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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton Says She's Looking Beyond Politicians in VP Search [View all]
DemocraticWing
(1,290 posts)119. Why is it always business people as "outsiders?"
How about civil rights leaders, labor leaders, or academics? Those are the grassroots heroes that do far more for our country than billionaires skimming profits from consumers shackled to a capitalist system.
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Hillary Clinton Says She's Looking Beyond Politicians in VP Search [View all]
NCTraveler
May 2016
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Maybe she plans to make history by selecting another Clinton. Chelsea is probably free.
Alex4Martinez
May 2016
#98
You should know what the laws say about apppointing close relatices to positions in one's
riversedge
May 2016
#128
I think it could be a way to try to appeal to the "anti-establishment" voters...
thesquanderer
May 2016
#111
Your sig pic is absolutely delicious. You always know just the right amount of salt to rub in the
Number23
May 2016
#104
The corporation would then have to admit that it's american, and thus subject to taxes and laws. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
May 2016
#12
Right. I just thought of him since he is her mentor and the close relationship they share
Autumn
May 2016
#15
He would make a great Secretary of State for her. They are very close in foreign policy.
Autumn
May 2016
#23
Well, Hillary called Kim Kardashian "inspirational" and she will certainly draw in millennials
Fumesucker
May 2016
#36
If you want ratings, putting Cuban against Trump would be great for the networks
Quixote1818
May 2016
#77
If she's picking a "successful businessman", then that can *only* mean someone close to Wall Street.
w4rma
May 2016
#85
No, the vast majority of Bernie supporters will vote for Hillary over Trump.
Nye Bevan
May 2016
#105
That was my very first thought: She's undermining her own "experience" argument. (nt)
w4rma
May 2016
#73
Actually, she said that Trump's statements disqualify him, mostly because they are not just
R B Garr
May 2016
#121
Maybe not a bad idea to have someone on the ticket who's actually got off their ass and created jobs
Nye Bevan
May 2016
#51
It's pretty comical how fast we went from the MBA President and Deciderer in Chief to
Fumesucker
May 2016
#67
So if she were to choose David Allen (aka Skinner), who has built up a successful business,
Nye Bevan
May 2016
#59
Kim Kardashian is popular, almost as famous as Hillary and has several successful product lines
Fumesucker
May 2016
#70
Gates, could it be Bill Gates? Hmmmm....kind of a cleaned up version of Bill. n/t
Peregrine Took
May 2016
#68
Bezos is incredibly smart and successful, but I don't think there's any way he wants the job.
Nye Bevan
May 2016
#87
It will be a wide ranging and fully openminded search process, before we select Julian Castro
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#108
If she puts Snoop Dogg on the ticket, I will contribute to her campaign.
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#109
I'm sure the Brock crowd would wet their conventional DC wisdom pants
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#113
Interesting that this happened on the same day this came out by Mark Cuban
stevenleser
May 2016
#117
That's just wonderful. A 70 year old woman with a history of medical probs may choose
jillan
May 2016
#120
