Comments on: Ridiculously Premature Veepstakes Speculation http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/ Reality-based political commentary Sat, 02 May 2026 07:43:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Bclancy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155070 Bclancy Sat, 07 Mar 2020 00:57:58 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155070 ^was supposed to read “why make it harder to nab the senate in 2022”. Also,(in the event that he won the nomination) Sanders doesn’t *need* Warren because they’re so ideologically similar. The Venn diagram of their supporters likely mostly overlapping. And there are likely to be a lot of Bernie supporters out there who are pissed with Warren for not endorsing him. I’ve always suspected that Warren’s refusal to endorse Sanders in 2016 damaged her support among progressives. At the very least, she didn’t make herself any friends in either Bernie’s or Hilary’s camp. Sometimes staying neutral just means both sides hate you. Honestly, it’s hard for me to imagine a Sanders/Booker ticket either. Booker has heavy ties to the pharmaceutical industry IIRC. So Sanders/Booker has a bit of the sound of Lincoln/Andrew Johnson haha. ^was supposed to read “why make it harder to nab the senate in 2022”. Also,(in the event that he won the nomination) Sanders doesn’t *need* Warren because they’re so ideologically similar. The Venn diagram of their supporters likely mostly overlapping. And there are likely to be a lot of Bernie supporters out there who are pissed with Warren for not endorsing him. I’ve always suspected that Warren’s refusal to endorse Sanders in 2016 damaged her support among progressives. At the very least, she didn’t make herself any friends in either Bernie’s or Hilary’s camp. Sometimes staying neutral just means both sides hate you.

Honestly, it’s hard for me to imagine a Sanders/Booker ticket either. Booker has heavy ties to the pharmaceutical industry IIRC. So Sanders/Booker has a bit of the sound of Lincoln/Andrew Johnson haha.

]]> By: Bclancy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155069 Bclancy Sat, 07 Mar 2020 00:26:31 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155069 My 2 cents: There’s no way either Sanders or Biden would ever choose Warren, simply because of the fact that Massachusetts has a Republican governor alone. Why make it harder to nab the senate in 2020? And from the perspective of a progressive(and since I am unabashedly pro-Bernie, that’s the perspective I take in my strategic speculation), Warren’s probably the most useful staying in the Senate. She’s been a good asset to the progressive movement there. On the other hand, my personal feelings toward her right now are unfit for print. Chris said it all. She won’t endorse Sanders even though he CLEARLY is much closer to her politically than Biden, just because she is worried about her career prospects if she outright breaks with Biden and the establishment. Myself, I’m more concerned about being able to afford health care(I’m dealing with a serious mental illness without access to medical treatment))... but I guess we all have our priorities. My 2 cents:

There’s no way either Sanders or Biden would ever choose Warren, simply because of the fact that Massachusetts has a Republican governor alone. Why make it harder to nab the senate in 2020? And from the perspective of a progressive(and since I am unabashedly pro-Bernie, that’s the perspective I take in my strategic speculation), Warren’s probably the most useful staying in the Senate. She’s been a good asset to the progressive movement there.

On the other hand, my personal feelings toward her right now are unfit for print. Chris said it all. She won’t endorse Sanders even though he CLEARLY is much closer to her politically than Biden, just because she is worried about her career prospects if she outright breaks with Biden and the establishment. Myself, I’m more concerned about being able to afford health care(I’m dealing with a serious mental illness without access to medical treatment))... but I guess we all have our priorities.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155068 nypoet22 Sat, 07 Mar 2020 00:14:56 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155068 @don, my maybe was because i didn't read your posts that michale was referring to. say what you will about him, but at least michale is rarely boring. @don,
my maybe was because i didn't read your posts that michale was referring to. say what you will about him, but at least michale is rarely boring.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155065 nypoet22 Fri, 06 Mar 2020 22:34:27 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155065 @m, You and I both know you have a habit of posting opinions and predictions and referring to them as facts, sometimes in all caps. Maybe you're right about don doing the same, but it sure is funny you should say so. @m,
You and I both know you have a habit of posting opinions and predictions and referring to them as facts, sometimes in all caps. Maybe you're right about don doing the same, but it sure is funny you should say so.

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155064 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 22:20:24 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155064 <I>It seems more like bullshit gives confirmation for you in your mind.</I> If you had any facts to substantiate that claim, it might have some merit... :D It seems more like bullshit gives confirmation for you in your mind.

If you had any facts to substantiate that claim, it might have some merit... :D

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155063 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 22:18:10 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155063 <I>You are substantiating my points with your comments.</I> TRANSLATION: I am going to talk in circles because I cannot substantiate the claims I am making.. I accept your concession... :D <I>But for the rest of us it doesn't pass the smell test.</i> Oh, so now yer throwing in yer lot with everyone else?? Feeling lonely, Don?? :D You are substantiating my points with your comments.

TRANSLATION:

I am going to talk in circles because I cannot substantiate the claims I am making..

I accept your concession... :D

But for the rest of us it doesn't pass the smell test.

Oh, so now yer throwing in yer lot with everyone else??

Feeling lonely, Don?? :D

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155061 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 20:45:05 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155061 <I>Yet you keep arguing you have the facts when the argument is your flawed interpretation of the facts.</I> That's because you never have any facts to support your claim that my interpretation of the facts is flawed.. How can I argue a point you refuse to substantiate??? Yet you keep arguing you have the facts when the argument is your flawed interpretation of the facts.

That's because you never have any facts to support your claim that my interpretation of the facts is flawed..

How can I argue a point you refuse to substantiate???

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155059 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 20:04:00 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155059 <I>doctor, heal thyself. ah, sweet irony... ;P</I> Except I always have facts to back up my opinions.. Like with the Mueller report, like with the faux impeachment coup like with everything else I called dead on ballz accurate.. :D Ya'all just didn't LIKE the facts.. :D doctor, heal thyself. ah, sweet irony... ;P

Except I always have facts to back up my opinions..

Like with the Mueller report, like with the faux impeachment coup like with everything else I called dead on ballz accurate.. :D

Ya'all just didn't LIKE the facts.. :D

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155053 nypoet22 Fri, 06 Mar 2020 16:06:46 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155053 <i>In other words, yer treating yer opinion as fact with no facts to back it up. </i> doctor, heal thyself. ah, sweet irony... ;P In other words, yer treating yer opinion as fact with no facts to back it up.

doctor, heal thyself. ah, sweet irony... ;P

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155052 nypoet22 Fri, 06 Mar 2020 16:02:56 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155052 but who will be secretary of pie? but who will be secretary of pie?

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155051 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 15:53:34 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155051 <I> a better job of standing up and not abiding when it is in the best interests of our democracy, country and citizens </I> Simple.. "a better job" in that regard is in the eye of the beholder.. In other words, yer treating yer opinion as fact with no facts to back it up. a better job of standing up and not abiding when it is in the best interests of our democracy, country and citizens

Simple..

"a better job" in that regard is in the eye of the beholder..

In other words, yer treating yer opinion as fact with no facts to back it up.

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155047 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 14:04:44 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155047 <I>Silence gives assent doesn't work for me.</I> Of course it doesn't.. But Weigantians, by majority decree, made the rule when President Trump allegedly was silent about the events in Charlottesville.. So, it's their rule, we just abide by it.. :D Silence gives assent doesn't work for me.

Of course it doesn't..

But Weigantians, by majority decree, made the rule when President Trump allegedly was silent about the events in Charlottesville..

So, it's their rule, we just abide by it.. :D

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155044 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 13:08:00 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155044 <I>I say that my nature is to stand up for what I believe is right and you say no that's my nature?</I> My mistake.. I misread your comment.. I say that my nature is to stand up for what I believe is right and you say no that's my nature?

My mistake.. I misread your comment..

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155043 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 13:06:34 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155043 <B>Sen. Chuck Schumer's threatening rhetoric to Supreme Court justices crosses a line Democratic leader tried to walk it back with I'm-from-Brooklyn equivocation. As they might also say in Brooklyn, it was a day late and a dollar short: Our view For the Senate's Democratic leader to stand on the front steps of the Supreme Court and furiously shout words that sound very much like a threat against two high court justices is unseemly and warrants a full-throated apology. "I want to tell you, Gorsuch; I want to tell you, Kavanaugh: You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer roared Wednesday to a crowd of protesters angry over a Louisiana case before the court that threatens abortion rights. "You won't know what hit if you go forward with these awful decisions." To refer to conservative justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh by their last names was disrespectful. To seemingly menace them about a pending decision was beyond the pale. The remarks earned a rare and deserved rebuke hours later, when Chief Justice John Roberts said Schumer's words were "not only inappropriate; they are dangerous."</B> https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2020/03/05/chuck-schumer-threatening-rhetoric-gorsuch-kavanaugh-crosses-line-editorials-debates/4964578002/ See, DH.. Here is a perfect example.. It's perfectly acceptable for me to have the opinion that Schumer's words were whacked... The facts clearly support my opinion as fact.. And everyone here is under no obligation to acknowledge these facts and simply ignore it because Schumer's actions truly are indefensible.. So, once again, Weigantians live by their Charlottesville Rule.. <B>SILENCE GIVES ASSENT</B> By ignoring the facts, everyone else is conceding the facts.. :D You see how easy that is??? Sen. Chuck Schumer's threatening rhetoric to Supreme Court justices crosses a line

Democratic leader tried to walk it back with I'm-from-Brooklyn equivocation. As they might also say in Brooklyn, it was a day late and a dollar short: Our view

For the Senate's Democratic leader to stand on the front steps of the Supreme Court and furiously shout words that sound very much like a threat against two high court justices is unseemly and warrants a full-throated apology.

"I want to tell you, Gorsuch; I want to tell you, Kavanaugh: You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer roared Wednesday to a crowd of protesters angry over a Louisiana case before the court that threatens abortion rights. "You won't know what hit if you go forward with these awful decisions."

To refer to conservative justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh by their last names was disrespectful. To seemingly menace them about a pending decision was beyond the pale. The remarks earned a rare and deserved rebuke hours later, when Chief Justice John Roberts said Schumer's words were "not only inappropriate; they are dangerous."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2020/03/05/chuck-schumer-threatening-rhetoric-gorsuch-kavanaugh-crosses-line-editorials-debates/4964578002/

See, DH.. Here is a perfect example..

It's perfectly acceptable for me to have the opinion that Schumer's words were whacked...

The facts clearly support my opinion as fact..

And everyone here is under no obligation to acknowledge these facts and simply ignore it because Schumer's actions truly are indefensible..

So, once again, Weigantians live by their Charlottesville Rule..

SILENCE GIVES ASSENT

By ignoring the facts, everyone else is conceding the facts.. :D

You see how easy that is???

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155041 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 12:51:35 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155041 <I>The human nature of this person is to stand up for what I believe is right.</I> No.. That's YOUR nature.. I am sure you are not egotistical enough to believe YOUR nature = Human Nature.. Only *I* am that egotistical.. :D The human nature of this person is to stand up for what I believe is right.

No.. That's YOUR nature..

I am sure you are not egotistical enough to believe YOUR nature = Human Nature..

Only *I* am that egotistical.. :D

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155037 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 12:38:23 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155037 <I>It's one thing to allow a diversity of opinion to be posted, but if you refuse to discuss dissenting opinions then it is not really being fully included.</I> I have ta disagree with ya there... And that is coming from a person with PLENTY of experience in being ignored.. :D But, for me anyways, the joy comes in letting the facts and reality prove the wisdom of my predictions and opinions.. Oh sure, there are failures. The most recent Super Tuesday prediction proves that.. But I don't let that get me down, but rather use the loss as a learning experience.. In that, I am unique.. Most everyone else here simply ignores their considerable losses and pretend they never happened.. Ergo, they never learn anything.. It's one thing to allow a diversity of opinion to be posted, but if you refuse to discuss dissenting opinions then it is not really being fully included.

I have ta disagree with ya there...

And that is coming from a person with PLENTY of experience in being ignored.. :D

But, for me anyways, the joy comes in letting the facts and reality prove the wisdom of my predictions and opinions..

Oh sure, there are failures. The most recent Super Tuesday prediction proves that..

But I don't let that get me down, but rather use the loss as a learning experience..

In that, I am unique.. Most everyone else here simply ignores their considerable losses and pretend they never happened..

Ergo, they never learn anything..

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155035 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 12:33:49 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155035 <I>One Demand treats cause of the disease- not the symptom. You are right that if the politicians weren't bought by money it would be something else.</I> Your second statement, by definition, negates your first statement... The problem isn't money, it's power... More accurately, it's power + human nature... And that's a battle you cannot win.. One Demand treats cause of the disease- not the symptom.

You are right that if the politicians weren't bought by money it would be something else.

Your second statement, by definition, negates your first statement...

The problem isn't money, it's power...

More accurately, it's power + human nature...

And that's a battle you cannot win..

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155033 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 12:31:20 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155033 <I>We DO have diversity of opinion here.. For the most part...</I> And by that, I mean, my opinions based on fact and reality.. And whatever ya'all believe... :D We DO have diversity of opinion here.. For the most part...

And by that, I mean, my opinions based on fact and reality..

And whatever ya'all believe... :D

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155031 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 12:29:32 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155031 <I>Does diversity include a diversity of opinions?</I> Abso-frakin'-loutly... We DO have diversity of opinion here.. For the most part... But ALLOWING diversity of opinion in no way obligates ACCEPTANCE of said opinion's... Only supporting FACTS obligates acceptance... Does diversity include a diversity of opinions?

Abso-frakin'-loutly...

We DO have diversity of opinion here.. For the most part...

But ALLOWING diversity of opinion in no way obligates ACCEPTANCE of said opinion's...

Only supporting FACTS obligates acceptance...

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155029 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 12:18:10 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155029 DH, The problem with One Demand treats the symptom, not the disease.. The problem is politicians being bought. If it wasn't money, it would be something else... Politicians will ALWAYS be bought by SOMETHING... THAT is the problem that needs to be addressed... Let's face reality.. The biggest impedance to good government is not big money but power... DH,

The problem with One Demand treats the symptom, not the disease..

The problem is politicians being bought. If it wasn't money, it would be something else...

Politicians will ALWAYS be bought by SOMETHING...

THAT is the problem that needs to be addressed...

Let's face reality.. The biggest impedance to good government is not big money but power...

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155026 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 12:01:00 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155026 <B>“Let me say for the record, clearly, clearly Democrats are as immoral as Republicans, and maybe in big cities, a good deal more immoral in the traditional sense. But as a practical matter, politicians as a whole, in my opinion, having practiced law for four years, are a good deal more moral than lawyers, for example, or doctors or businessmen as a whole.”</B> Again... Did Donald Trump say this??? Nope.. Joe Biden said that... :D “Let me say for the record, clearly, clearly Democrats are as immoral as Republicans, and maybe in big cities, a good deal more immoral in the traditional sense. But as a practical matter, politicians as a whole, in my opinion, having practiced law for four years, are a good deal more moral than lawyers, for example, or doctors or businessmen as a whole.”

Again... Did Donald Trump say this???

Nope.. Joe Biden said that... :D

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155024 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 11:58:42 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155024 <B>Team Biden must hope you don't pay attention, because their man is fading before our eyes. Think of Biden just a few years ago in debate, he was quick and devilish. But Biden isn't that way now, is he? The Democratic bosses must know this, they see Biden thinning. Joe is just too little butter spread out over too much bread. But they don't care. If he wins, his choice for vice president could be running the country by next spring. And then the 25th Amendment would be a real thing, not some drug-induced political fantasy. If he were my father, I'd take him away from all this, take him fishing, take him anywhere but a presidential campaign. "We hold these truths to be self-evident," Biden said during a campaign stop in Texas a few days ago. "All men and women created by -- you know, you know, the thing." The thing, Joe. That thing that shaped America, and deals with how we're endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable Rights, and among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. You know, Joe, the thing.</B> If Democrats want to their own Jonestown, with Joe Biden in the Powers Booth role??? Knock yerselves out... Team Biden must hope you don't pay attention, because their man is fading before our eyes. Think of Biden just a few years ago in debate, he was quick and devilish. But Biden isn't that way now, is he? The Democratic bosses must know this, they see Biden thinning. Joe is just too little butter spread out over too much bread. But they don't care.

If he wins, his choice for vice president could be running the country by next spring. And then the 25th Amendment would be a real thing, not some drug-induced political fantasy. If he were my father, I'd take him away from all this, take him fishing, take him anywhere but a presidential campaign.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident," Biden said during a campaign stop in Texas a few days ago. "All men and women created by -- you know, you know, the thing."

The thing, Joe. That thing that shaped America, and deals with how we're endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable Rights, and among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. You know, Joe, the thing.

If Democrats want to their own Jonestown, with Joe Biden in the Powers Booth role???

Knock yerselves out...

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155023 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 11:55:41 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155023 <B>If you dare mention Hunter and Ukraine, the Democratic establishment pols start frothing at the mouth. So, I'll light a candle and pray Donna Brazile doesn't tell me to "go to hell." It's Lent, Donna. C'mon, man. If Bernie Sanders wants to really fight and draw a contrast between himself and Biden, he should go to that Ukrainian business. Yammering about Biden and Social Security won't cut it. Joe Biden is a swamp creature and his family has scored off Joe's political leverage, just as if Joe were mayor of Chicago in the old days. Bernie is not a swamp creature. He's an ideologue of the left and the Democratic establishment hates him. It's not policy. They're all going the same direction. This is about control. If the Democratic establishment had a choice between losing elections or losing control of the party, they'd lose elections. Without control of the party they have no leverage to make their deals. The Republican establishment was the same in 2016. They would have rather lost the White House than have President Donald Trump run their party. But Trump rushed them and fought in the mud and the blood and the beer, biting ears off and giving no quarter. Sanders didn't fight against Hillary Clinton as if it were a battle to the death. He let her off the hook on that scandal about her unsecured email. With the Democratic establishment and the Beltway media in lockstep against him, Bernie, too, must fight in the mud and bite off an ear. Slaps won't do it. No one ever won a fight with little policy slaps. That wasn't a little slap that Sen. Elizabeth Warren used on billionaire Mike Bloomberg in the Democratic debates. She ripped out Bloomberg's spine and held it aloft like she was an avatar from Mortal Kombat. It helped Biden.</B> Does Bernie have what it takes to offer his hand to Biden.... then reach down Biden's pants, rip out his testicles and shove them down Biden's throat??? That's about the only way Bernie will win... If you dare mention Hunter and Ukraine, the Democratic establishment pols start frothing at the mouth. So, I'll light a candle and pray Donna Brazile doesn't tell me to "go to hell." It's Lent, Donna. C'mon, man.

If Bernie Sanders wants to really fight and draw a contrast between himself and Biden, he should go to that Ukrainian business. Yammering about Biden and Social Security won't cut it.

Joe Biden is a swamp creature and his family has scored off Joe's political leverage, just as if Joe were mayor of Chicago in the old days. Bernie is not a swamp creature. He's an ideologue of the left and the Democratic establishment hates him.

It's not policy. They're all going the same direction. This is about control. If the Democratic establishment had a choice between losing elections or losing control of the party, they'd lose elections. Without control of the party they have no leverage to make their deals. The Republican establishment was the same in 2016. They would have rather lost the White House than have President Donald Trump run their party. But Trump rushed them and fought in the mud and the blood and the beer, biting ears off and giving no quarter.

Sanders didn't fight against Hillary Clinton as if it were a battle to the death. He let her off the hook on that scandal about her unsecured email.

With the Democratic establishment and the Beltway media in lockstep against him, Bernie, too, must fight in the mud and bite off an ear. Slaps won't do it. No one ever won a fight with little policy slaps.

That wasn't a little slap that Sen. Elizabeth Warren used on billionaire Mike Bloomberg in the Democratic debates. She ripped out Bloomberg's spine and held it aloft like she was an avatar from Mortal Kombat. It helped Biden.

Does Bernie have what it takes to offer his hand to Biden.... then reach down Biden's pants, rip out his testicles and shove them down Biden's throat???

That's about the only way Bernie will win...

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155022 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 11:34:26 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155022 <B> With 60 percent of Democratic Party delegates still up for grabs, with the Democratic Media Complex in lockstep with Biden, what should Bernie do? If Sanders truly wants to fight for the Democratic nomination and not roll over for the establishment as he did in 2016, then he, too, should call Biden the Comeback Kid. But Bernie should say it loudly in Ukrainian: Povernennya Dytyny. According to Google Translator, anyway. I hope that's right and it doesn't mean "creepy old guy who sniffs women's hair without asking" or "lying dog-faced pony soldier." If you can't trust Google, what's the news business coming to? Joe's son Hunter Biden should know how to pronounce Povernennya Dytyny. Hunter had that $50,000-a-month no-show job with Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma, when his daddy was the Obama administration point man in Ukraine leveraging the firing of prosecutors against U.S. loan guarantees. And Hunter scored big in China, too, because his name was Biden. But Hunter's too busy to teach conversational Ukrainian. He's probably boning up on natural gas jargon before he's called to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R.-S.C., the committee chairman, wants Hunter as a witness to get to the bottom of that swampy Ukrainian business.</B> heh Gonna love seeing Democrats squirm... :D
With 60 percent of Democratic Party delegates still up for grabs, with the Democratic Media Complex in lockstep with Biden, what should Bernie do?

If Sanders truly wants to fight for the Democratic nomination and not roll over for the establishment as he did in 2016, then he, too, should call Biden the Comeback Kid.

But Bernie should say it loudly in Ukrainian:

Povernennya Dytyny.

According to Google Translator, anyway. I hope that's right and it doesn't mean "creepy old guy who sniffs women's hair without asking" or "lying dog-faced pony soldier." If you can't trust Google, what's the news business coming to?

Joe's son Hunter Biden should know how to pronounce Povernennya Dytyny. Hunter had that $50,000-a-month no-show job with Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma, when his daddy was the Obama administration point man in Ukraine leveraging the firing of prosecutors against U.S. loan guarantees. And Hunter scored big in China, too, because his name was Biden.

But Hunter's too busy to teach conversational Ukrainian. He's probably boning up on natural gas jargon before he's called to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R.-S.C., the committee chairman, wants Hunter as a witness to get to the bottom of that swampy Ukrainian business.

heh

Gonna love seeing Democrats squirm... :D

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155021 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 11:28:18 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155021 <B>To Fight Biden, Sanders Should Learn How to Say 'Comeback Kid' in Ukrainian</b> https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/03/05/to_fight_biden_sanders_should_learn_how_to_say_comeback_kid_in_ukrainian_142577.html The only way Sanders can win is to attack Biden on Ukraine... To Fight Biden, Sanders Should Learn How to Say 'Comeback Kid' in Ukrainian
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/03/05/to_fight_biden_sanders_should_learn_how_to_say_comeback_kid_in_ukrainian_142577.html

The only way Sanders can win is to attack Biden on Ukraine...

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155020 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 11:05:57 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155020 <B>Moreover, Biden looks moderate only in the context of the insanity that is gripping the Democratic Party, only by comparison to wackadoodles such as Warren and Sanders. He has so far escaped scrutiny for the implications of his policy proposals, such as a “public option” for health insurance that would inevitably destroy the private insurance market. He was specifically asked whether this could happen by the New York Times and replied, “Bingo. . . . Sure they would.” He blithely said that when employer-based private health insurance dies out, people could simply go on “the Biden plan.” His health-care policy is just a slo-mo version of Sanders’s and Warren’s policy. He has called for massive tax hikes, offered public health care for illegal immigrants, said such immigrants should not be deported if they’re convicted of drunk driving, and endorsed the $93 trillion boondoggle known as the Green New Deal. On top of all of this, Biden would be the oldest president ever — he’s older than the oldest boomer, and would be older on his first day in office than Ronald Reagan was on his last day. No one knows how mentally agile he’ll be tomorrow, much less in November. If a man who could come completely unglued on live television at any moment is your party’s best hope, your party should be very, very nervous.</B> As I said.. Choose Biden over Sanders... It won't matter one whit in the end result.. It'll still be President Trump re-elected in the end... Even the ones here who have MANY more brain cells than 2 to rub together acknowledge this fact.. The ONLY downside for me is I might be voting for Biden for POTUS.. :D Moreover, Biden looks moderate only in the context of the insanity that is gripping the Democratic Party, only by comparison to wackadoodles such as Warren and Sanders. He has so far escaped scrutiny for the implications of his policy proposals, such as a “public option” for health insurance that would inevitably destroy the private insurance market. He was specifically asked whether this could happen by the New York Times and replied, “Bingo. . . . Sure they would.” He blithely said that when employer-based private health insurance dies out, people could simply go on “the Biden plan.” His health-care policy is just a slo-mo version of Sanders’s and Warren’s policy. He has called for massive tax hikes, offered public health care for illegal immigrants, said such immigrants should not be deported if they’re convicted of drunk driving, and endorsed the $93 trillion boondoggle known as the Green New Deal.

On top of all of this, Biden would be the oldest president ever — he’s older than the oldest boomer, and would be older on his first day in office than Ronald Reagan was on his last day. No one knows how mentally agile he’ll be tomorrow, much less in November. If a man who could come completely unglued on live television at any moment is your party’s best hope, your party should be very, very nervous.

As I said.. Choose Biden over Sanders... It won't matter one whit in the end result..

It'll still be President Trump re-elected in the end...

Even the ones here who have MANY more brain cells than 2 to rub together acknowledge this fact..

The ONLY downside for me is I might be voting for Biden for POTUS.. :D

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155019 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 10:52:01 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155019 <B>Even at his best, Biden was notorious for being loopy, digressive, and sloppy, and he’s long past his best. Clarence Thomas noted of Biden’s line of questioning during his Senate confirmation hearings, “You have to sit there and look attentively at people [who] you know have no idea what they are talking about.” His bizarre 2012 debate with Paul Ryan consisted of bursts of strangely out-of-context laughter and boorish interruptions. His own aides panic every time he goes off-script, to such a degree that David Axelrod once quipped that Biden was being kept in a “candidate-protection program.” When he starts riffing, he is given to making false claims such as that he was arrested trying to visit Nelson Mandela in prison. His answer to all questions in debate is a subject, a verb, and Obama.</B> Hay, if you people want Biden, I say go for it!!! President Trump will eat him for breakfast!! <B>"I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast!!" "You eat pieces of shit for breakfast!?!?"</B> -HAPPY GILMOUR Even at his best, Biden was notorious for being loopy, digressive, and sloppy, and he’s long past his best. Clarence Thomas noted of Biden’s line of questioning during his Senate confirmation hearings, “You have to sit there and look attentively at people [who] you know have no idea what they are talking about.” His bizarre 2012 debate with Paul Ryan consisted of bursts of strangely out-of-context laughter and boorish interruptions. His own aides panic every time he goes off-script, to such a degree that David Axelrod once quipped that Biden was being kept in a “candidate-protection program.” When he starts riffing, he is given to making false claims such as that he was arrested trying to visit Nelson Mandela in prison. His answer to all questions in debate is a subject, a verb, and Obama.

Hay, if you people want Biden, I say go for it!!!

President Trump will eat him for breakfast!!

"I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast!!"
"You eat pieces of shit for breakfast!?!?"
-HAPPY GILMOUR

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155018 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 10:49:53 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155018 <B>Yes, Biden beats Trump regularly in head-to-head polls, but you can ask Hillary Clinton about how much beating Trump in early polls is worth. In just the past ten days, he has claimed half the population of the country died of gunshot wounds, forgotten what office he is running for, asked voters to support him on “Super Thursday,” and offered this précis of our nation’s founding principle: “We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”</b> Ya'all cap on the crazy things President Trump says.. But you give a pass to the crazy things Biden says.. Hay, I get it.. It's only natural that you support the Party and hate on the other Party.. What I don't get is why ya'all bother denying it when the facts prove it so perfectly?? Ya'all's BEST response to that accusation is, <B>"HELL YEA, WE GIVE OUR GUY A PASS!!!!" DUH!!!!!"</B> Yes, Biden beats Trump regularly in head-to-head polls, but you can ask Hillary Clinton about how much beating Trump in early polls is worth. In just the past ten days, he has claimed half the population of the country died of gunshot wounds, forgotten what office he is running for, asked voters to support him on “Super Thursday,” and offered this précis of our nation’s founding principle: “We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”

Ya'all cap on the crazy things President Trump says..

But you give a pass to the crazy things Biden says..

Hay, I get it.. It's only natural that you support the Party and hate on the other Party..

What I don't get is why ya'all bother denying it when the facts prove it so perfectly??

Ya'all's BEST response to that accusation is, "HELL YEA, WE GIVE OUR GUY A PASS!!!!" DUH!!!!!"

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155017 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 10:42:32 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155017 <B>“I do not buy the concept, popular in the ’60s, which said, ‘We have suppressed the black man for 300 years and the white man is now far ahead in the race for everything our society offers. In order to even the score, we must now give the black man a head start, or even hold the white man back, to even the race. I don’t buy that. I don’t feel responsible for the sins of my father and grandfather. I feel responsible for what the situation is today, for the sins of my own generation. And I’ll be damned if I feel responsible to pay for what happened 300 years ago.”</B> You would think that President Trump would have said that, eh?? You would be wrong.. That is a quote from none other than Joe Biden... “I do not buy the concept, popular in the ’60s, which said, ‘We have suppressed the black man for 300 years and the white man is now far ahead in the race for everything our society offers. In order to even the score, we must now give the black man a head start, or even hold the white man back, to even the race. I don’t buy that. I don’t feel responsible for the sins of my father and grandfather. I feel responsible for what the situation is today, for the sins of my own generation. And I’ll be damned if I feel responsible to pay for what happened 300 years ago.”

You would think that President Trump would have said that, eh??

You would be wrong..

That is a quote from none other than Joe Biden...

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155016 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 10:37:50 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155016 <B>Democrats Should Be Very, Very Nervous If doddering Joe Biden is your party’s best hope, your party might be in deep trouble. So, let me get this straight. After a year of campaigning, discussion, and debate among the Democrats, as of early February the party had decided Joe Biden was the favorite for its presidential nomination: He led in 19 of the 21 national polls taken before the Iowa caucuses. Then people started to vote, and it turned out they didn’t like Biden at all. He finished fourth in Iowa, fifth in New Hampshire, and a distant second in Nevada. As of last week, the Democrats had decided to be an openly socialist party: Bernie Sanders led 20 consecutive national polls after Iowa, half of them by double digits. And then, this week, Democrats decided not to be socialist after all: They just gave Biden, the doddering avatar of the party establishment, a resounding Super Tuesday victory.</B> https://tinyurl.com/sx7qp9v I am done making Democrat Primary predictions.. Ya'all are too crazy and irrational and illogical to make valid predictions on.. :D I DO know that who ever wins doesn't stand a chance against President Trump... Each Dem candidate brings a unique set of baggage to the General and each has a buttload of it.. So, regardless, President Trump's a shoe-in... Democrats Should Be Very, Very Nervous

If doddering Joe Biden is your party’s best hope, your party might be in deep trouble.
So, let me get this straight.

After a year of campaigning, discussion, and debate among the Democrats, as of early February the party had decided Joe Biden was the favorite for its presidential nomination: He led in 19 of the 21 national polls taken before the Iowa caucuses. Then people started to vote, and it turned out they didn’t like Biden at all. He finished fourth in Iowa, fifth in New Hampshire, and a distant second in Nevada. As of last week, the Democrats had decided to be an openly socialist party: Bernie Sanders led 20 consecutive national polls after Iowa, half of them by double digits. And then, this week, Democrats decided not to be socialist after all: They just gave Biden, the doddering avatar of the party establishment, a resounding Super Tuesday victory.
https://tinyurl.com/sx7qp9v

I am done making Democrat Primary predictions.. Ya'all are too crazy and irrational and illogical to make valid predictions on.. :D

I DO know that who ever wins doesn't stand a chance against President Trump... Each Dem candidate brings a unique set of baggage to the General and each has a buttload of it..

So, regardless, President Trump's a shoe-in...

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155015 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 09:46:54 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155015 <B> “Bloomberg spent $500 million on ads. The U.S. population is 327 million. He could have given each American $1 million and still have money left over, I feel like a $1 million check would be life-changing for people. Yet he wasted it all on ads and STILL LOST.”</B> MSNBC hosts gush about this "incredible" amazing tweet.. How it shows it situation perfectly... Unfortunately for them, it shows perfectly how utterly idiotic Democrats are... What **IS** it with Democrats??? Cue <B>"But Trump!!! Russia!!!!" </B> in 3.... 2..... 1..... “Bloomberg spent $500 million on ads. The U.S. population is 327 million. He could have given each American $1 million and still have money left over, I feel like a $1 million check would be life-changing for people. Yet he wasted it all on ads and STILL LOST.”

MSNBC hosts gush about this "incredible" amazing tweet.. How it shows it situation perfectly...

Unfortunately for them, it shows perfectly how utterly idiotic Democrats are...

What **IS** it with Democrats???

Cue "But Trump!!! Russia!!!!" in 3.... 2..... 1.....

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155014 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 09:38:19 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155014 <B>"I want to tell you, Gorsuch. I want to tell you, Kavanaugh. You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price! You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions."</B> -Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer So, Democrats have become SO desperate they are now physically THREATENING violence on SCOTUS Justices who won't go their way.... <B>"VOTE OUR WAY OR YOU WON'T KNOW WHAT *HIT* YOU!!"</B> HashTag How Low Can Democrats Sink?? "I want to tell you, Gorsuch. I want to tell you, Kavanaugh. You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price! You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions."
-Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer

So, Democrats have become SO desperate they are now physically THREATENING violence on SCOTUS Justices who won't go their way....

"VOTE OUR WAY OR YOU WON'T KNOW WHAT *HIT* YOU!!"

HashTag How Low Can Democrats Sink??

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155013 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 09:32:36 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155013 I really don't have a comment to make on the subject because it won't matter who Biden or Sanders chooses as their VP.. NO choice can shore up the difficulties with the Pres candidates enough to actually give them a chance to beat President Trump.. So Biden could choose a John Kennedy or Sanders can choose a Che Guevara and it won't matter a lick. Either of them will still lose in Nov.... I really don't have a comment to make on the subject because it won't matter who Biden or Sanders chooses as their VP..

NO choice can shore up the difficulties with the Pres candidates enough to actually give them a chance to beat President Trump..

So Biden could choose a John Kennedy or Sanders can choose a Che Guevara and it won't matter a lick.

Either of them will still lose in Nov....

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155012 Michale Fri, 06 Mar 2020 09:29:07 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155012 CW, <I>A woman would certainly bring back some diversity to what is now a contest between two old, white men.</I> Whaa?? You think it's a problem that the Party of "DIVERSITY" and "INTERSECTIONALITY" would have only 2 old white guys to choose from for their nominee?? Hmmmmmm I hadn't thought of that.. :^D <I>Also in serious contention is Pete Buttigieg, who is male but also gay (so he'd be a historic candidate on a major ticket).</I> If Biden choose Buttagig, Biden would lose the black American vote..... <I>Thinking conventionally, though, there are four very strong candidates who would each bring some heft to the table. Cory Booker is black, but then again New Jersey isn't all that far from Delaware. Kamala Harris would be more appealing, since she's a woman, she's young, and she's black. She's also from California, where Biden was just beaten by Bernie. And she showed she can debate effectively and easily fill the "attack dog" role -- however, her best moments in the debates were when she was skewering Biden, so perhaps there's still some resentment there.</I> Why is it always about Race with Lefties??? I always find that amazing that the Party that says we're all the same and no one race is better than the other constantly go out of their way to emphasis the differences in the race... Collective guilt for starting the racist movement here in the US??? CW,

A woman would certainly bring back some diversity to what is now a contest between two old, white men.

Whaa?? You think it's a problem that the Party of "DIVERSITY" and "INTERSECTIONALITY" would have only 2 old white guys to choose from for their nominee??

Hmmmmmm

I hadn't thought of that.. :^D

Also in serious contention is Pete Buttigieg, who is male but also gay (so he'd be a historic candidate on a major ticket).

If Biden choose Buttagig, Biden would lose the black American vote.....

Thinking conventionally, though, there are four very strong candidates who would each bring some heft to the table. Cory Booker is black, but then again New Jersey isn't all that far from Delaware. Kamala Harris would be more appealing, since she's a woman, she's young, and she's black. She's also from California, where Biden was just beaten by Bernie. And she showed she can debate effectively and easily fill the "attack dog" role -- however, her best moments in the debates were when she was skewering Biden, so perhaps there's still some resentment there.

Why is it always about Race with Lefties???

I always find that amazing that the Party that says we're all the same and no one race is better than the other constantly go out of their way to emphasis the differences in the race...

Collective guilt for starting the racist movement here in the US???

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155011 Kick Fri, 06 Mar 2020 07:46:38 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155011 RANDOM VP THOUGHTS Okay, here's the deal. Now that time has passed and we know more today than we did yesterday, it seems to me like the VP candidate is going to have to be a woman and preferably a woman of color. Oh, wait... we already knew that. Stacey Abrams is from Georgia (the potential to be flipped or at the very least make them spend a lot of money there to defend it), but she was born in <b>Wisconsin</b>... a key state in the 2020 election. She is darn near the perfect pick since she holds no office but arguably should now be the Governor of Georgia but for the disenfranchisement of voters by the GOP in Georgia. Were Biden to pick Kamala Harris for VP or AG, she would also be easily replaced with another Democrat by Gavin Newsom in order to keep her Senate Seat in the hands of Democrats. Biden doesn't need California, though, it's already in his back pocket. Catherine Cortez Masto -- Senator from Nevada that could also be easily replaced with another Democrat. She served two terms as Attorney General of Nevada and in November 2016, she made history by becoming the first woman from Nevada and the first Latina ever elected to the United States Senate. As for Elizabeth Warren: The Governor of Massachusetts is a Republican. If Warren is tapped for <b>any</b> position at all, Democrats would lose a seat in the Senate they can't afford to lose. RANDOM VP THOUGHTS

Okay, here's the deal. Now that time has passed and we know more today than we did yesterday, it seems to me like the VP candidate is going to have to be a woman and preferably a woman of color. Oh, wait... we already knew that.

Stacey Abrams is from Georgia (the potential to be flipped or at the very least make them spend a lot of money there to defend it), but she was born in Wisconsin... a key state in the 2020 election. She is darn near the perfect pick since she holds no office but arguably should now be the Governor of Georgia but for the disenfranchisement of voters by the GOP in Georgia.

Were Biden to pick Kamala Harris for VP or AG, she would also be easily replaced with another Democrat by Gavin Newsom in order to keep her Senate Seat in the hands of Democrats. Biden doesn't need California, though, it's already in his back pocket.

Catherine Cortez Masto -- Senator from Nevada that could also be easily replaced with another Democrat. She served two terms as Attorney General of Nevada and in November 2016, she made history by becoming the first woman from Nevada and the first Latina ever elected to the United States Senate.

As for Elizabeth Warren: The Governor of Massachusetts is a Republican. If Warren is tapped for any position at all, Democrats would lose a seat in the Senate they can't afford to lose.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155010 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 06 Mar 2020 07:23:43 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155010 <I>Compared to the Clown Car of Fools that have made up Trump’s Administration (Hey Jared!) the Democrat’s are going to need to bring in the best people possible to help federal agencies to recover from Trump’s corruption and neglect.</I> That is, indeed, a fact. I know Biden will choose very, very wisely. Compared to the Clown Car of Fools that have made up Trump’s Administration (Hey Jared!) the Democrat’s are going to need to bring in the best people possible to help federal agencies to recover from Trump’s corruption and neglect.

That is, indeed, a fact. I know Biden will choose very, very wisely.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155009 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 06 Mar 2020 07:21:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155009 This has become a very depressing place. But, I still retain a scintilla of hope … because, that's just who I am. :) This has become a very depressing place. But, I still retain a scintilla of hope … because, that's just who I am. :)

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155008 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 06 Mar 2020 07:19:51 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155008 Or not. :( Or not. :(

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155007 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 06 Mar 2020 04:56:37 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155007 By the way and just for the record, there is no one who would be better at ensuring the Dodd-Frank regime for financial stability would be restored and strengthened, and at keeping or restoring the estate tax (seriously! - what you don't know about secretary Geithner is a lot), and at helping to implement a pro-growth tax and fiscal policy that would bring more balance to income distribution … ooh, such a bad word, that distribution, than, wait for it … Timothy Geithner. Let the floodgates open! By the way and just for the record, there is no one who would be better at ensuring the Dodd-Frank regime for financial stability would be restored and strengthened, and at keeping or restoring the estate tax (seriously! - what you don't know about secretary Geithner is a lot), and at helping to implement a pro-growth tax and fiscal policy that would bring more balance to income distribution … ooh, such a bad word, that distribution, than, wait for it … Timothy Geithner.

Let the floodgates open!

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155006 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 06 Mar 2020 04:49:36 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155006 <I>In my dream to end all dreams, Warren would head up the CFPB, as you say, Russ. But, there is where we'd part ways as I would have the former treasury secretary Geithner take on that role again.</I> Partly because it would make Bernie Sanders' head explode. Heh. Only a small part, you understand. In my dream to end all dreams, Warren would head up the CFPB, as you say, Russ. But, there is where we'd part ways as I would have the former treasury secretary Geithner take on that role again.

Partly because it would make Bernie Sanders' head explode. Heh. Only a small part, you understand.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155005 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 06 Mar 2020 04:45:34 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155005 Another think to remember when predicting who Biden will choose as his running mate - someone he can delegate a lot to with no need to micromanage. Hey, everyone! How about Jennifer Granholm, eh!? Is that a perfect choice or what!? Another think to remember when predicting who Biden will choose as his running mate - someone he can delegate a lot to with no need to micromanage.

Hey, everyone!

How about Jennifer Granholm, eh!? Is that a perfect choice or what!?

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155004 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 06 Mar 2020 04:42:34 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155004 Well, I guess that would be EPA … maybe you're right and there doesn't need to be a new agency - maybe just an overhaul of EPA ... Well, I guess that would be EPA … maybe you're right and there doesn't need to be a new agency - maybe just an overhaul of EPA ...

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155003 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 06 Mar 2020 04:40:30 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155003 Russ, wouldn't Inslee be better shepherding the climate change file, domestically and internationally? Russ, wouldn't Inslee be better shepherding the climate change file, domestically and internationally?

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155002 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 06 Mar 2020 04:38:25 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155002 In my dream to end all dreams, Warren would head up the CFPB, as you say, Russ. But, there is where we'd part ways as I would have the former treasury secretary Geithner take on that role again. I think I'll fall asleep tonight, laughing ... In my dream to end all dreams, Warren would head up the CFPB, as you say, Russ. But, there is where we'd part ways as I would have the former treasury secretary Geithner take on that role again.

I think I'll fall asleep tonight, laughing ...

]]> By: ListenWhenYouHear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155001 ListenWhenYouHear Fri, 06 Mar 2020 04:16:06 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155001 <I>If I were to predict, then I'd say John Kerry would be picked for Biden's veep or, failing that, secretary of state, at the very least.</i> I could see him doing the job...again. The State Dept. is one neglected and hurting agency thanks to Trump. Kerry would definitely bring some much needed stability to the place. I think Kamala Harris would be a great AG. It is going to take a strong person to help fix the damage done since Trump took office, and I think she could handle it. Warren could finally run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...or she could be the Sec.of Treasury, or any other position she might want. Warren has some very good ideas that benefit people over corporations, so I want her where she can do the most good. Wall Street and Big Banks are terrified of her, as they should be! WA State Gov. Jay Inslee , my governor, should run the EPA. He is someone who takes climate change very seriously. Compared to the Clown Car of Fools that have made up Trump’s Administration (Hey Jared!) the Democrat’s are going to need to bring in the best people possible to help federal agencies to recover from Trump’s corruption and neglect. If I were to predict, then I'd say John Kerry would be picked for Biden's veep or, failing that, secretary of state, at the very least.

I could see him doing the job...again. The State Dept. is one neglected and hurting agency thanks to Trump. Kerry would definitely bring some much needed stability to the place.

I think Kamala Harris would be a great AG. It is going to take a strong person to help fix the damage done since Trump took office, and I think she could handle it.

Warren could finally run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...or she could be the Sec.of Treasury, or any other position she might want. Warren has some very good ideas that benefit people over corporations, so I want her where she can do the most good. Wall Street and Big Banks are terrified of her, as they should be!

WA State Gov. Jay Inslee , my governor, should run the EPA. He is someone who takes climate change very seriously.

Compared to the Clown Car of Fools that have made up Trump’s Administration (Hey Jared!) the Democrat’s are going to need to bring in the best people possible to help federal agencies to recover from Trump’s corruption and neglect.

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-155000 Kick Fri, 06 Mar 2020 04:01:50 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-155000 Catherine Cortez Masto Catherine Cortez Masto

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-154999 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 06 Mar 2020 03:27:55 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-154999 If I were to predict, then I'd say John Kerry would be picked for Biden's veep or, failing that, secretary of state, at the very least. Questions, comments, insults? If I were to predict, then I'd say John Kerry would be picked for Biden's veep or, failing that, secretary of state, at the very least.

Questions, comments, insults?

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-154998 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 06 Mar 2020 03:23:39 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-154998 He's having some difficulty with names, it seems. :) I don't think I've heard mention in this space - blog or comments - a name that will end up being Biden's pick. He's having some difficulty with names, it seems. :)

I don't think I've heard mention in this space - blog or comments - a name that will end up being Biden's pick.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-154996 nypoet22 Fri, 06 Mar 2020 03:03:40 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-154996 @mv, i think he meant stacey abrams @mv,
i think he meant stacey abrams

]]> By: MyVoice http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-154994 MyVoice Fri, 06 Mar 2020 02:42:57 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-154994 Really just testing whether I can post, but thought I'd point out that you have Stacey Brown listed as a viable VP candidate choice for Sanders. Really just testing whether I can post, but thought I'd point out that you have Stacey Brown listed as a viable VP candidate choice for Sanders.

]]> By: andygaus http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-154993 andygaus Fri, 06 Mar 2020 02:23:29 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-154993 The last winner/loser ticket I remember was John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, and that only happened (according to plausible testimony from Kennedy's secretary Evelyn Lincoln) because Johnson was in a position to blackmail Kennedy about his extramarital affairs, which at that point in history could still be considered shocking. The last winner/loser ticket I remember was John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, and that only happened (according to plausible testimony from Kennedy's secretary Evelyn Lincoln) because Johnson was in a position to blackmail Kennedy about his extramarital affairs, which at that point in history could still be considered shocking.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/05/ridiculously-premature-veepstakes-speculation/#comment-154992 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 06 Mar 2020 02:09:38 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18195#comment-154992 Remember the qualifications that Biden himself has put forth when speculating on a veep pick for him. Remember the qualifications that Biden himself has put forth when speculating on a veep pick for him.

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