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04-29-2016, 11:49 PM
I'd be OK with Chris Christie getting the VP. I'd rather it was Sessions. Kasich would make sense because Ohio is a swing state and they love Kasich in Ohio, the one state that he won.
But the real problem in this election, I am convinced is with the massive amounts of voter fraud from camp Hillary.
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04-30-2016, 01:27 AM
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4. No one gives a fuck about Ohio.
It's swing state and Kasich is rather damned popular.
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04-30-2016, 02:09 AM
I don't understand why people think Trump would choose anyone he took down as VP.
How bad would it look if he chose Lyin' Ted or 1-47 Kasich? Even little Rubio would be a bad look.
Whoever he picks is going to be someone he has never talked shit about.
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04-30-2016, 03:00 AM
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Whoever he picks is going to be someone he has never talked shit about.
I guess that rules out Rosie O'Donnell.
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04-30-2016, 03:05 AM
Kasich is useless since Trump can win Ohio easily without him on the account of being anti-NAFTA and pro-bringing jobs back tor US.
Christie doesn't have high approvals in New Jersey and has the Bridgegate skeleton in the background. He is also too similar to Trump (blunt, northeastern type) to bring any balance. He will very likely be Attorney General.
I still stand by my pick of Jon Huntsman for now. Huntsman would also be a strong State Department pick if not VP.
The only major thing that Huntsman doesn't MAYBE have going for him is his gender and race. If he was a minority or a woman, he'd be the pick for sure. Gender and race are going to big deals in this election and its a bit of a debate if Trump is gonna seek out a hispanic and/or female VP to balance out his poor demographics with those groups. I don't think Trump will pick a substandard VP pick just to appease identity politics but if he can find a competent minority or woman, it COULD help him a bit.
On the other hand, identity politics is politically correct and Hillary is already playing the woman's card hard this campaign, If she picks a hispanic as VP to appease hispanics (that fag from San Antonio probably - Julian Castro), I could see it back-firing BIG TIME since it will only reinforce the current democrat/liberal narrative of putting race/gender pandering and identity politics above competency. People are really getting sick of that shit.
Think about these two tickets:
Hillary/Castro credentials:
1. Hillary - Secretary of State (not earned, given since she extorted SoS from Obama in exchange for a clean nomination) that engaged in dubious if not illegal actions on her watch. ISIS/radical Islamic terrorism also grew on her watch.
2. Hillary - US Senator (not earned, practically given due to connections/cronyism) that accomplished nothing except for voting for a stupid war.
3. Hillary - First Lady that was given the lead on important healthcare reform and ultimately fucked it up so bad she was blacklisted by the White House from touching anything else ever again.
4. Hillary - Failed to secure the 2008 democrat nomination despite having a VERY popular ex-President husband and his political connections/money. Remember, this is 2007 and people were longing hard for the Clinton years after 2 terms of Bush. Ultimately, she lost to a half-black guy with a funny sounding name that had only been at the federal level for a few years.
4. Castro - HUD Secretary (not earned but given to help groom him for higher office) and Mayor of a 2nd/3rd tier city. Whoopie do.
VS
Trump/Huntsman
1. Trump - Enormously successful businessman worth a billion+.
2. Trump - Called out stupid Iraq War when unpopular. Pre-9/11, labelled Bin Laden a real threat when not well known. And this isn't even his JOB! He is a businessman!
3. Trump- Despite no political experience, controversial politically incorrect views, a corrupt primary electoral process, a corrupt media, a mostly corrupt party, and doing a campaign with minimal cost, overcomes enormous odds and secures RNC nomination in ONE shot.
4. Trump -<about 1000 other things>
5. Huntsman - Successful governorship with high approval ratings.
6. Huntsman - Ambassador to major international trade player (China) / speaks language / significant international political experience.
7. Huntsman - He has around a decade of private sector experience being an executive in the family business.
8. Huntsman - Respected by moderates / liberals for nuanced views in previous election cycles. Was often labeled by liberals as the "the one republican they could see themselves voting for."
When looking at each tickets credentials regardless of race/gender/charisma (or lack of), the contrast between the two is worlds apart. I think Trump could pick Huntsman, claim he did so because he is a great fit ABOVE ALL, and call out Hillary for picking out her guy to pander to Hispanics instead of picking the best person for the job. That fact alone should disqualify her; Trump could argue very effectively that specific point and drive a stake into the heart of identity politics at the same time.
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04-30-2016, 07:33 PM
Apparently Hillary's camp had a falling out with Castro, I've seen a lot of calls online for Hillary to pick another Woman. This would backfire so bad, please Hillary pick someone with a short fuse like Warren. Although I feel like Hillary is threatened that Warren would steal all her thunder
Huntsman came out today strongly for Trump, he'll be a great pick.
Another thing to keep in mind trump might pick someone that the GOP doesn't like, as impeachment insurance. The most annoying wing of the party the freedom caucus has been the loudest nevertrump whiners.
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04-30-2016, 08:58 PM
Huntsman on the ticket would shut down the whole "Trump is extreme" thing, and that would be a big plus. But do his views on trade mesh with Trump's regarding "Chy-nah"?
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04-30-2016, 10:54 PM
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Politico ran that story this morning. Castro "seems to have fallen out of favor with Clinton’s inner circle"
hmm maybe this Castro dude isn't so bad after all...
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05-04-2016, 11:13 PM
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4. No one gives a fuck about Ohio.
It's swing state and Kasich is rather damned popular.
And Trump would get JFK'd in the first month he's in office.
Kashit or Cruz would be the only one's that would make me seriously consider not voting for Trump. Picking one of those two would signal a yuge lack of judgement on his part.
Trump already said that Kasich and Rubio are on the short list.
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Donald Trump says his campaign is about to head in a more congenial direction - and he might even name some of his rivals to his cabinet.
“Yes. I like Marco Rubio. Yeah. I could,” Trump told USA TODAY about a possible spot in his administration. “There are people I have in mind in terms of vice president. I just haven’t told anybody names. ... I do like Marco. I do like (John) Kasich. … I like (Scott) Walker actually in a lot of ways. I hit him very hard. ... But I’ve always liked him. There are people I like, but I don’t think they like me because I have hit them hard.”
Using Rubio as a VP would bother me more than Kasich, Rubio turned out to be the Manchurian Candidate, a puppet for the establishment who could not think or act for himself and was totally in over his head. Kasich, I just don't think many voters outside of Ohio know who he is one way or the other.
Going against Pantsuit, Trump can highlight his main strength, and her main weakness: he's a maverick candidate who won't be bought, while she's the ultimate establishment whore insider.
He should pick Jesse Ventura as VP.
The main path to the White House for Trump is through Reagan Democrats, dissatisfied and independent voters. There is no point in going after Pantsuit's core constituency of cat ladies, establishment cucks and SJW libs, but more conservative Democrats, patriotic blue collar workers, Bernie libertarians, independent libertarians, dissatisfied moderates: there is a winning coalition there.
Ventura would also put Minnesota and other states like Colorado or Wisconsin into play.
The other important factor for Ventura is that the establishment hates him even more than Trump, so he would be an insurance policy against foul play. The same way Nixon used Agnew on his ticket as insurance, he rebuffed the Rep. establishment who was pushing George Bush on the ticket. Watergate only came in after the PTB got rid of Agnew and placed Ford in position.
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05-05-2016, 05:04 AM
Since Trump is the ultimate troll king, I'd advise him to chose Bernie Sanders as his VP. I'd laugh so hard.
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05-05-2016, 07:15 AM
I'm as much of a fan of the high art of trolling as anyone, but I'm unsure as to whether or not Trump nation is ready to be trolled by Donald. There's a lot of trust on the line right now.
Trolling the other way is fun, though. For VP, how about:
Ted Nugent
The guy who owns Chik fil A
Anne Coulter
Stacey Dash
Gavin McInnes
Jim DeMint
Will Ferrel (Just so I can laugh every time I watch or read any politics -but unfortunately too liberal. Ironically, it would probably assure his election)
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05-05-2016, 05:13 PM
What do you guys think of Newt Gingrich? He's logical, rational and a former speaker of the House so he knows the ins and outs.
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05-05-2016, 05:35 PM
I mentioned this in the Trump thread -- Trump might pick a broad for VP, SC Gov or New Mex Gov.
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05-05-2016, 08:02 PM
I'll reiterate the Dusty Theory of VP Choices.
Good ones don't help you much, but bad ones can hurt you.
By bad, I mean incompetent (dumb sounding). Palin hurt McCain and Quayle hurt Bush the elder (though he still managed to win because of Reagan's coatails).
Paul Ryan wasn't able to carry WI for Romney. John Edwards couldn't carry NC for Kerry. Biden and Cheney came from small states with few electoral votes.
I say Trump should go with Jeff Sessions. He's aligned ideologically, provides good impeachment/assassination insurance, knows Washington , and is knowledgeable of policy. Libs won't like him, but he won't appear incompetent so independents won't be turned off.
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05-06-2016, 12:28 AM
Its going to be Ben Carson. See my post in the Donald Trump thread.
Carson is perfect. He's non-threatening, an outsider like Trump, someone who would probably fall in line with everything Trump says. He's Black and can help Trump with allegations of racism. He can get Trump all the Cruz voters and keep the base intact.
Also Clinton will most likely pick the Castro guy as her VP. Trump cant afford to pick another middle aged whote guy. He needs to spice it up a bit. Carson will be perfect to go up against Clinton's identity politics and probably her PC outrage strategy.
You can take it to the bank. I think its Carson.
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05-06-2016, 12:45 AM
I agree with Carson checking a lot of the right boxes. Just not sure how well he would hold himself in a debate against hillary's vp pick. I agree that trump will favor some spice and Carson is certainly on the short list.
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