Rachel Maddow - Our First Gay President!

[warrprayer]

I mean, seriously, how can the GOP beat THIS?

Rachel would quicky slice, dice and puree any rethug in any debate anywhere. Which is why they won't choose her to host "Meet the Press".

Rachel is a stellar communicator. I have watched her many times in action against the thugs, she remains crystal clear and calm at all times. I would trust her with the nuclear football.
Yesterday I posted a thread on my local topix board about a recent Rachel show where she was advocating for veterans put on hold for ridiculous amount of times waiting for benefits from the V.A.. I mentioned watching her getting choppered out of a military base in the war zone, barely holding back tears it appeared. Almost instantly, some facist asshole posted something like "too bad she didn't crash. Better her than one of our SEALs". Wanting to cut off this wingnuts SEAL worship at the knees, I responded "Jesse Ventura was a SEAL, he opposed the Wars and thinks the GOP is full of shit". This set off a furious, nonsensical response which I won't post here.
So, I decided to look up more about Ventura on D.U. to see what he was about. A lot of positive stuff, though his palling with Ron Paul was a red flag, but it didn't come to anything. He also didn't get along with Paul Wellstone very well, which is a bummer. Again on the plus side, he did not take a dime of corporate money in his bid to become Governor.
I don't believe Ventura is a libertarian, if his name has become persona non gratis on D.U., someone please inform me.
But it was about then that the fantasy hit me.
Could you imagine in some alternative universe a Rachel Maddow President, with a Jesse Ventura vice President? The mind boggles. Has the Democratic party in the past ever reached out to an independent to join a democrat on a Presidential ticket? Ever?

Rachel -

“On Rachel's show for November 7, 2012:

We're not going to have a supreme court that will overturn Roe versus Wade. There will be no more Antonio Scalias and Samuel Aleatos added to this court. We're not going to repeal health reform. Nobody is going to kill medicare and make old people in this generation or any other generation fight it out on the open market to try to get health insurance. We are not going to do that. We are not going to give a 20% tax cut to millionaires and billionaires and expect programs like food stamps and kid's insurance to cover the cost of that tax cut. We'll not make you clear it with your boss if you want to get birth control under the insurance plan that you're on. We are not going to redefine rape. We are not going to amend the United States constitution to stop gay people from getting married. We are not going to double Guantanamo. We are not eliminating the Department of Energy or the Department of Education or Housing at the federal level. We are not going to spend $2 trillion on the military that the military does not want. We are not scaling back on student loans because the country's new plan is that you should borrow money from your parents. We are not vetoing the Dream Act. We are not self-deporting. We are not letting Detroit go bankrupt. We are not starting a trade war with China on Inauguration Day in January. We are not going to have, as a president, a man who once led a mob of friends to run down a scared, gay kid, to hold him down and forcibly cut his hair off with a pair of scissors while that kid cried and screamed for help and there was no apology, not ever. We are not going to have a Secretary of State John Bolton. We are not bringing Dick Cheney back. We are not going to have a foreign policy shop stocked with architects of the Iraq War. We are not going to do it. We had the chance to do that if we wanted to do that, as a country. and we said no, last night, loudly.”
― Rachel Maddow

Jesse Ventura -

Jesse Ventura: Letter to the Ruling Class

You control our world. You’ve poisoned the air we breathe, contaminated the water we drink, and copyrighted the food we eat. We fight in your wars, die for your causes, and sacrifice our freedoms to protect you. You’ve liquidated our savings, destroyed our middle class, and used our tax dollars to bailout your unending greed. We are slaves to your corporations, zombies to your airwaves, servants to your decadence. You’ve stolen our elections, assassinated our leaders, and abolished our basic rights as human beings. You own our property, shipped away our jobs, and shredded our unions. You’ve profited off of disaster, destabilized our currencies, and raised our cost of living. You’ve monopolized our freedom, stripped away our education, and have almost extinguished our flame. We are hit… we are bleeding… but we ain’t got time to bleed. We will bring the giants to their knees and you will witness our revolution!




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My. Dear. God.

I had a dream last night. Rachel was giving her first State of the Union Address. Someone jumped up, and yelled out "You lie"! Jesse Ventura jumped off the stage, grabbed the little yokel by his cuffs, and body slammed him.

[Brainstormy]

1. Terrific post

thank you.

[warrprayer]

2. thanks

for taking the time to read it! And welcome!

[pinboy3niner]

3. After Jesse body-slammed him...

...did President Maddow send him to Boat Jail?

[warrprayer]

4. Only the Camel

... know for sure

[warrprayer]

5. maybe here

[pinboy3niner]

6. Ha! I had to take a prisoner there once.

aka 'LBJ' for "Long Binh Jail."

But my post was in reference to this:

[warrprayer]

7. Dear Rachel

... it is called "the brig" in Navy talk!

Chesty Puller - "Take me to the brig, I want to see the real Marines".

on edit - she caught on later due to her "crack team"

[warrprayer]

8. also bad memories

I wonder how many people got put in LBJ for using the heroin being supplied to them by Vang Pao and the C.I.A.

[hollysmom]

9. I thought James Buchanan was our first gay president

Unless you mean openly.

[warrprayer]

10. did mean openly

but thank you for the interesting post!