Posted on 05/23/2016 2:18:41 PM PDT by Helicondelta
Actual quote from Ed Rollins about the fact that a Trump/Gingrich ticket would have six wives between them: “They certainly understand women.”
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Gingrich has a reputation for insinuating himself into campaigns by firing off dozens of e-mails brimming with ideas that range from brilliant to insane. While it’s a quality that has irritated previous presidential candidates such as John McCain and Mitt Romney, sources say that Trump has come to value the former speaker’s opinions.
“They talk every day,” says a source familiar with the relationship, who claims that Gingrich e-mails Trump, campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and campaign manager Corey Lewandowski “countless times a day.” On Friday, the source says Gingrich sent five messages after lunch, musing on everything from Fox host Megyn Kelly’s interview with Trump to Trump’s recently announced list of potential Supreme Court nominees to ideas for targeting Bernie Sanders’s voters…
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Zsa Zsa would approve of a Czar Czar.
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I disagree strongly. I think his chief criteria for VP should be someone who can walk into the WH if something happens to Trump during his term of office. That's what the VP is for.
In the history of the United States, there have been only two sitting VPs elected to the White House. The last one was George H. W. Bush, in 1988. Before that it was Martin Van Buren, in 1836. (Source)
On the other hand, there have been 8 vice presidents who have succeeded to the presidency due to death or resignation of the president.
Too much can happen in eight years for that to be a criterion.
Him or Huckabee (and Giuliani and Jim Robinson) are the only peeps I’d take for the VP slot...
Much is being made of this meeting today between Senator Bob Corker and Donald Trump. Some have speculated this is a potential meeting because Corker is a possible vice-presidential candidate…. Absolutely WRONG.
The # of wives does matter. I have know many guys just like trump that will not stand to have nothing but the youngest and prettiest woman hanging on their arm and sharing their name. Huge amounts of money is a prime cause of this malady. When the wrinkles start to show straight out the door they go. So yes, character does matter.
Other than that, we are stuck with him and gotta vote for the guy.
Picking a VP for their Washington knowledge isn't necessary. Just have someone like Newt as an adviser. The VP slot should be for someone who shares the fundamental values of the President.
Newt would make a great press secretary.
Newt is smart however my problem is that he was a member of the CFR. I don’t want anyone of that cabal near Donald.
Correction:
That list didn’t include Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, because they weren’t of the same party. So there were 9 vice presidents who assumed office due to the death or resignation of the president.
On the other hand, the list also didn’t include John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, as they were vice president prior to the 12th Amendment.
Nine vice presidents have run for office (since the 12th Amendment) and only 2 of them won while serving as vice president. Neither of them were re-elected. Nixon ran while vice president but lost. He was elected 8 years later, and re-elected 4 years after that, but did not finish his term.
Sen. Jeff Sessions largely is preferred for VP but he has insisted that he is not interested and wishes to remain in the Senate.
The person touted as Sen.Sessions replacement in the Senate would be Steve Miller. Well, Mr.Miller knows all about how to pass bills in Congress, why not that fine conservative young man for VP?
Is that the same Senator Corker who was shown to be easily deceived by Obama on The Iran Deal?
IMHO, Trump doesn’t need an idiot VP, like Biden.
duh, other news Rush still supports Cruz.
Carsom more bettah
I’m not stuck with him.
I chose him.
And I don’t think you know anyone like Trump.
There have been 57 presidential elections, and 9 vice presidents who have assumed office due to the death or resignation of the president. That means that there is a 15.6% chance that in any given term of office, the vice president will assume the office of president.
That’s too high a chance to be thinking of eight years from now. Trump should pick someone who can assume the office “in a heartbeat.”
BTW, since 8 of the vice presidents assumed office on the death of the president (as opposed to resignation), that means that there is a 14% chance that the president will die in office, based on historical precedent. Would you take a job where there was a 14% chance you’d die within the next 4 years?
I will vote for Trump regardless, but I think that this is a bad idea.
I would vote for Trump/Newt, but I really hope he chooses someone else, preferably with military experience.
The first is a subset of the second. To be THE man to walk into the WH in eight years he should obviously have reasonable capability of doing that now if necessary.
Your argument of political precedent fails to recognize that this is an unprecedented political year as was Regan’s election in many similar ways. That is why your citing of Bush in 1988 is particularly relevant.
The one BIG mistake Reagan made was his choice of VP. One could strongly argue that Reagan’s VP mistake took us into 28 years of increasing and accelerated unconstitutional central government growth and socialism - basically tyranny.
One could also reasonably argue that if Trump has a good-to-great presidency, not unlike Reagan did, Trump’s VP, like Reagan’s VP, could walk into the WH blindfolded.
Don’t forget the dynamics behind your stats. Until the 20th Century, the central government was small and spending was less than 10% of the GDP. The central government, as designed, was not a part of people’s daily lives. The feds were not threatening to Americans.
Since that changed in the 20th century, there have been only two “conservative” (limited government) Presidents – Cool Cal and Reagan. Under that data, 50% of their VP’s were elected to the White House. Again, if Trump has a good-to-great presidency, not unlike Reagan did, Trump’s VP, like Reagan’s VP, could reasonably easily take the WH.
Well I have been a freeper for some years now and I’m only 28 now! So a youngish British conservative, with a huge love and respect of America. I think I can just see the glimmer of hope in America that perhaps I don’t have in my own country any more sadly. There is no website like this over here, and real conservatives are so few and far between. Its an escape from the frustrations and anger I feel towards the establishment over here.
I’m also a big fan of American talk radio for the record!
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