Posted on 07/22/2016 6:46:33 PM PDT by Helicondelta
The Kaine pick represents the last death of hope for the more radical wing of the Democrat party that supported Bernie Sanders and were hoping for a running mate such as Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Clinton is said to have been looking at other choices such as Senator Cory Booker, who is black, and Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, who is Hispanic, but instead went with Kaine who is white, male and a consummate Democrat political insider — having served as the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2009 until 2011, in addition to stints as Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Virginia after beginning his political career as the Mayor of Richmond.
Already upset Bernie Sanders supporters wasted no time in criticizing the choice. As the Washington Post reported:
…on Friday, Norman Solomon, the coordinator of a group billing itself as the Bernie Delegates Network, called Kaine “a loyal servant of oligarchy.”
“If Clinton has reached out to Bernie supporters, it appears that she has done so to stick triangulating thumbs in their eyes,” said Solomon, whose organization claims to represent hundreds of Sanders delegates attending the convention in Philadelphia but is not coordinating with the campaign.
RNC Chairman Reince Preibus released a statement about Clinton’s choice for veep:
“Hillary Clinton’s choice of Tim Kaine does nothing to unify a fractured Democrat base which is repelled by her dishonesty and cronyism,” said RNC Chairman Reince Priebus. “After spending last week pandering to grassroots Democrats with Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton has chosen someone who holds positions that she’s spent the entire primary trying to get to the left of.”
“Ultimately this is a ticket that represents one thing: four more years like the last eight, just with more corruption and scandal.
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“Clinton is said to have been looking at other choices such as Senator Cory Booker, who is black, and Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, who is Hispanic, but instead went with Kaine who is white”
The Dems know the black/Hispanic votes are in the bag (for the most part); their media will work overtime to round up those that strayed. White voters, in the meantime, are still necessary to win national elections; I’m guessing by this choice she may have seen internal polls indicating the vagina card wasn’t delivering 50% of the white vote (the female half)...
Just so you know, Machete don’t Text.
He prefers to render his opinion in person.
Hillary has a problem that Trump does not. No VP pick can upstage Trump, but lots of people can upstage Hillary.
Would someone please put a picture of a smiling Tim Kaine (Cucumber up his butt) and that of one of the smiling aliens in “Galaxy Quest”? Not the leader who is killed, but the guy behind him who smiles like he’s stoned.
There is a great resemblance.
Did they go for odumbo last time?
Spooky video. If Trump puts that in a campaign ad—or better yet, if a Super Pac does it—Hillary is toast.
Trump brought in Pence to bring in the base. She brings in someone to drive her base away.
She thinks now all the white males will walk away from Trump. Right.
Certainly enough of them did; as a Catholic it is shameful to me that Dems do best mostly in areas with the highest concentrations of Catholics.
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Oh, I'm sure Fauxcahontas will be around, sucking up to Hitlary, vying for some high-paying position in the DC Hack-o-rama.
I’d suggest doing what I’ve done.. pass my post on via email to everyone that will NEVER see it because the MSM will NOT air it.
Someone at the Conservative Treehouse pointed this out:
“And Trump put the hammer in her hand!!
Make no mistake folks. This is Trump’s genius at work.
Three months ago Trump started attacking Elizabeth Warren. Trump recognized that she was the ONLY Democrat who can energize the Bernie Blue Collar vote. And Trump wanted that!
So he launched a big time attack on Warren. TRUMP KNOWS WHAT’S IN HER UPenn application. He has contacts at the highest levels at UPenn.
Affirmative Action FRAUD! A Yuuuge shot across the bow. “Pocahontas” was just a red herring for the media. The coded message was to Warren. “I HAVE PROOF.”
Warren and Clinton blinked. Trump didn’t care who else she picked. He just wanted to take out Warren. Trump wanted a clean shot at the Sanders Blue Collar vote. He now has that clean shot.
Now, remember the Tweet Trump sent?
“Go ahead Hillary. Pick Goofy Elizabeth Warren. A total fraud.” (I’m paraphrasing from memory. But close enough.)
Wow! Way to think far ahead Mr. Trump!!”
It proves one thing: she is desperate, and forced to choose based on the Electoral College rather than the way she would want to choose, which would be identity politics (i.e., Julian Castro). Trump has her on the run.
Don’t give her more credit than she deserves. I read somewhere that’s she’s running her campaign as if it’s 1995. Kaine may simply be a weak pick. We’ll see.
Crap. He should have laid out a trap for Hitlery to pick Warren. That’s why I like playing Poker, you use your cards when the time is right.
She would also need something to keep her wig warm, but I digress...
That’s a good idea.
I think the risk would be whether or not Bernie supporters would care enough to bail on the rats.
A white guy. Hillary Clinton then must be a racist.......
But he does know how to bury a hatchet, and where.
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