Posted on 05/17/2016 6:40:53 AM PDT by Rockitz
Donald Trump and his campaign have walked back comments from endorser Dr. Ben Carson, who said Sunday that Sarah Palin, John Kasich, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Chris Christie were all under consideration for the presumptive GOP nominee's number-two slot.
Carson, a former rival of Trump's who endorsed him shortly after getting out of the race on March 2, told a Washington Post reporter that all those people – including Palin, the 2008 vice presidential nominee – were on Trump's short list.
Responding to a Morning Consult poll that listed the most palatable veeps to Republican voters, Carson listened to the names and said: 'Those are all people on our list.'
Hours later, though, his boss tried to calm the waters and keep the guessing-game going..
'The @washingtonpost report on potential VP candidates is wrong,' Trump wrote on Twitter. 'Marco Rubio and most others mentioned are NOT under consideration.'
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Well, the VP is officially the President of the Senate and, unofficially, insurance against assassination (eg: Biden). Given that if Trump is in any way successful with Make America Great Again there's going to be a lot of people displaced from power and wealth the likelihood of assassination attempts are really pretty high, so we need someone who is jut so much more unacceptable to these corrupt globalists than Trump.
To this end, I think Mr Trump would do well to have a VP that was an "ultra-constitutionalist" if you will — someone who, like me, would in the Presidency simply dissolve all federal agencies that aren't directly chartered/authorized by the Constitution, which would come out to something like: Dept. of Transportation (roads/making commerce regular), Post Office, Army, Navy, IRS (sadly), Coast Guard and INS (customs and immigration), and Secret Service (counterfeiting investigations, no protection services). (I've actually been called an anarchist because of my view there.)
Another way to go would be Theodore Beale, the author of SJWs Always Lie and Cuckservative — his anti-globalist nationalistic stance is very strong, strong enough that he explicitly and forcefully rejects Free Trade. (I think he'd also have the ability to drive the PC media nuts, much like Trump does.)
If he wasn't so old, Ron Paul would make an excellent choice, too — his anti Federal Reserve stance (Audit!) alone would probably be enough to frighten the power-elite. (The fraud that is the Federal Reserve is amazing in its scope and breadth, any but the most cursory/superficial investigation will start that edifice crumbling.)
That could be true. I didn’t think any of the people Carson said were on the list sounded legit.
So is Trump!!!
They must be DU members..Sarah for Supreme Commander of The Universe!!
They must be DU members..Sarah for Supreme Commander of The Universe!!
Christie doesn’t balance out the ticket nor bring any votes to Trump.
Condi Rice does though...
Picking at the wrong scab there. I am not at Trump supporter, just an observer.
Gingrich is too old. He’s 73
As Secretary of the Interior, Sarah Palin could open Alaska’s Anwar mosquito-preserve to drilling, keeping up the pressure on the mid-east oil producers and keeping oil and gas prices stable for years to come. She’s a natural fit for Interior sec.
Sarah Palin is damaged goods with whom exactly? The Cruzlims still mad at her for not endorsing Ted?
Who would be a better fit for Donald Trump than his ideological soulmate, and greatest political ally, Sarah Palin?
It’s too late to play the race card now because that horse has already left the barn.
Who is a better campaigner for Donald Trump our Sarah Palin? Donald Trump is not going to be able to take it to Hillary without looking like a bully, which is exactly why he needs a woman like Sarah Palin to do it for him, and boy, is she ever ready for Hillary now!
Gingrich will be Chief of Staff. Too old for VP.
Hey, I’d vote for that tandem. Heads of every type and description would explode.
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