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There are certainly a whole bunch of potential Republican nominees who'd
be a gift to the Democrats as well.
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"A Biden candidacy -- assuming the vice president ran a credible effort with some decent percentage of support in early states -- would be the best possible thing for Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) chances of actually winning the nomination."
Bernie Sanders should be rooting like crazy for Joe Biden to run for president - The Washington Post
Would like to see him get in - but given the horrific personal tragedy he's enduring - cringe at thought of negative crap rising up to ensnare him at this point in his life.
And it would!
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Apart from a few gaffes, Biden has been pretty uninteresting as a vice-president. I doubt he is even seen as Obama's right-hand man, so he wouldn't even get many votes from that.
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He's also carved out his own place as, quite possibly, the number one Obama surrogate. I can't think of anybody who's been a better surrogate other than maybe Michelle Obama herself. And that ain't nothing. It elevates Obama to have a loyal VP and Biden comes across as completely genuine so it's difficult to dismiss as just a political relationship. It's almost unprecedented. Other than Carter and Mondale, I can't think of a single healthy VP/POTUS relationship in modern times, perhaps ever. Most have been downright toxic and that information always gets leaked and tends to eventually weaken the image of both sides.
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Monday...circus comes to courthouse:
Another day of distraction in store
...after 5 prior no-shows in years past, good-citizen Donald is scheduled to fulfill his civic responsibility on Monday.
He's been called to jury duty. And will show up! With his insatiable lust for attention / free publicity, this is one time he couldn't not show up
Courthouse mayhem guaranteed
What next?
Another day of distraction in store
...after 5 prior no-shows in years past, good-citizen Donald is scheduled to fulfill his civic responsibility on Monday.
He's been called to jury duty. And will show up! With his insatiable lust for attention / free publicity, this is one time he couldn't not show up
Courthouse mayhem guaranteed
What next?
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Monday...circus comes to courthouse:
Another day of distraction in store
...after 5 prior no-shows in years past, good-citizen Donald is scheduled to fulfill his civic responsibility on Monday.
He's been called to jury duty. And will show up! With his insatiable lust for attention / free publicity, this is one time he couldn't not show up
Courthouse mayhem guaranteed
What next?
Another day of distraction in store
...after 5 prior no-shows in years past, good-citizen Donald is scheduled to fulfill his civic responsibility on Monday.
He's been called to jury duty. And will show up! With his insatiable lust for attention / free publicity, this is one time he couldn't not show up
Courthouse mayhem guaranteed
What next?
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Can the president fire their vice president and pick someone else during the presidents term?
I think we should switch to a new system, elect both the VP and Prez...
I think we should switch to a new system, elect both the VP and Prez...
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''The Vice President is The Only Person The President Can't Fire.'' | Martin Nolan
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In the beginning, the VP was whoever came in second place. That didn't work out so well, which led to the 12th amendment.
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Good for a laugh on Sunday afternoon: The 199 Most Donald Trump Things Donald Trump Has Ever Said - Michael Kruse - POLITICO Magazine
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Huckabee Backs Denying Abortion To 10-Year-Old Raped By Stepfather
Huckabee Backs Denying Abortion To 10-Year-Old Raped By Stepfather
"Does it solve a problem by taking the life of an innocent child?"
Posted: 08/16/2015 11:58 AM EDT
GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee supports Paraguay's decision to deny an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim, he revealed in an interview Sunday.
In an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union," the former Arkansas governor argued that the Paraguayan government's refusal to allow an abortion for the now-11-year-old, who gave birth last week after being raped by her stepfather, prevented a second tragedy.
"Let nobody be misled, a 10-year-old girl being raped is horrible, but does it solve a problem by taking the life of an innocent child?" he asked. He added later, "When I think about one horror, I also think about the possibilities that exist and I just don't want to think that somehow we discounted a human life ... Let's not compound the tragedy by taking yet another life."
The thing that just confounds me about statements like this..........does he not see that an 11 year old child's life is at extreme risk by giving birth to another child? I'm not sure why the religious right don't see the 10/11 year old girl as an innocent child too.
Huckabee Backs Denying Abortion To 10-Year-Old Raped By Stepfather
"Does it solve a problem by taking the life of an innocent child?"
Posted: 08/16/2015 11:58 AM EDT
GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee supports Paraguay's decision to deny an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim, he revealed in an interview Sunday.
In an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union," the former Arkansas governor argued that the Paraguayan government's refusal to allow an abortion for the now-11-year-old, who gave birth last week after being raped by her stepfather, prevented a second tragedy.
"Let nobody be misled, a 10-year-old girl being raped is horrible, but does it solve a problem by taking the life of an innocent child?" he asked. He added later, "When I think about one horror, I also think about the possibilities that exist and I just don't want to think that somehow we discounted a human life ... Let's not compound the tragedy by taking yet another life."
The thing that just confounds me about statements like this..........does he not see that an 11 year old child's life is at extreme risk by giving birth to another child? I'm not sure why the religious right don't see the 10/11 year old girl as an innocent child too.
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Huckabee Backs Denying Abortion To 10-Year-Old Raped By Stepfather
Huckabee Backs Denying Abortion To 10-Year-Old Raped By Stepfather
"Does it solve a problem by taking the life of an innocent child?"
Posted: 08/16/2015 11:58 AM EDT
GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee supports Paraguay's decision to deny an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim, he revealed in an interview Sunday.
In an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union," the former Arkansas governor argued that the Paraguayan government's refusal to allow an abortion for the now-11-year-old, who gave birth last week after being raped by her stepfather, prevented a second tragedy.
"Let nobody be misled, a 10-year-old girl being raped is horrible, but does it solve a problem by taking the life of an innocent child?" he asked. He added later, "When I think about one horror, I also think about the possibilities that exist and I just don't want to think that somehow we discounted a human life ... Let's not compound the tragedy by taking yet another life."
The thing that just confounds me about statements like this..........does he not see that an 11 year old child's life is at extreme risk by giving birth to another child? I'm not sure why the religious right don't see the 10/11 year old girl as an innocent child too.
Huckabee Backs Denying Abortion To 10-Year-Old Raped By Stepfather
"Does it solve a problem by taking the life of an innocent child?"
Posted: 08/16/2015 11:58 AM EDT
GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee supports Paraguay's decision to deny an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim, he revealed in an interview Sunday.
In an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union," the former Arkansas governor argued that the Paraguayan government's refusal to allow an abortion for the now-11-year-old, who gave birth last week after being raped by her stepfather, prevented a second tragedy.
"Let nobody be misled, a 10-year-old girl being raped is horrible, but does it solve a problem by taking the life of an innocent child?" he asked. He added later, "When I think about one horror, I also think about the possibilities that exist and I just don't want to think that somehow we discounted a human life ... Let's not compound the tragedy by taking yet another life."
The thing that just confounds me about statements like this..........does he not see that an 11 year old child's life is at extreme risk by giving birth to another child? I'm not sure why the religious right don't see the 10/11 year old girl as an innocent child too.
F**ing GOP ...
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And this isn't just where evangelical Mike Huckabee stands on abortion. Off the top of my head, Marco Rubio, Rick Santorum, and Scott Walker also hold the same position. I'm sure there are other Republican candidates that, when pushed on the subject, will say exactly the same thing.
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And this isn't just where evangelical Mike Huckabee stands on abortion. Off the top of my head, Marco Rubio, Rick Santorum, and Scott Walker also hold the same position. I'm sure there are other Republican candidates that, when pushed on the subject, will say exactly the same thing.
I think the last time I watched a Republican debate was in 2008 and they were discussing closing Gitmo.......they all try to outdick each other.
Going on the Gitmo debate, I can see an abortion debate going like this;
Candidate One: I have a particularly dickish stance on abortion
Candidate Two: I'll be a bigger dick with abortion
Candidate Three: I'll lock impoverished pregnant women up until they've had the baby and deny the baby food stamps once it's born. I think I win the biggest dick contest.
Or something like that.
Anyhow, it upsets me that my daughters are having to fight the same fight their grandmothers won some 40 odd years ago........
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