Bernie advisor: Joe Biden's female VP "could be Sarah Palin or Condi Rice"

[Traym]

The strategy of saying bat-shit crazy things is consistent with a campaign losing by 40% in Florida, and expected to lose by a ton everywhere else too.

In football they can this a "hail Mary". Take desperate measures and pray, because there's nothing to lose.

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[Cha]

1. How are those thread bare straws, BS "advisor"..?

[LisaM]

2. Make it stop.

What is up with this?

[still_one]

3. There should be no doubt now where the Sanders campaign is coming from, and we will see what

excuse they say on Tuesday

[RandySF]

4. FFS

Another three months of this shit.

[Grokenstein]

5. Bernie says a lot of things.

Following through is another matter.

[Ninsianna]

6. He hires the worst people.

[Aquaria]

15. Which is a bad sign of the kind of trash

He'd hire as POTUS. They might be nominally more qualified than the Cheetolini hires. But only nominally.

[beachbumbob]

35. hires the worst AND wastes campaign money to LOSE

[MyOwnPeace]

37. We need someone........

who will hire "only the best people........." Oh, wait, that didn't work out so well, did it?

After Joe cleaned Palin's clock at their VP debate in the 2008 campaign, I really don't think he'd go for someone like that in his administration.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. One could argue that making a definitive statement on what

the gender of a VP choice is long before careful analysis is done depending on circumstances later might be bat shit crazy.

[Maru Kitteh]

18. Only if one believes either gender is so inherently deficient that a candidate could not be found.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

38. No, mean you are eliminating half the population right off

the bat.

[LongtimeAZDem]

49. I have to agree; it paints him into a corner.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

57. What if his top three choices fall through?

[TreasonousBastard]

66. I'm pretty sure he's been vetting Veep candidates, and has a few women...

lined up already.

And some of them might surprise us all-- anyone think Gillibrand may be on the list? Aside from the overblown Al Franken thing, she'd be a great choice.

And there are lot of others out there.

[Squinch]

25. It might later turn out to be bat shit crazy to think he could find an acceptable female candidate?

You might want to consider self-deleting.

[Cha]

29. Whoa.. "bat shit crazy"?!

I bet he's been thinking about it.. who wouldn't especially when he was the VP for 8 productive years!?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

40. No, you are taking that wrong. Forget gender - you have an entire

set of people. Automatically eliminating half of them, because of gender, imho, is not very astute. Pick the best person first regardless of gender. That best person may indeed be a female. Or it may not be.

[Squinch]

42. No. Don't DARE forget gender. 51% of the population has NEVER had equal representation.

Not since the BEGINNING OF TIME!

Female gender is one of the most important characteristics that defines "the best person" for this candidate in this race. We sucked it up and picked an old white man, albeit a very dear one, for the top of the ticket. We had BETTER get some representation in the second slot.

To suggest that none of our spectacular female representatives might check the boxes to be the best VP, while some man will, is insulting to all of us.

[MoMof6]

45. pick the best person for the job

This "MUST pick a woman/minority" for VP is complete and total BS.

Considering Joe's age (and it is an important factor), his VP choice is critical for our country...maybe now more than ever. That person may well be president before his/her VP term expires.

Whoever the choice is: may it be the person BEST qualified for the job. Period.

[Squinch]

46. Yep. His VP choice IS critical. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME, we have ALWAYS

written off 51% of the population and never bothered looking within it for "the best possible candidate." Yet I seriously doubt you felt the need to cry, "Best possible person regardless of gender!!!1!" then.

So now, the best possible person is a woman. Period. And again, suggesting that the best possible person is not to be found among our female candidates is just ridiculous.

It's going to be a woman. Period. Deal.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

58. Wow. Best person first. That might be a female. That might

Be a male.

[Squinch]

59. Nope. This year it's a woman. Deal with it.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

60. Very poor strategic move.

[Squinch]

61. Sure it is. If you think women can't possibly be qualified.

Happily, most people know better.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

63. Sorry, but that's bull. Please do not accuse people like that!

[Squinch]

64. No. Really its not. You are saying that Biden MAY be able to find

a perfectly qualified and appropriate vice president within the female 51% of the population, but then again he may not. Its possible, in your world, that there won't be any qualified or appropriate women for the job.

THAT'S the bull.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

67. I did not say that at all. By announcing VP will be female you are

automatically eliminating any males who you deem are qualified. You are limiting yourself to females who you deem qualified.

Simple concept. You are cutting your total pool in half. Same as if you announced VP would be male.

Say next month, your number crunching analysts tell you if you picked x male in x state, for example, you lead trump by 10 points more in that state, which is a must win. Enough to give you a safer advantage in EC. You can't..or look dumb to flip flop. Dingbat wins.

[Squinch]

68. The total pool has ALWAYS been cut in half. Just a different half.

And I don't remember any men crying out against that fact when people said Hillary had to pick a man.

And seriously, just stop digging. Now you're saying there is a possibility that selecting a female VP will lose us the election. And let me anticipate your indignance right now and say that yes, you damn well are.

I have nothing more to say to you.

[LanternWaste]

70. Seems it's always a male, though.

Also seems 'the best' is wholly subjective and itself, open to interpretation, inference and perspective-- by the base, the electorate as whole, the population as a whole, the establishment and Biden himself.

Which then begs the question: which of the above's "the best" are you referring to?

[TwilightZone]

53. You're assuming he hasn't already done that.

And assuming he doesn't already have someone in mind.

Both are shaky assumptions. He didn't make the statement without someone specific in mind, someone he would clearly feel is fully qualified. Or several someones, though I suspect he's focused on one.

[The_Counsel]

56. I Would Agree...But Then, What If...

... Joe ALREADY knows who his running mate is?

Rumors RE: him selecting the likes of Stacy Abrams has been out there for months.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

65. But let's just say he already has someone in mind. You

Never know what could happen with that person between last night and whenever VP choice announced at convention. Just prudent to keep all options open until then.

[LizBeth]

8. Sanders and people really showing us who he is tonight.

[Demsrule86]

50. Who a person hires tells us something about that person...

[JaneQPublic]

9. BS would choose Nina Turner or Susan Sarandon

---A rumor Joe's team is too classy to spread

[MrsCoffee]

33. Or Jill Stein.

Putin would piss his pants with glee.

[LuvLoogie]

10. This is really sad.

I still like Bernie. I'm starting to feel sorry for him.

I think we will overcome the ratfucking and gaslighting of his surrogates.

He should let go of his fraying banners and let someone else carry on.

[Aquaria]

16. Well, you keep telling yourself that

But those people are resorting to ratfucking and gaslighting because their leadership is fine with it.

[Cha]

30. +1!

[betsuni]

11. It's very important that juicebox revolutionaries believe both parties are the same.

That Mitt Romney let Biden borrow his binders full of women and Biden wouldn't notice they were Republicans.

That's . Sad!

[Maru Kitteh]

19. "juicebox revolutionaries" Yeah. I'm going to have to steal that one.

[betsuni]

20. I've seen a lot of people steal it from Charles Pierce, so I did too. Really good one!

[Cha]

31. They should know that this says

everything about them and absolutely nothing about Joe Biden.

[Me.]

55. Actually...BS Didn't Unequivocally Say He Would Choose A Woman

much less a progressive woman...all he did was hem and haw

Aloha Hoa

[Jarqui]

12. What a thoroughly stupid and misleading comment by Bernie's Senior Policy Advisor nt

[Sloumeau]

13. These BS advisors are getting so desperate.

Dear Heather Gautney,

Your guy, Bernie Sanders, lost the debate tonight. On Tuesday, he is going to get blown out of the water...again. As the gap between the number of Joe Biden's number of pledged delegates and Bernie Sander's number of pledged delegates continues to grow, comments like yours are going to look more and more desperate. The last time the Democrats voted for a candidate that was not a Moderate was in 1972, and way too many of us know our history to let that kind of thing happen again. There is no way that a Socialist, and especially a Socialist who likes defending Chinese Communism, is going to ever make it to the White House in 2020.

This is America, the most anti-Communist country on earth. The sooner you and supporters learn this, the better off we will all be.

By the way, Biden said that he would consider a Republican because he was trying to be cordial to a nice lady that came to one of his rallies. Joe Biden would rather stick a fork in his eye than have a Republican deciding close votes in the Senate, which is what the VP gets to do. Joe was in the Senate for 36 years. He knows what happens there.

[delisen]

36. Unfortunately Biden did say it which gave Sanders followers their opening.

The comment that Biden made about being open to choosing a Republican vp was unneccessary and hopefully not to be repeated.

[ahoysrcsm]

48. If only he could think of one.

They would have to "step up" and be "simpatico" with Biden. Also said, "We could disagree on tactics but strategically we’d have to be on the exact same page."

Context is key.

[ucrdem]

14. Seems the bats are fleeing their burning belfry

Feel the burn!

[nolawarlock]

17. Why does it seem ...

… that whenever someone posts something really self-indicting by a Bernie surrogate that the Berners barely, if ever respond.

We can use that barometer to see what this campaign has done that's truly indefensible.

[herding cats]

21. Wow. I've never seen a meltdown this bad before.

It's literally cartoonish in its delivery.

[Funtatlaguy]

22. Hey Heather. Just stop. Go away. Not helpful.

[Bucky]

23. Sorry, but that's lame

Biden will pick a Democrat. Everyone knows this

[ecdab]

24. Saying batsh#t crazy stuff with a straight face for political gain, sounds Trumpian.

They need to stop the nonsense.

[Squinch]

26. It's a revolution!

[handmade34]

27. disgusting tweet

[CincyDem]

28. Oh why stop there. What not Jodi f'ing Ernst. Or the ghost of Phyllis Schafley. Sheesh. n/t

[LenaBaby61]

32. This Palin?

I think they were joking, because honey 🙄

[beachbumbob]

34. sanders people doing all they can to get Joe nominated and we thank all of them as they

prove the crazy isn't just limited to sanders

[LiberalFighter]

39. To me anyone that writes for Jacobin does not have credibility.

[oasis]

41. Failed hail

[BlueMTexpat]

43. WTF!

[zackymilly]

44. Dumb advisor. n/t

[mcar]

47. Unity! Unity! Unity!

[liberal N proud]

51. Desperate attempt to go after Biden

[SummerSnow]

52. If Biden wants to lose, he will pick Sarah.lol

[FM123]

54. Just wow.

Next thing you know they are going to throw out even crazier names like Ivanka or Melania....

[BlueIdaho]

62. The fish stinks from the head down.

Watching The Sanders Campaign collapse is very revealing.

[SCantiGOP]

69. Notice how many Sanders supporters jumped into this thread to defend their candidate

Zero.

This shit is getting really old.
Biden is already going to have to run against the GOP right wing machine and the Russians, do we really need the Sanders people working against our candidate too?