Unbelievably Sarah Palin has learned NOTHING from these last ten years.

.@SarahPalinUSA on vice presidential run: "I would do it again in a heartbeat." pic.twitter.com/mAlKDniX8a

— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 9, 2018

Courtesy of the Washington Examiner:  

Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, said she would have a second tilt at the White House "in a heartbeat." 

"I would do it again in a heartbeat," Palin said during an interview that aired Sunday on Fox News' "Life, Liberty and Levin" when asked whether she was glad she was chosen to run on Sen. John McCain's ticket. 

"I would have push back harder on some of those who were trying to mold me into something that I was not during the campaign. I would've pushed back and gotten more truth out there, but heck yes," she continued. 

Palin added that McCain "probably" selected her as his running mate for "political, practical reasons." 

"He probably knew they needed someone younger, needed a female and needed a true conservative to balance everything else out and they were smart enough to have chosen someone with a lot of administrative experience. That was my career, it was in administration," she said.

That last part about being an administrator is laugh out loud funny to Alaskans.

This woman could not manage her own family, much less an executive office.

I have no doubt that Palin would accept that VP nomination again "in a heartbeat."

I mean without that her family would never have had the opportunity to embarrass themselves on the national stage in the way that they have, and she might still be considered a possible candidate for political office instead of a bitter dried up old has been.

The REAL question to ask is whether John McCain would have ever chosen her if he had it to do all over again.

As for the idea of running again, well we all know that is just a thing she says to get the mouth breathers all excited.

Sarah Palin is NEVER going to run for the presidency again, and likely not for any other political office either.

Not only is she carrying enough baggage to bring a Himalayan Sherpa to his knees, but her family is always one drunken night, extramarital affair, or unwed pregnancy away from hitting the front pages of tabloids all over the country.

John Oliver turns his attention to Vice President Mike Pence. Poor Mike Pence. Update!

Courtesy of the AV Club: 

With the chaos at the Trump White House mounting every single day to what seems like an inevitable flashpoint involving a constitutional crisis, impeachment, indictment, diversionary declaration of war, or simply a White House staffed with no one but Trump relatives and their wedding planners, it’s tempting to look ahead to the theoretically more stable prospect of President Mike Pence. But, as John Oliver lays out in the main story of Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, be very fucking careful what you wish for.

Oliver, calling Pence “the opposite of whatever a silver fox is” (settling on “ashen weasel”), takes a hard, typically incisive and hilariously pissed off look at exactly how extreme the positions of the (current) Vice President are. From his vocal opposition to women in the military, his prayer-based non-response to an HIV outbreak in Indiana when he was governor, to his ongoing abetting and excusing of literally every ignorant, hateful, or outright lunatic and untrue thing that dribbles out of his boss’ mouth, Oliver presents a portrait of a man whose outward appearance of un-Trump-ian sanity barely conceals the frothing, right wing loon within. Especially when it comes to the LGBTQ community, where Pence’s long history of bigotry includes overt, verifiable support of one James Dobson and the organization Focus on the Family, your go-to zealots for “shock ‘em ‘til they’re not gay anymore” “conversion therapy.”

Of course the point Oliver is trying to make is that Mike Pence is a fucking three car pile up, which we all seem completely oblivious to because he is always standing next to the human train wreck.

Look I want Trump out of office at least as much as the next guy, probably more actually, but if we take him out and leave Pence in place we may simply find ourselves exchanging one walking nightmare for another.

Update: So apparently John Oliver's bunny book is outselling Mike Pence's bunny book.

Courtesy of The Daily Beast:  

On Sunday night John Oliver announced on HBO’s Last Week Tonight that A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo, a children’s book about a gay bunny, named after a pet rabbit owned by the family of Vice President Mike Pence, would be available immediately. That meant it beat a rival children’s book, Marlon Bundo’s Day in the Life of the Vice President, written by Pence’s daughter, Charlotte, and illustrated by his wife, Karen, by mere hours to the digital shelves. 

As of Monday afternoon, Last Week Tonight’s book—which was written by Jill Twiss and illustrated by E.G. Keller, an artist from Pence’s home state of Indiana—was the No. 1 seller on Amazon, with the Pences’ book lagging noticeably behind at No. 6. With over 1,200 user reviews by that time, the Last Week Tonight book earned a rare five-star rating. The Pences’ effort had less than 50 reviews, and a woeful one-and-a-half-star rating.

I swear John Oliver is a national treasure. 

Mike Pence's wife finds Donald Trump "reprehensible...totally vile."

Mike Pence's wife Karen finds Donald Trump “reprehensible -- just totally vile," a former campaign aide tells @mckaycoppins: https://t.co/HTJr56F6Fd

— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) December 5, 2017

My first reaction to this was, "Who doesn't?"

But also if this is the case, and we all know that Pence is afraid to wipe his ass without his wife's permission, then why did she allow him to share the ticket with this pig?

The simple answer is power, and the possibility that if Trump is impeached that Karen Pence might become the First Lady.

Christian values are great and all, but they do not stand a chance against access to unfettered power and prestige.

For those of you who held out hope that Mike Pence was the smart one. Not so much.

Courtesy of HuffPo: 

Vice President Mike Pence apparently couldn’t help himself. 

He caused concern on Thursday by blatantly ignoring a safety sign during a tour of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. 

Pence was shown some critical space flight hardware, including a piece covered by a sheet of paper with the instruction “DO NOT TOUCH.” But as this snap by Reuters photographer Mike Brown shows, he totally disregarded the warning.

I wonder if the nuclear football comes with child safety locks?

Vice President Mike Pence reminds us why we may not be in such a hurry to impeach Donald Trump.

Courtesy of Vox: 

Vice President Mike Pence popped into the 40th anniversary celebration of the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family to remind members he’s a devout Christian politician who has his back. And, he says, so is President Donald Trump. 

After the group’s president Jim Daly introduced Pence as “one of us,” the vice president spoke for 30 minutes on Friday, on both foreign policy and domestic issues. Unsurprisingly, Pence focused quite a bit on abortion, reiterating the Trump administration’s commitment to what he characterized as the "timeless values” Focus on the Family advocates first. 

He repeatedly referred to the president himself as both an “unwavering ally" of Christian evangelicals and a believer himself — calling him “a leader, a believer, a timeless defender of the values that will make America great again.” He described Trump as someone who “advocated in the public square for values our public needs to hear, now more than ever.” 

Pence’s comments are hardly surprising: after all, his evangelical faith and religiously-motivated stances on abortion and LGBTQ rights are well-known. But the intensity in expressing them on Friday was striking. Pence announced that he would donate an ultrasound machine in his own name to a faith-based crisis pregnancy center. (These centers, which are marketed like typical abortion clinics, but are set up to persuade women to avoid abortions, make up a major part of Focus on the Family’s efforts).

By the way Pence's assertion that Trump is an "unwavering ally of Christian Evangelicals" is the very definition of fake news.

Donald Trump is the unwavering ally of Donald Trump, and ONLY Donald Trump.

Mike Pence on the other hand is a tent revival attending, evangelizing, self proclaimed warrior for the almighty, and he would love nothing more than to return this country back to the days when women stayed in the kitchen, black folks stayed in the fields, and gay people stayed so deep in their closets that they needed to stuff mothballs down their pants.

I mean the man donated an entire ultrasound machine just to stop women from aborting their babies for fuck's sake.

That is why Senator Al Franken suggested that folks might want to think long and hard about trying to get Trump impeached.

Courtesy of the International Business Times:

“Pence ran the transition and some of the very worst nominees, I felt — [EPA chief Scott] Pruitt, [Education Secretary Betsy] DeVos, [HHS Secretary Tom] Price, [Budget director Mick] Mulvaney — were Pence selections, clearly, I think,” Franken told IBT. “He's ideological, I consider him a zealot, and I think that in terms of a lot of domestic policy certainly would be worse than Trump.”

Look I still think that Trump is a criminal, who had help in stealing this election, and I want him to either quit or be impeached.

But if we don't come up with some way to take Pence down with him, I fear that we may well go from the frying pan directly into that fire and brimstone.

Mike Pence launches new PAC. Things that make you go "Hmmm."

Courtesy of NBC News:  

Vice President Mike Pence is launching his own PAC — the "Great America Committee" — to aid his own future political interests, including helping Republican candidates ahead of the 2018 midterms. 

The group, which filed paperwork with the FEC on Wednesday, will be able to use the funds to cover the costs of the vice president's travels on Air Force Two to campaign on behalf of GOP candidates across the country. 

This is the first time a sitting vice president has formed such a separate political arm. Former administration officials have used either party or campaign funds to cover travel costs.

A source close to the vice president said the organization will "provide resources for the vice president to actually support candidates who are supportive of the president's agenda."

Of course they are dismissing the idea that this has anything to do with Pence's plans to run in 2020, but I mean come on, is anybody really buying that?

The last sitting VP to do this was George H. W. Bush, and of course we know why HE did it.

I actually think that Pence has been positioning himself for a 2020 run since the inauguration.

And currently Pence is doing his invisible man act in order to stay out of the line of fire while Trump gets hit from all sides.

Courtesy of CNN:

It's hard for a vice president of the United States to disappear from sight. After all, you are the second most powerful person in the country and all that. 

Despite those challenges, Vice President Mike Pence has been nearly invisible for the last 48 hours or so -- even as the Trump Administration has been buffeted by a slew of negative stories that have occasioned a special counsel to be named to oversee the ongoing Russia probe.

So yeah he's running in 2020, and I'd bet the farm that he is hoping the investigations take the giant orange asshole out of his way soon so that he can become the president right now and get started on rolling back voting rights and women's access to birth control, like he's always dreamed of doing. 

President Obama awarding Joe Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom is the video we all deserve to see at the end of the day.

I swear that it seems that all President Obama wants to do these days is hit me right in the feels.

At this point I am just grabbing a box of tissues every time I see him step to the lectern.

You can literally FEEL the love between these two men, and watching them together is now like an antidote to the blues.

I am not going to bother telling you all that I am going to miss these two, because I think by this point we are all on the same page.

P.S. Here is Joe Biden's response after receiving this completely unexpected award. 

Mike Pence issues statement on lewd Trump tape. Update!

My statement below: pic.twitter.com/92VYEAxIcl

— Mike Pence (@mike_pence) October 8, 2016

"Cannot condone" and "cannot defend."

Finally Mike Pence finds his limit with things he can defend on behalf of Donald Trump.

It also looks as if appearances by Pence have been scrubbed from the Trump campaign schedule.

Could this mean that Pence has one foot out the door?

Maybe.

And if he is jumping ship he better hurry before he is the only one left still supporting Trump.

Update: Here is the statement supposedly just now issued by Melania Trump.

JUST IN: Melania Trump issues statement following release of husband's 2005 sexually-charged remarks https://t.co/16BtQywsPR pic.twitter.com/IP29jnoUks

— ABC News (@ABC) October 8, 2016

Yeah if you think Melania had anything to do with that statement I have a bridge I would like to sell you.

Update 2: Donald Trump apparently got his smart phone back.

The media and establishment want me out of the race so badly - I WILL NEVER DROP OUT OF THE RACE, WILL NEVER LET MY SUPPORTERS DOWN! #MAGA

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2016

Yep, as defiant as ever.

Update 3: Okay you KNOW you're screwed when Tic Tac weighs in on your campaign.

Tic Tac respects all women. We find the recent statements and behavior completely inappropriate and unacceptable.

— Tic Tac USA (@TicTacUSA) October 8, 2016

Somebody check the records, when was the last time a breath freshener felt the need to distance themselves from a candidate? 

One thing that did come from the VP debate last night, more material for those great anti-Trump ads.

Mike Pence's #VPDebate strategy seemed to be "if you close your eyes, Trump doesn't exist." pic.twitter.com/VM4CuglV89

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 5, 2016

I don't know about the rest of you but I was kind of writing some these ads in my head last night while watching Pence working overtime to deny that Donald Trump had said the things that every voter in America already knows Donald Trump had said.

And as usual all the Clinton campaign has to do is use the actual words spoken by the two candidates to craft the ad.

It also gives Hillary quite a bit to work with this Sunday when she once again faces off against Jabba the Orange Hutt.

P.S. By the way it appears that the surge after the first presidential debate continues forward as Five Thirty Eight currently shows Hillary with a whopping 316 electoral votes.

Sarah Palin cranky that she had to stand during HER VP debate.

Actually Palin kind of makes a good point as the only other female VP candidate, Geraldine Ferraro, ALSO had to stand during her debate in 1984.

However I would remind Palin that she was not the only one to stand during that 2008 VP debate.

And Biden was twenty years her senior, so imagine how hard that was on his old man legs.

Having said that I think we all know that the most likely reason for Palin and Biden being forced to stand during the debate was because Palin had essentially run on her youth and attractiveness so the network realized that more viewers would tune in to get a look at her ass than they would to hear that screechy voice of hers.

I think the one to feel sorry for here is Joe. 

Get ready party animals tonight is the Vice Presidential debate. Whoopee? Update!

I know what you're thinking, "Oh my God, I'd rather watch paint dry. I'd rather watch grass grow. I'd rather watch paint drying on growing grass."

I get you, this could very well be much like watching those zombies on the Walking Dead bumping into each other as they amble around a parking lot. You know, but less lively.

However if you are passionate about politics, if you really care about this country, well let's face it you could still go right ahead and skip this.

However since I am your friendly neighborhood political blogger I will be watching and taking notes throughout the debate.

But don't worry, I will not be alone.

I will be watching the great Governor @Mike_Pence and live tweeting the VP debate tonight starting at 8:30pm est! Enjoy!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 4, 2016

(Why do I think these tweets will be the most interesting thing to happen tonight? And the only thing the media will be talking about afterwards?)

I will also be live tweeting, only my tweets should be should be somewhat coherent, and you can see my tweets by clicking here.

All levity aside we really should be paying attention to what happens tonight. After all one of these people could be our Vice President for the next four years, and the other could be our actual President while his running mate tries to find some way to make a profit off of winning the election.

Speaking of that second guy here is another reminder that he is really quite dangerous in his own right.

And just think, that's what he wants to do to the entire country.

Update: Somebody already sounds a little pissy.

Wow, @CNN is so negative. Their panel is a joke, biased and very dumb. I'm turning to @FoxNews where we get a fair shake! Mike will do great

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2016

You know he could watch it on CBC. After all they are the ones hosting the debate.

Update 2:

"@RoadkingL: @mike_pence Wow, Kaine couldn't go 12 seconds without a lie. Marines and military are scared of the liar running. #bengazi"

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2016

Even off stage Trump is more entertaining than these two.

Update 3:

"@Jnelson52722: @realDonaldTrump @Susiesentinel Kaine looks like an evil crook out of the Batman movies"

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2016

So presidential don't you think?

Update 4: Can you believe that Trump just tweeted this?

CLINTON’S CLOSE TIES TO PUTIN DESERVE SCRUTINY:https://t.co/wPYm5vQoyt #VPDebate

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2016

Playing with fire there Cheeto Jesus.

Just a quick Mike Pence update before the VP debate for any of you who might still think he is the rational one on the ticket.

Pence is a cowardly extremist who wants to "convert" gays, banish refugees, & let HIV patients die. He is the GOP.https://t.co/l5GEyb9Byh pic.twitter.com/LEP93HMAgE

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) October 4, 2016

The problem with Donald Trump is that he sucks the air out of the room and distracts from any of the horrible people he surrounds himself with.

However if Trump were to actually win this thing (Hang on, having a slight panic attack here.) it is quite likely he would put Mike Pence in charge of running the country while he went around, in his words, "making America great."

Whatever the hell THAT means.

And knowing that should seriously chill you to the bone.

Mike Pence, Donald Trump's VP choice, identifies Dick Cheney as his role model. Did anybody else just have a cold chill run up their spine?

Courtesy of ABC News: 

GOP vice presidential candidate Mike Pence said his role model for the number two spot is the last Republican to hold the job -- Dick Cheney. 

“I frankly hold Dick Cheney in really high regard in his role as vice president and as an American,” Pence said on ABC’s "This Week." 

Pence said that, like Cheney, he hoped to be “a very active vice president.” 

“Vice President Cheney had experience in Congress as I do, and he was very active in working with members of the House and the Senate,” he said.

Holy shitballs!

Are they trying to terrify the American people about their campaign, or are they really this tone deaf?

Just the idea that Dick Cheney, or a Dick Cheney wannabe, would return to running this country is the kind of news that makes the little hairs on my ass crack stand straight up.

And the thing is I am all but certain that he would have powers similar to the ones exercised by Cheney when Bush was in office. To be clear, that would be all of the power of the presidency.

Don't forget that Trump offered that kind of deal to Kasich in order to convince HIM to be his running mate: 

One day this past May, Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., reached out to a senior adviser to Gov. John Kasich of Ohio, who left the presidential race just a few weeks before. As a candidate, Kasich declared in March that Trump was “really not prepared to be president of the United States,” and the following month he took the highly unusual step of coordinating with his rival Senator Ted Cruz in an effort to deny Trump the nomination. But according to the Kasich adviser (who spoke only under the condition that he not be named), Donald Jr. wanted to make him an offer nonetheless: Did he have any interest in being the most powerful vice president in history? 

When Kasich’s adviser asked how this would be the case, Donald Jr. explained that his father’s vice president would be in charge of domestic and foreign policy. 

Then what, the adviser asked, would Trump be in charge of? 

“Making America great again” was the casual reply. 

I would be very surprised if Trump did not offer Pence a similar deal.

For those who don't know, Mike Pence is a evangelical Christian, who has no respect for LGBT rights, passed one of the strictest anti-choice laws in the country, is beloved by the Koch brothers, and is an adherent to the often mocked trickle down approach to the economy.

In short he is almost as big of a nightmare as Donald Trump and the idea of the two of them being co-presidents is terrifying to say the very least.

So apparently Joe Biden is now officiating at gay weddings. Cool.

Proud to marry Brian and Joe at my house. Couldn't be happier, two longtime White House staffers, two great guys. pic.twitter.com/0om1PT7bKh

— Vice President Biden (@VP) August 1, 2016

Courtesy of The Independent:

Joe Biden has been enjoying himself recently. 

 As well as filming an episode of Law & Order last week, the vice president also took on the honourable duty of marrying two White House officials. 

On their request, he officiated for Brian Mosteller, the director of Oval Office operations, and Joe Mashie, a trip coordinator for Michelle Obama, at his Washington home.

Damn, just when you think Joe Biden cannot get any cooler.

Tim Kaine is really going to have to up his game if he wants to fill those vice presidential shoes.

VP candidate Tim Kaine seems to be at odds with Hillary Clinton's desire to repeal the Hyde Amendment.

(To hear the relevant portions fast forward to the 4:45 mark.)

Courtesy of CNN: 

Tim Kaine differs with Hillary Clinton on a longstanding rule banning federal taxpayer dollars from funding abortions, the Democratic vice presidential candidate told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union," in an interview that aired Sunday. 

That's a rare policy disagreement with Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, and her running mate, who said he was "so humbled" to be chosen for the ticket. 

"My job is really to just do everything I can to support a great Clinton presidency and I'm really excited to be off and running on that task," the Virginia senator said. 

Abortion, though, remains a point of difference between the pair. Kaine said he supports the Hyde Amendment, a 40-year-old rule preventing federal taxpayer dollars from funding abortions. That contradicts comments by Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook in a July 24 "State of the Union" appearance. Kaine "has said that he will stand with Secretary Clinton to defend a woman's right to choose, to repeal the Hyde Amendment," Mook quoted Kaine as saying. 

"My voting position on abortion hasn't really changed," Kaine said in the interview aired Sunday. "I support the Hyde Amendment. I haven't changed that."

Well this is interesting, and kind of addresses some of the concerns that certain progressive had about Hillary's selection of Tim Kaine.

While it is nice to hear that he supports Roe vs Wade, it is a little troubling that he is not as pro-choice as Hillary. Or as pro-choice as the majority of progressives in this country.

The thing that is kind of frustrating to me is that Kaine's point of view seems to stem completely from his Catholic faith, which means that he is a candidate for the VP slot on the Democratic ticket whose opinions are informed by a belief in primitive superstitions.

That is quite troubling in 2016.

As I have stated before I really don't give a shit what fantasies you choose to embrace so long as they do not impact your real world decisions.

New Democratic VP candidate Tim Kaine knocks it out of the park in his first campaign speech of 2016.

Courtesy of the Daily Beast: 

Holy crap. He killed it. 

I’m not trying to spin you. I’m sitting here in shock. Shock. Tim Kaine was unbelievable. 

He was natural. He was smart. He was relaxed and funny, and he was serious. He was proud of himself and his wife and family but never arrogant. He was humble without ever being cloying in that way the politically humble can often be. He was genuine. He was unbelievable. 

And part of the way through, this thought struck me: He is the perfect choice for her because he comes across as so at ease and so real. These are two things, as we know, that Hillary Clinton has a lot of trouble with. She’s too scripted, she’s a phony, all that stuff. Kaine was just so easy-breezy, so comfortable with himself and in this role, that he has the potential to wash away a decent chunk of that negativity about her.

Yeah okay, I'm fully on board now.

I mean I was of course always going to vote for the Democratic ticket, but now I can do so with substantially more enthusiasm.

And what's more Kaine is going to REALLY force a couple of those hesitant Republicans to have to seriously consider voting for the much more competent Democratic team this time around.

And seriously who else can hardly wait to see Time Kaine face off against Mike Pence in that VP debate?

P.S. Donald Trump sends his love as well.

Just saw Crooked Hillary and Tim Kaine together. ISIS and our other enemies are drooling. They don't look presidential to me!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2016

Yeah, THEY don't look presidential.

Elizabeth Warren slaps Trump down over his pathetic attempt to incite animosity between her and Hillary.

Pocahontas wanted V.P. slot so badly but wasn't chosen because she has done nothing in the Senate. Also, Crooked Hillary hates her!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2016

So that's the tweet that Trump sent today in an attempt to get a rise out of Warren and hopefully start some shit between her and Hillary.

Didn't really work.

I’m right where I want to be, @realDonaldTrump: Calling you out & holding you responsible for your reckless vision for America.

— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) July 23, 2016

So Clinton got the running mate that she wanted, the Senate gets to keep the brilliant and courageous Elizabeth Warren, and Warren gets to keep right on kicking Trump's ass on Twitter.

Looks like the only one who loses here is Trump. 

Getting to know Tim Kaine.

Courtesy of USA Today: 

If resume is destiny, Kaine was inevitable. He is a former city council member, mayor, lieutenant governor and governor who has become a student of war and foreign policy in the Senate. As governor he even had to prove himself in the tragic role presidents must play all too often, as consoler in chief after a mass shooting (the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre that left 32 people dead). 

Kaine’s political credentials are also unmatched. A former national party chairman and a former Catholic missionary to Honduras, he has never lost an election and has a solid approval rating in his state. He may not be Hispanic, but he speaks fluent Spanish. tHe comes from an important swing state with 13 electoral votes – more than twice as many as Iowa (home of another finalist, Agriculture secretary and former governor Tom Vilsack). And, key to Democratic dreams of a Senate majority, Kaine’s successor will be named by a Democrat -- Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe. 

Low-maintenance and low-key, a Southern politician married to the daughter of a former Republican governor, Kaine always seemed a mismatch for the job his friend Barack Obama gave him in 2009 as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. He isn’t a partisan pit bull on the order of, say, Dick Cheney. But Clinton will have plenty of willing and ferocious attackers, from Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to a highly articulate and enraged cadre of #NeverTrump conservatives.

Okay, all of that sounds pretty good.

There are a few stumbling blocks for progressives however, including Kaine's wishy washy stance on abortion (He's a Catholic.), his support for TPP, and of course the worst one, he's not Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren,

However there is this.

Various progressive groups give hi ratings to #TimKaine
Brady Campaign 100%
Human Rights Campaign 100%
Planned P 100%
AFL CIO 96%
NAACP 96%

— NaphiSoc (@NaphiSoc) July 23, 2016

And that's very good.

And there is also the fact that he is almost universally well liked (Much like Joe Biden.) and considered to be extremely ethical and trustworthy.

Well aside from this that is: 

Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine took advantage of the state’s lax gift laws to receive an $18,000 Caribbean vacation, $5,500 in clothes and a trip to watch George Mason University play in the NCAA basketball Final Four during his years as lieutenant governor and governor, according to disclosures he filed. 

While legal under Virginia’s unusually permissive ethics rules, the gifts could become attack-ad fodder after similar presents led to corruption charges for Gov. Bob McDonnell, whose conviction the Supreme Court overturned Monday. Republicans could also use the records to portray Kaine as part of the self-dealing establishment in a cycle animated by hostility toward the political class.

It's not much, but it gives Trump and the Republicans at least a little something to work with.

And Trump has wasted little time in going on the attack:

The Bernie Sanders supporters are furious with the choice of Tim Kaine, who represents the opposite of what Bernie stands for. Philly fight?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2016

Tim Kaine is, and always has been, owned by the banks. Bernie supporters are outraged, was their last choice. Bernie fought for nothing!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2016

Tim Kaine has been praising the Trans Pacific Partnership and has been pushing hard to get it approved. Job killer!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2016

Damn it looks like Tim Kaine scares Trump almost as much as Elizabeth "Pocahontas" Warren did.

You know when Hillary announced that Kaine was her choice I have to admit that I was disappointed, but that had nothing to do with any negative feelings I had about Tim Kaine, but rather my own desire to have somebody on the ticket who I found exciting or inspirational.

To be honest I am not really that big of a Hillary supporter.

I like her just fine, but she really does not get me fired up.

And sadly neither does Tim Kaine.

So yes this ticket is made up of two very strong and capable politicians, who are infinitely better than their Republican counterparts.

But damn, I just wish as a political blogger I had more opportunity to write excitedly about the Democratic ticket, and did not have to instead focus on the lunacy from the other side of the aisle.

Breaking News: Tim Kaine will be Hillary Clinton's choice for VP! Update!

I'm thrilled to announce my running mate, @TimKaine, a man who's devoted his life to fighting for others. -H pic.twitter.com/lTVyfztE5Z

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 23, 2016

So there you have it.

Damn, I was wrong.

Oh well, I am sure that Tim Kaine will be great. 

Update: Twitter weighs in on Hillary's choice of Tim Kaine.

Tim Kaine fought housing discrimination as a civil rights attorney. Mike Pence was mad because he thought Mulan empowered girls too much.

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) July 23, 2016

The business-as-usual choice for VP is Tim Kaine. Is it a winning choice? @TheLastWord 10pm

— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) July 23, 2016

Tim Kaine Has Already Turned Virginia Into A Likely Democratic Win For Hillary Clinton via @politicususa https://t.co/at962yc7ng #p2 #ctl

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) July 23, 2016

BONUS FOR CLINTONS: Pick means longtime friend Terry McAuliffe gets to hand pick a senator

— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) July 23, 2016

Kaine told Clinton he wouldn't support the TPP in its current form https://t.co/2LlDIT75E8 w/@mmcauliff

— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) July 23, 2016

Senator @TimKaine is a gunsense champion of the first order. pic.twitter.com/2NTz3KV3oT

— Everytown (@Everytown) July 23, 2016

I think that is a fairly accurate overview of my Twitter feed concerning Tim Kaine.

There is a little butt hurt out there, a whole lot of "meh," and at least a handful of "whoopies."

I remain unimpressed, a little disappointed, but I am certainly not horrified.

So is this some kind of hint? Update!

Now might be a good time to follow us on Snapchat. https://t.co/NEpNSdyNzs pic.twitter.com/k1oxo6N0CC

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 21, 2016

I like Cory Booker, I do.

But I really have my heart set on Elizabeth Warren.

Now according to recent reporting Hillary is actually down to these three choices:

Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential search is centering on three main contenders, with an announcement expected as soon as Friday as the Democrat prepares for her party’s national convention next week in Philadelphia. 

Democrats familiar with the search say Clinton’s campaign has focused in recent days on Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, a former governor, mayor and one-time Catholic missionary fluent in Spanish; Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, an ex-Iowa governor and longtime Clinton ally; and Labor Secretary Tom Perez, a progressive champion who would be the first Hispanic on a major-party ticket.

I REALLY hope that this is inaccurate reporting because not one of those choices appeals to me even a little.

I would much prefer Cory Booker, who at least has some personality, and it not some old boring white dude.

But then again, as I have said many times in the past, Elizabeth Warren is the game changing choice that would give Hillary the kind of bump that would completely knock Donald Trump off of the news cycle for at least 24 hours.

However I am a Democrat, so if my favorite choice does not get the job I will still support, and vote my heart out, for the Hillary and her VP choice.

Whoever that boring choice might be. 

Update: So there is a lot of talk about Hillary announcing her VP choice today.

However with this shooting in Munich today I would put all of that on hold if I were the Clinton camp.

They will be drowned out by these events in Germany, and they need to make the announcement when they can own the news cycle.

Like Monday perhaps.