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MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 02:00 PM Jul 2016

Tim Kaine is Boring? Sez Who?

Maybe it's just wishful thinking. I've been watching him speak in Florida. He's doing a terrific job, and his Spanish is good, too. He's not a native speaker, but speaks pretty well for an Anglo.

He's a good speaker, and will be a real asset to the campaign. Not boring at all.

Clinton/Kaine 2016!

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Tim Kaine is Boring? Sez Who? (Original Post) MineralMan Jul 2016 OP
Not anyone Uponthegears Jul 2016 #1
Well, I hope he has plenty of chances to speak. MineralMan Jul 2016 #3
^^^ THIS Uponthegears Jul 2016 #5
Speaking live now at the Miami Rally on MSM misterhighwasted Jul 2016 #2
He's killing it right now. Not boring at all. He's great. DanTex Jul 2016 #4
So Happy to see him there speaking for Hillary & America. misterhighwasted Jul 2016 #12
SO DAMN GOOD TO SEE HILLARY NOT GOING IT ALONE ANYMORE!! NBachers Jul 2016 #26
Kaine is on fire in Miami right now. Holy cow! SunSeeker Jul 2016 #6
Kicking ass and taking names! i En inglés y en español ! MADem Jul 2016 #7
Yes. Not a blusterer. A friendly, trustworthy voice. MineralMan Jul 2016 #9
He is doing well. iandhr Jul 2016 #8
One VP at a time, I'm afraid. MineralMan Jul 2016 #10
Wo! So exciting!! nt LAS14 Jul 2016 #11
Another false narritive from the Pundit crowd Wellstone ruled Jul 2016 #13
Also from some others, who simply do not want a Hillary Clinton MineralMan Jul 2016 #16
Never realized how many Wellstone ruled Jul 2016 #24
Wellstone ruled. misterhighwasted Jul 2016 #29
Very proud to have known him Wellstone ruled Jul 2016 #33
Another Minnesota born..like Kaine, MN gave us Wellstone, Franken, Humphrey, Mondale..and misterhighwasted Jul 2016 #37
Paul wanted to be a Dairy Farmer when he retired. Wellstone ruled Jul 2016 #38
Interesting..thanks misterhighwasted Jul 2016 #40
He did a good job. Lifelong Protester Jul 2016 #14
Right? mcar Jul 2016 #15
K&R! DemonGoddess Jul 2016 #17
Totally positive message... Brother Buzz Jul 2016 #18
Sez that liar Donald Trump C_U_L8R Jul 2016 #19
I thought there'd never be another speaker after Obama who I didn't tire of. I was wrong. ancianita Jul 2016 #20
I agree completely. MineralMan Jul 2016 #21
I can't wait for the debates, period. I hope Hillary's not reactive and blows his head up. ancianita Jul 2016 #34
I'm thinking that the "boring" meme is a reflexive expression of personal disappointment ... NurseJackie Jul 2016 #22
That, along with unfamiliarity with the actual person. MineralMan Jul 2016 #23
They were definitely whipped today... tallahasseedem Jul 2016 #36
Positive energy! The world is not ending! The country is moving ahead! Hekate Jul 2016 #25
Any narrative of Kaine being boring,comes from those who asiliveandbreathe Jul 2016 #27
I'd have a gluten-free beer with him and his wife any day! pnwmom Jul 2016 #28
This was a Tim Kaine I'd never seen before. ohheckyeah Jul 2016 #30
I did not watch the GOP convention. TNNurse Jul 2016 #31
Honestly, my eyes simply scanned "Kaine is Boring Sex. Who?" ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2016 #32
"boring" NobodyHere Jul 2016 #35
Sez Tim Kaine aikoaiko Jul 2016 #39
Smart, caring, intelligent and best of all, not insane! csziggy Jul 2016 #41
I was simply answering MM's question. I don't care either way. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #42
It didn't used to Jamaal510 Jul 2016 #43
Can't overstate significance of Dem VP nominee spending next few weeks giving interviews to Hispanic Cha Jul 2016 #44

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
2. Speaking live now at the Miami Rally on MSM
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 02:03 PM
Jul 2016

Holy cow!!
He is seriously proving why Hillary chose him for our next VP.
Beautiful !!

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
12. So Happy to see him there speaking for Hillary & America.
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 02:10 PM
Jul 2016

SO DAMN GOOD TO SEE HILLARY NOT GOING IT ALONE ANYMORE!!

Love this man.
He is a very gifted speaker & knows what he's talking about.
He is nobody's fool and has seen close up, every ugly manipulating arm twisting dirty maneuver the GOP in DC has used.
Thank you Hillary for choosing Sen Kaine.
We knew you'd come through for us all. You always have.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
7. Kicking ass and taking names! i En inglés y en español !
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 02:05 PM
Jul 2016

His delivery is wonderful.

The man is SUNNY!!!! He fills people with HOPE!

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
16. Also from some others, who simply do not want a Hillary Clinton
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 02:14 PM
Jul 2016

administration. Most who have said that have no idea what they're talking about. Now, we'll all get to meet the real Tim Kaine for ourselves. To heck with the naysayers!

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
24. Never realized how many
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 03:14 PM
Jul 2016

paid posters work the internet until I had a client in the Twin Cities that specialized in this type of garbage.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
29. Wellstone ruled.
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 03:33 PM
Jul 2016

Yes he did rule.
The greatest Democratic Progressive we have had.
He lived the true meaning of Progressive.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
37. Another Minnesota born..like Kaine, MN gave us Wellstone, Franken, Humphrey, Mondale..and
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 07:45 PM
Jul 2016
http://www.minnesotafunfacts.com/famous-minnesotans/politicians-public-officials/
Some familiar names on on this list!

And of course this most admired & loved, man & good friend,
Paul David Wellstone was an American academic and politician who represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 1991- 2002.

How fortunate that you knew him as a close friend. I'm sure his memory is held close..
The greats, like Sen Wellstone should make us work to be better people.



 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
38. Paul wanted to be a Dairy Farmer when he retired.
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 09:02 PM
Jul 2016

His son would tell me stories about Paul trying to learn how to milk cows. Way funny.

Couple of up and comers,R.T.Rybak,John Choi,and Keith Ellison. Got to mention Tim Walsh from Mankato.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
40. Interesting..thanks
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 10:17 PM
Jul 2016

MN certainly has contributed, and still is.
Beautiful State (I grew up next door to the west)
Good sincere hearty people!

Brother Buzz

(36,444 posts)
18. Totally positive message...
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 02:28 PM
Jul 2016

with just a few appropriate jabs here and there. I like! Trump has passed his zenith.

ancianita

(36,095 posts)
20. I thought there'd never be another speaker after Obama who I didn't tire of. I was wrong.
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 02:36 PM
Jul 2016

Tim Kaine can speak as long and as often as he wants to, and I just adore listening to him.

He energy is welcoming, engaging, his loyalty is heartfelt.

He strengthens the level of trust people want to have in Hillary herself by virtue of her choice of Kaine to be the country's VP.

I am feeling so much better after hearing him today. And so will the country next week.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
21. I agree completely.
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 02:38 PM
Jul 2016

He's going to be an incredible asset to the campaign. I can't wait to see him debate Pence.

ancianita

(36,095 posts)
34. I can't wait for the debates, period. I hope Hillary's not reactive and blows his head up.
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 05:55 PM
Jul 2016

Hillary needs to make an exhaustive list of just what Trump has absolutely no clue about on the geopolitical scene.

Then show what he has no clue about on the American scene.

She needs to burst the bubble of unchallenged competence in a man who won't even put his company out into the free market to be publicly traded.

How this hyperpatriarchal attention freak does anything is how he does everything.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
22. I'm thinking that the "boring" meme is a reflexive expression of personal disappointment ...
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 02:53 PM
Jul 2016

... that Hillary's choice wasn't Bernie, or Elizabeth, or Nina. People saying those things probably felt entitled to a consolation prize, or a congeniality award, but they didn't get one. It has nothing to do with reality, nor does it reflect how they honestly feel about him. It's just an expression of sour-grapes and trying to foment discontent, doubts and "buyer's remorse".

They probably would have also said that Rip Taylor or Gallagher was "boring".

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
23. That, along with unfamiliarity with the actual person.
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 02:56 PM
Jul 2016

I didn't know him, either, but didn't automatically form a negative idea about him. Then, when I heard him speak, I immediately thought of the comments about him being boring. Comments made out of ignorance and a bit of spite, I guess.

What's really funny is over at another website that was started recently. There, you'd never know that anyone named Kaine spoke at all today. There must be a disconnect going on, somehow.

tallahasseedem

(6,716 posts)
36. They were definitely whipped today...
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 06:11 PM
Jul 2016

it must have been tough watching our future VP knock it out of the park today!

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
27. Any narrative of Kaine being boring,comes from those who
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 03:29 PM
Jul 2016

have never heard him speak - Kaine is a great example of a humble man - his story is compelling - so very well spoken - and comes across as genuine..not shrill, not hateful, compassionate - caring - thoughtful of others - a great start to what is going to be (as we all know) mud slinging and hateful rhetoric...from the man-child....

and Kaine is so young....58 years young..

Hillary made a wise choice...I'm ALL in....

TNNurse

(6,927 posts)
31. I did not watch the GOP convention.
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 03:52 PM
Jul 2016

I have a very low tolerance for ignorance and bigotry.

I may watch some of the Democratic Convention ( I do not need convincing). I do want to hear Kaine speak again, I watched part of it today. I saw that Jennifer Granholm was going to speak and she is great.

The are things that I think we can expect that were not apparently evident in Cleveland...HONESTY, DIGNITY AND SANITY.

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)
32. Honestly, my eyes simply scanned "Kaine is Boring Sex. Who?"
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 05:08 PM
Jul 2016

As I went through a bunch of screens looking for a particular one about Russia, the baltics, and the impact of Trump's statements on the regional politics there.

Then, I watched some clips of Gov.Sen.VP.Kaine.

I now change my mind. He is a great choice. And I have neither a clue nor an interest in his sex, boring or otherwise. Watch as our Little Fingers Who Screams Through The Night as he holds a pow-wow and attacks him on some shite thrown at the Gov some years back. Trump has to look at Kaine in a Pencive manner and wonder to himself, "Would that fat bastard or that Half-Term moronette from Alaska, or even some Hucksterbee-like bible beater - but one with a personality, have been better than Pence?"

Ahh. I actually feel better now. Much better than I thought I would.

aikoaiko

(34,172 posts)
39. Sez Tim Kaine
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 09:12 PM
Jul 2016

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/26/politics/tim-kaine-tom-perez-hillary-clinton-vp/

Kaine confesses 'I am boring' in response to VP talk

Washington (CNN)Tim Kaine said Sunday he agrees with the most oft-cited criticism of him as a potential vice presidential candidate, saying that it's true, "I am boring."

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
41. Smart, caring, intelligent and best of all, not insane!
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 11:59 PM
Jul 2016

I can handle boring along with all those traits. People used to say that Biden was prone to gaffes - but look at how great he has been as VP.

In the article you linked Kaine said, "But boring is the fastest-growing demographic in this country."

I'm listening to Kaine's speech from today (I missed all but the very end earlier) and the crowd that was there didn't think he was boring.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
43. It didn't used to
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 02:49 AM
Jul 2016

be the job of Vice Presidents to entertain us, but now with HC running, I guess it suddenly is according to the news media.

Cha

(297,322 posts)
44. Can't overstate significance of Dem VP nominee spending next few weeks giving interviews to Hispanic
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 04:33 AM
Jul 2016
Maggie Haberman
✔ ?@maggieNYT
Can't overstate significance of Dem VP nominee spending next few weeks giving interviews to Hispanic media in Spanish
3:09 PM - 22 Jul 2016
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https://theobamadiary.com/2016/07/22/the-presidents-day-109/

"Boring"?

HumanityCritic ?@HumanityCritic
We're going to see how "boring" Tim Kaine is when he barbecues Mike Pence's silly ass in a debate.
3:45 PM - 22 Jul 2016
170 170 Retweets 284 284 likes

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/07/23/tweets-of-the-day-58/
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