# Biden's Running Mate Prediction Thread

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [March 14, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-running-mate-prediction-thread/849482 "2020-03-14T15:59:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-running-mate-prediction-thread/849482/216 "2020-05-02T04:15:43Z")

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> [@Lamoral](#):
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> I didn’t word it exactly that way, but I did say that veterans and military members don’t just automatically find someone sympathetic or relatable just because that person served in the military, whether it’s a random person or someone running for political office. It’s a lot more nuanced than “that person is a veteran” or “that person was wounded in combat” and “therefore I should like them.”
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> For every Democratic or liberal veteran who tries to play the veteran card, 10 more veterans will come out of the woodwork to call them out.

From another earlier vp thread:

> [@Vice Presidential \[2020\] candidates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-2020-candidates/848976/67):
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> Duckworth is not well-liked by many career soldiers. She is perceived as a hot-dog who put lives at risk when she was shot down.

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