The Kaine Mutiny?

[whell]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Kaine is rock solid.

Looks like one of the main, possibly the main, reason he was selected is that he was a rock solid white guy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/23/us...dent.html?_r=0

Instead, the campaign, which had become concerned about its deficit with white men, focused on Mr. Kaine and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and looked more closely at Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado.

Asked whether Mr. Kaine was boring, Mrs. Clinton said, “I love that about him.”

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

Looks like one of the main, possibly the main, reason he was selected is that he was a rock solid white guy.

I'm OK with that. After the GOP convention, it's nice to see a white American politician who isn't a racist, xenophobe or misogynist (and proud of it).

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by merrylander

John the quote about banking reforms in Mike's OP was bulllshit. Kaine wants the regulations, such as some daily reporting, relaxed for SMALL banks, not Goldman Sachs et al. It was not small banks that tanked the economy and I agree with Kaine on that. I closed our account with Bank America after Florence died and I had to take over all the finances. Our account is now with a local bank,Sandy Spring and I could not get better treatment at significantly lower fees, significantly.

I amazed that you would take anything Mike posts at face value.

I rarely read whell's links any more. Did you read my links?

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by finnbow

I'm OK with that. After the GOP convention, it's nice to see a white American politician who isn't a racist, xenophobe or misogynist (and proud of it).

Pretty fucking low bar.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Pretty fucking low bar.

If it weren't for a very low bar, the GOP would have no bar at all.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Boreas

If you like corporatists who come down on the left-hand side of the big social wedge issues.

I'm telling you, Bob, Hillary just cost herself the millennial vote and probably those of the Left too.

Pfffft. Hillary already has 85% of the Bernie vote and she'll probably get another 10% after the Democratic convention leaving 5% of the diehards who were always going to vote for Stein.

If Jill Stein and her merry band of beautiful losers gets over 2%, I'll be surprised.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Pfffft. Hillary already has 85% of the Bernie vote and she'll probably get another 10% after the Democratic convention leaving 5% of the diehards who were always going to vote for Stein.

If Jill Stein and her merry band of beautiful losers gets over 2%, I'll be surprised.

Your numbers are old. They don't reflect her selection of Kaine. Wait and see.

Forget Stein. Hers is a vanity candidacy. Gary Anderson, on the other hand, looks to be in line for the Koch donor Group's $889 million. That could change everything.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Your numbers are old. They don't reflect her selection of Kaine. Wait and see.

I agree that we need to wait and see. But I predict the result will be far greater unity for the Dems than for the Trumpinistas. A few more fascist rants from Trump should seal the deal.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Your numbers are old. They don't reflect her selection of Kaine. Wait and see.

Forget Stein. Hers is a vanity candidacy. Gary Anderson, on the other hand, looks to be in line for the Koch donor Group's $889 million. That could change everything.

So, Johnson will suck disaffected Republican voters away from Trump. Sounds good to me.

FWIW, I don't see the Berners going to the Libertarians other than a inconsequential number of Bernie Bros.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by bobabode

So, Johnson will suck disaffected Republican voters away from Trump. Sounds good to me.

FWIW, I don't see the Berners going to the Libertarians other than a inconsequential number of Bernie Bros.

A lot of millennials will on a lot of social issues.