Could Democrats nominate Maxine Waters for president? (Answer: Yes)

BillBrown · 2018-07-13T07:37:55.447Z

Yakshi:

He didn’t. He knows this because it is obvious.

There are 447 members of the DNC. Most of them you’ve never heard of. How could their opinion of Waters be obvious? If Judo knows Waters is unpopular with them, he would have had to ask them.

Axxowiz · 2018-07-13T07:52:23.058Z

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/740370002

Bookers not even close, if it was held today.

Biden 32%
Hillary 18%
Sanders 16%
Bookers at 6%

Call_me_Ishmael · 2018-07-13T07:57:36.358Z

MidwestIndy:

Because Waters does not in fact represent the democrat party

Yeah. I know what you mean.

Wink wink

Call_me_Ishmael · 2018-07-13T07:58:52.534Z

Apocalypto:

Dude, what’s the deal with you and black people? You bring us up quite a bit.

Oh I thought you were brown.

You are black now?

You arnt pulling a Rachel Dolezal on me are you? I mean, I wish I were black too but I dont go around pretending.

Call_me_Ishmael · 2018-07-13T08:01:54.528Z

CanadianJudo:

That is why Corey Booker is one of the top pick for the nomination…

“I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,”

So is Corey Booker the second?

Maybe Maxine isn’t clean enough for Democrats? Or bright enough? You Democrats are quite discriminating in what black people you deem acceptable.

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Yakshi · 2018-07-13T08:02:48.159Z

I know about Waters because you squeal about her. I know she is not going to be president because I read links about her from hysterical people like you. She’s too much like Trump to be picked by Democrats. It’s not that hard.

Find a new nightmare.

Yakshi · 2018-07-13T08:26:38.708Z

Fox feeds you people Maxine Waters.

Therefore, you scream about Maxine Waters.

How can Trump supporters be so incredibly naive?

SimplyTrying · 2018-07-13T10:12:21.280Z

She wouldn’t get my vote- too extreme.

SimplyTrying · 2018-07-13T10:16:47.781Z

That’s really a stupid thing to say.

TheRedComet · 2018-07-13T10:18:49.863Z

They are both way too old.

Smyrna · 2018-07-13T10:39:51.804Z

Maxine for POTUS?

Impeach 46

GWH · 2018-07-13T10:42:40.049Z

That’s silly. All the candidates on the democrat side are demons. There’s no conjuring necessary.

Mountain_Soldier · 2018-07-13T10:51:22.806Z

Yakshi:

I know about Waters because you squeal about her. I know she is not going to be president because I read links about her from hysterical people like you. She’s too much like Trump to be picked by Democrats. It’s not that hard.

Find a new nightmare.

You must have missed all the posts around here supporting her insistence that republicans get harassed wherever they go…

Yakshi · 2018-07-13T11:29:56.066Z

Sure did, because they don’t exist.

zantax · 2018-07-13T11:31:36.002Z

MidwestIndy:

Because Waters does not in fact represent the democrat party. The OP made up that assertion without any backing and its as simple as that. Contrary to what you may believe and I’m taking a little but of liberty here myself based on your history of posts. The extremes of a party don’t represent it’s base. In the democrat sense for example Hillary wasn’t an extreme in the most recent example, Bernie was. Trump was with Cruz a close second. HIllary was a bad candidate that much is established but the only alternative was a much further left person in bernie, so Hillary was chosen. In the GOP Trump represented the most furthest right in terms of rhetoric offered and they chose him, eve if his demonstrated pattern didn’t play that out, it is about here and now.

He won based on rhetoric alone, and a promise of results. That isn’t atypical. People tend to vote and revote on what they think a person can get done not on what they have. I suspect a lot of people will revote for Trump based on promises rather than results. And they will do so based on excuses baked up. For example those voting for Trump in 2020 will most likely do so based on the false premise than anything he didn’t do was because of opposition, regardless of the reason why.

What? She doesn’t represent the democratic party? That’s odd, why is she a ranking member on their steering and policy committee?

Mountain_Soldier · 2018-07-13T11:39:17.135Z

Yakshi:

Sure did, because they don’t exist.

They sure do.

Yakshi · 2018-07-13T11:43:15.574Z

No, they don’t.

Now, you see, it’s your turn to provide all of the posts supporting your claim.

A hysterical conservative defense to conservative hysterics about Maxine Waters probably isn’t the best route to credibility.

Drink some lemonade and forget you made such a dumb move.

peek-a-boo · 2018-07-13T12:04:42.266Z

I’m thinking it will be Hillary once again. But, I would certainly welcome Waters.

BillBrown · 2018-07-13T12:53:52.076Z

peek-a-boo:

I’m thinking it will be Hillary once again. But, I would certainly welcome Waters.

Either would be good nominees. :))

MidwestIndy · 2018-07-13T13:23:22.300Z

Because she has been around for 28 years. See thats how senority works in the House of Representatives. Not too hard to get reelected 13 times in one of the most liberal districts of the most liberal state.

And news flash, just being a ranking member doesn’t mean you represent the party for example, Donald Trump had no senority or ranking in the GOP and still ended up the nominee. Roy Moore is a member of the GOP, does he represent the party as a whole? How about Joe Arpaio? Point being, just being a member of a party doesn’t mean you represent it’s entirety or in the case of extremists like Waters, even a significant portion of them.

You could say she represents ~700,000 people which is the population of the district that she serves, and that is generously assuming 100% of the people of that district are in the democrat party. Going by the last house race there about 75% of the district is, so bottom line is the best assertion that you could make is she represents 525,000 people of the democrat party, but most certainly not THE Democrat party.