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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 ...
No one cares.
Tim Kaine is the only guy that is more weird than Joe Biden.
LOL! If vice presidents tend to vanish from history, what happens to failed vice presidential nominees?
As far as I am concerned McCain was just another Rino designated loser.
Why would you say that? Oh, wait. I get it now.
Howard Dean and the Dean Scream come close :-))
I think John Edwards probably has both of them beat.
Well he’s got a point. It was in her control.
One scumbag consoling another…
Meh
Say what you will about the guy, hiking Virginia’s 559 miles of Appalachian Trail, cycling 321 miles along the Virginia Blue Ridge, and canoeing the entire 348-mile James River is quite an accomplishment at his age.
I think a child wit Down’s syndrome who becomes prom queen and finds a way to live their life in a wonderful and meaningful way has more gravitas and importance to me than some politician’s egocentric book that will be dusted off every few centuries.
Coming soon to the book bin at the Dollar Store….
I was around McCain several times when he ran for president. He was scary because once he decided something no matter if he was wrong he would not change his mind. He was a nutcase.
“Inconsequential emails” he says.
Yeah right. Did he see them? Hell no he didn’t, no one did, because they were destroyed!
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