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Question: Whom would you prefer to be Hillary's Vice-Presidential running-mate?
#1
Hilda Solis
 
#2
Wendy Davis
 
#3
Julian Castro
 
#4
John Hickenlooper
 
#5
Martin O'Malley
 
#6
Jay Nixon
 
#7
Brian Schweitzer
 
#8
Evan Bayh
 
#9
Charlie Crist
 
#10
Joe Biden
 
#11
Tom Vilsack
 
#12
Wesley Clark
 
#13
Martin Heinrich
 
#14
Mark Warner
 
#15
Tim Kaine
 
#16
Michael Bennet
 
#17
Cory Booker
 
#18
Xavier Becerra
 
#19
Terry McAuliffe
 
#20
Steve Bullock
 
#21
Other (please specify)
 
#22
Not a Democrat
 
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Total Voters: 29

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Lyin' Steve
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« on: November 15, 2015, 03:49:17 PM »

Hilda Solis:  Decent choice.

Wendy Davis:  Inexperienced loser from Texas who's known mainly for her activism.

Julian Castro:  My opinion of Mr. Castro as a VP is well-known on this forum.

John Hickenlooper:  Reasonable choice, but isn't he disliked in his home state?

Martin O'Malley:  He still hasn't been made to answer for his poor record.

Jay Nixon:  Dreadful, dreadful choice.  Missouri is a disaster and the epicenter of Black Lives Matter trash.  Unless the democrats want BLM to be a central issue of the general election and to lose in a landslide, they shouldn't even think about nominating Nixon.  Also, superficially, Clinton/Nixon doesn't look good on a yard sign...

Brian Schweitzer:  Safe, solid choice.  He offsets a lot of Hillary's weaknesses and has a good folksy charm.

Evan Bayh:  Fox News contributor who's got a lot of corporate ties.  Doesn't look good next to Hillary.

Charlie Crist:  Are you kidding me?  A disgustingly corrupt, self-serving, universally hated former Republican?

Joe Biden:  I wish she would, but he probably doesn't want it and Hillary gains no political bonus by nominating him.

Tom Vilsack:  Perfectly reasonable choice, he would pick up a lot of rural voters, but he's not exactly the future.

Wesley Clark:  He was a flop in 2004 and his big issue was opposition to the Iraq War.  I don't think people have fond memories of this guy, he was very poorly prepared and has weird left-wing conspiracy theory views.

Martin Heinrich:  He's a fun dude, his survivor tv show with Jeff Flake was hilarious, but he doesn't have much of a record and isn't known for anything other than his personality.

Mark Warner:  Excellent choice, so long as the patronage scandal doesn't amount to anything.

Tim Kaine:  The best choice.

Other:  Can we please please please get Howard Dean back?  Next to Obama he's the most competent Democrat since Bill.
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Lyin' Steve
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« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2015, 03:51:15 PM »

From that list I'd be very scared of Wendy Davis, Jay Nixon, Brian Schweitzer or Charlie Crist if I were any of the leading Republican candidates.

Why on earth would you be scared of Wendy Davis?  She has no experience, she got demolished in her election, and her only issue is abortion activism, which appeals primarily to women who were going to vote for Clinton anyway.  All she'll do is pull the ticket to the left while opening up a ton of weaknesses.
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Lyin' Steve
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« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2015, 04:06:14 PM »

From that list I'd be very scared of Wendy Davis, Jay Nixon, Brian Schweitzer or Charlie Crist if I were any of the leading Republican candidates.

Why on earth would you be scared of Wendy Davis?  She has no experience, she got demolished in her election, and her only issue is abortion activism, which appeals primarily to women who were going to vote for Clinton anyway.  All she'll do is pull the ticket to the left while opening up a ton of weaknesses.

An all-woman ticket with a strong focus on women's rights issues will motivate women voters to make history and to protect all the women's movement's hard-won gains, especially contrasted with a misogynist like Trump or a fundamentalist like Carson. And with presidential-year turnout and the Hispanic vote solidly behind the Democrats, she has a great chance of delivering Texas to Hillary, giving her an unbreakable electoral lock.

No it won't because you're taking the democratic party's bait on "women's issues."  These are really democratic women's issues, and democrats are patronizingly trying to claim all women with them.  American women are, for example, only pro-choice by a 50-41 margin.  These are not "women's issues" and they are only going to repel Republican or Independent women with these positions.  Moderate women who agree with them also don't like being condescendingly told that if you're a woman you must take these positions.
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Lyin' Steve
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« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2015, 04:18:13 PM »

From that list I'd be very scared of Wendy Davis, Jay Nixon, Brian Schweitzer or Charlie Crist if I were any of the leading Republican candidates.

Why on earth would you be scared of Wendy Davis?  She has no experience, she got demolished in her election, and her only issue is abortion activism, which appeals primarily to women who were going to vote for Clinton anyway.  All she'll do is pull the ticket to the left while opening up a ton of weaknesses.

An all-woman ticket with a strong focus on women's rights issues will motivate women voters to make history and to protect all the women's movement's hard-won gains, especially contrasted with a misogynist like Trump or a fundamentalist like Carson. And with presidential-year turnout and the Hispanic vote solidly behind the Democrats, she has a great chance of delivering Texas to Hillary, giving her an unbreakable electoral lock.

No it won't because you're taking the democratic party's bait on "women's issues."  These are really democratic women's issues, and democrats are patronizingly trying to claim all women with them.  American women are, for example, only pro-choice by a 50-41 margin.  These are not "women's issues" and they are only going to repel Republican or Independent women with these positions.  Moderate women who agree with them also don't like being condescendingly told that if you're a woman you must take these positions.

Many women are married to very controlling men who are religious extremists. They are afraid their husband will beat or punish them if he overhears them telling a pollster they value their right to choose. But thanks to the secret ballot they are free to vote their conscience, exactly as the brave women of Colorado and Mississippi have done.

That's the most delusional thing I've ever heard.
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Lyin' Steve
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« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2015, 05:04:08 PM »

Many women are married to very controlling men who are religious extremists. They are afraid their husband will beat or punish them if he overhears them telling a pollster they value their right to choose. But thanks to the secret ballot they are free to vote their conscience, exactly as the brave women of Colorado and Mississippi have done.
Jesus Christ what a disgusting post

It's typical that a man would get defensive when the reality of the patriarchy is laid out on the table. But with President Hillary, VP Wendy Davis and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, women will finally be able to break the highest glass ceiling in the land, safe from any attempts to return the office to men by Christianist or brogressive impeachers or assassins.

Your posts should be a South Park episode with white text flashing on the bottom of the screen that says "This is what Democrats actually believe"
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