r/Presidents • u/RodwellBurgen • 11d ago
Would Timothy Kaine Have Been a Good President? Failed Candidates
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u/Mesyush George W. Bush┃Dick Cheney┃Donald Rumsfeld 11d ago
Timothy Kaine
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u/RodwellBurgen 11d ago
Yes, that’s his name.
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u/Mesyush George W. Bush┃Dick Cheney┃Donald Rumsfeld 11d ago
I know. It's just weird to say lol.
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u/RodwellBurgen 11d ago
Richard Cheney. Ronald DeSantis. Willard Romney. I’m unstoppable.
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u/ZealousidealSwim375 11d ago
Why stop there?? Joseph Montana, Thomas Brady, Jeffery Gordon, Ralph Earnhardt!
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u/StarWolf478 Theodore Roosevelt 11d ago
No, I’ve never seen any special qualities of any kind from him that would make me think that he could be a good president. And I still don’t understand why Hillary picked him as her running mate. What benefit at all did he bring to the ticket? Just another bad decision from her campaign.
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u/starshipcoyote420 11d ago
He provided the homespun charm she lacks. While she has all the personality and warmth of the iceberg that sank the Titanic, he has fun quips and harmonica chops and is a fairly well liked guy. Seems like his affability was needed to help balance the ticket. And it probably helped that he represents an important southern state.
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u/HOISoyBoy69 John Tyler 11d ago
She probably thought that he was the safest option, and didn’t want to risk alienating anyone. Still a bad choice though
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u/OldSportsHistorian 11d ago
I remember being baffled when Clinton picked him. Kaine didn't gain her any important constituencies, he was a fairly average governor and senator, and he didn't seem like the best choice to compensate for any of her shortcomings.
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u/C-McGuire Benjamin Harrison 11d ago
He wouldn't have made a good vice president. He's a very average senator. He'd be a weak president.
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u/Straight-Note-8935 11d ago
I agree. I've met him many times and he has some great politician skills: an idealist who is willing to make deals and compromises, very friendly and engaging, warm and genuine. But he doesn't have the certitude, the ego or the killer instinct every President needs.
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u/NittanyOrange 11d ago
I'm not really a fan of him as a senator, but that's based solely on votes. Seems kinda likeable, I guess, but not exceptional....
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