Posted on 06/16/2004 8:31:22 AM PDT by Servant of the 9
IN the race among Democrats to become John Kerry's running mate, former Sen. Sam Nunn, 65, is ahead by a nose. Sources say the FBI has started combing through records of his business dealings, reviewing files and relationships. No wonder they started early — Nunn, a native of Georgia, serves on the boards of ChevronTexaco, Coca-Cola, Dell, GE, Internet Security Systems and Scientific-Atlanta, in addition to acting as co-chair and CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative. A rep for the Kerry campaign said, "We're not commenting on the process."
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How would it end Isakson's chances? First, Tim Hutchinson won in 1996. Do you mean Isakson as opposed to Collins or Cain? Or what exactly? A Kerry-Nunn ticket wouldn't be strong enough to win the seat for Majette.
No one will remember who was rumored one week after the real guy is chosen except fanatics like us.
But Kerry would be a bad choice for Nunn. That is, if he wants to be remembered fondly as one of the few Democrats who had any balls during the Cold War. He'd be teaming up with a traitor.
Bad analogy. LA has more black voters than TN and has two Dem senators and a Dem governor. LA is much more Democrat than TN and that's what we're talking about-- could the selection of a popular Democrat in a competitive Southern state tip the scales away from Bush? LA and AR (or WV) would be ripe for the picking. It's too bad for Kerry that David Pryor isn't 10 years younger.
If he thinks he's made all the money he wants, why not? It's win-win.
Most people don't know who he is. Low name recognition.
The LLL does, and it will drive them into al-Nadirs arms.
Nunn has supported missile defense, while Kerry has opposed it.
Nunn as a hawkish corporate board sitting VP candidate... The Democrats lose those as talking points vs Cheney
People will wonder why Nunn is the Veep candidate and Kerry is the Pres candidate!
In the 2000 election, he was practically a conservative.
http://www.issues2000.org/Senate/Sam_Nunn_SenateMatch.htm
Opposes same-sex marriage
Opposes prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation
YES on requiring schools to allow voluntary praye
YES on $75M for abstinence education
YES on medical savings acounts
YES on limiting death penalty appeals
YES on rejecting racial statistics in death penalty appeals
YES on eliminating block grants for food stamps
oted YES on Amendment to prohibit flag burning.
YES on Contract with America welfare reform
Lieberman trashed every moral position he had which contradicted Liberal dogma. So will Nunn if this comes to pass.
Nunn Offers Compromise on Military's Gay Ban
Nunn, foreseeing problems of equal treatment for "hand-holding," "kissing" gays and non-gays under a new code of conduct, said that "if people keep their private behavior private, if they don't declare and advertise their private behavior," they are currently able to stay in the service as long as they perform their duties. The interim compromise "may be a pretty good place to end up," he said.
Lieberman and John Glenn will go down in the dust bin of history where they belong, in the trash. They sold their souls for their political gain.
Maybe Kerry is just continuing to float the names of conservatives as a ruse to help him with moderates. McCain until that got put to rest-now Nunn for a few days or weeks. I wonder who is next?
Richardson is being kept on ice to run with PIAPS in 2008.
Surprised no one has pointed out that Nunn would be anethema to the pro-abortion zealots... that alone should disqualify him.
Maybe so, but a lot of us Georgians remember "SAM NUNN, WANTS YOUR GUN". Nunn is anti-gun, or at least he used to be.
I was thinking of a possible GA Democrat sweep with Nunn on the ticket though many would still split tickets for the Senate.
My understanding is that Nunn was a pro-abortion senator. Am I wrong? He, unlike Breaux, would not have to "convert" to proabortion to run with the popular Kerry.
It might be Edwards, but choosing any RAT Senator -- current or former -- is a huge political risk for Kerry. We can run ads that contrast Kerry's extreme liberalism vs. his own running mate on issue after issue, particularly taxes and defense.
My money is still on Gephardt. He is popular with all factions of the party, is experienced on a national scale, puts Missouri and other midwestern states in play. Labor loves him. And he is no threat to PIAPS in 2008, which eliminates Edwards.
Nunn should be the Republicans' secret weapon. Everyone agreed Nunn was strong on defense. How often do you think he and Ketchup Boy voted the same way? Kerry will say he's strong on defense and then he'll have to explain why he voted the opposite of a Democrat defense icon.
Nunn is not pro-abortion, particularly on parental notification and partial birth abortions.
Yes. See post 77. This also applies to other Democratic seantors as well, particularly Edwards, Breaux, Nelson and Graham. Nunn too.
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