Posted on 07/21/2016 2:19:39 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
A liberal group is urging Hillary Clinton not to select Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) as her running mate because of his positions on trade and banking regulation.
"Making Senator Tim Kaine our vice presidential candidate could be potentially disastrous for our efforts to defeat Donald Trump this fall," said Charles Chamberlain, executive director of Democracy for America. The group had endorsed Bernie Sanders during the Democratic primary.
Chamberlain's statement comes as Kaine appears to be the favorite to be Clinton's vice presidential pick. Clinton is expected to announce her running mate on Friday. But Kaine is also sparking concern from liberal groups.
Chamberlain criticized Kaine for voting for fast-track authority for the "job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership." He also argued that Kaine has participated in a "push for bank deregulation."
Kaine on Monday signed a letter — along with Democratic Sens. Mark Warner (Va.), Gary Peters (Mich.) and Bob Casey (Pa.) — to call for the easing of reporting requirements under a liquidity rule so that they would be less burdensome for regional financial institutions. He also signed a bipartisan letter with 70 signatures that urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to tailor their rules so that they don't hurt community banks and credit unions.
"It should be disqualifying for any potential Democratic vice presidential candidate to be part of a lobbyist-driven effort to help banks dodge consumer protection standards and regulations designed to prevent banks from destroying our economy," Chamberlain said.
Another liberal group, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC), also urged Clinton on Thursday to choose a running mate who opposes the Pacific trade deal and supports Wall Street reform.
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Being her running mate will be a career ender. let’s see who they can shaft.
Her best bet? Ted Cruz.
Hillary needs a man on the ticket to give it gravitas.
Not surprising liberals would say this. Kaine, while being too liberal for me, is more conservative than any other Democrat I can think of.
But.... How does he manage, not having a vagina?
She needs a real Yankee Liberal Squaw.
Lie-A-Watha all the way. Would love to see the
angry Injun on the warpath. The whitest woman on
the planet. Be right at home with “landing under fire” Hillary. How in the world did she have the nerve to claim native?
How?
They are worried that his uni-brow might grow back.
I have been wondering if Clinton/Kasich might be in the offing.
That would explain his extra-weaselly behavior this week.
According to electoral vote counters, Ohio, PA and the other rust belt states will decide the election.
I’m just wondering if she’s going to have any takers. Can you imagine having to work for that schrew?
Hillary needs a man on the ticket so there won’t be gossip that she’s having an affair with her running mate.
Hillary’s VP: Someone has to hold this bitch’s handbags when Huma gets tired...or fetch her mumus from the dry cleaners.
Hildabeast is going to pick someone who is considered a “Safe Bet” because she thinks she can pick up some NeverTrump voters..so she wont pick Elizabeth Warren
It would be close to impossible to find anyone worse than Hillary herself.
“How in the world did she have the nerve to claim native?”
I met a man who owned a software company that described himself as an American Indian. He had almost albino skin, blue eyes and almost fire engine red hair. He showed me his card that he had been born on an Indian reservation to a white draft dodger and his hippie girl friend. He had made a career out of that card, which allowed companies to say they had hired an American Indian so they got minority credit on their military contracts. (Apparently, this man thought it was a hoot and this fraud was his entire livelihood.)
That party has moved so far to the left only an insane clown posse liberal will do.
any one accepting the nod as hillary’s running mate is a damn fool
the person will be forever known as a criminal aider and abettor
the hillary stain and stench can’t be removed
“Hillary needs a man on the ticket so there won’t be gossip that she’s having an affair with her running mate.”
That should make Lie-A-Watha Warren a shoe in. Just an angry old man in a dress.
Is Hillary worried about losing Virginia?
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