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2016 Postmortem

In reply to the discussion: VP James G. Stavridis? [View all]

wishstar

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5. He caused ethics investigation for using military jet to fly to wine tasting party in Italy etc.
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 07:47 AM
Jul 2016

Last edited Thu Jul 21, 2016, 08:44 AM - Edit history (1)

Stavridis was officially chastised for poor supervision of his staff

Doubt she will pick him- It's going to be either Kaine, Vilsack, Perez or Becerra in my opinion-

I don't like that Kaine accepted expensive gifts causing ethics probe. Vilsack is loyal Clinton supporter but I don't like that he took farm subsidies and is so unrelentingly pro GMO/Monsanto/FactoryFarming and jumped the gun with Shirley Sherrod.

Don't know of any ethics problems or poor judgment regarding Perez or Becerra, but Becerra may not want the VP job and Dem leadership may not want him to leave Congress as he is doing great there and in line to succeed Pelosi whenever she steps down or retires.

The Florida events tomorrow indicate she will pick someone fluent in Spanish- Kaine, Perez, Becerra are all fluent speakers

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