Who Should John Kerry Select As His Running Mate?

[Lt.Dan]

Here are some of the names that are being bantered around.

N. Mex Gov. Bill Richardson

John Edwards

Sen. Bob Graham Fla.

Sen. HR Clinton NY

Dick Gephardt

Penn. Gov. Ed Rendell

Sen. Dianne Feinstein Cal.

Former Treasury Sec. Robert Rubin

The object is to defeat Junior in November.

In respect to Kerry's voting record, any man who has been in war/combat would always take the path of least resistance when it comes to putting our military personnel's lives in harm's way. Junior and his gang of draft-dodgers have never been to war (except Powell) and see no reason not to call in the dogs, even if the situation doesn't really warrant it.

Semper Fi,

Lt. Dan

 

[FloydGondolli]

Dan, just curious, who did you vote for:

George HW Bush or Bill Clinton?

Bob Dole or Bill Clinton?

 

[D2bets]

Richardson would be my choice.

 

[dickman]

My best guess is that Kerry would select either of the following: John Edwards, Richardson, Gephardt, Wesley Clark, Michael Moore, or any kind of important and influential minority leader except Rev. Al Sharpton.

He would never go to Hillary Clinton because she is just to ambitious to pursue VP. Especially with her wife Bill Clinton being around.

 

[jimbutorac]

If I was Kerry I'd pick edwards to help him possibly steal a state or two in the south. IMO, this will be a close election and every electoral vote counts.

I like Richardson but don't see him being as much help in the election.

 

[vinividivinci]

May I humbly suggest the co-inventor of the internet and the subject (half anyway) of Eric Segal's "Love Story."

None other than Mr. Environmental, Mr. Anti-tobacco, Former lots of things Mr. Albert Gore, Jr.

After all, you're going to lose Tennessee anyway so he won't be a liability there.


VVV

 

[dickman]

Another option is to select a senator from Massachusetts whom will run two campaigns. The first campaign as your selected VP running mate and the second one for his re-election in the senate just in case his running mate and potential president doesn't win the race.

Remember Joseph Lieberman with Al Gore.

 

[Lt.Dan]

Right now I would go w/ Edwards and not because his father worked in a mill.

My voting record:

LBJ
Mc Govern
Mc Carthy
Carter
Mondale
Dukakis
Clinton
Clinton
Gore
?

Take a wild guess!

Semper Fi,

Lt. Dan

 

[D2bets]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mudbone:
If I was Kerry I'd pick edwards to help him possibly steal a state or two in the south. IMO, this will be a close election and every electoral vote counts.

I like Richardson but don't see him being as much help in the election.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Mud, I like Richardson because I think strategically he can help the most. His home state New Mexico was won by Gore by like 300 votes and he'd be a huge help in Arizona which could be a bug swing state. Also, he could help bring out the hispanic vote in another of other states including Florida. I just don't think Edwards can get Kerry any of the sourthern states. No way he can even bring his home state of NC. Strtageically Gephardt is better than Edwards because I think he almost certainly could bring in MO and the winner of MO almost always wins the election. He'd also help in other midwest states like Iowa, MI, WI, OH, even PA. Lastly, I'd say Graham to get Florida. So I'd go with either Richardson, Gephardt or Graham. Edwards can be the AG if he wants. How about Edwards AG, Clark Sec State, Dean HHS, Rubin Treasury Secy. An all-star team for Kerry.

 

[jointpleasures]

If he takes Richardson it will attracked some the hispanic community a bit no doubt, but, and a BIG BUT, is Richardson made some major blunders while working with for the cigar stroker. Kerry will lose potential voters big time with Richardson with those on the fence about national security ( is it now strong enough? ). Edwards is a poor mans Dan Quayle. Won't help Kerry a bit anywhere. Hilliary - forget about it. Gephardt may be his best choice. But what does it really matter as he will get squashed like a grape anyway!

 

[D2bets]

Edwards is a poor mans Dan Quayle??? That, and Edwards has a clue.

 

[FloydGondolli]

Dan, I see, you were were fine with the true draft-dodger Clinton sending men into action in Somalia and Kosovo etc., but not with the National Guard pilot Bush?

It is nice to see you have hypocricy down to a science.

 

[barman]

Bob Graham of FLorida is the best choice.

This would help assure that JEB! and his state officials don't disqualify thousands of legal voters as he and Katherine Harris did in 2000.

I'll be surprised if more than five states change their vote this time. By flipping Florida to the Dems, they should wrap it up.

 

[PatPatriot]

It won't be Hillary she'll be working the Bush camp.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Thursday, March 4, 2004 10:02 a.m. EST
Kerry Expected to Fire McAuliffe

Likely Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry won't wait for party chairmen Terry McAuliffe to resign, as promised, after the November election, but will move to fire him sooner rather than later.

"The Kerry people can't stand McAuliffe. They want their own man in charge of the party, someone they can trust," a top Democrat tells the New York Post's Page Six.

"Kerry deserves someone who is 100 percent loyal to him, not someone who has been subservient to the Clintons for years," he added.

The rap against McAuliffe, who was handpicked for his job by Bill and Hillary Clinton, is that he was less than helpful to Kerry's cause - and secretly seemed to be helping Gen. Wesley Clark.

Only a week after Clark-backer and conspiracy theorist Michael Moore called President Bush a deserter, McAuliffe echoed the charge on national TV, claiming that Bush had gone AWOL during his National Guard days.

The allegation turned out to help Kerry even more, since he had made service in Vietnam his chief national security credential. Meanwhile Clark crashed and burned within weeks of Moore's claim.

Still, presidential historian Douglas Brinkley, whose book "Tour of Duty" chonicles Kerry's Vietnam days, says there's no love lost between McAuliffe and the Massachusetts Democrat.

"Look, Kerry surprised almost everybody in January. I think Terry McAuliffe and the DNC had written him off," Brinkley told "Radio Factor" host Bill O'Reilly last month.

"Clearly Wes Clark was one of their candidates," he added. "Clearly they have Hillary Clinton's [presidential] candidacy in mind. There's no love lost between Terry McAuliffe and John Kerry. There's no closeness there. There's no friendship there."

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

 

[jointpleasures]

Did not Edwards base his campaign on jobs? If so why did he not win any states other than his own? Because - Americans know that there is an economic recovery and the liberals don't even fall into the typical fear tactics of a liberal as easily now. Edwards canidacy went down the toilet as the economy improved as Deans went down the toilet when Saddam was found ( and his unpleasant looking wife showed her face ).

barman,
the election of 2002 was the election to get back at Jeb and George - didn't work out to well for you libs did it?

Unless you libs can get Ronald Reagan to make one speach and endorse Kerry - your future is not as good as it used to be. I like that last statement - huh?

 

[barman]

The last time I saw Reagan give a speech for a Presidential candidate, that candidate lost as an incumbent.

And yeah, we got worked down here in 2002. But there's some key differences.

When JEB! pulls his stuff, the same general parties benefit as when George does his. But the casualties are sometimes less noticeable. Hungry children, crammed classrooms, a dying Everglades etc.

But since Nov 2002, George has started bringing home body bags. And under cover or darkness at locked down air bases, I might add.

And since Nov 2002, an avalanche of lies have been revealed perpetrated by the administration.

If Floridians are able to forgive all of this, then yes, GW Bush will finally be elected President. But we've got this funny feeling that the 43% Democrats here will be joined by the 19% of Independents to shove past the 38% Republicans.

Better than a horse race, eh?

 

[hansenbros.]

lt. dan,
very surprised you'd own up to a track record like that??? that's a little like admitting that you shit where you eat!

patriot,

you are way too funny, hillary!!! and sadly enuff it's true!

barman,

go back to the bar and spew your senseless stories with your fellow drunks -- get over it already GORE LOST!!!!

jp,

don't even waste your time; it'd be better spent speaking to your dog.

gl

first Iraq, then France

 

[Mr NJ Sports]

He should pick John Edwards...but the John Edwards that "channels the dead"

"Im getting something that starts with an H"

>voice in the crowd "yes yes handouts,we love them"