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TheProle

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40. Fair point.

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Willie Brown advises Harris to turn down VP offer. [View all] TheProle Aug 2020 OP

Who's Willie and why should I/anybody listen to him? abqtommy Aug 2020 #1

I hope you are jesting? whistler162 Aug 2020 #3

I assume you are joking. TheProle Aug 2020 #4

I'm not ashamed of being ignorant. I'll make sure to never ask you for information. abqtommy Aug 2020 #32

I can't believe that a DU poster would not know who Willie Brown is. totodeinhere Aug 2020 #57

Do you know the names of every speaker or Ilsa Aug 2020 #68

Willie Brown is one of the most influential and consequential African American politicians of the totodeinhere Aug 2020 #72

So you just want every poster who doesn't know Ilsa Aug 2020 #75

I think they used to date and he does make some valid points. n/t monmouth4 Aug 2020 #7

She doesn't listen to him anymore. Early in the campaign he... brush Aug 2020 #28

I agree and would like to see Rice w/Harris as AG, also the other option. They're all great. n/t monmouth4 Aug 2020 #37

He makes some great points. Iggo Aug 2020 #59

My thoughts exactly Mosby Aug 2020 #17

He was an extremely powerful Calif. Democratic leader Bradshaw3 Aug 2020 #18

why would a decades-old past affect her nationally? Ilsa Aug 2020 #76

Why would that complicate anything ? And he needs to go away JI7 Aug 2020 #2

There a number of ways. TheProle Aug 2020 #14

She is in her 50s with an accomplished career. Not some 20 or 30 something starting out JI7 Aug 2020 #22

She was 30 something starting out when they were dating. LisaL Aug 2020 #41

++ North Shore Chicago Aug 2020 #66

She would be an amazing AG. Can you imagine Phoenix61 Aug 2020 #5

Brown's argument is pretty unconvincing in my opinion. comradebillyboy Aug 2020 #6

Most of the time it is. TreasonousBastard Aug 2020 #8

this isn't most of the time qazplm135 Aug 2020 #9

Point is, the Veep has no explicit powers of her own. She cannot do anything without... TreasonousBastard Aug 2020 #34

VPs of late qazplm135 Aug 2020 #46

They still do not have the independent authority of someone like an AG or Interior Secretary... TreasonousBastard Aug 2020 #52

so what? qazplm135 Aug 2020 #53

That's actually my point-- she wouldn't get much of a chance to make her mark as Veep, but... TreasonousBastard Aug 2020 #54

And based on the campaign she ran last year BeyondGeography Aug 2020 #64

but when it isn't the upside is huge dsc Aug 2020 #44

Yeah, clearly Joe Biden went nowhere after his vice-presidency. ZZenith Aug 2020 #13

I wish he'd given this advice one-on-one (privately) hlthe2b Aug 2020 #10

Suggest to me that mean that the direct avenue a burnt bridge salin Aug 2020 #48

+1 crickets Aug 2020 #51

I think she'd be a good VP tavernier Aug 2020 #11

Yeah, but there's more likelihood than normal that the VP will one day be president. nt LAS14 Aug 2020 #12

this trof Aug 2020 #16

More like, "Just ask Joe Biden" - fixed it for them. 🙄 Budi Aug 2020 #15

Dick Cheney didn't do too bad either. LisaL Aug 2020 #23

Where's Brown been since 2008?! Certainly Cha Aug 2020 #29

It's damn insulting as well. Don't even put their names in the same sentence, Willie. Budi Aug 2020 #39

So right.. it is insulting! Cha Aug 2020 #43

as past relationships go, Brown is a lot less embarrassing than Stormy Orangepeel Aug 2020 #19

Willie's past his prime DonaldsRump Aug 2020 #20

Exes always give the best advice. LisaL Aug 2020 #21

Thanks, Mr. Brown, but I'd rather see Sally Yates as Attorney General, elleng Aug 2020 #24

Absolutely. I've been hoping for AG Yates, as well. Budi Aug 2020 #27

"Tells Harris. sheshe2 Aug 2020 #25

My feelings exactly. LisaL Aug 2020 #30

This ⬆️ 🤬 Budi Aug 2020 #35

She nailed his ass there. sheshe2 Aug 2020 #47

Umm hum, Not suggest, or counsels, but tells. herding cats Aug 2020 #55

!! ++ North Shore Chicago Aug 2020 #67

Maybe she already has? ucrdem Aug 2020 #26

He implied he knew mzmolly Aug 2020 #31

Ooooh..Willie has a super duper special inside line to Biden, now? Budi Aug 2020 #42

Yes. mzmolly Aug 2020 #45

He (whoever he is) "told" her nothing. TheCowsCameHome Aug 2020 #33

Fair point. TheProle Aug 2020 #40

I know very little about Willie Brown, but I swear not_the_one Aug 2020 #36

While I respect Willie Brown, he's way off base with his opinion. TwistedTinkerbelle Aug 2020 #38

Willie Brown looking for the headlines again SiliconValley_Dem Aug 2020 #49

Him sticking his nose in just brings up the "Willie Brown's Mistress" talk to surface yet again Baclava Aug 2020 #65

This is incredibly condescending. crickets Aug 2020 #50

But Willie Brown was talking to an audience of one and the one is Joe Biden. n/t totodeinhere Aug 2020 #58

How respectful of him toward both of them. nt crickets Aug 2020 #63

Willie BGBD Aug 2020 #56

I wonder if he gave Joe Biden this same advice days before Obama selected him StarfishSaver Aug 2020 #60

Senators have more power than all but three people in this country pecosbob Aug 2020 #61

She wants to be President one day so VP is the best, especially under Biden . If she isn't picked as JI7 Aug 2020 #62

Interesting he did this publicly. honest.abe Aug 2020 #69

I wouldn't put too much stock in what WB said... PunkinPi Aug 2020 #70

Why would a suggestion from a retired politician "complicate" things? brooklynite Aug 2020 #71

If Harris' goal is to be president, she'll accept. Drunken Irishman Aug 2020 #73

Oh shit. I didn't know Willie Brown was still alive. Mike 03 Aug 2020 #74