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LynneSin

(95,337 posts) Mon Sep 10, 2012, 11:58 AM Sep 2012

I never thought I would ever say this but there are worse choices for VP than Palin

who would have thunk that!

I thought nothing could be worse than having Caribou Barbie as your VP choice but then again I hadn't met the Paul Lyin' Ryan yet.

Who do you think was the worst VP choice?

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I never thought I would ever say this but there are worse choices for VP than Palin (Original Post) LynneSin Sep 2012 OP

It makes you wonder how much further avebury Sep 2012 #1

Sarah Palin was scary for being stupid. Paul Ryan is scary Jennicut Sep 2012 #2

Way back in 1988, when they dredged up Dan Quayle Chorophyll Sep 2012 #3

worse for who? For the ticket or for the country if elected? corkhead Sep 2012 #4

She was a 'game changer' for about 10 minutes... LynneSin Sep 2012 #5

Ryans worse..... Flashmann Sep 2012 #6

I don't know which one would be worse! Quantess Sep 2012 #7

Ask yourself this - which do you think is worse? A Dumbass or a Liar LynneSin Sep 2012 #8

Never Underestimate The Party Of Hate... KharmaTrain Sep 2012 #9

Edwards, Lieberman, ADM Stockdale, Quayle, Agnew, Eagleton, and the WORST of ALL... JaneQPublic Sep 2012 #10

Edwards was never a bad choice for VP LynneSin Sep 2012 #11

I take a different view. JaneQPublic Sep 2012 #13

Exactly LynneSin Sep 2012 #17

They are both just as bad rox63 Sep 2012 #12

since quayle WAS VP, i'd say we already had the worst. pansypoo53219 Sep 2012 #14

Both are grifters, toxic, and vain. lunatica Sep 2012 #15

I said Ryan but bringing back Cheney for another shot at VP would have rivaled this. pampango Sep 2012 #16

I think VP is term-limited and in this case thank goodness LynneSin Sep 2012 #18

avebury

(10,952 posts)

1. It makes you wonder how much further

Reply to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 12:00 PM

Sep 2012

down the ladder they will go for 2016.

Jennicut

(25,415 posts)

2. Sarah Palin was scary for being stupid. Paul Ryan is scary

Reply to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 12:01 PM

Sep 2012

for being crazy. His views are all wrong and all he says are lies but the man is not an idiot. Which is far scarier.

Chorophyll

(5,179 posts)

3. Way back in 1988, when they dredged up Dan Quayle

Reply to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 12:03 PM

Sep 2012

to make Poppy Bush look prettier, or something, I thought they could not have found anyone more ignorant or inarticulate.

Well, smack my butt and call me a potato(e), because I was wrong. Very, very wrong.

corkhead

(6,119 posts)

4. worse for who? For the ticket or for the country if elected?

Reply to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 12:09 PM

Sep 2012

It could be argued that Palin was good for the McCain ticket; she was a "game changer", at least temporarily. In office however, I am not sure which is worse, the stupid & evil of Palin or Ryan, or just plain evil of someone like Cheney .

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)

5. She was a 'game changer' for about 10 minutes...

Reply to corkhead (Reply #4)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 12:19 PM

Sep 2012

until the country realized just how dumb she was.

Flashmann

(2,140 posts)

6. Ryans worse.....

Reply to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 12:20 PM

Sep 2012

Horrible and horribler....

Quantess

(27,630 posts)

7. I don't know which one would be worse!

Reply to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 12:22 PM

Sep 2012

I can't decide.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)

8. Ask yourself this - which do you think is worse? A Dumbass or a Liar

Reply to Quantess (Reply #7)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 12:25 PM

Sep 2012

KharmaTrain

(31,706 posts)

9. Never Underestimate The Party Of Hate...

Reply to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 12:36 PM

Sep 2012

They could have named Allen West or Sharron Angel or Steve King...there's a lot of crazy inside that corrupt and inept party and it keeps getting crazier. And it will until being a teabagger is a liability to winning primaries (and I don't see that happening anytime soon).

Pinocchio Munster was forced on Bishop Willard...despite the smiles, bringing on Lyin' Ryan means bringing along all his "budget"...but he got a nice "donation" from Sheldon Adelson. Willard showed that he wasn't in control of his own ship and now we've learned that Pinocchio is a hypocritical liar to a fault.

The jury's out on how bad a choice he is...we still have 7 weeks of gaffes, stumbles and lies up ahead...

JaneQPublic

(7,113 posts)

10. Edwards, Lieberman, ADM Stockdale, Quayle, Agnew, Eagleton, and the WORST of ALL...

Reply to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 12:50 PM

Sep 2012

Dead-Eye Dick Cheney!!!

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)

11. Edwards was never a bad choice for VP

Reply to JaneQPublic (Reply #10)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 12:53 PM

Sep 2012

It's just now that we know about his dirty lil secret we would be aghast at anyone who picks him for VP. But at the time he had me excited!

JaneQPublic

(7,113 posts)

13. I take a different view.

Reply to LynneSin (Reply #11)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 01:24 PM

Sep 2012

He's a phony now, and he was a phony then; the only difference is we didn't know the real John Edwards yet back in 2004.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)

17. Exactly

Reply to JaneQPublic (Reply #13)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 02:10 PM

Sep 2012

But at the time he was a good choice for VP. Unlike the other choices the GOP has made which we knew was a disaster from the very start.

rox63

(9,464 posts)

12. They are both just as bad

Reply to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 01:18 PM

Sep 2012

But for different reasons. Palin was too stupid to be able to pull off the massive campaign of lies that Romney/Ryan are trying.

pansypoo53219

(20,969 posts)

14. since quayle WAS VP, i'd say we already had the worst.

Reply to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 01:26 PM

Sep 2012

but ryan is stupid AND bad.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

15. Both are grifters, toxic, and vain.

Reply to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 01:27 PM

Sep 2012

pampango

(24,692 posts)

16. I said Ryan but bringing back Cheney for another shot at VP would have rivaled this.

Reply to LynneSin (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 01:37 PM

Sep 2012

Especially with the reality of another easily-led type of GOP presidential candidate.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)

18. I think VP is term-limited and in this case thank goodness

Reply to pampango (Reply #16)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 02:21 PM

Sep 2012

I figured if Cheney wanted to run the Romney White House like he did Bush's, he'd pick one of his cronies for VP like Rumseld or Wolfowitz and then he's serve something like Secretary of State.

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