2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTim Kaine: "F" rating from the NRA and "A" rating from Planned Parenthood...
Nice!
misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)That is good enough for me!
pkdu
(3,977 posts)alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)I laugh in their fucking faces.
pkdu
(3,977 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)uponit7771
(90,378 posts)JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)and are just looking for attention.
lilsourgoose
(92 posts)Cha
(298,139 posts)Al Giordano
?@AlGiordano Al Giordano Retweeted Jesse Smith
He's not. He's a social justice progressive, the real kind, that knows civil and equal rights are a pillar of it
Al Giordano ?@AlGiordano 28m28 minutes ago
12. Suffice to say, Tim Kaine understands that the first rule of governing by coalition is being a good listener. That's why he's popular.
Al Giordano ?@AlGiordano 22m22 minutes ago
16. Those who complain about this pick by and large don't know him. Watch him win them over in the coming months. He will.
More Tweets from Al~ Her Sister~http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1107&pid=175207
Muchas Gracias, Cali!
calimary
(81,612 posts)And she's very okay with him. Said so on the record this evening, interviewed on MSNBC.
Hekate
(91,055 posts)lovemydog
(11,833 posts)Spread the word.
Tim Kaine is a good liberal and a good man.
Hope you and your loved ones enjoy a great weekend Cali_Democrat!
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Same to you!
Have a great weekend...
B Calm
(28,762 posts)(Marijuana legalization is now on the Democratic platform)
The Virginia Senator and former Governor of the Old Dominion state is one of the frontrunners for the Clinton ticket. And that's bad news for marijuana reformers because Kaine received an 'F' in the grades given to each member of congress this year by the National Organization for Reforming Marijuana Laws (NORML). The grade reflects Kaine's staunch opposition to legalization.
While speaking at a Virginia high school last March, Kaine said that he wanted to change America's sentencing laws for marijuana offences, but he opposed repealing pot prohibition. "I wouldn't vote for a law at the federal or state level that would decriminalize marijuana," he said.
uponit7771
(90,378 posts)apcalc
(4,465 posts)Except under surgical conditions. That includes alcohol , marijuana, other recreational drugs....
Why pollute yourself?
However, I know that is a minority position, but it works for me.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)apcalc
(4,465 posts)Regardless of the platform, I personally will not use any of that stuff. It's crap.
As I said, speaking for me.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)your personal stance.
apcalc
(4,465 posts)retread
(3,768 posts)annavictorious
(934 posts)retread
(3,768 posts)auntpurl
(4,311 posts)He's already said he'll follow her lead re: TPP. As you say, legalisation is on the platform. Kaine won't oppose it.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
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baldguy
(36,649 posts)But the, boring is the fastest growing demographic...
http://on.aol.com/video/sen--kaine---boring-is-the-fastest-growing-demographic--576ffbb31c68990f0a3452fd
uponit7771
(90,378 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,843 posts)And I think competence is going to be a huge byword with the Democrats this year, compared to the troglodytes in that dumpster fire called the GOP.
DemonGoddess
(4,640 posts)Something that really struck me was his missionary work. Doing missionary work as a Jesuit, means it's about social justice and civil rights.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)is how William DAntonio, a Catholic University sociologist who writes books on U.S. Catholic voting, describes him, according to a WaPo article.
Kaine's catholicism may also appeal to some of those white middle class, and in particular white male, voters we hope to be a Trump alternative for. Pew says white Catholics prefer Trump 50% to 46%.
Paladin
(28,290 posts)I didn't need that information, but evidently some around here do. Time to get behind our candidates and take down the most dangerous presidential nominee in this country's history.
MineralMan
(146,356 posts)kwolf68
(7,365 posts)Yea, I'd like a 100%, but 91% is still an "A" from where I am from.
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)so, they are good with him.
kwolf68
(7,365 posts)I know he had a couple votes they didn't like, but mostly he's good.
mcar
(42,478 posts)liberal N proud
(60,352 posts)Demsrule86
(68,868 posts)TeddyR
(2,493 posts)Gun owner himself who strongly supports the right to keep and bear arms. http://www.kaine.senate.gov/issues/gun-safety
auntpurl
(4,311 posts)while, as you say, supporting the 2nd amendment. Senator Kaine was the governor of VA when the VA Tech shooting happened. He knows first-hand the devastation of unregulated gun ownership - and still supports the right to keep and bear. He's a sensible voice on the issue.
aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)All I see is language about restrictions - some reasonable (background checks) and some not (AWB).
TeddyR
(2,493 posts)At the linked page says "I strongly support Americans' right to bear arms."
aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)But thank you for answering.
George II
(67,782 posts)That oath doesn't cherry pick amendments.
aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)But every President and federal legislator says that part and we know that sometimes our elected politicians are pragmatic about defending civil liberties and civil rights.
aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)But whatever.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)That's means you're doing something right...
Bwahahahaha!
aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)I know it's complicated like that.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Tell me more...
aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)It doesn't do what supporters think they do in terms of safety and by my way of understanding Miller v US most AWBs should be unconstitutional.
George II
(67,782 posts)Politicub
(12,165 posts)He has always come through when it matters.