Jeff Flake on the Kaine selection

[Ex Lurker]

Trying to count the ways I hate @timkaine. Drawing a blank. Congrats to a good man and a good friend.
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[MrScorpio]

1. Flake's a winger, but he's a pragmatic ideologue

Kinda classy of him there

[MADem]

2. He was the guy who said he'd rather mow his lawn than go to the RNC convention.....

Which kinda makes me feel less vitriolic towards him! The guy does not like Trump one bit.



http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/new-times-poll-does-jeff-flake-need-to-mow-his-lawn-you-decide-8415598

[Cha]

4. I was just going to say when I saw the tweet.. he couldn't

be a trump guy and say that. lol

How funny.. I do hear Tim Kaine is a really nice person.. never lost an election.

[Hav]

5. He is surprising

He was the guy who, despite clearly not being a fan of Clinton, criticized the lock her up chants and compared it with the birther claims against Obama. He also introduced himself to Trump as the other Senator from Arizona who didn't get captured.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

6. As much as I hate that flake Flake, you gotta give the guy credit here. Okay, that's all the praise I'm giving that POS.

[MADem]

7. LOL!!!!!!!

At least he has the good sense to think that Trump is a stinker!

He's almost giving his constituents permission to vote for the opposition....

[OnDoutside]

3. Wow, nice to hear.

[IronLionZion]

8. DUers will find ways to hate any Democrat

I like Tim Kaine, I lived in VA while he was governor, and he is a popular liberal Democrat for Virginia and very liberal for the rest of the South. I supported Bernie and I support Tim Kaine. He'll be an excellent VP for us.

This site has him as populist leaning liberal

http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Tim_Kaine.htm

[auntpurl]

10. Matches up well with Hillary.

http://www.ontheissues.org/Hillary_Clinton.htm

I'm happy to hear from the people in Virginia, all of whom seem to have nothing but good things to say about Senator Kaine. I'm looking forward to him hitting the campaign trail and learning more about him.

[IronLionZion]

14. He's a big reason Virginia has gone blue in the last few elections

and the governor and both senators are Democrats. He's done very well with all types of voters across the state and had become mayor of Richmond in a surprise upset for a white Democrat to win in a majority black city.

He's popular in Virginia and will certainly help us in the general election.

[auntpurl]

16. I'd thought Mark Warner was the "rising star" there for a few years.

He had a lot of name recognition. But from what I hear, it was more Tim Kaine who helped to turn the state. And thank god, too. I lived in Virginia for a while (in Fredericksburg, not in the north) and they were seriously in need of some modernisation!

[whistler162]

13. Does he know who took the Strawberry ice cream?

[IronLionZion]

17. Don't worry, there's plenty for everyone

Enjoy!

[nikto]

9. I hope Kaine turns out to be a really good leader, because ...

He could be the next Prez after Hillary.

[auntpurl]

11. He's 58. 66 is a great age to run for pres. Totally possible. nt

[beachbum bob]

12. to me, any praise from any conservative for any democrat is ALWAYS welcomed

this was more normal 30 years ago before gingrich "rules" destroyed the dialogue

[Cirque du So-What]

15. Wouldn't it be nice...

if more on the Republican side spoke like this, expanding on the 'vote your conscience' meme? Perhaps Cruz provided the nudge to get the ball rolling.

[mountain grammy]

18. I'm starting to dislike this guy less and less.

[jcgoldie]

19. You know in the end

Perhaps Kaine helps with the middle right who are seriously scared of what happens with a Donald Trump presidency, not because he isn't progressive but because he's so stable. The very things that make him boring here make him look like the really responsible choice when Trump is on the next line of the ballot.