Someone should ask Bernie Sanders if he would consider

[MineralMan]

someone from the Green Party as his VP nominee. I mean there's a lot of interest in such questions, right? Someone asked Joe Biden about a Republican as VP, and Joe said he might consider such a thing, but couldn't think of anyone.

Let's ask Senator Sanders a similar question. I mean, he has people who voted for a Green Party candidate on his staff, right?

[Lexee]

1. Absolutely. We must be provided with info from a contender that is not a

part of the Democratic Party and has a record of hiring people that are not a part of the Democratic Party, who he would consider as a VP. And while we are at it, I would like a conversation about the justices pick. Sanders is very focused on an agenda, and a justice that would work for the agenda may not necessarily work with social justice. I would like that cleared up also. He was willing to endorse an anti choice calling it purity politics to want a pro choice person.

This matters.

[MineralMan]

2. I agree. We know too little about who Senator Sanders would surround

himself with on his cabinet and through his appointments. There are many questions that should be raised, so we have a better picture of a man who wants to be President.

[Lexee]

4. Yes. Thhat should have been what the debate looked like but instead it has been constantly

already hashed conversation, over and over of healthcare and taxes and such. Conversation that Dems are pretty consistently the same, regardless of the avenue we take.

[R B Garr]

3. Yes, exactly. Considering his staff is largely third party voters, we need to know how

that is going to represent Democrats. The Green Party was helped by Russia to cause divisions.

[Lexee]

7. Yes. And while we are on that subject, Sanders plan on addressing Russian trolls since he clearly

knows they are working at spreading disinformation thru using him and his campaign as devise measures. Sanders himself acknowledged he knew that is what Russia did in the past. Why are we not hearing from Sanders the actions he has taken to make sure that does not happen.

Also, now that we are thinking about it, he had dishonest issues in his campaign in the past. I am remembering people being fired for stealing data. How has he cleaned that up, and what is his plan he implemented to address that within his own campaign. Like when they, say, trash another primary candidate with a lying video.

I get Sanders has not been in the Democratic Party and is unaware the Democrats have a line. Integrity is important to us. We are not like the Republicans where anything goes. When Weiner does dick pictures he is out. Even the appearance of ethical issues like Frankin and Hill, they leave. We are the party of integrity and we expect, no, I say, demand that from our candidates.

[TexasTowelie]

5. Seems like a fair question to me. nt

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. Yes, he'd get a lot of coverage out of that.

I forget, is that "media blackout" still a thing?

[Voltaire2]

8. Please update us after you've asked him. nt.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

9. Lol. You should get right on that.

[crazytown]

10. Nader, eom

[Hortensis]

11. Hmmm. Jill Stein's available, and they have a lot in common.

Female, but could be worse as far as the additional populists he needs to pick up were concerned.

"NOT ME, US!"



Looking good together!

[TidalWave46]

12. I do think he is willing to look at top staff for his VP pick.

Specially Turner who he has been mentoring and funding for years.

[NYMinute]

13. K&R nt

[Act_of_Reparation]

14. Go ahead and ask.

Whatever his answer is won't change the fact Joe Biden fucked up. He should have taken the opportunity to promote his fellow Democrats. He didn't even need to name names. He could have just said, "Republicans? Fuck no. I got all the candidates I need right here."

[LongtimeAZDem]

16. Fortunately for all of us, Joe Biden has a lot more class than that

He has talked about his fellow candidates as potential running mates, including Warren:

"I'd add Sen. Warren to the list. I'd add all..." he continued, trailing off. "But she's going to be very angry, my having said that. The question is, would she add me to her list?"

He was asked a gotcha question about considering a republican, and he dismissed it with class and humor.

People are really reaching with this attack on him.

[Gothmog]

15. Does Tulsi qualify?

[MineralMan]

17. I doubt it very much.

[tonedevil]

18. It was stupid to say...

one could entertain the idea of any Republican, even a hypothetical one, as a VP candidate given the current state of the Republican Party. That said, it would be no less horrendous to invite someone from the Green Party dilettantes to join the campaign. There are two dumb ideas we should be able to agree have no merit, must we continue to find new ones?