Frightening thought on "Unity Ticket"

[alonso_quijano]

No, I don't mean the never-gonna-happen Kerry/McCain combo. Unfortunately, though, the fact that's it's been brought up over and over again has put the idea of a unity ticket on the map, as a patriotic, bipartisan, good for the country, and (most importantly) can't-lose proposition.

This is where the frightening thought comes in. B*sh, in desperation when his approval numbers hit about 30%, ditches Dick Coronary Cheney and replaces him with...

Zell f#@kin' Miller

Most of the country doesn't know Miller, so they don't know he's a useless DINO and more conservative than half the Republicans in the Senate. B*sh would get to spin this into more of his "uniter not a divider" BS, and at the same time head an administration just as reactionary and destructive as this one.

How do we stop this? How do we preempt B*sh, and keep him from capitalizing on a desire for national unity while fooling everyone about his intentions? How do we do this without seeming like partisan hacks?

One thing I do know: we have to familiarize people with Miller's DINO ways. Zell Miller is no Democrat.

[mzmolly]

1. Laughable. LOL. Miller ENDORSED Bush.

Not takin this bait. :hi:

[JI7]

2. zell miller wants senators to be elected by state legislatures again

just this alone should disqualify him. and he has said so much crap that would be brought up. so would his praise of kerry just a few years ago and then his sudden turn around and bashing. he comes across as a bitter angry person and would turn off a lot of people.

[truebrit71]

3. Never gonna happen....

..fret not alonso....

..there are other things to be concerned with....like preventing Team Shrub from stealing their second consecutive election...

[sangh0]

4. Yes, it's frightening

to think that someone is actually worried about this

[forgethell]

5. What I want to know is

who votes for the second half of a ticket, anyway? The vice-presidency is worth nothing that the president does not allow. I mean, suppose * got desperate and decided to dump Cheny and put Condi Rice on the ticket as Vice-President? Is that going to get the black vote, or women's votes? Only the stupid ones. On the other hand, the "stupid" may be the swing votes. But let's say he offered the job to Joe Leiberman to appeal to the Jewish vote and centrist Democrats. Will that get their vote? * doesn't need Zell on the ticket. There is no way he will lose the South.

So why bother with a "Unity" ticket? For either party. I think it has more potential to drive supporters away than to attract new supporters. But then, what do I know? I've never run for public office. The country is divided, and a "unity" ticket is worth exactly the same as the vice-presidency, i.e. less than a bucket of warm spit, to Democrats and/or Republicans.

[Freddie Stubbs]

6. A ticket like that would enable Bush to carry Georgia and

perhaps the entire south.

[Dookus]

7. well

Bush carried Georgia in 2000 with 55% over 43% for Gore.

I think he pretty much has Georgia in his column already.

[King of New Orleans]

8. Freddie knows that

he's just using a little sarcasm

[Dookus]

9. ah...

it's so hard to tell these days :P