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If Santorum actually managed to be nominated who do you think he would pick as VP? (Original Post) WI_DEM Feb 2012 OP
He would pick GiveMeFreedom Feb 2012 #1
Oily Taint Blue Owl Feb 2012 #2
Ineligible KamaAina Feb 2012 #4
Nope..........he would pick samplegirl Feb 2012 #3
Did you go to the Stephen King school of political science? Real scary movie. wandy Feb 2012 #35
Probably not. Paul is an isolationist who doesn't want to bomb Iran. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2012 #41
Glenn Beckkk KamaAina Feb 2012 #5
Cardinal Dolan..n/t monmouth Feb 2012 #6
I would love to see a nut job Roman Catholic priest picked. LiberalFighter Feb 2012 #58
Yes indeed, but the Pope would not allow it...LOL...n/t monmouth Feb 2012 #63
Virginia's Wingnut Attorney General and fellow Christian Taliban Mullah, Ken Cuccinelli FSogol Feb 2012 #7
More like The current Governor: Bob 'TransVaginal' MCDonnell Raine1967 Feb 2012 #11
Bob McDonnell really wants to be Mitt's VP candidate on the ticket. FSogol Feb 2012 #13
Kirk Cameron and his banana! n/t Raine1967 Feb 2012 #8
Jethro Bodine aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2012 #9
But Jethro is a Democrat, so he wouldn't do it. Fawke Em Feb 2012 #16
Jesus! moriah Feb 2012 #10
Which is good... sofa king Feb 2012 #25
Tomás de Torquemada? n/t DearAbby Feb 2012 #12
Nah. Too liberal. Ikonoklast Feb 2012 #29
He wouldn't go with somebody like himself RZM Feb 2012 #14
Christine O'Donnell socialindependocrat Feb 2012 #15
The Witch endorsed Romney tabbycat31 Feb 2012 #23
Joe The Plumber! zappaman Feb 2012 #16
Cleveland Steamer Johonny Feb 2012 #18
Maybe actually Dirty Sanchez. arbusto_baboso Feb 2012 #19
Tim Tebow Hugabear Feb 2012 #20
dang, he'd probably win with this VP pick flamingdem Feb 2012 #24
Cathy McMorris Rodgers Boudica the Lyoness Feb 2012 #21
Stephen Colbert SCantiGOP Feb 2012 #22
Bryan Fischer Initech Feb 2012 #26
asdf bongbong Feb 2012 #27
If he were smart, he'd pick Romney. Jon Ace Feb 2012 #28
Rasputin rug Feb 2012 #30
Pat Robertson lpbk2713 Feb 2012 #31
Someone with foreign policy experience izquierdista Feb 2012 #32
Ouch! Brother Buzz Feb 2012 #46
There's a piece of dog shit cognoscere Feb 2012 #33
Alan Keyes? Sparkly Feb 2012 #34
That would be the icing on the cake ecstatic Feb 2012 #61
Santorum Palin would be awesome spinbaby Feb 2012 #36
I think she is santorum in drag. babydollhead Feb 2012 #38
Bashar al-Assad spanone Feb 2012 #37
Chuck Norris IDemo Feb 2012 #39
The media could go for that. Life Long Dem Feb 2012 #40
Jeb Bush Dokkie Feb 2012 #42
"He has to neutralize his extremism" - except that he won't. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2012 #44
It'll probably be Christie although at this point if I had to guess who's going to get the nod it's craigmatic Feb 2012 #43
Rubio. Same goes for Romney. AlinPA Feb 2012 #45
Santorum-Rubio? Two Catholics when the Republicans have never run even one? Jim Lane Feb 2012 #65
It'll be a negotiated pick. Chan790 Feb 2012 #47
Pope Bennie (and from the College of Cardinals for his Administration) Swede Atlanta Feb 2012 #48
If not her..than maybe AsahinaKimi Feb 2012 #49
brownback demtenjeep Feb 2012 #50
Would Brownback go Bareback?> Returning Survivor Feb 2012 #59
Elmer Gantry. Scuba Feb 2012 #51
That's a buttload of crazy there..... cliffordu Feb 2012 #52
someone in a full-body latex suit, complete with ball gag. Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #53
Maybe one of the Cardinals undeterred Feb 2012 #54
Someone horrific like insane zealot freak Bill Donohue, president of the rabid Catholic League Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #55
this guy JNathanK Feb 2012 #56
A piece of toast with Jesus Christ's face on it. nt ZombieHorde Feb 2012 #57
Rev. Franklin Graham, the son of evangelist Billy Graham.or Cardinal Dolan. CK_John Feb 2012 #60
He would pick a loser for sure opihimoimoi Feb 2012 #62
Ann Romney Bruce Wayne Feb 2012 #64
Cardinal Bernard Law (NT) Heywood J Feb 2012 #66
 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
4. Ineligible
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 04:21 PM
Feb 2012

the "native-born citizen" requirement applies to VP as well.

Come to think of it, that lets Jesus out, too. That and he was only 33 when he died.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(116,015 posts)
41. Probably not. Paul is an isolationist who doesn't want to bomb Iran.
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 06:23 PM
Feb 2012

Ricky, on the other hand, can hardly wait. While they are ideologically compatible on a number of other issues (notably, they are both anti-choice and hate government programs that help people), I can't imagine Icky Ricky selecting someone who doesn't have an itchy trigger finger.

LiberalFighter

(51,393 posts)
58. I would love to see a nut job Roman Catholic priest picked.
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 08:40 PM
Feb 2012

That should scare all the Protestants, Mormons, Jews, and everyone else to vote Democratic.

Raine1967

(11,589 posts)
11. More like The current Governor: Bob 'TransVaginal' MCDonnell
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 04:28 PM
Feb 2012

I think the Cooch is running for Va. Gov...

I just grossed myself out a little bit.

FSogol

(45,598 posts)
13. Bob McDonnell really wants to be Mitt's VP candidate on the ticket.
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 04:30 PM
Feb 2012

That's why Gingrich and Santorum aren't on the VA primary ballot.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
9. Jethro Bodine
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 04:25 PM
Feb 2012

He never made it out of third grade so he's no snob, although he did go fishing in a fancy ce-ment pond.

 

RZM

(8,556 posts)
14. He wouldn't go with somebody like himself
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 04:30 PM
Feb 2012

He would need somebody more moderate on social issues.

 

Boudica the Lyoness

(2,899 posts)
21. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 04:56 PM
Feb 2012

Because she is as wacko as he is. Also she obeys whichever male she is assigned to.

But there will be a bit of a dust-up when she turns out not to be the home grown all-American eastern Washington Orchard raised girl she has been telling everyone for all of her political life. She wasn't raised in the US at all...whoops... lol. She's been telling fibs in all her job applications.....The Washington State Voters Pamphlet.

McMorris Rodgers is a scum bag indeed.

SCantiGOP

(13,879 posts)
22. Stephen Colbert
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 04:56 PM
Feb 2012

he doesn't understand the show is parody; he thinks it is brilliant political commentary.

Initech

(100,151 posts)
26. Bryan Fischer
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 04:59 PM
Feb 2012

The only other person on the planet whose extremely bigoted, crazy, distorted, warped of Christian fundamentalism matches Santorum's.

Jon Ace

(243 posts)
28. If he were smart, he'd pick Romney.
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 05:01 PM
Feb 2012

But he isn't, so he'll probably pick Bachmann and let Obama curbstomb his fundie ass in November.

cognoscere

(461 posts)
33. There's a piece of dog shit
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 05:41 PM
Feb 2012

out in my back yard that's almost as intelligent as he is - he wouldn't have to worry about being overshadowed.

 

Life Long Dem

(8,582 posts)
40. The media could go for that.
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 06:21 PM
Feb 2012

Why not make as big of a circus act as possible - for the ratings - since they are going to lose anyway.

 

Dokkie

(1,688 posts)
42. Jeb Bush
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 06:23 PM
Feb 2012

or the Indiana gov guy. He has to neutralize his extremism with a moderate VP so no Bachmann or Cain or Gingrich

The Velveteen Ocelot

(116,015 posts)
44. "He has to neutralize his extremism" - except that he won't.
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 06:26 PM
Feb 2012

He's a true believer; he doesn't think he's an extremist. He'd pick somebody who's just as out there as he is because he thinks that's the way things ought to be. I doubt he'd compromise by choosing anyone who has the stink of moderation on them.

 

craigmatic

(4,510 posts)
43. It'll probably be Christie although at this point if I had to guess who's going to get the nod it's
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 06:25 PM
Feb 2012

still likely Romney and he'll probably be pressured to pick Santorum. They compliment each other so well and represent 2 different factions of the repub party at odds with themselves.

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
65. Santorum-Rubio? Two Catholics when the Republicans have never run even one?
Wed Feb 29, 2012, 01:31 AM
Feb 2012

I'd expect a current or former governor, Daniels or Barbour or some such. Not Jeb -- B-U-S-H is still a four-letter word to too many voters.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
47. It'll be a negotiated pick.
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 06:38 PM
Feb 2012

It's likely that if Ricky LubricatedFecalDetritus pulls out the nomination, he's going to need someone else's delegates or a major endorsement. He's gonna have to trade away the VP slot and Cabinet seats to get it. Think The Ides of March.

My money is on someone not in the race that can deliver him both the nomination and possibly key-states in the GE.

Who?

No idea, it'll become more obvious as the race goes on.

 

Swede Atlanta

(3,596 posts)
48. Pope Bennie (and from the College of Cardinals for his Administration)
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 06:42 PM
Feb 2012

Unfortunately he doesn't realize that the Constitution would never allow Bennie, a known Nazi sympathizer and likely child molester, to become President because he isn't an American citizen.

AsahinaKimi

(20,776 posts)
49. If not her..than maybe
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 06:45 PM
Feb 2012

He would throw some love towards Sharron Angle.. Shes a perfect match for his kind of idiocy ... um, presidency.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
53. someone in a full-body latex suit, complete with ball gag.
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 07:30 PM
Feb 2012


Just think of the suspense, as the voters tried to figure out who was in there!
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