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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrumps Veep committee is being run by Ben Carson
The people publicly mentioned on his short list have either declined or attacked him previously.
This should be good.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/04/politics/donald-trump-vice-president-search/
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Trumps Veep committee is being run by Ben Carson (Original Post)
morningfog
May 2016
OP
Maybe Carson will choose himself, like Cheney did when he ran Bush's VP search
NYC Liberal
May 2016
#7
So the guy supposedly vetting other politicians to be Veep is a guy.....
Tommy_Carcetti
May 2016
#10
msongs
(67,394 posts)1. he can do a cheney and select himself! nt
And then there's crispy creme who might bully his way into that role.
Wounded Bear
(58,641 posts)2. Hmmm...
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woodsprite
(11,910 posts)4. Well, that may not work out well.
Wasn't Georgie's run by Cheney, and he chose himself?
CincyDem
(6,350 posts)5. Carson's going to have to shoot someone in the face to get the VP job. n/t
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)6. Sarah would run .... she has experience
NYC Liberal
(20,135 posts)7. Maybe Carson will choose himself, like Cheney did when he ran Bush's VP search
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)8. Hmm, someone who is sure to go against the grain
mnhtnbb
(31,382 posts)9. What are the odds he'll pull a Cheney?
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,172 posts)10. So the guy supposedly vetting other politicians to be Veep is a guy.....
....who's never held elected office a day in his life, just like the guy who's at the top of the ticket?
Yeah, it doesn't make sense to me, either.
But then again, Trump.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)11. But trump is looking for somebody with connections so
he doesn't just have to rely on executive orders for legislation, whatever that it and whatever that means.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,172 posts)12. It means....it means.....it means MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
n2doc
(47,953 posts)13. I hope he chooses himself
That would drive the White supremacists supporting tRump nuts.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,581 posts)14. If he had his way, Trump would be his own VP
malaise
(268,908 posts)15. Carson will do a Cheney