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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:44 AM Original message |
What about Bob Graham of Florida for VP? |
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DerekJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. How old is he? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. 72 |
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DerekJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Ok, on the big issues like the war. Where does he stand? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Key opponent to the IWR, he basically said as Chair of the Intelligence Comm., |
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DerekJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Good. You might be on to something. Is he really loved in FL? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Elected in landslide every time... he has the kind of popularity |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 03:02 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I used to love those Bob Graham goes to work ads! |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 03:09 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Exactly... still one of the more BRILLIANT campaign gimmicks |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 03:54 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Yes, it was very believable. But those were different times. |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 03:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. No one hangs around too long in Florida. Howverm having lived there for 30 years |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Graham actually read the NIE and told the American people up front the Iraq War was bogus. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. Obama/Graham sounds like a chocolate bar |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. He did vote against the Iraq War. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. He was also highly critical of the Bush admin vis a vis 9/11 |
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DontTreadOnMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. a DEM VP from Florida... |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:55 AM Response to Original message |
9. He's a great choice! Executive experience and foreign policy experience. Kind of a snoozer, though. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. He is also a helluva nice guy |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 03:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Agreed! I really think he's a great choice. But no one wants competence! |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 03:08 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. We have FLASH... and Graham gave some damn good soundbites |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:00 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Again, I agree. I can see it.; Georgia-cracker with JFK credendials, |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:00 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Again, I agree. I can see it.; Georgia-cracker with JFK credendials, |
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. I don't know, but I would sure love to see Phil Gramm run ad McCain's VP. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. That would be ticket way too high on Ewww factor... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 03:05 AM Response to Original message |
18. This would also freeze out Charle Crist as a McCain |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:22 AM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Personally, I see a Crist switch to the Democratic Party in the future... |
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DAGDA56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
24. I was expecting all kinds of negative responses to your post..but.. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:12 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Time to get Obama and Graham in the same room and see what happens... |
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WA98296 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
26. Love him, but he's not up to it anymore IMO. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
27. Good choice. |
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KaryninMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
30. I'm liking this-- Graham is a statesman, he's always been against the war, |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
31. I think he is an excellent choice and has everything we would want or need... |
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lojasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
32. Great idea |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
33. He is the ONLY Dem who'd make Florida viable in the GE with GOP election fraud |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
34. No! |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
35. VP-outstanding, VP candidate-not so much |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Obama has enough charisma for the both of them. |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Well if Obama wants a "bland" policy wonk who'll deliver FL |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
36. Are you mad? He's as nutty as fruitcake! |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. well, not to Floridians, although I'll grant that's not a high bar |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
37. Apparently Graham was on Kerry's short list in 2004 |
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Skwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
38. Graham would deliver Florida. He was very popular in Florida. |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
41. This is a very good idea. |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
42. Bob Graham is a great idea. |
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