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Hats off to Joe the Revelator, Bernie supporter, who's been trying to tell us (Original Post) pnwmom Jul 2016 OP
Fired up ready to go. JaneyVee Jul 2016 #1
I agree very valuable to have people with 1st hand knowledge! Her Sister Jul 2016 #2
Sorry but truth is most progressives I know are not "fired up", just complacent bjobotts Jul 2016 #20
You lost me at "corporatist" LOL! ...but Okay! Her Sister Jul 2016 #25
YES!! nt glennward Jul 2016 #3
One of the best things about Kaine is that he too was a Bernie supporter and voted for him. bjobotts Jul 2016 #24
K&R betsuni Jul 2016 #4
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #5
K&R awoke_in_2003 Jul 2016 #6
I'm with you!! Sophiegirl Jul 2016 #15
I love Warren awoke_in_2003 Jul 2016 #16
Since you were a Bernie supporter then you care more for the issues to get implmented bjobotts Jul 2016 #21
If Trump ends up in the WH awoke_in_2003 Jul 2016 #23
Just watched it. Thanks, Joe. DinahMoeHum Jul 2016 #7
Than you, Joe for your insightful comments. UtahLib Jul 2016 #8
And Underpants too! He had a thread about first-hand work with Senator Kaine. auntpurl Jul 2016 #9
The underpants! lol montana_hazeleyes Jul 2016 #17
K & R SunSeeker Jul 2016 #10
If this afternoon was any indication, this is going to be a rousing, exciting campaign.... George II Jul 2016 #11
A Home Run titanicdave Jul 2016 #12
I'm really glad you guys are finding him to be awesome :) nt Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #13
I had little knowlege of him Stuckinthebush Jul 2016 #14
Yes, we are. Thanks again, Joe! pnwmom Jul 2016 #26
I didn't know much about Kaine until now, but that's a good thing because ... CaptainTruth Jul 2016 #18
I don't know yet Craig234 Jul 2016 #19
I wasn't thrilled, but the more I read about him, the better I am liking him. Squinch Jul 2016 #27
Hearing that from multiple people and that's good. Craig234 Jul 2016 #28
K&R! DemonGoddess Jul 2016 #22
 

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
2. I agree very valuable to have people with 1st hand knowledge!
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 03:58 PM
Jul 2016

So great what we're hearing from people that know Kaine!!

 

bjobotts

(9,141 posts)
20. Sorry but truth is most progressives I know are not "fired up", just complacent
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 06:34 PM
Jul 2016

Hard for me to get enthused over DLC corporatist conserva dems. But anything is better than Trump/Pence. It's a done deal now and I accept it cause I have no other choice in the matter. Hoping that things don't get worse is not the same as knowing they are going to get much better than they are now. I will just make the best out of the situation handed to me without regard for my input.

 

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
25. You lost me at "corporatist" LOL! ...but Okay!
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 07:03 PM
Jul 2016
bjobotts
20. Sorry but truth is most progressives I know are not "fired up", just complacent

Hard for me to get enthused over DLC corporatist conserva dems. But anything is better than Trump/Pence. It's a done deal now and I accept it cause I have no other choice in the matter. Hoping that things don't get worse is not the same as knowing they are going to get much better than they are now. I will just make the best out of the situation handed to me without regard for my input.
 

bjobotts

(9,141 posts)
24. One of the best things about Kaine is that he too was a Bernie supporter and voted for him.
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 06:45 PM
Jul 2016

His critical thinking skills must be great. Maybe he got all kinds of insight from Bernie's rhetoric too.

Response to pnwmom (Original post)

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
6. K&R
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 05:27 PM
Jul 2016

now let's do this thing. I want to see Trump crushed. I want my sister's right to get married upheld. Challenges to the gutting of VRA will occur, and I don't want Trump appointed justices on the bench when they do. And, slowly, we are fighting back on reproductive rights.

on edit: for the record, I was a Sanders supporter, too.

Sophiegirl

(2,338 posts)
15. I'm with you!!
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 06:14 PM
Jul 2016

I don't have a sister wanting the right to get married, but I am a full-throttle Sandars support and I will drag my primary-tired behind out to vote Hillary/Kaine in November.

A a Virginia resident, I know all about Kaine. Great choice. Keep Warren where she can do the most good for "We the People!"

I want to see Trump defeated by historic margins. Bury the GOP!!

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
16. I love Warren
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 06:19 PM
Jul 2016

it would have been a great choice, but her state has a republican governor, and the Senate can't afford to have him name her replacement. That is how we got Scott Brown.

 

bjobotts

(9,141 posts)
21. Since you were a Bernie supporter then you care more for the issues to get implmented
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 06:39 PM
Jul 2016

than personalities to shine. Regardless, I stand for what Bernie stands for and want to see those policies in play after Clinton wins.

DinahMoeHum

(21,794 posts)
7. Just watched it. Thanks, Joe.
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 05:45 PM
Jul 2016

What some call "boring", others call COMPETENT

Looking forward to watching the Democratic convention.

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
9. And Underpants too! He had a thread about first-hand work with Senator Kaine.
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 05:51 PM
Jul 2016

Although I will never forgive him for getting rid of the underpants in his sig line.

George II

(67,782 posts)
11. If this afternoon was any indication, this is going to be a rousing, exciting campaign....
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 05:56 PM
Jul 2016

...So now will media stop droning on about lack of "enthusiasm"?

CaptainTruth

(6,594 posts)
18. I didn't know much about Kaine until now, but that's a good thing because ...
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 06:27 PM
Jul 2016

... it means he hasn't been involved in any scandals.

If he had been, the press would have been all over him & he would be a household name.

"Politician Does His Job" isn't a headline I see in the MSM.

Go #ClintonKaine!!!

 

Craig234

(335 posts)
19. I don't know yet
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 06:30 PM
Jul 2016

I'm not that familiar with him. I hope people are right who say he's great. I note that others have serious concerns.

It should be no surprise there are different opinions about him just as there are about the primary candidates.

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