OT: Who Will Biden Pick For VP?

[sdrealtor]

[quote=Coronita][quote=svelte]Karen Bass is still a strong contender

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/31/politics/joe-biden-running-mate/index.html

And Mcconnell is telling republicans they can head for the hills if they need to

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/31/politics/senate-mcconnell-trump-firewall/index.html%5B/quote%5D

Biden probably was going to pick her…until they found out she is a Scientologist… Hence why I think Biden is delaying the decision another week.

Uh…no. Pass on Bass. If you guys thought religion was bad, I can’t think of how Bass would be a good candidate. She just failed the “safe” litmus test.
Biden picking Bass is almost a guaranteed loss. The atheists/agnostics will hate her. Any moderate swing voter that has any sort of religion will hate her..And given Biden is old, whoever he picks there is a high chance she will end up being president ..Bass is a non start.

Harris is also a bad pick.

Still think Duckworth is the safest bet.[/quote]

Bass is a Baptist. She was speaking at a scientology church reopening as part of her office.

[svelte]

[quote=sdrealtor][quote=Coronita]

Biden probably was going to pick her…until they found out she is a Scientologist… Hence why I think Biden is delaying the decision another week.
[/quote]

Bass is a Baptist. She was speaking at a scientology church reopening as part of her office.[/quote]

That is correct.

If the worst they can come up with is that she gave a speech at the opening of a Scientology church, I bet that means she’s pretty squeaky clean.

I think the reason for the delayed announcement is to get all the potential dirty laundry out there and see how the public reacts. That is why Kamala released her former employee from the NDA this week…we’ll see what comes of that.

Personally, to me it looks like both Harris and Bass are probably top contenders.

[svelte]

[quote=spdrun]What’s wrong with Warren?[/quote]

She’s a one trick pony. She certainly hates the banking industry and wall street. But that’s really all she’s got.

I think I turned the corner on her when I found out she had filled out applications stating she was Native American. Surely she knew that was a very minor part of her DNA and filled it out that way anyway.

And if she didn’t know, well that leads me to question her ability to do math considering she had to know who her parents and grandparents were.

[scaredyclassic]

Forgiving all student loans makes me sad. She seems like she will not help me one bit.

I think for my age and income vracket, id like trump to die, ill vote romney

[svelte]

[quote=scaredyclassic] id like trump to die, ill vote romney[/quote]

I like Romney alot, he always chooses his own path, not the party line. I respect that a lot. And much of what he says I agree with.

I would have voted for him except I liked Obama better. Had it been a Romney vs Hillary contest, I would have voted Romney.

[scaredyclassic]

Now im pro duckworth

She gave birth at 50, vet with no legs.

First infant on senate floor. She tweeted a pic of her kids outfit, inc tiny blazer, per Senate rules

Good story.

Plus shes good looking.

Now ill be sad if its not duckworth.

Make pence look like the little tiny twerp he is.

Question. Is IVF covered under senators insurance? How exavtly did she pay for this?

Egg-gate.

[spdrun]

IVF is under 50 grand and covered by some insurance. Loans are available for such things.

[sunny88]

[quote=svelte][quote=scaredyclassic] id like trump to die, ill vote romney[/quote]

I like Romney alot, he always chooses his own path, not the party line. I respect that a lot. And much of what he says I agree with.

I would have voted for him except I liked Obama better. Had it been a Romney vs Hillary contest, I would have voted Romney.[/quote]

I liked Romney a lot too. He is a decent politician which is very hard to find nowadays and he had the backbone to stand up against Trump.

[svelte]

An interesting read and sounds correct to me.

Does Trump have the ability – and the will – to change course? We’ll see in the next 2-3 months.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/04/trump-biden-bag-tricks-giuliani-391081

[spdrun]

Are you actually hoping for President Cockwomble to remain in office for another four years, svelte?

[Coronita]

[quote=spdrun]Are you actually hoping for President Cockwomble to remain in office for another four years, svelte?[/quote]

Glad you are feeling better and safer from NYC so that you can resume your previous demeanor of being less fearful 🙂

[spdrun]

I was never all that fearful of contracting the virus nor was I stuck at home for months. Diamond Princess statistics were available back in early March and didn’t support a high fatality rate.

We’ll likely see an 0.5 to 1.0% infection fatality rate in NYC (all ages, all health status, but heavily skewed towards older and sicker patients) when all is said and done.

I took reasonable hygienic precautions e.g. mask use, handwashing, etc, but was otherwise out and about outdoors.

I’m more fearful of the way the virus is being exploited, how it may affect people whom I like, etc than catching the virus directly. My concern is that 40 million people have likely already been exposed, and at current rates, we’ll have another 40-60 million exposed by election time, so 25-30% immunity.

At that point, especially with improved mask use, viral spread will dramatically slow. If there’s a rush-job vaccine “ready for release” by late October, Trump will take credit for stopping the virus, and there’s no shortage of cultists willing to vote for him.

What will that get us? Another four years of dismantling and weakening government services like Dept of Ed, USPS, CDC, Amtrak, FDA, etc. But, yay, at least we’ll have a Space Force! Bully for us!

[Coronita]

It just seemed during the peak of covid, you definitely appeared to be more,shall I say, compassionate. I mean you went from wishing people would catch covid and become sterile (before covid hit NYC hard) to suddenly showing empathy for those that actually caught it… I guess things are back to normal now in NY..

[Coronita]

They say a quick brush with death make people better, because it humbles people. It makes people realize of their own humility and frailness, and it makes people more tolerant of other people, as distasteful as some may be. This is most exhibited during a time of crisis especially those that are right in the middle of one.

Using the most recent examples, I would say that still holds pretty true, at least for most people….

Glad you are feeling better and life can resume as before….

[spdrun]

One can be as tolerant as possible of differing opinions, but also recognize that the prevalence of those opinions will make it impossible to avert ecological catastrophe. This can be an extremely depressing thought — we’ll get through COVID, but we’re still stuffed since people will want to get back to an unsustainable illusion of normalcy.

Maybe the Earth is really a large organism and COVID is its antibody against a virus. I wish that COVID could teach us to act less like a virus and more like a symbiote.

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