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applegrove

(118,501 posts)
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 07:28 PM Jun 2016

Trump’s Short List for Veep Includes Four

Trump’s Short List for Veep Includes Four

https://politicalwire.com/2016/06/18/trumps-short-list-for-veep-includes-four/

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Politico reports that Donald Trump’s “own toxicity is making the job of finding a vice presidential nominee that much easier, because the short list is so short.”

“Multiple high-level Republican sources said it is topped by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, with Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions a distant third and Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin also in the mix.”



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Trump’s Short List for Veep Includes Four (Original Post) applegrove Jun 2016 OP
I want christie gwheezie Jun 2016 #1
I think it may be Jeff sessions. yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #3
Wow. A Trump expert. Kingofalldems Jun 2016 #4
Jefferson Beauregard Sessions trof Jun 2016 #8
It was 30 years ago but he had serious racial issues that lead to him being denied US Dist Judgeship underpants Jun 2016 #12
That's the guy. trof Jun 2016 #15
Henry Gibson? MFM008 Jun 2016 #13
.... CentralMass Jun 2016 #27
Oh my gosh. He doesn't. I don't know if I have seen anyone without them. yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #32
Now I KNOW he's trying to lose. lpbk2713 Jun 2016 #2
It'll be Gingrich Warpy Jun 2016 #5
If Trump is pres, and Christie is VP, I want stock in SNL! immoderate Jun 2016 #6
Fugelsang keeps saying as a comedian Trump would be his dream. rurallib Jun 2016 #28
Death, Pestilence, Famine and War? nt Rex Jun 2016 #7
lol MFM008 Jun 2016 #14
Dang, I was hoping for Palin, Palin, Palin, and Palin. L. Coyote Jun 2016 #25
rofl auntpurl Jun 2016 #34
Sessions? I thought he's already locked up the racist cracker vote??? NightWatcher Jun 2016 #9
LOL. Best reply. Scariest, too. nt Ilsa Jun 2016 #22
This thread is killing me auntpurl Jun 2016 #35
Christie.... CherokeeDem Jun 2016 #10
Especially since Trump would likely get impeached. applegrove Jun 2016 #11
I was thinking he'd be planning Trump's end! CherokeeDem Jun 2016 #21
Louie Goemert is available. JoePhilly Jun 2016 #16
I think it will be Newt dlwickham Jun 2016 #17
Beauregard, to lock up the Saltine-American vote MrScorpio Jun 2016 #18
Pick your poison, Trump Doctor Jack Jun 2016 #19
This is a fake-out oberliner Jun 2016 #20
He's gonna pick his daughter and be like "cmon, she's hot. Vote for her" NightWatcher Jun 2016 #24
Yes most early shortlist are a nod or news filler underpants Jun 2016 #30
I bet he picks a young, business tycoon, like a younger version of himself. nt Ilsa Jun 2016 #23
Or another television actor, Kevin Spacey. L. Coyote Jun 2016 #26
I am disappointed - I thought sure it would be auctioned off rurallib Jun 2016 #29
"If you get into this box full of scorpions, you can be VP!" auntpurl Jun 2016 #36
I would pay good money to see Christie vs. Warren! JCMach1 Jun 2016 #31
Sessions? Possibly the dumbest person in Congess. Thor_MN Jun 2016 #33
Dumb AND racist auntpurl Jun 2016 #37
I don't think it'll be any of them jmowreader Jun 2016 #38

Warpy

(111,172 posts)
5. It'll be Gingrich
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 07:36 PM
Jun 2016

While sensible people in OK would love to get rid of Failin, you know she'd be sent packing back home the day after the oath, only to be trotted out for things like funerals for the next four years. She's not pretty enough to keep in DC, and "pretty" is the only reaon Demented Don keeps any woman around.

underpants

(182,632 posts)
30. Yes most early shortlist are a nod or news filler
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 09:08 PM
Jun 2016

The talk earlier this week of Warren being Hillary's VP was, to me, a wink and a nod to the progressive side. It's sort of a non-endorsement endorsement to let campaigns use their name.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
26. Or another television actor, Kevin Spacey.
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 08:43 PM
Jun 2016

He played the part well on T-V, so he must be a natural.

jmowreader

(50,530 posts)
38. I don't think it'll be any of them
Sun Jun 19, 2016, 02:12 PM
Jun 2016

Gingrich and Christie are known crooks. Sessions would get eaten alive in a debate. Fallin, in Trump's mind, would "balance" the ticket (translation: people voting with their vaginas should have a GOP choice) but he's not going to put someone from Oklahoma on the ticket.

If I was Trump I'd pick Cathy McMorris Rogers. (Actually, if I was Donald Trump I'd have committed seppuku long before now, which is why it's a good thing I am not Trump. That shit looks like it hurts.)

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