Posted on 04/08/2024 7:55:58 PM PDT by simpson96
Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine was set to become the United States vice president, according to 2016 polling that decisively predicted a Clinton-Kaine administration. So it's no surprise that, when vote counts began telling a different story on election night, the Democrat experienced an unforeseen gut punch as his plans for the future circled the drain.
A lot has changed in the past eight years, including Kaine's outlook on the world around him. In 2019, the senator began a years-long journey to hike Virginia's 559 miles of Appalachian Trail, cycle 321 miles along the Virginia Blue Ridge, and canoe the entire 348-mile James River.
As Kaine navigated the outdoors during Senate recesses, he thought a lot about his life, career and how unprecedented recent events in America tell a story about the nation. He turned his nature-inspired observations into an optimistic new book titled Walk Ride Paddle: A Life Outside, which will be released on Tuesday, April 9.
In an exclusive excerpt from Kaine's book that was written at the start of his adventure, the former vice presidential candidate reflects on the whirlwind 2016 campaign, his feelings after losing, and how he clung to the post-election advice from late Sen. John McCain as he began his wilderness journey. Below, a piece of his story.
(Excerpt) Read more at people.com ...
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The Russia collusion was alleging Trump sold out to Russia. It was created by the Democrats, then filtered its way mostly through FBI informants Igor Danchenko, who had an immunity deal before working with the FBI. Just how does the FBI give informants immunity in advance of the crimes they are going to commit unless the FBI is conspiring to those crimes is beyond me. Danchenko gave Steele most of his information, who gave it back to the FBI as if the FBI had no idea it had a deal Danchenko or what he was doing. The disinformation campaign was supposed to bring Trump down. Since when did the story change it was designed to help him? Yesterday?
Second, "He's got a book to sell, so it's time to rehash 2016... "
Back to the topic at hand, here are links to relevant 2016 Kaine threads.
Tim Kaine's radical roots
Potentially the Worst VP in American History-A look at Tim Kaine's track record and agendas.
Tim Kaine’s Radical Roots in Honduras
FLASHBACK: As Gov., Tim Kaine FIRED 5 VA State Police Chaplains for PRAYING Publicly in Jesus' Name
Tim Kaine: A Radical Leftist Wrapped Inside a 'Moderate'
Tim Kaine's Dangerous Liaisons
Gut punch? I’m thinking one a bit lower would be appropriate.
How'd that work out?
The book is his campaign kick-off for his 2nd VA Governors run.
His feat is very impressive. Didn’t he have a job to go to?
Tim is the Democrat Lindsey Graham. Closet queer.
Hillary wouldn’t pick someone without the dirt on them to destroy them.
Still for killing children after all that nature loving. Unnatural.
Since when is being a state Senator a job?!
I have a segment of my family that was all in Tim Kaine. Worked on his campaign, etc. They live down in Northern Virginia.
When I see someone wearing a mask in a car, I make a snap judgement about their intellectual capability.
When I see someone supporting Tim Kaine and his ilk, I make a snap judgement about their intellectual capability.
They are family. I don’t discuss it with them, and told them if I had them over, that I didn’t want any political discussion in my house, since they are, all of them, Far Leftists.
If he would stick to that instead of expending his energies to destroy this Republic, I would rightly laud him for that.
Linwood Kane (Tim Kaine’s son) was arrested for throwing bottles and fireworks at women during Trump’s inauguration back in 2017.
https://thefederalist.com/2017/03/14/tim-kaine-thinks-sons-trump-protest-peaceful-violent/
That was the hardest vote I ever cast. Had Palin not been on the ticket I don’t know if I could have voted for that back stabbing leftist nut job. My Dad is a Goldwater Republican and had no intentions of voting for McCain until Palin came on the ticket.
The usual Republican Party sycophants were pissing themselves and insulting conservatives about their concerns of McCain’s hatred of them and him being a first rate liar. Why we were required to vote for the Republican candidate no matter who they were, they were Republican and if you don’t vote for them you’re a Democrat supporter(never mind this rule didn’t apply to these same suddenly conservative, “principled conservatives”.
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