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Bicoastal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 02:05 PM
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Who would the most advantagous Republican Veep for US be?
Edited on Tue Aug-19-08 02:05 PM by Bicoastal
I'm thinkin' Joe Lieberman. I can't think of many Democrats who can stomach the thought of him oozing his way into the White House, lips firmly attached to McCain's keister.

A few very vocal Dems don't like Obama, but they hate Holy Joe even more.
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DrDan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 02:09 PM
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1. there are soooooo many that would kill the ticket
trent lott
larry craig
david vitter
tom feeney
ted stevens
newt
another bush

and on and on and on
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Seen the light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 02:12 PM
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2. Ridge, Lieberman, Giuliani, any pro-choice one
I know some on DU fear Ridge for some odd reason, but a pro-choice veep for the GOP ends their chances. Their main base are the fundies. They already don't like McCain and I would venture to say that 90% of them wouldn't vote for a McCain/Ridge, McCain/Lieberman, McCain/Giuliani ticket.
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flamingdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 02:13 PM
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3. Jewish vote? nt
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 02:13 PM
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4. Mitt Romney.
McCain could kiss the entire evangelical base goodbye. They'll stay home, vote third party or for Obama. Obama will win at least two Southern states.
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Alter Ego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 02:16 PM
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7. I don't know.
Maybe, but we know that the evangelicals are more at ease falling in line and voting than our entire party is--it's creepy and it makes them easily manipulated, though. I don't know if Romney would scare them away in the numbers that we think--not like a guy like Giuliani or even Ridge might do.
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 02:19 PM
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9. People tour evangelical churches
telling them that Mormons are a satanic cult. Most people don't get just how much Mormons are demonized by conservative protestant churches. Ridge and Giuliani would have an easier time getting evangelical votes. They may disagree on some issue but they aren't "the enemy" in the way that Romney is to them.
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Alter Ego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 02:22 PM
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10. I didn't know that.
Also, I can't imagine it would be easy for McCain--he has a "Clinton" problem with Romney in the sense that during the primaries they weren't exactly friends. It would be very easy for Obama to play clips of McCain and Mittens sniping at each other during the debates and go "If McCain can't even cooperate with his vice president, how in hell will he govern the nation?"
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Cosmocat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 03:05 PM
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12. Politics over religion ... EVERY time ...
The moment Romney is on the ticket, the freaks will drop all the mormonizing in a heartbeat ...

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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 03:12 PM
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15. That's true for the leaders.
I don't know about the true-believers.
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goodgd_yall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 02:14 PM
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5. I'm with you---Lieberman
two doddering men would really wow 'em.
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Arnold Judas Rimmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 02:15 PM
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6. Pawlenty would be so weak, I'm surprised he's even considered.
Ads against him would only need one picture.
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truebrit71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 02:16 PM
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8. LIEberman or Mittens...
LIEberman would motivate the Dems even more, and Mittens is HATED by the hard-core right...

If Five PLane McCain picks someone like Tom Ridge, it might be a little more palatable to their rabid base...(even though when he left as head of Fatherland Security it was because he wasn't getting paid enough...not sure that VP pays that much more...)

'course Crash McPlane could go nutsoid and pick Kay Bailey Hutchinson or that Alaskan Wolf-killer Palin in a cynical attempt to peel off some female votes, but I doubt it...
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Lucky 13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 03:02 PM
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11. Re-animated Ronald Reagan
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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 03:05 PM
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13. Huckabee. Hurts McCain with moderate fiscal conservatives and indies.
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FredScuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 03:06 PM
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14. There is only one...
A boy can dream, can't he?





McCain/Sith Lord Cheney '08

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Naturyl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 03:13 PM
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16. Huckleberry Hound
With his over-the-top fundie craziness and his psycho dog-torturing son, Huckabee would be a big boat anchor. But hey Freeper lurkers, what do I know? I'm a deranged DUmmie. If any of you have an inside line, push the Huckster hard.
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Bombtrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 03:29 PM
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Romney, Romney, Romney
People who didn't watch his gubinatorial race in 2002 have no idea just how big a guber he is.

He lost his first debate miserably and his hack opponent Shannon O'Brien ended up defeating herself in the second.
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Bombtrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 03:29 PM
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17. Romney, Romney, Romney
People who didn't watch his gubinatorial race in 2002 have no idea just how big a guber he is.

He lost his first debate miserably and his hack opponent Shannon O'Brien ended up defeating herself in the second.
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