Trump campaign chair: We’ll pick a white man for VP. Anything else would be “pandering.”

[RonPaulMall]

Absurd....All that needed to be said, was that he was going to pick the best person for the job. No reason to be PC. Just pick the best person for the job, regardless of their race gender or religion. Nooooo. Trump needs to be "edgy".

Uh, Trump didn't say this. A campaign operative did. And he didn't say it to be "edgy". He said it because it is both smart and true. Trump's campaign is all about confidence and strength. If he panders, all the sudden he looks weak. Would be a total disaster.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

Trump has more minorities supporting him than Romney who brought his little token friend Rubio around in a condescending way.

...

Romney may not be a hardcore bigot necessarily and may appear condescending around minorities because is uncomfortable there.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDwwAaVmnf4

 

[CPUd]

 

[cindy25]

ot makes no sense from a tactical point to pick either a woman or minority. a woman would be useless as those who vote based on sex will vote Hillary. pick a Hispanic and Hillary picks a Hispanic, a black and she picks a black (Trump has to pick first).

so better to pick a white male, and double down on maximum white male turnout.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Soylent Brown is Hispanics.

 

[CPUd]

ot makes no sense from a tactical point to pick either a woman or minority. a woman would be useless as those who vote based on sex will vote Hillary. pick a Hispanic and Hillary picks a Hispanic, a black and she picks a black (Trump has to pick first).

so better to pick a white male, and double down on maximum white male turnout.

So if a woman happens to be the best person for the job, pick some hack instead because reasons?

 

[Ender]

You can list shytbags all day and night long, and you still fail to understand logic. Listing people who are bad choices has literally zero effect on the people who are good choices, it just pollutes the pond with enough sewage until everyone is generally feeling sick, and you hope they come away with the 'image' that blacks and women fail.



Again, this is 100% emotive rhetorical bullshyt, and 0% logic. OOOHHHH someone I don't like acts scared and now I am supposed to adore this lunatic? LOL



I don't rightly care what hurts or helps the demonmancer, this entire Presidential election is lost to me. I'm voting for "Giant Meteor."

LOL!

 

[Rudeman]

So if a woman happens to be the best person for the job, pick some hack instead because reasons?

How often do Presidential candidates pick the best candidate? The VP pick has been used as a way to pander and/or cover up shortcomings.

Obama picked Biden to shore up the white middle class vote.
McCain picked Palin trying to counter his age + a woman.
Romney picked Ryan to appeal to conservatives
etc.

 

[CPUd]

How often do Presidential candidates pick the best candidate? The VP pick has been used as a way to pander and/or cover up shortcomings.

Obama picked Biden to shore up the white middle class vote.
McCain picked Palin trying to counter his age + a woman.
Romney picked Ryan to appeal to conservatives
etc.

Trump won't be picking a sidekick, it will be an underboss like Cheney was for GW. His people have admitted as much.

 

[cindy25]

So if a woman happens to be the best person for the job, pick some hack instead because reasons?

of course not, for most jobs. but VP is about getting votes. that is why Lincoln picked Johnson, and why JFK picked LBJ.

a losing ticket is useless. plus there are no GOP senators or congressmen who are not neo-cons. one Hispanic would be ok, Raul Labrador , but he does not like Trump.

one woman who would work is Pam Bondi, atty. gen for Florida, she was an early Trump supporter, is telegenic, and a Liberty Law grad. but she lacks DC experience. she would help with both Florida and evangelicals . shame she is not in congress

 

[RonPaulMall]

so better to pick a white male, and double down on maximum white male turnout.

He's going to pick Scott Brown, which will be all about maximizing the white female vote.

 

[tod evans]

Trump campaign chair: We’ll pick a white man for VP. Anything else would be “pandering.”

How dare he!



Aren't there some EEO laws that apply?

 

[SpiritOf1776_J4]

Wow, the headline quote isn't anything a trump person said.

Who picked this trash to post?

The headline isn't anything a Trump spokesman said in the article, when you read it.

It's a fake quote.

 

[tod evans]

The headline isn't anything a Trump spokesman said in the article, when you read it.

It's a fake quote.

Why should that matter?

"Trump eats children"

or

"Hillary tames Bill with a strap-on"

Will garner views and discussion all while trying to make the other candidate look more appealing...

 

[CPUd]

Less than 2 days and he has to walk it back, again.

Top Trump Aide Clarifies Remark On Possibility Of A Female Running Mate

Paul Manafort, an advisor to presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, clarified on Sunday a comment he made about the real estate mogul selecting a woman or minority to serve as his running mate.

"In fact, that would be viewed as pandering, I think,” Manafort told the Huffington Post. Trump later said that Manafort had been misquoted.

Manafort himself didn't explicitly say whether he was misquoted during an appearance on ABC News' "This Week," but did expand on his comment, saying there was "more to it."

"I said he was -- Trump was looking at the qualifications of all the candidates and that he wouldn't select someone only on the basis of gender or ethnicity. That's not to say that -- because that would be pandering," Manafort said.

"But the qualifications, if a female is qualified, that's totally different story. And there are many Republican women who are qualified, and several who might be on the list," Manafort continued.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/manafort-clarifies-female-vp-comment

 

[helmuth_hubener]

Im the only one who has mentioned specific candidates and they all happen to be horrible.

No, I mentioned Walter Williams, and he would be over-the-top, mind-bogglingly terrific.

If you only have 10 or 20 women & minorities who've been tested statewide that's a small number of people.

All the women & minority candidates on the GOP and most of the Dems are terrible.

Ding, Ding, Ding! Of course, this is only true if you limit yourself to prominent statewide or national office-holders. Otherwise: Walter Williams! Larry Elder. Ken Hamblin. Etc.

 

[helmuth_hubener]

Less than 2 days and he has to walk it back, again.

Repeating what you previously said, so that people can know the truth about what you actually said, that is not called "walking it back." That is called "repeating yourself because the dishonest Huffington Post asked you if your candidate is going to do an Affirmative Action VP pick, and then quoted a small out-of-context sentence fragment from your response to make you look like a racist."

"Walking it back." "Repeating yourself." Very different things. Opposites, in fact.

 

[CPUd]

Repeating what you previously said, so that people can know the truth about what you actually said, that is not called "walking it back." That is called "repeating yourself because the dishonest Huffington Post asked you if your candidate is going to do an Affirmative Action VP pick, and then quoted a small out-of-context sentence fragment from your response to make you look like a racist."

"Walking it back." "Repeating yourself." Very different things. Opposites, in fact.

Pretty sure he did it on purpose. Now that they got the press they were looking for, he quietly tells them that's not what he really meant.

 

[helmuth_hubener]

Pretty sure he did it on purpose. Now that they got the press they were looking for, he quietly tells them that's not what he really meant.

Well, everyone on all sides can certainly speculate to their hearts' content, because the quote was:

An isolated sentence fragment!

In the context of:

No context whatsoever!

In response to:

A totally unknown question or statement!

This situation is ideal to give everyone as free a hand as possible to speculate to the max! Spin! Condemn! Defend! It's a Rorschach. The responses to it say more about what is going on in the responder's head than what's going on in Paul Manafort's, much less his candidate's, given that the statement was almost totally devoid of informational content.

 

[SpiritOf1776_J4]

lol