Vice President Kamala Harris is beginning to vet about a dozen possible candidates to be her running mate as she approaches one of most consequential decisions of her new presidential candidacy.
He also has a twin brother who is also an astronaut, that means double the campaigning and no one will know! /s
For real though, Kelly would probably be a great choice, if nothing more than because his politics are at least okay, and his career hopefully makes it really really hard for Republicans to criticize him.
Out of all the likely names I’ve seen, Roy Cooper (well liked governor from a swing state) seems like the one with the fewest turds on his record. He made some rough pro-Israel statements in October, but when progressives in his state complained he met with them and started stressing the need to protect Palestinian civilians after that (who had just gone entirely unmentioned in his first statements).
I wouldn’t mind an astronaut. At all. He’d probably kick our space program in the ass and we can finally get that moon base done.
I read that most people that go up there, after they come back, their entire worldview changes from what they thought before, and all petty human issues become meaningless. You finally realize how precious life on Earth is, and how small we are. It’s a documented phenomenon.
He has. He and his twin brother were actually part of a study into the effects of long term space habitation (his trips were shorter). They’re the only two siblings to ever both go to space.
Not to mention, his wife was a politician who survived an assassination attempt - she was shot in the head and had to relearn a lot of basic tasks. Takes a bit of the wind out of Trumps sails on that front.
I mean, the VP does still have to win elections to get there, it’s not really undemocratic in that regard, there’s no garuntee. And it probably gives more relevant experience to the position than just about any other job
I dislike the concept of a former VP rolling in as a presumptive nominee - I think it’s fine for them to enter the race but being able to chose someone else during the primary is how we stay responsive to what excites people. It’s important to remember that we essentially skipped this primary because no serious politicians would dare run against an incumbent because… tradition… and that’s how we got in this fix in the first place.
We should be getting someone in their 40s to groom them for their own presidential run.
But short term Kelly is the smart choice. An astronaut from Arizona is a no brainer.
I know nothing about his politics, but just from the optics of being an astronaut and his home state, he’s the smart pick.
He also has a twin brother who is also an astronaut, that means double the campaigning and no one will know! /s
For real though, Kelly would probably be a great choice, if nothing more than because his politics are at least okay, and his career hopefully makes it really really hard for Republicans to criticize him.
How cool would it be to have twin astronauts as Prez and VP?
Just think of the twinanigans!
The USA can be the second homozygotic state after Poland.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna13800932
Body double without the extra work. Putin is so jealous.
It would just break Republicans minds. And I think at least some of them would say it’s a government cloning program and there’s 100s of Mark Kelly’s.
I really don’t like that Kelly worked with Joe Manchin to attack the environment - https://web.archive.org/web/20240710182356/https://www.eenews.net/articles/manchin-kelly-urge-biden-to-open-new-gulf-oil-leasing/
Out of all the likely names I’ve seen, Roy Cooper (well liked governor from a swing state) seems like the one with the fewest turds on his record. He made some rough pro-Israel statements in October, but when progressives in his state complained he met with them and started stressing the need to protect Palestinian civilians after that (who had just gone entirely unmentioned in his first statements).
e; ftr, either way I’m voting for Harris
Welp, that fucking sucks…
But hey, if he’s the VP he gets taken out of the Senate and replaced…
So if anything I’d say that’s more of a reason to make him vp lol.
The VP is president of the Senate and has the tiebreaking vote
I wouldn’t mind an astronaut. At all. He’d probably kick our space program in the ass and we can finally get that moon base done.
I read that most people that go up there, after they come back, their entire worldview changes from what they thought before, and all petty human issues become meaningless. You finally realize how precious life on Earth is, and how small we are. It’s a documented phenomenon.
I don’t know if he’s ever been to space. Most astronauts never go.
It’s one of those “right place, right time” things.
Even if you’d be the best astronaut ever you need a mission to happen that requires your subject matter in a very short window.
Still undeniable badasses
He has. He and his twin brother were actually part of a study into the effects of long term space habitation (his trips were shorter). They’re the only two siblings to ever both go to space.
Shame there’s absolutely no way in the world we can ever know if he’s been to space. We’ll just have to guess because of lack of recorded history.
Not to mention, his wife was a politician who survived an assassination attempt - she was shot in the head and had to relearn a lot of basic tasks. Takes a bit of the wind out of Trumps sails on that front.
I dislike this VP->President pipeline it’s deeply undemocratic… we should stop making that a thing.
I mean, the VP does still have to win elections to get there, it’s not really undemocratic in that regard, there’s no garuntee. And it probably gives more relevant experience to the position than just about any other job
I dislike the concept of a former VP rolling in as a presumptive nominee - I think it’s fine for them to enter the race but being able to chose someone else during the primary is how we stay responsive to what excites people. It’s important to remember that we essentially skipped this primary because no serious politicians would dare run against an incumbent because… tradition… and that’s how we got in this fix in the first place.
Better than father -> son or husband -> wife
Yes, it’s better than literal nepotism… but I think we as a country can aim higher than “At least we’re not literally a hereditary monarchy”.