Posted on 04/08/2020 5:48:37 PM PDT by simpson96
While Florida might not be the most important swing state come Novembers presidential election, it is the largest. Simply put, it is near impossible for President Donald Trump to win a second term without Florida though the Democratic candidate, presumably former Vice President Joe Biden, could build an electoral college majority without the Sunshine State.
Politicians from the Sunshine State always garner some buzz as potential vice presidential candidates but, in the 175 years of statehood, no Florida politician has ever been included on a major ticket. Of course, that could change this year since Trump moved from New York to Florida.(snip)
Now another Democrat from the Sunshine State is being mentioned as Bidens possible understudy: U.S. Rep. Donna Shalala, D-Fla.
Shalala was included in Thomas Friedmans column in the New York Times over a potential national unity Cabinet for Biden. While there are nods to the rightU.S. Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, to StateFriedmans dream team, no surprise, veers sharply to the left. Former Vice President Al Gore to lead the EPA! U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, to the UN!
(snip)...having turned 79 in February, Shalala is even older than Biden. She didnt exactly shine on the campaign trail in 2018 when she flipped a South Florida congressional seat and helped Democrats take over the chamber. While she might help Biden in Florida and Wisconsin, where she served in higher education, shes not exactly a dynamic political force.
Still, Shalala should play a major role in the federal response to the coronavirus crisis. Having served all eight years during Bill Clintons presidency, Shalala is the longest-tenured secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) in American history. She also served as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin and as president of both Hunter College and the University of Miami.
(Excerpt) Read more at floridadaily.com ...
Good Lord, what an odious ticket!
They need middle America, but don’t really have anybody.
She was the main influence behind getting the Clintons elected and planned most of her adult, socialist, feminist life around it. One of the most evil personalities in the world.
Hey, what about Janet Reno. She could use a few months work.
Yo bro
Who mentioned this a week ago
For some reason [cabin fever?] “Biden/Shalala” just cracks me up.
Sounds like an Irish drinking song or something.
For some reason [cabin fever?] “Biden/Shalala” just cracks me up.
or a Do-Wop song.
Sha-la-la-la-do wop...yip yip yip yip
It was outlawed in Maryland.
No kidding.
Separated at birth.
-PJ
Did someone misuse the commonly used short name for Diagonal Cutting Pliers?
She’s a year older than Biden; maybe he wants to look like the “young candidate” with Shalala by his side.
Oh great - a mental midget and a midget. Both are small-minded.
Since it seems obvious that Senile Joe probably couldn’t fulfil a first term, he needs to find a woman who could win it on her own...I haven’t seen one in the current field and this old lady that has very little name recognition sure couldn’t...I bet Hillary is having wet dreams about it...and soaking right through her nighttime Depends...
I sat next to her in first class back in the 90’s, flying from O’Hare to Dulles. She left a scattering of official papers on her side of the floor and aisle. Never encountered such a self-entitled *expletives deleted* in my life.
FA upgraded me to first class when I checked in at the gate. Because of the snow, many incoming flights had canceled and I waited in O’Hare all evening. This midnight USAir 747 flight popped up and everybody and their brother scrambled to that gate. I simply called our booking agent and had a seat assigned in a few minutes.
When I checked in 2 beers later at the gate, the FA having been swamped, looked at me like I’m her newest problem. I smiled and pleasantly bantered with her that I already had a seat assigned -don’t give it away- and was just showing my face. She appreciated that, handing me a boarding pass with a different seat# that I didn’t notice until I was walking aboard and she escorted me left/forward to my new seat.
We exchanged many knowing glances as she serviced my seatmate, “prima” Donna.
All hell was breaking loose on an already cratering Clinton administration.
Then suddenly a miracle happened - the Oklahoma City bombing.
Clinton blames the right, militias, and talk radio.
The sheeple swallow it hook, line, and sinker.
... and that's the rest of the story.
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