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DemocratSinceBirth

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Sat Mar 11, 2017, 08:26 AM Mar 2017

Joseph Kennedy lll in 2020 [View all]






Gray hair is not a prerequisite for the president, neither is orange hair but I digress. His earnestness, fundamental decency, and commitment to liberal values is evocative of his grandfather, Robert Kennedy. He offers the promise of his uncle Ted without the baggage of Chappaquiddick , womanizing, and hard partying. "His reputation as a teetotaler earned him the college nickname Milkman."

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Joseph Kennedy lll in 2020 [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 OP
Democrats need to get him out there. Vinca Mar 2017 #1
He has a commitment to liberal values which he is able to articulate. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #2
He has been showing up on the radar recently. TexasTowelie Mar 2017 #4
Possible VP candidate Chasstev365 Mar 2017 #3
Youth and wisdom are not mutually exclusive. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #5
However, youth and long experience are. ehrnst Mar 2017 #16
Obama was only in the senate 3 years Motley13 Mar 2017 #11
Let's see what happens. He made a good start. He is promising... CTyankee Mar 2017 #36
Dynasty wasn't even a very good television show. Warren DeMontague Mar 2017 #6
Maybe we need more "rags to riches" stories like Donald Thump. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #7
No, but Barack Obama and, even Bill Clinton both came out of nowhere. Warren DeMontague Mar 2017 #8
That argument was made about Ted Kennedy in first Senate run. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #9
Suggesting that we've gotten some of our best recent leadership where people might not Warren DeMontague Mar 2017 #15
Do you think that should be a qualification for running? ehrnst Mar 2017 #14
No. Warren DeMontague Mar 2017 #18
You gave a great description of what is enough for an activist, or leader of a movement. ehrnst Mar 2017 #25
That guy (Trump) is not charismatic, inspirational, nor is he a natural leader. Warren DeMontague Mar 2017 #30
Because she had the last name Clinton, she didn't merit the office? ehrnst Mar 2017 #38
Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were both complete products of meritocracy, as much as such a thing is Warren DeMontague Mar 2017 #43
So you're saying Yes, because of her last name, HRC was not running on merit. (nt) ehrnst Mar 2017 #47
If i had ten bucks for every time someone did the "So you're saying..." followed by something Warren DeMontague Mar 2017 #48
You omitted her in your list of those who merited office. Your post - right up there... ehrnst Mar 2017 #50
Jesus fuck. The fact that you have to construct arguments Ive never made, here Warren DeMontague Mar 2017 #54
Perfectly. (nt) ehrnst Mar 2017 #58
So we disqualify him automatically on the basis of his family tree? That's democracy? ehrnst Mar 2017 #13
Look, man, anyone who knows me knows how hard it is to get me to shut up. Warren DeMontague Mar 2017 #17
That is the effect of your point, isn't it? Whether you put it that way or not. ehrnst Mar 2017 #39
I've said repeatedly in this thread I'm not "excluding" anyone. Warren DeMontague Mar 2017 #44
So you've changed your mind since the "Dynasty was a bad TV show...." ehrnst Mar 2017 #51
If Joe Kennedy III is really all that, i will gladly suppport the guy. Warren DeMontague Mar 2017 #55
Wow, what an odd response. n/t USALiberal Mar 2017 #33
...is it? Warren DeMontague Mar 2017 #34
Yes. (nt) ehrnst Mar 2017 #40
K&R! stonecutter357 Mar 2017 #10
He's good, but he's got time to build the resume. And we need him where he is right now. (nt) ehrnst Mar 2017 #12
My problem with him is that - as I understand jimlup Mar 2017 #19
That's his first cousin once removed Robert Kennedy Jr. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #20
We do owe Donald Trump a debt of gratitude. gordianot Mar 2017 #21
Anyone who doesn't think his family's history nocalflea Mar 2017 #22
You mean the family history of giving three lives in service to their nation ? DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #23
I hope it is, it'll tie him to good people... Benedict Donald is tied to a white supremacist uponit7771 Mar 2017 #24
This is about a general election. The Kennedy nocalflea Mar 2017 #26
No politician, living or dead, is universally loved. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #28
Hmmmm, then we're making the mistake of proffering the perfect while they proffer the horrible uponit7771 Mar 2017 #29
Yep - people will accuse him of being part of a "dynasty" some of whom died before he was born ehrnst Mar 2017 #41
Okay, let me play the devil's advocate for a minute, here, then- Warren DeMontague Mar 2017 #45
Um... I'm not one of those people suggesting that we "fast-track" him. ehrnst Mar 2017 #46
And I'm not suggesting we exclude him. Warren DeMontague Mar 2017 #49
So you've changed your mind since the "Dynasty was a bad TV show...." ehrnst Mar 2017 #52
Nope. Warren DeMontague Mar 2017 #56
Smokescreen.... ehrnst Mar 2017 #57
I didn't change my mind. I said "Dynasties are a terrible principle by which to run democracies" Warren DeMontague Mar 2017 #62
Hopefully by 2020, we won't be all the way back to hating Irish Catholics Starry Messenger Mar 2017 #27
Ted Kennedy didn't lose because of "Chappaquiddick, womanizing, and hard partying" brooklynite Mar 2017 #31
Did history begin and end in 1980? DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #32
No, but his Presidential campaign did brooklynite Mar 2017 #35
Precisely for the reasons I cited. Thank you for the confirmation. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #37
Was thinking that when I saw him.... kerry-is-my-prez Mar 2017 #42
No IMO GitRDun Mar 2017 #53
we didn't lose because her name was Clinton... was far more complicated than that Fast Walker 52 Mar 2017 #59
Not really GitRDun Mar 2017 #63
You said "Joseph Kennedy lll" (with three lower-case L's) but I keep seeing "Joseph Kennedy Ill" ... NurseJackie Mar 2017 #60
Is it just me? JKIII reminds me a lot of Conan... NurseJackie Mar 2017 #61
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