Joe Biden says he would consider a Republican V.P.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

Link to tweet

?

[The Valley Below]

1. There is already a thread on the subject.

[SMC22307]

14. So? (n/t)

[The Valley Below]

15. Seems redundant.

[bahrbearian]

45. Link?

[The Valley Below]

46. Here:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=399471

[vrguy]

2. Eish...

...

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

28. EISH IS RIGHT... WHAT WAS JOE THINKIN?!?!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[SouthernIrish]

48. The outrage is laughable

Anything to slam the front runner. Over and over again.

[Sloumeau]

49. I find the outrage to be a bit overwrought, a bit overdone, and a bit of an overreaction. :)

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

52. I doubt youve ever commented about an overerought, overdone, overaction to something Bernie said...

but, obviously, I could be wrong about that. Please feel free to link to an example... I'm curious to see it and would be happy to credit you for doing that.


Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[Sloumeau]

57. I have no idea if I have or not.

However, when I saw a post that contained a tweet that referred to Senator Bernie Sanders as "Bolshevik Bernie" and to Senator Elizabeth Warren as "Lyin Liz" I requested that the replace the insulting words, and he took the entire post down.

To me, it seems that sometimes people parse every word that these candidates say as if they must be perfect at all times. Trump has lied or said a misleading statement over 15,000 times in office, and his mouth is a sewer of insults and bigotry. I think we need to keep things in perspective.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

62. Okay, that's fair Sloumeau... I appreciate your thoughtful comments.

Good luck to your candidate... and may the voters pick the best candidate to represent us in the general election and clobber the Asshole-in-Chief!!

Whoever that may be, I know you will join me in uniting to ensure that happens.

Happy New Year to you and your family.


Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[Sloumeau]

64. Thank you very much. I know if Bernie wins, he'll be 1000 times better than Trump.

I'll be voting blue, no matter who.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

65. YOU KNOW IT!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[Gothmog]

3. For this thread

Link to tweet

[Cha]

31. Well said from Jeff Fecke, Goth.. but as you can see

they can't settle down.

Link to tweet

Thank you!

[Docreed2003]

36. This

[whistler162]

73. I am sorry that kind of answer is not allowed

This is a attack Biden thread not a show how smart Biden is thread.

[Gothmog]

74. I am glad that I have a sense of humor

[guillaumeb]

4. I agree with Biden.

I cannot think of one either.

[msongs]

7. odd responses from ppl who are promoting other non-democrat these days lol nt

[David__77]

9. While I have no problem with Biden's response...

I don’t think openness to an independent necessarily entails openness to a Republican.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

11. Especially an independent who has caucused with dems for 25 years and is part of Dem Leadership

Bernie is a member of the Senate Democratic Leadership


Best with sound on:

Link to tweet

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

78. Thank you for reminding people of this.

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[Autumn]

20. Big difference between an Independent who caucuses and votes with Democrats and a fucking

piece of shit Republican. And there is no Republican that isn't a piece of shit.

[Voltaire2]

59. Odd response from people who repeatedly

state that Sanders independent senate seat that caucuses with the Democrats ought to disqualify him from running as a Democrat presidential candidate.

[crazytown]

8. Meghan McCain

(I said, that's a joke son)

[progressoid]

87. Ha! Susan Collins?

[George II]

10. It's so entertaining watching people obsessing over a single word and going "OMG!!!"

[Lordquinton]

23. Entertaining how far people will bend over backwards

to defend the indefensible.

[Cha]

32. Jeff Fecke via Gothmog..

Link to tweet

[yaesu]

12. Running a reuke VP didn't help Al Gore, and yes, traitor Lieberman was a true repuke. nt

[Sherman A1]

13. No Thanks

[demmiblue]

16. Video (I thought it was only going to be an off-the-cuff funny retort):

Link to tweet

[Hassin Bin Sober]

19. Yep. He went on for a minute saying how there are great republicans out there.

[jalan48]

17. Wow-Joe's taking the reaching across the aisle to find consensus thing to a whole new level.

[George II]

27. No he isn't. Please read what he said again, c a r e f u l l y .

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

80. Yeah, and it's not a good look at all!! We should be talkin' about clobbering RethugliKKKons!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[jalan48]

90. Maybe it's all part of his saving the soul of the nation strategy.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

91. Could be... the soul of the nation certainly needs saving!!

And certainly Bernie, not Joe, is the one to do it!! Bernie represents the bold progressive change the working class so desperately needs and has been looking for!!


Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[Joe941]

18. This is disqualifying

[Hassin Bin Sober]

21. In extremis

[George II]

26. .

[Sloumeau]

30. hattip :)

[Cha]

33. lomg

[Hassin Bin Sober]

95. I love that pic.

[jalan48]

22. We can definitely do better.

[George II]

25. .

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

54. Disqualifying Joe? Not sure that alone does, but when you combine it wit other odd statements by Joe

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then it does make one wonder if Joe has the horsepower to go against the PEE-resident and his band of deplorable henchmen, none of whom should EVER be considered for VP on the Democratic ticket... only Democrats need apply.

Not that it matters since Joe will not be the nominee... and no way Bernie would even consider a deplorable Rethug for his VP pick. It'll be Elizabeth!!


Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
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[Joe941]

69. Well said my friend.

[mcar]

24. ...

Link to tweet

?s=19


Palmer Report
✔
@PalmerReport
Joe Biden did NOT say he’s considering a Republican running mate. He said he’d consider a Republican, but he can’t think of any. He was diplomatically dispatching with a question that was designed to trip him up. He answered fine, but the media is now lying about what he said.

[vsrazdem]

29. Republicans are out in force smearing his son and he's trying to play nice. WTF?

[George II]

35. Where is he trying to play nice? He was being polite at a DEMOCRATIC Town Hall. Everyone knows....

....that he would never choose a republican as his VP, and everyone knows that a republican would never be nominated at our Convention.

But that misleading subject line gives all the Biden detractors an "OMG, he's off his rocker!" moment.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

63. YUP, I DON'T GET IT... WE NEED A FIGHTER, WE NEED BERNIE!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[Sloumeau]

34. It might help to actually read how he was just being polite to a woman to whom he was speaking.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/30/politics/joe-biden-running-mate-republican/index.html

Exeter, New Hampshire (CNN)Joe Biden told voters in New Hampshire on Monday that he would consider choosing a Republican as a running mate, but added, "I can't think of one right now."

Biden discussed the possibility after a woman told the former vice president that if he is the nominee, he will "have to pull out all the stops."

"Our 21-year-old son said the other night, 'I wonder if Joe Biden would consider choosing a Republican as a running mate," the woman added.

"The answer is I would, but I can't think of one now," Biden replied. "Let me explain that. You know there's some really decent Republicans that are out there still, but here's the problem right now ... they've got to step up."

Presidents are supposed to be diplomatic. I know that this may be easy to forget because of the current occupant of the Oval Office.

[oldsoftie]

39. Context is a bitch when it doesnt further the narrative!!

Thank you

[George II]

66. Bloomberg was a Democrat a lot longer than Warren.

[blm]

77. He switched to Republican in Bush's first term, didn't he?

[George II]

79. I think he did it in 2001, then switched back in 2016 or so. Prior to that he was a Democrat....

....from the time he could vote.

New York had some strange politics in the 1990s/2000s and even earlier.

[oldsoftie]

38. "he couldn't think of anyone at the moment." So, no.

[JoeOtterbein]

40. Another rookie mistake by Joe.

Very worrisome for our front-runner in the polls.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

85. It does make one wonder.

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[Bradical79]

41. I'd vote for a Republican in a heart beat...

...if they had the platform of Warren or Sanders lol. I'm not worrying about an imposibility though. I'd say there's about a 0% chance he'd actually pick a Republican.

[PDittie]

42. B-B-B-But

"bErNiE's NoDdA DeMoCrAt"

[progressoid]

43. Indeed.

Imagine if Bernie had said it. This place would go ape-shit.

[ChubbyStar]

51. You read my mind

Straight down to the ape-shit!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

81. LMFAO!!

[progressoid]

44. I hear Joe Lieberman is available.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

84. Please tell me Joe & Joe are not friends... do you think this is a real possibility?!

I would be sickened by that choice for VP!!


Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[Aaron Pereira]

47. I hope he decides to walk that one back.

Biden wouldn't do it but just the idea of him running with a Republican seems de-motivational in the extreme.

[Kahuna7]

68. Why should he? nt

[Aaron Pereira]

89. He walked back his statement on testifying before the impeachment trial.

He can walk this one back too if he wants to avoid being hammered on this going into the primary.

I like Joe and want him to do well but I'd like him to eliminate the possibility of having a Republican VP. It matters during primary time when Dem voters are looking are looking for a second choice if their own candidate falls.

[Kahuna7]

93. This is totally different from the testifying issue. I hate..

republican politicians more anybody. I've been telling people how evil they are since Bill Clinton. I do not believe Joe Biden would seriously entertain a republican v.p. It may matter to you in your primary choice. That doesn't mean it matters to most people. Most people aren't DU or twitter. With an open primary in NH approaching, I don't think this was a bad move. There will be other open primaries too. Joe is looking at the long game.

This isn't a normal election. Trump is already coordinating with russians, practically in plain sight. We will need a massive vote to thwart any election day shenanigans. And that includes republicans and independents.

[nolabear]

50. How many times is this going to be flogged?

Jesus, people.

[progressoid]

86. Flogged? It's less than 9 hours old.

If this still coming up in a few months then I think we can call it flogging.

[Kahuna7]

53. I wonder what Bernie would say if asked the same question...

Actually I don't wonder.

[TexasTowelie]

58. Yes, based upon who Bernie has chosen to work in his campaign,

I have serious doubts about anyone he might choose for VP. Is Killer Mike still around?

[BluesRunTheGame]

55. I think he'll choose Mitt Romney.

The corporate media would love it. Trump would have a major meltdown. It’d be a big fuck-you to the left. Hippie Punching on a grand scale.

The corporate media would love it.

And the Patriotic Millionaires would love it.

Many of DU’s Biden supporters would post thread after thread demanding loyalty.

I can hear old Joe saying it now:

“Mitt Romney is a decent guy.”

“Republicans love America just as much as we do”

“We need Republicans to balance things out.”

[Kahuna7]

56. Mitt isn't female so that is utter nonsense. nt

[BluesRunTheGame]

60. Has he "promised" a female VP?

[Kahuna7]

67. Yes, he has....

https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-wants-a-female-vp-but-wont-use-their-names

Former Vice President and current Democratic 2020 frontrunner Joe Biden wants to pick a woman as his vice president. In an odd move, however, he refused to use their names.

During a campaign stop in Iowa on Friday, a voter asked Biden who he would pick as his vice presidential candidate. Biden said he had at least four women in mind for the position, The New York Post reported, but then failed to name any of them.

[BluesRunTheGame]

70. "Wants to" isn't a promise.

[Kahuna7]

72. Whatever. We know which woman it won't be. nt

[ChubbyStar]

75. You?

Thanks for letting us know.

[Kahuna7]

94. Oh, I'm sure you believe you're very clever...

I'm not impressed.

[Voltaire2]

61. That is plausible. NT.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

83. Could you really see Joe picking Mitt Romney?!?! THAT WOULD BE A DISASTER!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[TomSlick]

71. I don't like it but

if selecting a moderate Republican would help betting Trump, I'm all in.

However, at this point, finding a moderate Republican would be harder than finding a unicorn.

[dalton99a]

76. Did any Republican presidential candidate ever consider a Democrat as a running mate?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

82. Of course not, they know their base would rebel. Joe needs to retract his statement ASAP.

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[gulliver]

88. Perfect answer. Doesn't offend/anger moderate Republicans. Makes no promises.

[Firebrand Gary]

92. It's good politics! Joe is taking this seriously, as he should... They all should...

EVERY. VOTE. MATTERS.