# IS Julian Castro as Hillary Running Mate a Done Deal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 19, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-julian-castro-as-hillary-running-mate-a-done-deal/720366 "2015-05-19T15:01:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 41
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-julian-castro-as-hillary-running-mate-a-done-deal/720366/41 "2015-05-20T17:22:46Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > [Castro has credited affirmative action for his admission into Stanford, telling The New York Times, “Joaquín and I got into Stanford because of affirmative action.”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Castro) He didn’t go to law school at Stanford. Did you mean undergraduate? Because, as far as I can tell, if AA lets guys like the Castro brothers into great schools for undergrad studies who go onto do well in prestigious law schools like Harvard, start their own law firms, and become mayors, congressmen, and cabinet members, then that’s a pretty solid argument for AA. > [@](#): > > Just Hillary so far. That’s my point - another isn’t needed. I’m not persuaded that Hillary is an AA candidate. > [@](#): > > Sure there is. You are just making things up because you cannot bear criticism of unqualified Democrats. It’s entirely possible for reasonable people to disagree on whether or not Hillary is qualified to be President. If you’d prefer “your candidate is awful in every way” type sniping, that’s okay – I’ll gladly offer that your candidates are awful. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-julian-castro-as-hillary-running-mate-a-done-deal/720366)._