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To best aid his electability, whom should Trump pick as his VP nominee?

Ted Cruz
2 (5.3%)
Marco Rubio
1 (2.6%)
John Kasich
3 (7.9%)
Susana Martinez, governor of NM
6 (15.8%)
Nikki Haley, governor of SC
2 (5.3%)
Scott Walker
4 (10.5%)
Mia Love (R-UT - US House)
1 (2.6%)
Rick Perry
1 (2.6%)
Jim Webb
3 (7.9%)
Someone else (please comment)
15 (39.5%)

Total Members Voted: 35

Voting closed: June 17, 2016, 10:23:56 pm

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Offline pogo101

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Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« on: May 08, 2016, 10:23:56 pm »
Have at it!  I'd appreciate serious answers only, but we can all use a good laugh now and again.

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Re: Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2016, 10:40:30 pm »
Can we have a "who cares" option?  :tongue2:

Failing that - how about Charles Ponzi?
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Re: Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2016, 10:53:18 pm »
Can we have a "who cares" option?  :tongue2:

Failing that - how about Charles Ponzi?
I'm not happy about the impending Trump nomination either.  At least Ponzi schemed secretly :P  But as to "who cares," I do!  I'm #NeverHillary, not #NeverTrump.  Even if you're #NeverTrump, suppose you are a computer and have to pick the most likely "helpful" VP pick.
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Re: Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2016, 10:58:12 pm »
I was semi serious about Ponzi though - I keep hearing two connected things. Social Security entitlements need reforming, and that it's a Ponzi scheme. Who better to fix it than the guy that perfected it?  :shrug:
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Re: Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2016, 11:02:00 pm »
I was semi serious about Ponzi though - I keep hearing two connected things. Social Security entitlements need reforming, and that it's a Ponzi scheme. Who better to fix it than the guy that perfected it?  :shrug:
I'm with you so much on SS.  When I was in law school in the early 90s I dabbled with a group called Lead Or Leave, non-partisan effort to reform SS.  Even then it was obvious we were headed for disaster.  Me, I favor transitioning over a decade or so into a la Chile to a system of forced savings -- but in your OWN account, invested by YOU in hundreds of government-audited ETFs, mutual funds, etc.

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Re: Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2016, 11:23:00 pm »
Anybody would be a fool to sign on with the USS Trumptanic  :chairbang:
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Re: Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2016, 11:36:55 pm »
Didn't vote.  Don't care.  It should be someone seeking to destroy their reputation with conservatives.


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Re: Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2016, 11:39:41 pm »
His mirror.
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Re: Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2016, 11:43:31 pm »
I'm not happy about the impending Trump nomination either.  At least Ponzi schemed secretly :P  But as to "who cares," I do!  I'm #NeverHillary, not #NeverTrump.  Even if you're #NeverTrump, suppose you are a computer and have to pick the most likely "helpful" VP pick.

Why? There is no difference between them and they are both full members of the Clintoon Crime Syndicate!
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Re: Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2016, 11:46:05 pm »
I voted for someone else  and my comment is Bernie Sanders!

They are both CRAZY and would work well with each other!
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Re: Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« Reply #10 on: May 08, 2016, 11:46:07 pm »
I was semi serious about Ponzi though - I keep hearing two connected things. Social Security entitlements need reforming, and that it's a Ponzi scheme. Who better to fix it than the guy that perfected it?  :shrug:

Ponzi has passed on.  But his modern day equal ....Bernie Madoff is available, with a pardon.

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Re: Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2016, 12:26:43 am »
Seriously, he should pick Oprah. It would cement who he really is.
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Re: Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2016, 12:29:45 am »
Seriously, he should pick Oprah. It would cement who he really is.
Well, he's spoken very favorably about Oprah in the past, but there is not way on God's green earth that Oprah would sign on.  She may find him pleasant private company, but she doesn't share his politics.

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Re: Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2016, 03:20:00 am »
Trump-Sanders 2016
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Re: Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2016, 03:30:43 am »
I voted someone else. He should fully cap off this absurdity by selecting a monkey to be his VP.


TRUMP/MONKEY 2016

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« Reply #15 on: May 09, 2016, 03:59:56 am »
I voted someone else. He should fully cap off this absurdity by selecting a monkey to be his VP.


TRUMP/MONKEY 2016

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Re: Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« Reply #16 on: May 09, 2016, 04:22:04 am »
Other...try Daffy Duck. Then they can both quack equally.   :th_10444:
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Re: Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« Reply #17 on: May 09, 2016, 04:37:53 am »
Bernie Sanders

The only way he is going to get all the cross over Dims the Trump supporters keep talking about is to feel the Bern. Of course, other than Hilliary Bernie is the most philosophically compatible with Trump and he has smaller hands than Hilliary so Trump wont feel threatened...

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« Reply #18 on: May 09, 2016, 04:48:13 am »
Trump-Sanders

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Re: Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« Reply #19 on: May 09, 2016, 05:09:24 am »
Man, I though *I* was Druck Fump ... I hate trump, but if it's Him vs Hillary or Sanders, I'm with Him.  Idiotic, Trumpanzee, Spray-tanned Him.  We just have to surround him (staffing wise) with true conservatives to minimize the damage.

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Re: Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« Reply #20 on: May 09, 2016, 05:16:03 am »
Man, I though *I* was Druck Fump ... I hate trump, but if it's Him vs Hillary or Sanders, I'm with Him.  Idiotic, Trumpanzee, Spray-tanned Him.  We just have to surround him (staffing wise) with true conservatives to minimize the damage.

How are we going to surround him with anything? The President chooses his cabinet and advisors.

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Re: Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« Reply #21 on: May 09, 2016, 05:23:13 am »
How are we going to surround him with anything? The President chooses his cabinet and advisors.
Fair enough: You can't force the top guy to listen to anyone.  But you can pressure.  You can make it clear that he's only there on pain of listening to certain people.  CONSERVATIVES.  Team of Rivals and all that.

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Re: Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« Reply #22 on: May 09, 2016, 05:39:22 am »
More childish nonsense from the never/Trumps. Anything to ruin  an attempt at a civil question and poll. Thanks for your attempt.

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Re: Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« Reply #23 on: May 09, 2016, 11:58:48 am »
Sanders or Clinton.  They're his natural counterparts, or did you miss Trump's swing to liberal positions on taxes and the minimum wage.

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Re: Whom Should Trump Pick As VP?
« Reply #24 on: May 09, 2016, 12:05:29 pm »
Don't really care since I ain't voting for him no matter who joins him on the ticket.
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