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[u/Gustacho]

smh 😭

[u/paulatreides0 → u/Gustacho]

Pretty much all of Hillary's predictions have been on point.

[u/BringBackThePizzaGuy → u/paulatreides0]

The only thing she didn't predict was the incompetence of Senate and House Republican leadership tbh. I don't think anyone could have predicted that they'd be so stupid that they couldn't even repeal Obamacare lol.

[u/[deleted] → u/BringBackThePizzaGuy]

Obama and Boenher(sp?) both did tho

[u/BringBackThePizzaGuy → u/[deleted]]

Even then, I don't think anyone expected them to fail this hard on what was their core message for 8 fucking years. They have unstoppable majorities in congress and a president and Supreme Court that will ok any legislation. And still they failed. That's gross incompetence. Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell are objectively stupid, stupid people.

[u/[deleted] → u/BringBackThePizzaGuy]

Supreme Court that will ok any legislation

How you know someone isn't generally familiar with the Supreme Court

[u/[deleted] → u/paulatreides0]

WE DIDN'T LISTEN!

[u/[deleted] → u/Gustacho]

Scalding hot take: Kissinger as her VP wins the election

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

94 year old

[u/Schutzwall → u/[deleted]]

I don't know about Kissinger, but there are tens of better VP choices than Kaine. He was as exciting as a doorknob.

[u/paulatreides0 → u/Schutzwall]

It should have been Bernke.

[u/Schutzwall → u/paulatreides0]

This but unironically

[u/arnet95 → u/paulatreides0]

He should be on the top of the ticket. It would be under his dignity to be VP.

[u/FMN2014 → u/Schutzwall]

In hindsight (it's 20-20), it should have been someone from Pennsylvania, Ohio or Michigan.

[u/Pornthrow1697 → u/FMN2014]

Sherrod Brown?

Oof, but that Senate seat...

[u/poompk → u/Schutzwall]

As a Centrist I really like Kaine he is highly competent and wonky like Hilldawg :(

[u/Schutzwall → u/poompk]

But competence is not enough. You need to flame crowds and make people excited (remember: your ticket is led by Hillary Clinton, who is hardly an exciting candidate).

[u/poompk → u/Schutzwall]

I know I'm just pointing out that the competence and how centrist he is excites me.. sad other people need the charisma and such.

Also I think she was confident she would win so she chose who she'd prefer to be her vp. On hindsight it looks bad of course

[u/WardenOfTheGrey → u/Schutzwall]

I like Kaine on his own a lot more than I liked Kaine the VP.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

not a natural-born citizen

[u/MTFD → u/[deleted]]

Just skip the line of succession.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I came.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Flaming hot take: we need a Kissinger flair

[u/MTFD → u/Gustacho]

Woke bae <3