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albacore

(2,398 posts)
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 08:52 PM Jul 2020

I want to be the first to offer my wholehearted approval of Biden's VP pick.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ was my first choice for VP all along.

The other possibilities are great people, too, don't get me wrong.

But....

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the best choice.

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I want to be the first to offer my wholehearted approval of Biden's VP pick. (Original Post) albacore Jul 2020 OP
They all would be solid choices. blm Jul 2020 #1
+1 LizBeth Jul 2020 #9
I wholeheartedly approve whomever V.P. Biden selects. elleng Jul 2020 #2
I really don't have a fav he will pick the right one for him FloridaBlues Jul 2020 #3
I basically DGAF who he picks. maxsolomon Jul 2020 #4
I agree with you 110%, although I am surprised that you didn't reference my earlier PM that inspired grantcart Jul 2020 #5
They're all good. I'd be happy with any for VEEP, dawg day Jul 2020 #6
Yep. It's an embarrassment of riches. GoCubsGo Jul 2020 #7
Kamala Harris is Barack Obama's favorite. Frasier Balzov Jul 2020 #8
How do we know this? jcgoldie Jul 2020 #11
Remember this? Frasier Balzov Jul 2020 #12
Hear! Hear! k&r n/t Laelth Jul 2020 #10
That's the one thing about his list of choices. Gore1FL Jul 2020 #13
I hope he picks a Progressive which should pull the Party closer together. KS Toronado Jul 2020 #14
Totally trashing your idea. Total bullshit. GulfCoast66 Jul 2020 #18
Sorry, don't need to read up on trees when I'm looking at the forest. KS Toronado Jul 2020 #20
Exactly how I feel. soldierant Jul 2020 #15
Excellent! I totally agree! lettucebe Jul 2020 #16
I was hoping for _ _ _ _ _ _ Retrograde Jul 2020 #17
Whomever Joe chooses is fine with me.... Talitha Jul 2020 #19
I see what you did there... Wounded Bear Jul 2020 #21

maxsolomon

(33,265 posts)
4. I basically DGAF who he picks.
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 09:08 PM
Jul 2020

The house is burning down, I'm not quibbling which firefighter gets sent.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
5. I agree with you 110%, although I am surprised that you didn't reference my earlier PM that inspired
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 09:12 PM
Jul 2020

This OP

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
6. They're all good. I'd be happy with any for VEEP,
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 09:13 PM
Jul 2020

and importantly, any for president, because the VP has to be competent to be president.

Oh, and any one of them would wipe Pence on the floor in a debate. He's a robotical dullard.

KS Toronado

(17,184 posts)
14. I hope he picks a Progressive which should pull the Party closer together.
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 11:35 PM
Jul 2020

If Hillary had picked a Progressive the Bernie or Bust crowd liked, would we even have baby donnie as prez?

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
18. Totally trashing your idea. Total bullshit.
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 12:12 AM
Jul 2020

The Bernie or bust that were just that. These are people who booed John Lewis. Total ideologues. Still plenty here.

If you boo John Lewis you are dead to me. And if someone was willing to boo John Lewis, the greatest living American at the time, they were not voting for Hillary. No way in hell. Or Vote for anyone who could win unless he was named Bernie. Wish we could identify them now. Because I’m sure most of the would deny they did such a thing.

I’m a moderate on DU but a Social Democrat to most Americans. Anyone who would boo John Lewis should be purged from the party. Because they don’t understand what it means to be a Democrat. And lots of ‘progressive’ Bernie supporters did just that. Booed John Lewis. Who now lays in state in the Capital.

And what did Bernie do? Did he charge the stage and reprimand His delegates and explain that John Lewis had almost been killed fighting for civil rights and was a man to be honored? No, he sat there grinning like the cat that ate the canary. I fucking saw it on television. The most disgusting thing I have ever seen.

Before you respond please read about the original Southern Progressives. Woodrow Wilson, Huey Long and Theodore Bilbo. Read their progress policies. Understand why we Southern Democrats reject the label.

Too many on DU watched as ‘progressives’ booed the great John Lewis. We will never forget. And in my case will never forgive.





KS Toronado

(17,184 posts)
20. Sorry, don't need to read up on trees when I'm looking at the forest.
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 10:49 AM
Jul 2020

In 2016 the DNC (being run by oligarchs) pushed progressives to the back of the room making the Bernie or bust
crowd feel unwelcome in the Democratic Party. So they choose to vote for trumpig, green, or not at all. We need
as many people as possible voting for Democrats, not a divided Party. If Joe picks Kamala Harris, a true
progressive, he'll be pulling the Party together instead of repeating the DNC's 2016 mistake. PS, I'm not a big
Bernie fan, although I do like some of his ideas. Hopes this clarifies what I originally was trying to say. And thanks for being a John Lewis fan as I am.

Retrograde

(10,132 posts)
17. I was hoping for _ _ _ _ _ _
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 11:58 PM
Jul 2020

but _ _ _ _ _ _ is a good choice. It must have been difficult, choosing among so many qualified women!

Wounded Bear

(58,620 posts)
21. I see what you did there...
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 10:55 AM
Jul 2020


Hey, I'm on board whoever the woman is. We have an abundant group to choose from and I'm sure whoever gets the nod will do just fine for the American people.

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