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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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Kandy Kaine it is—until Trump gives him a BETTER nickname!!!!
Maybe Shrillary thinks Kaine will win her back some of the Indie votes that have deflected to Trump.
Also, VA is a must win for her, although I don’t think the VP has much bearing on vote totals. Paul Ryan didn’t help Romney one bit with WI.
Why would any reputable individual link his name in the history books whose entire adult life has been spent accumulating millions of hardworking Americans' earnings, while those individuals were forced into near poverty?
Gives it Va... probably NC too...Damn....that sucks...
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Hmmm, one might conclude that all the fraud the DNC committed for the benefit of Hitlery came at a price. Which is being paid right now.
Not buying it. Kaine won a very close election before voter ID was required in Virginia. He won’t help Hillary there.
Hillary feels vulnerable in Virginia and thinks that having Kaine on the ticket will give her a better chance, maybe?
I think things are going to shift significantly in Trump’s favor between now and November and we’ll see Hillary losing a number of “safe” states.
Hitlery’s eyesight has been going. Her doctor told her she would need a white cane, and she thought he was talking about the election.
NovoKaine?
Most of the dem voters are anesthetized anyway.
If Tim Kline can re enfranchise enough felons, maybe he can win.
This is great news. She’s going to be beat like a dirty rug. No excitement on this ticket at all. If she had chosen Sanders or Warren she might have generated some interest....but nobody is going to make a special effort to vote for this team and Trump/Pence has broad appeal even among democrats. Game set match Trump Pence.
One suspects that Mister Kaine has made bowing promises to be beyond obedient, and not to sweat that honesty or conscience or duty to America stuff.
Right about the :54 second mark her eyes look in different directions.
That was a spooky scene and if it had happened to a Republican candidate we’d be seeing every media outlet making huge hay over it. Since it’s a Hillareizure it’ll be ignored by all the TV stations.
She is evil...but not stupid. She picked him for a reason.
Good point. I had not thought about that. Thanks.
It’s even harder to understand the Hillary! pick as the top of the ticket.
The ticket is Kaine and EnAbled.
Several reasons: desperate appeals to white, Catholic, and Virginia voters all in one!
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