VP Advice for Kerry
 

Now that we're all agreed that Bush has to go ;) who should Kerry choose for VP? Is there a VP candidate who would help you choose the ticket or is it just a reinforcement of a decision already taken? I'd like him to choose somebody who opposed the war, but barring that maybe someone with a reputation for fiscal responsibility. A polite no thank you to the trial lawyer from Dixie. How about Biden?

Buchanan and Begala said on Today that they think Kerry will choose Gephardt...God I hope not!

I'm gonna go out on a limb and pick a few completely unexpected peeps...because I think the decision will surprise everyone in the end:

--Rep. John Conyers, GA
--Sen. Zell Miller, GA
--Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, TX
--Gov. Bob Holden, MO
--Sen. Patty Murray, WA
--Rep. Nancy Pelosi, CA

If Pelosi is the pick I'm voting Bush. That woman is a class A moron IMO.

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Zell Miller will be speaking at the GOP convention so its safe to rule him out.

Kerry would never pick Pelosi. He will pick someone designed to lose the fewest number of votes and who will not upstage him.

You mean it won't be http://cellar.org/showpost.php?p=111040&postcount=14 Bill Cosby. ;)

Damn. Zell Miller shoulda run for President.

Him and Ron Paul.

Now there's a ticket.

Boy, I called this one, didn't I? ;)

I'm a bit disappointed, but my vote isn't changing. Hell, Kerry could have picked Mickey Mouse, and my vote wouldn't have changed...b/c Mickey Mouse would have made a fine VP. :)

Wait a minute...this news came out over an hour ago...and I'm the first person to mention it? Jesus Christ...you people are slipping...hard.

So it's two Johns vs. Dick and Bush.

Ron Paul I could live with. Zell Miller should be running for Secretary-General of the Eighth Circle of Hell.

I am quite pleased by the selection of Edwards, as for once the Democrats didn't screw it up. Lieberman was such a dictionary-definition of "mistake" that he made Tom Eagleton look like an inspired choice.

Who better to straighten out the health care problem then the man who almost single handedly caused malpractice insurance, hence health care costs, to skyrocket. :yelsick:

And then later he pretty much admitted that the medical basis for the lawsuits that milked a number of insurance companies and drove a number of doctors out of business was, at best, dubious.

Already had my first discussion of the nomination with a diehard Bush supporter at work.

He mentioned that McCain is publicly supporting Bush and that Kerry is already on record as saying that Edwards doesn't have the experience to be VP. There was also the obligatory "Carter was a wimp" and "Reagan single-handedly whupped the Russians" sidebar.

I mentioned McCain has already also publicly criticized Bush and that a VP doesn't have to have as much experience as a President. I then asked a question and got the answer that is on my Top 10 Signs It's Time to Stop Debating a Conservative

I asked him "So, do you think Dan Quayle was qualified to be President of the United States when he became Vice President?"

He looked at me, and I could see his desire to maintain party loyalty and discipline warring with his instinct to tell the truth. It took him 5 seconds to say "Yes".

At that point I said the discussion was over.

Top 10 Signs It's Time to Stop Debating a Conservative

1. "Dan Quayle would have been a great President".
2. He pulls out a tinfoil hat and asks you to wait until the black helicopter stops circling.
3. He hands you a sex education pamphlet with a Cabbage Patch Kid on the cover.
4. He tells you that life begins before conception and that masturbation is genocide.

Its strange to me that someone who has become as risk averse as Kerry would choose this VP,.. maybe he was afraid of being sued. He has to know that outside the Democratic faithful people just don't like the lawsuit happy. So it's either the blood-sucking lawyers or the merchantilists, another awful election cycle. I am looking forward to a Cheney/Edwards debate though. In this corner wearing the red trunks representing the debil and all his minions...er which guy was that?

Wait, wait, it was a mistake. :lol:

I heard two talk show hosts mention today how liberal this ticket is...I must be in some sort of parallel reality.

They need to do their best to scare any southerners who might be tempted to look favorably upon Edwards. And they've already managed to convince many of them that "liberal" is a bad word.

One of said hosts also noted that liberals are afraid to admit that they're liberal. I'll agree with that to a point.

Well the first clip I heard out of Edwards was right on the money. Something about rebuilding Americas place in the world. NPR is reporting that Edwards has very high approval numbers, that suprises me but then again what do I know... :eyebrow:

Apparently, you didn't get the memo. Liberals shall henceforth refer to themselves as progressive. http://www.cellar.org/images/smilies/unsure.gif