeartoftheMidwest Jul 2016 #10

Kaine Endorsed Obama early in 2007 so she may not have looked at it that objectively JI7 Jul 2016 #13

Sounds like the real deal. Wellstone ruled Jul 2016 #3

I like him bravenak Jul 2016 #4

His comfort zone-props! nt babylonsister Jul 2016 #6

Someone tonight said I should weep at our VP choice. sheshe2 Jul 2016 #7

Sounds like good people, good citizens. mountain grammy Jul 2016 #8

Hmm. I don't hear much about Donald Trump's church, or him going to church. tclambert Jul 2016 #9

Hahahaha. narnian60 Jul 2016 #20

I didn't know many details about Tim Kaine prior to him being selected as Hillary's running mate.. -Steph- Jul 2016 #11

I knew the major points ... BlueMTexpat Jul 2016 #14

Who wouldn't want to go to an integrated church if your only other option applegrove Jul 2016 #12

The frozen chosen joke was about us ... kwassa Jul 2016 #17

Okay. I thought it applied to all old europe protestant churches. applegrove Jul 2016 #21

He comes across as very authentic. brer cat Jul 2016 #15

kick kick kick~ lillypaddle Jul 2016 #16

Love this! BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2016 #18

is it just me--can just hear how the pukes are going to spin this. niyad Jul 2016 #19

Yeah I love this about him it's more than I can say about some so called progressives who never bigdarryl Jul 2016 #22

How the hell does this thread have almost 250,000 views? nt MrScorpio Aug 2016 #23

That's insane! JustAnotherGen Aug 2016 #24

amazing, my guess is it was around the time of VP announcement and the thread has a lot of recs JI7 Aug 2016 #25

Whoa...what an interesting guy. Stellar Aug 2016 #26