2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI deleted myOP due to my own typo but... I will repost. Meant to say anti-abortion
which Kaine is. I did not mean to say Pro abortion. Sorry guys.
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)Unlike republicans, our folks are able to separate their personal philosophical views from the people they are elected to represent.
MattP
(3,304 posts)zonkers
(5,865 posts)Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)Tim Kaine has never done one thing legislatively to impose his moral convictions onto the populace. Read that again. Never.
liberal N proud
(60,352 posts)Andrew Harnik/AP
Hillary Clinton announced Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia as her running mate on Friday, making what's widely seen as a safe pick by choosing a man with deep political experience, but one who might not have much potential to generate new excitement for her campaign. She announced the decision in a text message to supporters, informing them, "I'm thrilled to tell you this first: I've chosen Sen. Tim Kaine as my running mate."
Tim Kaine
Read about Tim Kaine's past as a civil rights attorney.
Kaine backed Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic primary but was an early booster of Clinton's 2016 bid and has long been seen as a front-runner to be Clinton's vice presidential pick. While he doesn't have a loyal following among the Bernie Sanders crowd, as someone like Elizabeth Warren does, it's easy to see why Kaine appealed to Clinton. He has an extensive political résumé, as a former mayor of Richmond, lieutenant governor and governor of Virginia, and head of the the Democratic National Committee, and now as a senator from an important swing state.
Kaine isn't a rhetorical bomb-thrower. He still carries the reserved Midwestern persona that he gained growing up in the Kansas City suburbs. A former civil rights attorney who won a major redlining verdict against Nationwide Insurance before he launched his political career, Kaine, much like Clinton, offers a quieter version of progressivism than Sanders or Warren, with an emphasis on finding compromise and achieving incremental progress. During his first few years in the Senate, Kaine has focused on foreign policy, seeking to impose limits on the president's powers to conduct war.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Got any links to his claims that abortion should be illegal?
Links showing that he thinks Roe V Wade should be overturned?
Please, enlighten us.
You seem so very knowledgeable on this topic.
zonkers
(5,865 posts)And don't get me wrong. Im with her. NO BS. I have a feeling this thread is gonna be a bumpy ride but I really don't care.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)The media dangled a shiny object in front of you ... and you took off with the bait, and asked the rest of DU to come along.
Its only a bumpy ride if you swallow what the media tells you and you know little else.
MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)Squinch
(51,096 posts)zonkers
(5,865 posts)Squinch
(51,096 posts)JI7
(89,290 posts)ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)I think your trying to say he's anti-abortion. And yet you're still wrong.
KMOD
(7,906 posts)BTW, it's pro choice, not pro abortion.
BobbyDrake
(2,542 posts)The kind of people who get the opportunity to pick vice presidential candidates can't afford to be single-issue obsessives.
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)He is still a reasonable choice. Not liberal enough for my tastes, but neither is Hillary.
Hillary has a clear advantage in this race. A safe choice is probably a good choice.
Besides, nobody can argue that he could not serve as President if needed. Plus, he has served in The Senate. Helping in Virginia is a good thing too.
This seems like a pretty good choice.
obamanut2012
(26,201 posts)Tim Kaine has a 100% rating form Naral and PP. He is pro choice.
Haveadream
(1,630 posts)He is "pro life" in his personal decisions and pro choice legislatively. Same as Joe Biden.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Please delete your account
https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/50772/tim-kaine
Squinch
(51,096 posts)Why?
obamanut2012
(26,201 posts)He is 100% pro choice.