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Mon Feb-04-08 04:19 AM
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Who Is On the Short Lists For Veep? Bobby Kennedy Jr. Anyone? |
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that would really help me decide who to vote for in the primary
(and it would be great if they would announce that today--before super tuesday)
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Mon Feb-04-08 04:23 AM
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Please explain to me why someone on the leadership team of the DLC would choose Bobby Kennedy for their VP.
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Mon Feb-04-08 04:24 AM
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3. well--he's endorsing clinton--so i was just hoping... you know... n/t |
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Mon Feb-04-08 04:48 AM
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I'm trying to understand your thinking process. Are you seriously believing there's a real possibility of that?
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Mon Feb-04-08 04:24 AM
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2. What qualifications does he have? |
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Mon Feb-04-08 04:25 AM
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4. environmentalist, kennedy name recognition, humanitarian n/t |
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Mon Feb-04-08 04:26 AM
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5. And more skeletons in his closet than Dahmer |
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Mon Feb-04-08 04:33 AM
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Mon Feb-04-08 04:49 AM
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9. He was a heroin addict |
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I don't know that he has any other skeletons, but there's definitely that.
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Mon Feb-04-08 11:21 AM
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24. right. one little skeleton. n/t |
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Mon Feb-04-08 04:50 AM
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Maybe he can win a U.S. Senate seat when one comes open but, unfortunately, this would kill any chance at VEEP:
"In 1983, he was arrested in a Rapid City South Dakota Airport for heroin possession. A search of his carry-on bag uncovered 183 milligrams of the drug. Upon entering a plea of guilty, Kennedy, then 30 years old, was sentenced to two years probation, periodic tests for drug use, treatment by joining Narcotics Anonymous, and 1,500 hours of community service by Presiding Judge Marshall P. Young."
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Mon Feb-04-08 05:17 AM
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11. He wants Hillary's seat |
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That's why he endorsed her.
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Mon Feb-04-08 07:08 AM
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Robert endorsed Senator Clinton because of her record on environmental issues.
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Mon Feb-04-08 07:10 AM
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Because, if he is, he cannot be HRC's VP. You can't have a Veep from the same state.
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Mon Feb-04-08 04:42 AM
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7. Good question. I wonder too. |
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I'm sure Hillary has Obama on her short list. People agree Obama/Hillary seems more weird. So who would Obama have? If he's running against McCain, I expect somebody white, with military credentials and plenty of experience. Somebody like Wes Clark? Wild guess there...But somebody along those lines I would expect.
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Mon Feb-04-08 06:06 AM
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14. Wes Clark is close to the Clintons. |
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So I'm mentally eliminating him from being Obama's VP.
The man I keep coming back to as being the best choice is John Kerry.
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Mon Feb-04-08 07:30 AM
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Being near the Clintons in the 1990s tarnished Gore's record of being about as clean a politician as possible. He also had to compete with a de facto second in command - HRC. Kerry has genuine integrity and would, as he did in the 1990s, be one of the Democrats that would be willing to not just fall in line. He is also well positioned in the Senate and has committed to running for Senate from Massachusetts.
It is also pretty clear that HRC does not like him.
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Mon Feb-04-08 03:07 PM
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25. That's why he'd be a good choice. |
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If you're trying to burn the Clintons, your burning the LARGE amount of people in this country who support them, even if Obama does win.
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Mon Feb-04-08 05:19 AM
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12. no one will ever choose Bobby for VP. Heroin addict and crippled |
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his Brother David's girlfriend in a 1973 car accident.
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Mon Feb-04-08 06:20 AM
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Edited on Mon Feb-04-08 06:25 AM by H2O Man
the issues with the "Irish Flu." But I think you may be thinking of another brother per the accident.
(On edit: It was Joe driving the Jeep.)
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Mon Feb-04-08 06:39 AM
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16. You're right. But my point still stands |
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Much as I admire RFK Jr's work in the environmental sphere, his baggage is just too much for anyone to pick him as VP. Besides, I'd much prefer to see him heading the EPA.
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Mon Feb-04-08 06:55 AM
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be considered for VP, nor would he ever consider it.
The EPA would be perfect. Or, if Clinton is elected, he might go for the seat his father had.
Addiction issues are still a strange topic in American life. Virtually every extended family in the country deals with it, but there is a lot of denial and shame still. One of my best friend's daughter worked with RFK Jr shortly after he began to practice law. My friend felt that Robert's addiction issues would keep him from ever becoming a US Senator. It was curious, because he thought highly of Senator Moynihan, who never was able to beat the IF.
I have great respect for Robert, not only because of his willingness to help me with an tough Superfund Site case (many thanks to Mark Sullivan, as well). And, as I mentioned in other threads, when my nephew was the victim of a vicious attack by a racist hate gang, Robert went out of his way to provide comfort to my nephew and his parents, and to push for the prosecution of the case as a hate crime. Robert has touched people's lives in ways the general public is unaware of.
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Mon Feb-04-08 06:56 AM
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Mon Feb-04-08 07:14 AM
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22. I knew Bobby many, many years ago |
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My brother went to Pomfret with him and then later I knew Robert's brother David well. He was, when I knew him, not in good shape. Unless you compared him to David. So I never saw the person he grew up to be. I'm impressed by your story about him and your nephew and I'm impressed by his environmental work. My sister who's a senior analyst at NRDC worked with him there, and thinks quite highly of him.
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Mon Feb-04-08 05:27 AM
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13. Why? The time dynasties is over. |
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Mon Feb-04-08 07:01 AM
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19. RFK Jr. endorsed Hillary. |
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you won't get a decent VP list before Tuesday.
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