Bernie for VP

[RobertEarl]

Bernie needs to be on the ticket.

If he can't be on top, he should be second.

K+R if you want Bernie to stay in the spotlight.

[arcane1]

1. Hell no.

Why lose a great senator for a useless job like VP?

[RobertEarl]

4. He gets to keep campaigning if he is

And Hillary gets to hear from him as he seeks to make sure the Democratic Party unifies and wins the election!

[rhett o rick]

2. What he said ^^^^

[RobertEarl]

3. Bernie group is not listed on Latest anymore?

Just checked and this post is not there!

[mockmonkey]

5. I see it there...n/t

[RobertEarl]

6. I don't

Maybe I am being treated special? I have noticed a few changes in my first pages.

EDIT: Subscribed to the group and there it is. So now one has to subscribe to see it on Latest?

[Jennylynn]

7. I just click on 'my subscriptions' at the top.

Bernie Grp is the only one I've signed up for so it takes me right here.

No to Bernie VP. Hillary will toss him after the two year mark and he'll be gone from public life. Professionally anyway.

[RobertEarl]

8. Well if he wants it, I'm all for it

If he isn't the party may not come together and Bernie will get no press and his message would fade.

Hillary would be wise to make him VP.

[sarge43]

12. Exactly.

As long as the good people of Vermont want him there, he should stay in the Senate.

[mockmonkey]

10. It kind of makes sense to do it that way.

There are so many groups, that would be a lot of posts to show. I counted about 177 groups not counting the 50 different states.

[RobertEarl]

13. Did not used to be that way

Hosts need to pin a thread at top telling people if they want to see this group they need to subscribe.

Which means lurkers who can't subscribe can not find this group unless they search each time.

[sarge43]

9. Nope. n/t

[RobertEarl]

11. Well then, kiss him goodbye

His best chance for him to become president is to be the VP. Duh!

[Jennylynn]

14. Let's leave it up to him then. If he's offered, he'll know what to do. Nt

[RobertEarl]

15. Exactly

Bernie will do what he feels is best. I want him on the ticket for all the good reasons.

[Jennylynn]

16. Me too. And who knows,

Mayber he'll even 'flip' Hillary. lol
I mean, the guy is so likeable! It could happen!

[sarge43]

17. So you expect Clinton to die in office or be impeached and convicted?

If not, when would he run for president again? In 2020 unless she has single digit approval numbers, Clinton will run again which puts it in 2024. No VP will challenge a sitting president. By then Sanders will be 83 years old. Please.

As a senator he's a far more effective spoke man for progressives than sitting in a corner breaking the rare senate tie vote or attending funerals.

Doo!

[Old Codger]

18. yup

He is way way more potent as a senator than as figure head....

[magical thyme]

19. I'd rather he continued in the Senate

and working for political revolution in other ways.

And there's no way he'd be chosen for VP. They will go for a younger "rising star" for 2020 or 2024.

[HereSince1628]

20. Even if he wanted it, Would Wall St allow it?? Seems they have a veto

based on the thread about them pulling their money if Clinton chooses Warren

[roody]

21. No!!!! We need him in the Senate.

[MrMickeysMom]

22. No and UNREC...

Next?

[RobertEarl]

23. One rec for Bernie?!?!?!?!

If Hillary wants to show she desires the Party to be united, she needs to ask Bernie to be her VP.

[coyote]

24. No!

That is a ticket that definitely does not fit.

[RobertEarl]

25. Yes it does

Bernie is the best known and the man with the most votes. He's been vetted and he can draw millions of young voters to the ticket.

There is no down side at all.

[coyote]

28. Huge downside

Unfortunately I cannot discuss it with you because the post will be hidden. This is now a internet non-discussion board.

[RobertEarl]

29. No downside at all

You can discuss it here. Just no cuss.

[desmiller]

26. Bernie in VP position is the ultimate pacifier for his cause. No Thx. n/t

[RobertEarl]

27. So?

Are you going to quit if he is VP?

I know Bernie criss-crossing the country for the next 4 months will actually gain him even more followers who will be inspired to join in and change the party. His becoming an insider is the best medicine for change.

[desmiller]

30. Who said I was quitting? He's running for president, not VP. VP is not an effective position at all.

If he becomes the VP, then everything he worked hard for will be wasted. It'll be a cold day in hell before the Clintons let him have his way, even a little. I'm sorry Earl, but I think that the idea that Bernie's going to be VP, is a pipe dream at best.
After all, the recs you got have less kicks than a mule on its off day, so that should say something.

[RobertEarl]

31. Chill out

It was just a question. Only if we quit will everything he worked for will be wasted.

There are pros and cons to Bernie being the VP nominee. There are more cons if Bernie is not in the public eye. He being the VP nominee will have him on the campaign trail, paid for and working for the Democratic Party ticket. And in the public eye and still pushing the party and Hillary.

I am a die hard Democrat and Bernie is in the party. He's not out of it.

[Hiraeth]

32. no

[RobertEarl]

33. No?

You don't want Bernie in the spotlight?

[Hiraeth]

38. Veep is a dead end powerless job.

[eridani]

34. Hell no! Too valuable in the Seante n/t

[RobertEarl]

35. More valuable as VP.

He can cause all kinds of change because he has all of us backing him, nationwide. He needs a national office and VP suits that need.

[eridani]

36. You mean like Joe Biden? n/t

[RobertEarl]

37. I didn't back Joe Biden

He's done better since he became VP.

Biden didn't have the nationwide support like Bernie has. So, no, not like Biden,