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Showing Original Post only (View all)Dear Vice President Biden: Thanks for all of your great service, but please don't run. If you want [View all]
to help the party, please do one or both of the following:
(1) make a speech on income equality in which you acknowledge that Sen. Sanders has made this a theme of both his entire career and his current presidential campaign; help Sanders bring his message to a larger audience;
(2) make a speech on the blatant hypocrisy of the right-wing media for manufacturing a private-email-server attack on Clinton when Bush-Cheney did the same, John Ellis "Jeb" Bush did the same, Scott Walker did the same, Marko Rubio did the same, Chris Christie did the same, Rick Perry did the same, Piyush "Bobby" Jindal did the same, etc.
If you want to help the party and honor your worthy legacy, help the party by bolstering its excellent candidates (Martin O'Malley could use a shout out, too) but don't put yourself in the spoiler position of Bradley '00 or Kennedy '80. Don't go out as a spoiler.
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Dear Vice President Biden: Thanks for all of your great service, but please don't run. If you want [View all]
Attorney in Texas
Sep 2015
OP
That's an interesting idea. If he decides not to run it would be nice if he gave unbiased, equally
Metric System
Sep 2015
#1
I don't think VP Biden or Pres. Obama would endorse or show favoritism at this stage in the primary
Attorney in Texas
Sep 2015
#7
"make a speech on the blatant hypocrisy of the...private-email-server attack on Clinton" is not good
Attorney in Texas
Sep 2015
#3
He did not say he wouldn't run. He had the chance to do it, but he stopped short of saying
BlueCaliDem
Sep 2015
#5
If the VP is watching the tea leaves and trial balloons, I hope he sees the "don't run" signals
Attorney in Texas
Sep 2015
#6
In the past 150 years, only one sitting VP successfully transitioned to President. It's a tough path
Attorney in Texas
Sep 2015
#11
He's been working under the assumption that (a) he is older than would be ideal and (b) Clinton has
Attorney in Texas
Sep 2015
#10
TRUMP: Noun. A candidate who cannot win the primary but weakens the party's nominee for the general
Attorney in Texas
Sep 2015
#12
I think he should run. We deserve an alternative from the Clinton/Bush dynasties. nt
Romulox
Sep 2015
#14
"We deserve an alternative from the Clinton/Bush dynasties." Agreed! Meet Bernie Sanders (or Martin
Attorney in Texas
Sep 2015
#15
I support Sanders. However, the center/right should have a non Bush/Clinton alternative. nt
Romulox
Sep 2015
#16
Chafee is center/right (to Clinton's left on foreign policy and to her right on Domestic policy).
Attorney in Texas
Sep 2015
#17
Are you telling me, or are you telling Joe? He could quash the rumors instantly, if he wanted to. nt
Romulox
Sep 2015
#18
I was responding to your suggestion "the center/right should have a non Bush/Clinton alternative"
Attorney in Texas
Sep 2015
#19