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With Kerry's choices, you'd want McCain, too
Orlando Sentinel ^ | June 18, 2004 | Peter A. Brown

Posted on 06/18/2004 1:32:10 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

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1 posted on 06/18/2004 1:32:11 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Slim pickin's for John F*ckin' in the Veep picks.


2 posted on 06/18/2004 1:34:33 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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Well, they'll just reinvent whom ever he ends up selecting.


3 posted on 06/18/2004 1:45:56 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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Regardless of who Kerry chooses, that person must live with the notion that he (or she) was never first choice. That concept must be used continuously to underscore the fact that Kerry wanted a Republican first for VP. Of course if he chooses Up-Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, he still won't be getting a conservative republican, since Hagel is a Bush-bashing moderate who embraced the GOP in order to be elected in his state.
4 posted on 06/18/2004 2:59:37 AM PDT by Use It Or Lose It (John Kerry: Lurching into the 21st Century)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Let's have some fun with this. Let's pick Kerry's VP nominee for him.

I'll start.

Teddy Kennedy? Is Tom Eagleton still around? How 'bout Howard Dean...just for grins?

5 posted on 06/18/2004 3:16:16 AM PDT by Allegra (This dog bite me)
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1000% for Tom Eagleton!


6 posted on 06/18/2004 3:29:41 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Sane, and have the papers to prove it!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Harold Ford was the perfect choice for Kerry, he'd get iot is a sec, but he's too young by 5 months...


7 posted on 06/18/2004 3:36:02 AM PDT by ken5050
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....that person must live with the notion that he (or she) was never first choice....

With the kind of characters and character that permeates the Democratic Party, I think they'd kill for the spot.

8 posted on 06/18/2004 3:41:55 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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Well, Ted's no good and besides that, he's too LIBERAL, he has a dead girl on his record and Mass is already in the blue column.


9 posted on 06/18/2004 3:43:49 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: ken5050

Maybe Hillary can use Ford.


10 posted on 06/18/2004 3:44:38 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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The Constitution, I believe, bans both candidates from being from the same state...Ford in '08 with Hillary is very interesting..a good thought..

Re this year, ask yourself this question, becuase I still think Kerry's choice will be a surprise..if he felt he had to choose a female of a minority, who could he pick. Hillary won't, and Richardson ( some minority he, eh?) has already said no..).the point is, there's really nobody...

11 posted on 06/18/2004 3:50:07 AM PDT by ken5050
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One reason is that, in the past decade, Republicans have mostly dominated big-state governorships,...

Clinton Legacy. But then there's CA & the available Grey Davis, but I don't suppose Kerry wants to go there.

12 posted on 06/18/2004 3:59:57 AM PDT by elli1
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...the point is, there's really nobody...

The talent pool is dry.

13 posted on 06/18/2004 4:19:41 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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Slim pickings.


14 posted on 06/18/2004 4:20:16 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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Kerry can't pick someone from Mass. The Constitution forbids members of the electoral college from casting a ballot that has a President and Vice-President from the same state. In the 2000 chaos, the dems tried to show Cheney was really from Texas.

Kerry ought to pick Edwards. Edwards is young and a good campaigner and fundraiser. Not only could Edwards help the dems win North Carolina, it also might help them retain Edwards's Senate seat.


15 posted on 06/18/2004 4:30:51 AM PDT by bobjam
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Kerry should select someone for geographical and ideological balance. In the old days, a northern liberal Democratic would have chosen a southern conservative Democrat. Today, its hard for the Democrats to find someone who can bring that kind of balance to the ticket. If I were Kerry, I'd pick the other Democratic Senator from Florida. Its the best he can do and he needs Florida's electoral votes if he wants to win the White House


16 posted on 06/18/2004 4:35:50 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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Lottery law Edwards has lost credibility in NC. Even the Civil War Democrats are getting tired of him.


17 posted on 06/18/2004 4:42:48 AM PDT by alrea (I did not have sink with that women)
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Edwards can't help Kerry win N.C., not anymore than Gephardt can help Kerry win Missouri.


18 posted on 06/18/2004 4:49:45 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Mario Cuomo
Barbara Streisnd
Jesse Jackson
Sean Penn


19 posted on 06/18/2004 6:45:43 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (How can you trust a man who will not risk his own Senate seat for a run at the presidency?)
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To: ken5050

Great point about Harold Ford - he will be a force to be reckoned with in the future. Articulate, southern, very non-threatening personality. A minority who talks like a conservative, but votes liberal. Very difficult to beat.

He won't accept it, but if I was Kerry I would try to get PA governor Ed Rendell as my running mate. Popular swing state governor who has a per4sonality 180 degree opposite of Kerry. However, IMHO Rendell smells a loser in Ketchup boy, and wants to be positioned to take advantage should the Beast fall through in '08.

I can't stand him, but Fast Eddie is one of those rare 'Rats that comes across as an average guy rather than a pompous elitist. He even got Pubbies voting for him in his Gov race against Mike Fisher, I think largely on his personality and charisma.


20 posted on 06/18/2004 7:06:41 AM PDT by Ogie Oglethorpe (The people have spoken...the b*stards!)
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