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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Fri Dec 2, 2016, 12:39 PM Dec 2016

We need to run a goody goody two shoes,i.e. super clean guy like Jimmy Carter in 2020. [View all]

This has nothing to do with the Carter presidency. I am speaking to his messaging. His message was simple. I will never lie to you and America deserves a government as good as it people. He had no skeletons in his closet, real or perceived. This was the first post Watergate general election and his simple message had a powerful resonance.

That will be the antidote to four years of the Lying King.

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We need to run a goody goody two shoes,i.e. super clean guy like Jimmy Carter in 2020. [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 OP

I like it Auggie Dec 2016 #1

He ran in the aftermath of Watergate. It was an excellent message and he was an excellent messenger. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #3

Spot on. The DNC needs to identify a few individuals NOW and groom them ASAP. Auggie Dec 2016 #11

exactly nt NRQ891 Dec 2016 #2

Political jiu-jitsu DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #5

Carter wan't a bad president, a lot of long brewing problems blew up at once NRQ891 Dec 2016 #6

And fall out from Nixon's wage and price controls. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #7

"It's only lying if you don't believe it" CincyDem Dec 2016 #4

Trump could set that up for us, but... HassleCat Dec 2016 #8

All they could get on him is he told Playboy "he had lust in his heart". DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #9

Have you forgotten The Rabbit? nt. marybourg Dec 2016 #43

Martin O'Malley ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #10

He's one. I'd try to identify a few more and test who has the best chemistry. Auggie Dec 2016 #13

Found this ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #22

Tim Kaine is a really, really good guy and fits the bill but I was underwhelmed by him. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #33

Yeah--I don't think he wants it either ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #37

Same here Auggie Dec 2016 #44

Forget Hickenlooper. Laffy Kat Dec 2016 #41

I believe Tim Kaine has already said he's not running in 2020. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #54

But then by 2020 treestar Dec 2016 #63

Yes! lake loon Dec 2016 #30

And he has gotten nowhere in the primary. LisaL Dec 2016 #62

How'd that work out for ya? GeorgeGist Dec 2016 #12

How did what work out for me, Mr. Gist? DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #14

What? ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #16

Maybe he liked Ford or Reagan. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #18

True that ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #19

With the passage of time Jimmy Carter looks better and better. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #21

Yeah ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #23

Where will we find one with the guts and the messaging to be able to turn down the money? Orsino Dec 2016 #15

Why are there so many posts about 2020 lately? PatsFan87 Dec 2016 #17

We can do both ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #20

I haven't seen any threads talking about PatsFan87 Dec 2016 #24

Start one ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #25

I'm new here but I suppose I shall. PatsFan87 Dec 2016 #26

I can't speak for others, brer cat Dec 2016 #48

Obama came out of this strategy. yallerdawg Dec 2016 #27

Fair point. PatsFan87 Dec 2016 #28

Someone like that would lose in a landslide. LiberalFighter Dec 2016 #29

A squeaky clean guy or gal who appeals to our better angels would lose in a landslide ? DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #34

Those kinds of people tend to be boring and unaccomplished. Not all, but tend to be... stevenleser Dec 2016 #47

Well trump hosting bunga bunga parties gwheezie Dec 2016 #31

Trump ran on an "I'll lie if I feel like it" platform and he won mainer Dec 2016 #32

Somebody like Thomas Perez hollowdweller Dec 2016 #35

It won't be that easy. Paladin Dec 2016 #36

He lost the pop vote by 2,500,000. He won the EC by 80,000 votes. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #38

Three cheers for red, white and motherfucking blue. Paladin Dec 2016 #39

The E C is an anachronistic crap shoot that is more likely to screw us than them. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #40

Al Gore was a purity candidate. Buzz cook Dec 2016 #42

LOL! America just elected the anti-boy scout Txbluedog Dec 2016 #45

Hillary is a goody two shoes bigtree Dec 2016 #46

like Tim Kaine ? JI7 Dec 2016 #49

All that baggage sure held Trump back. LisaL Dec 2016 #50

Disagree Lithos Dec 2016 #51

We could run somebody we found in a monastery Warpy Dec 2016 #52

I don't think Trump is going to last through the first term. Zen Democrat Dec 2016 #53

The Republicans will make up fake scandals against any candidate we run. StevieM Dec 2016 #55

It only works if there is some truth behind it loyalsister Dec 2016 #56

Trump has so many facts in his history and that didn't stop him from running or being elected. LisaL Dec 2016 #58

The OP was about our future candidates loyalsister Dec 2016 #60

Media looked into it plenty. LisaL Dec 2016 #61

Partisan positioning aside, I'm not sure the political saltpoint Dec 2016 #57

O'Malley fwgmaryland Dec 2016 #64

Agree. He was overlookied, under-reported, saltpoint Dec 2016 #65

It's interesting to me that volstork Dec 2016 #59