Trump To Pick Running Mate

[liberalnarb]

Source: 6abc

Donald Trump is expected to pick running mate very soon now that he is the presumptive GOP nominee.

No link yet.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

1. Female POC who is not a politician. Is my guess.

[snooper2]

5. I'm thinking he will pick a white woman politician...

The only POC would be Condasleeza Rice- Not sure she would say yes LOL

[Jackie Wilson Said]

9. I heard that also about Rice. The person who accepts the position will be admitting

they have no morals what so ever

[pressbox69]

93. That sounds like

a job for Sarah Palin.

[FoxNewsSucks]

137. Liz Cheney

the evil family that runs things from the shadows. They just need a media mouthpiece, one just smart enough to hold a pen and sign what's put in front of him. That's what they'd have with tRump.

[liberalnarb]

12. White woman?

Oh, Jesus, Palins coming back.

[bulloney]

23. A Trump/Palin ticket? Clown car doesn't begin to describe it.

It would be a comedian's biggest dream come true. At the same time, our country's credibility with other nations would shoot down the toilet.

If Kindasleezy Rice would accept the offer as Trump's running mate - It would affirm my impressions that she'd say yes to anyone if it means throwing her in the spotlight and she has no standards whatsoever.

[ToxMarz]

29. I think Carly is also available

[liberalnarb]

32. 3 losses in a row?

[AtheistCrusader]

34. Destroyed HP. Destroyed Cruz. Go for the hat trick

[abelenkpe]

95. ...

Win!

[adigal]

68. I thought the same thing...Palin has been gunning for it

If her turns her down, watch her turn on him!!

[RKP5637]

21. And Sarah Palin comes to the front of the line!

[MatthewStLouis]

52. Maybe Rice.

She did sign on with Dubya, so she could be up for anything. Does she has presidential aspirations? Hmmm.

[sharp_stick]

82. No, I don't think so

She's got a pretty wobbly moral compass but this would be a little too much for her.

[LisaM]

85. Particularly after how Trump treated JEB!

I have zero love lost for the Bush family, but she does have connections to them.

[adigal]

65. Carly Fiorina is available nt

[politicaljunkie41910]

132. Since his ego is so fragile, it would have to be someone dumber than he is. Like her or not,

that would not be Condaleeza Rice. She's much too intelligent to get attached to his hip. He claimed it would probably be someone who could complement his shortfall related to the Legislative process. Oh boy, Mr. Trump, if you have to find someone who filled all your political shortcomings you're going to need a whole army.

My guess is his ego will will out and he won't allow himself to pick someone smarter than himself, which is half the people in the country who have completed the 5th Grade. So I think he'll pick Ben Carson so he can try and tap into the Black vote while not having to ever be made to feel inferior as long as Dr. Ben Carson is his wingman and unlikely to pose any challenge to his oversized ego.

[Ash_F]

43. Bullet Necklace Woman

[Nay]

87. Who the F is that????? nt

[Ash_F]

89. His spokesperson.

I am serious

[PunkinPi]

62. Omarosa??

and

[Purveyor]

64. He was saying this morning that he wanted a "political person" for the spot as he had the

business/military covered by himself.

[femmocrat]

67. Bachmann?

She might be the only one crazy enough.

[Purveyor]

78. I've got this sneaking hunch it might be Kasich. Why the delay until 5pm to announce what has

already been 'announced'.

Perhaps what is going to be announced is Kasich is the VP pick. Trump anywhere near where Kasich is going to be this afternoon, I wonder?

[RKP5637]

88. I wondered about that too. n/t

[Purveyor]

92. Would be a good pick for Trump. Locks up Ohio and would most likely pull Michigan with it.

Not surprisingly, trade issues are a big deal around these parts.

[RKP5637]

111. That would be a good pick too, I think. At least Kasich appears sane. n/t

[Ford_Prefect]

122. Appearances can be deceiving: Objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear.

Kasich is not as loony a toon but he is still a dangerous clown under a thin veneer of civility.

[RKP5637]

123. I just heard he hired Ben Carson to help him with a VP pick, seriously. n/t

[RKP5637]

124. These are scary times. It's damn concerning these jerks rise to the top in the US. n/t

[yellowcanine]

139. I do not believe it would "lock up" Ohio for Trump.

VP picks rarely do that and many Kasich voters despise Trump so it might actually backfire.

[Purveyor]

96. Trump is scheduled to be in West Virginia for a 7pm rally. Plently of time to make such an

'announcement'...

[Person 2713]

79. He has the military covered?

[Purveyor]

83. Yep, that what he thinks. I had to do a double take on that myself. eom

[roguevalley]

105. Carly is available. She can even sing too.

[JDPriestly]

2. Think of the fun the comedians will have if it is Sarah Palin!

I know some good comedians. The material that would produce is their dream.

[sulphurdunn]

3. I guess Mr. 'Art of the Deal'

made a deal with the republican establishment.

[Agnosticsherbet]

4. I'll bet Fiorina is off the short list.

[saltpoint]

20. : ) eom

[TeamPooka]

6. That;'s a scary thought. Trump's the nominee and the Democrats are consumed with infighting

my worst nightmares are coming true now

[bullwinkle428]

56. In 2008, McCain became the nominee in FEBRUARY, while "Democratic infighting"

continued into June. How well did that work out for Republicans?

[rtracey]

63. true but

Thats true, but I don't remember in 2008 hearing Obama or Bust, Hillary or bust. I saw the nominee win with the party support.... not this time.

[Loudestlib]

71. Really?

Have you heard the term PUMA (party united my ass?) In 2008, 53% of Hillary supports said they would not vote for Obama if he was the nominee.

[TeamPooka]

100. I'm going to need to see your work on that math problem

[apnu]

140. Were you here in 2008?

Everybody who was here knows this. No math need be shown.

[TeamPooka]

142. Right. It's not like anyone just pulls numbers out their ass on the internet. nt

[rtracey]

104. yet

and yet a majority did (52.9%), so either the figures are wrong, or a majority of the 53% went to the booth and voted Obama instead of McCain. (69.5 million votes is the highest amount ever won by a presidential candidate) The Sanders group, seems set on not being as forth coming this election... Hopefully (when they enter the voting booth) they will get a mental picture of what Trump would do as president, vs perhaps $12 vs 15 minimum wage, ACA vs single payer, etc, etc.

[TeamPooka]

99. My thoughts exactly.

[TeamPooka]

98. I did not see the level of "cut off my nose to spite my face" that i see this cycle.

[stopbush]

102. I don't know if you can call it infighting when Hillary has stopped

worrying about Sanders while Sanders continues on his hopeless quest.

There's no fighting going on, much to Sanders' dismay.

[Turbineguy]

108. Perhaps not so much "infighting"

I suspect that there are a number of Hilbot/Bernie Bro trolls that are paid to sow discontent. It would be a typical GOP Ratfuck tactic.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. Isn't there usually a vetting process?

One day after becoming the presumptive nominee and he's ready to pick a running mate?

This demonstrates how recklessly impulsive Trump is, and how he'll act if elected.

[turbinetree]

8. I'm guessing Megan Kelly----------------------

And this is what I think of dtrumpf, he sat on this all night ------------------------



I fact I think I will donate to Bernie again----------------------------


Honk----------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016

[applegrove]

131. You know Trump is just drunk enough on beautiful women to choose her

as a running mate.

[turbinetree]

138. You know what-----------------

I am not trying to be condescending ------------------but when he speaks of immigration, he really has a double standard, correct me if I am wrong but out of his three wives, two of them became naturalized citizens correct, and both of them were here under which card, guest, green, H-1B, what was it.

http://www.snopes.com/donald-trump-children-immigrant/

[FailureToCommunicate]

10. Knowing Trump, it may well be a glamor model?

This list of who would turn him down for the VP spot may be as long as the foreign policy experts that have already said no dice to being part of his team.

[CincyDem]

11. Never one to miss a chance at a deal...

Last night during Trump's "victory" speech, he mentioned that he just got off the phone with Rince Prebus. My guess is they made a horse trade...RNC support for Trump in exchange for Trump support for RNC VP pick. Trump's campaign won't be (and hasn't been) doing the vetting. It's already long done, we're just waiting for the announcement.

[Chan790]

60. I suspect you're right...and it makes Trump a moron.

Well, we already knew he was a moron...but I called it 3 months ago.

If Trump wins the nomination or is even close, the RNC will clear the field for him in exchange for getting to pick an establishment VP of their choosing. Given, Priebus doesn't want a President Trump and he's a slimy toad-fuck...he's been doing oppo all along against Trump. For his part, Trump is known from his casino deals in NJ and real estate in NYC to be a guy that greases palms, cuts corners, and defies authority...if he gets elected (he won't...but we're discussing the RNC plan so we assume he will just so we can lay clear the Priebus plan), he will govern the way he runs his business. He will get impeached for it almost immediately...the GOP establishment will vote for the articles saying they're "disappointed in him", the Democrats will vote for his impeachment because he's actually certainly guilty. The House members tasked to make the case will trot out all that oppo as the "legacy of how Trump does things" to assassinate his character and impugn his dignity publicly.

Suddenly, Rinse Penis has all these months ago hand-selected the President for the next 3+ years and managed with one fell swoop to slaughter Trump's anti-establishment revolution in time to try to turn it around by the mid-terms and begin to build a case for the reelection of his pretender President.

Goddamned genius eats the moron alive. Trump has never learned the most important lesson of politics...your opinion of yourself and your superiority will not protect you from alligators smarter & larger than you in the political pond. Priebus is more connected and smarter...and connections are power in politics. It's a game of relationships...and Trump has none politically with anybody he should trust. He's just too egotistical to see it and that he signs the death warrant of his aspirations by not continuing his crusade to dismantle the establishment and rebuild the party in his image.

[BillZBubb]

107. That's simply nonsense.

Trump owns the republicans now. He knows it and they know it. Trump for all his bluster isn't an idiot and he doesn't make deals that aren't totally to his benefit.

He'll pick the VP he wants that meets his objectives. The RNC will support him.

[brooklynite]

13. 13 episodes, followed by audience voting...

[GeorgeGist]

112. That's what I would do ...

if I was The Donald of Dumbfuckistan.

[Vinca]

14. Does anyone know which mental institution he'll be visiting first?

[leftofcool]

47. DUZY award! Speaking of mental, where is Palin?

[houston16revival]

15. So Cruz' selecting Carly Fiorina

a most absurd move two months before the convention

was to acclimate the American voters to the tactic as something "normal"

So Cruz was in on it, perhaps bought off?

Events don't happen in isolation

[alcibiades_mystery]

16. Trump will pick a man, and an obnoxious white man to boot

Haley Barbour type.

[bullwinkle428]

58. Close enough - think Jefferson Beauregard Sessions.

[hamsterjill]

117. I agree.

Trump is too sexist to even make the appearance of picking a woman.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

17. Cenk of TYT thinks it's going to be Ben Carson !

[morningfog]

18. Kasich dropping out today too. Amazing. The repugs are doing this.

[PSPS]

19. This doesn't belong in LBN.

[leftynyc]

73. Why not?

Has zero to do with the primaries and is certainly breaking news.

[anigbrowl]

121. It's not breaking news, it's just speculation

News would be when he announces something, but this is just some pundits sitting around saying 'he'll probably do that soon.' Trump leads the media around by the nose but I'd hope we'd have better standards here at DU to distinguish between real news of events and fake news that's just there to fill airtime.

[longship]

129. FFS! Then what belongs in LBN other than this?

Gees Louise!

[Enrique]

136. maybe if he had actually picked someone

[Mendocino]

22. Heidi Cruz?

If she doesn't accept he'll "spill the beans" on her.

[saltpoint]

24. Trump reportedly called Putin first,

but Putin told him he didn't think U.S. elections laws would swing it for a Russian guy to be on the ticket. So he told Putin he would "bomb the shit out of Russia" and hung up.

You can't always get what you want, according to the Stones.

Trump will sit at his terrific desk and use his terrific phone to call some more potential terrific veep noms later today.

Ordinarily, it would be difficult for Trump to find someone as horrendous a citizen as he is, but luckily at this point in its history, the GOP bench is very deep indeed with horrendous citizens. They got binders full of horrendous citizens.

Pretty sure he could secure a veep nom before 3:30 Eastern this afternoon.

[Blasphemer]

25. Paging Dr. Carson... nt

[TygrBright]

26. Susana Martinez is sitting by the telephone.... n/t

[saltpoint]

28. ...taking frequent gulps of whatever's in that big tumbler. eom

[TygrBright]

31. Rumor has it a "Meat Lovers w/ Everything" is on the way from Upper Crust, too... n/t

[saltpoint]

33. LOL eom

[liberalnarb]

36. I thought she was ruled out.

[TygrBright]

40. My, you took your gullibility pill this morning, didn't you? n/t

[liberalnarb]

103. Just speculating.

No need for jabs

[madamesilverspurs]

27. He'll choose

his favorite mirror.

[katmondoo]

91. Best answer yet, love it!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

30. Introducing,

the Bride of Chucky:



I was going to go with the Bride of Frankenstein, but of course that should be the Bride of Frankenstein's Monster.

Anyway, I like this one better. The hair's a better match too.

[Archae]

35. Can Orly Taitz be the VP candidate?

[liberalnarb]

37. Making her the biggest fucking hypocrite on the planet?

Seems quite possible.

[stonecutter357]

38. it has to be david duke he is the only fit..

[Freddie]

39. His daughter Ivanka

Since he can't date her, this is the next best thing

[olddad56]

41. maybe his wife, or a call girl from the past.

[NuclearDem]

42. His horse.

[zazen]

50. clearly Caligula was more intelligent, and probably his equine Senator as well n/t

[Mz Pip]

44. Chris Christie?

Or some retired General.

[MatthewStLouis]

61. I like the military angle.

He probably knows he's really weak on foreign policy, although he could never admit it. A General or foreign policy guy/gal. Hmmm.

I can't imagine Christie. Christie has terrible optics. Way too hilarious to watch in the background. Trump has to know this...

[pdxflyboy]

45. Unbeatable Team

Trump / Kardashian 2016

[LibDemAlways]

46. Rubio maybe. Latino, young, religious...

has favorable wingnut appeal. Whoever it is, the choice has the seal of approval of the RNC. Maybe Trump even agreed to a single term to pave the way for the establishment VP to run in 2020.

[840high]

75. Rubio or Martinez?

[LibDemAlways]

97. True, with Martinez on the ticket, Trump would

simultaneously be trying to make amends with two groups he's offended --Latinos and women. Not a bad guess.

[MatthewStLouis]

48. Free-thinking here. It would be odd but maybe

Ted Cruz? Cruz would be happy for the chance to lose on the ticket and to be first in line next time around... Some people think he's the next presumptive nominee for 2020 anyway...

If not Cruz (perhaps Trump insulted him too many times and vice versa) then maybe someone very presidential, but not too smart. Fiorina would have to be out: way to much of a "loser." Another one of the candidates? A past candidate? Hmmm. Someone business-y... Jeb? Too low energy. Who? Who will it be? Would Condi Rice do it? Hmmm.

[gwheezie]

128. If he picks Cruz

He should be careful walking down those long staircases if Cruz is behind him.

[LuckyTheDog]

49. Kasich (NT)

[redstatebluegirl]

51. Daffy Duck?

I can't believe a living breathing thoughtful human would want it.

[NurseJackie]

53. Allen West?

[stonecutter357]

54. Trump and Martin Shkreli 2016.

[LunaSea]

55. It's gonna be the tribble, isn't it.

The one on his head.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

57. He could pick Bozo The Clown for all I care.

[dhill926]

59. thinking Gov. Haley from SC.....

or Kasich perhaps since he suddenly dropped out. Whomever it is, is gonna look like an idiot...

[MatthewStLouis]

69. Yeah, maybe Haley...

Has he insulted her before? You can only take back so much trash talk... Kasich might be the one, but would he do it? Trump needs more of a lackey-type. Not sure about Kasich...

[morningfog]

70. He did insult her. She responded. Since then she said she would support him.

THere is no one he hasn't insulted.

[MatthewStLouis]

74. Ha ha. That's true. He's insulted pretty much everyone.

[mainstreetonce]

66. I heRd on TV

Talk of Newt Gingrich

[MatthewStLouis]

76. God I hope not.

[Peregrine Took]

72. He said he wants someone who has experience getting things through Congress...

Kasich? Plus he's Catholic and pro life.
Maybe the Trumpies contacted him this morning and offered it to him so so got out of the race so quickly?
There was a rumor he THOUGHT about Ben Carson...but he, like himself, is not a politician
Who would be an exp DC pol, from a "must have" state woman....Kay Bailey Hutchinson?

Woman, Texas, DC experience, kind of like HRC but a rethug....

[Sunlei]

77. Republians will trot out one of the early quitters. jebbie?

[hollysmom]

80. I thought it would be Ivanka because like she had a baby and now has a rack! n/t

[wheniwasincongress]

120. Already had one

she "acquired" them before she had kids

[Reter]

134. Nice

[Helen Borg]

81. Palin?

[jb5150]

84. Ann Coulter?

[Bodych]

86. Bill Clinton?...

...or the other golf buddy, Michael Bloomberg?

[COLGATE4]

90. I hear Carly Fiorina is available.

[saltpoint]

94. Sam Brownback. As disastrous a

governor as anybody could want, and Republicans apparently want disastrous governors as their default.

Sam, for his part, had better accept the veep slot if Trump offers it, because if he hangs around Kansas much longer, he may find himself "the object of citizens' robust disdain."

Paul LePage is certainly blockheaded and bigoted enough to run as Trump's veep nom.

I'm sure Rick Santorum would accept an offer. So would John Bolton.

This could get to be an even more frightening Republican ticket than we think it is already.

[pressbox69]

101. Maybe this

[The Second Stone]

106. Palin might help him get out of this mess

by agreeing to a full loon ticket.

[AntiBank]

109. Susana Martinez or Joni Ernst

Martinez being the most likely.

[LiberalLovinLug]

110. The perfect running mate for him

Amorosa!

[mainer]

113. If he's smart, he'll ask Susan Collins. If she's smart, she'll decline.

Female, moderate, experienced.

I can't imagine she's crazy enough to say yes.

[liberalnarb]

115. I'd bet money that he doesn't even know who she is.

[morningfog]

116. That is the funny thing. He has no concept of how our government functions.

Or who does what.

[kwassa]

114. What? No Chris Christie, staring into space?

Where is Chris, anyways?

[wheniwasincongress]

118. I think it very well could be Ivanka

his daughter, who turns 35 on October 30

[liberalnarb]

119. We're fucked.

[left-of-center2012]

125. "Trump is expected to pick running mate very soon ..."

Actually cable news channels said today he'd most likely do it a few days prior to the GOP convention.

[mysuzuki2]

126. Someone needs to tell him that Vlad the Impaler is dead ...

[CountAllVotes]

127. Sarah Palin

She'd just love another chance to be the VP of what once was the Republican party!

[applegrove]

130. SARAH SARAH SARAH! (Palin)

[DonCoquixote]

133. rick scott ya hard it here first

In Florida, there is massive buzzing about Rick Scott being the VP. If so, then we will need to walk across broken glass to vote if need be.

[Reter]

135. Jeffrey Epstein?

But then Bill Clinton might get jealous.

[yurbud]

141. finalists: Sarah Palin, Hulk Hogan, and Charles Manson

[MosheFeingold]

143. Trump should go with Willy Wanka

Willy Wanka gave Trump his start in that chocolate factory, overlooking his disfiguring orange skin so common to natives of Loompaland.

And Wanka makes a good candy bar.

[sofa king]

144. Remember when Cheney picked himself?

I can just see that exchange:

"Donald, after careful consideration, I think I'm the best--"

"No. Who else you got?"

"Sarah Palin, you asshole."

[sofa king]

145. I have to make a real guess.

Usually, and this goes waaaay back, the more chickenhawkish the conservative front-runner, the more militaristic the running mate. Dick Cheney, a former Secretary of Defense, picked himself as W's running mate. Ross Perot picked Admiral James Stockdale. Reagan had combat veteran GHWB. Nixon had Bronze-star winner Spiro Agnew.

Plus Kevin Spacey's narcissistic opponent has a general sidekick, and House of Cards has been absurdly prescient about these things.

Here are six guys with about twenty stars between them who could be on the short list. Two of them are SOCOM generals or admirals, rare as hens' teeth and probably way too smart to run with Trump. Webb ran as a Democrat and is probably also too smart. Allen West might be too tea party to consider an offer. My money is on the Marine, Gen. James Mattis, with Adm. Samuel Locklear a close second.

http://taskandpurpose.com/6-military-leaders-who-could-run-for-president/

Someone was reputed to be vetting Mattis for an independent run against Trump a couple of weeks ago, but deciding not to run could be a tip that Trump got to him first, and that "change of heart" bullshit could work for them. The important thing is that Mattis showed an interest in running at all, which most people with stars don't.

Adm. Locklear, on the other hand, has recently fingered climate change as a destabilizing force and could serve as a powerful triangulator to draw in people who aren't drooling idiots. But he'd have to be picked by a drooling idiot and he'd have to say yes to a drooling idiot, and he's not one. But he got effed over for Chief of Staff. So there's that.