# Pick the Republican Veep **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 10, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068 "2012-01-10T19:08:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![bubba\_jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@bubba\_jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubba_jr)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/101 "2012-01-13T04:04:31Z")
If the veep is a woman, I’m guessing it will be the 3rd dumbest milf in america, (2nd in the lower 48). NM governor? If its a man, some pure piece of crap that everybody hates, probably a politician, and if they aren’t elected I predict he will father an illegitimate child and be on trial for some sort of election or bribe related fraud within 10 years. Jihndal (sp?), he’s too brown. Christie, too fat. Needs to be somebody from the south. I bet it will be some vile piece of crap that brings lots and lots of money, and has much worse hair than Romney. (ever notice that Romney and Perry must go to the same rug shop?). ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/102 "2012-01-13T04:07:03Z")
> [@bubba\_jr](#): > > If the veep is a woman, I’m guessing it will be the 3rd dumbest milf in america, (2nd in the lower 48). NM governor? > > If its a man, some pure piece of crap that everybody hates, probably a politician, and if they aren’t elected I predict he will father an illegitimate child and be on trial for some sort of election or bribe related fraud within 10 years. > > Jihndal (sp?), he’s too brown. Christie, too fat. Needs to be somebody from the south. > I bet it will be some vile piece of crap that brings lots and lots of money, and has much worse hair than Romney. (ever notice that Romney and Perry must go to the same rug shop?). :dubious::rolleyes::dubious::rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/103 "2012-01-13T04:42:03Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > I was listing by category. I think like Lincoln, Romney should create a Cabinet of rivals, Secretary of State or Treasury for Huntsman, Defence for Gingrich. > > Some Tea Partyistas think he shouldn’t be President or VP because his parents weren’t citizens when he was born and when the Constitution said “natural born citizens” they believe it means those born of citizens. All this is laughable and furthermore would exclude me from the Executive Office. Ummm, you’re already excluded on account of you’re only fifteen… ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/104 "2012-01-13T04:49:51Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Ummm, you’re already excluded on account of you’re only fifteen… I mean obviously when I’m over 35. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/105 "2012-01-14T17:53:01Z")
I can’t believe folks are floating names like Huntsman and Santorum. One is too logical and the other is a wackjob, even by GOP standards. I am 90% certain it will be Christie or Perry. They wanted Christie to run, but he balked. Veep would give him time to learn more about the job and lose weight. Seriously, he’s going to have to slim down to be a serious candidate. Perry of course has no chance in hell of getting the nomination in '12, he’s been proven to be worse on the stump than Bush. He’s clearly angling for VP and hoping that he can erase his buffoon image in 8 years. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/106 "2012-01-14T20:19:38Z")
Strange women in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government! If Romney’s the nom he’ll definitely snag a Teabagger (or someone close to one) for conservative cred. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/107 "2012-01-14T22:27:01Z")
Hmm…Nikki Haley as VP would give us a ticket that represents a sampling all of the world religions that involve sacred underwear. That ought to give the late-night comedians something to work with, if nothing else. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/108 "2012-01-15T00:49:33Z")
There’s no way Perry will willingly leave the governorship of Texas for anything less than President. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/109 "2012-01-15T00:52:34Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > There’s no way Perry will willingly leave the governorship of Texas for anything less than President. What’s the governorship of Texas worth anyway? From all I’ve heard, it’s a near-powerless position. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/110 "2012-01-15T01:27:45Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > Whoever it is I feel strongly they have to be more conservative than Romney and Evangelical for it to do any good. I would’ve said Santorum (yeah, I know he’s Catholic but he says things the Evangelicals like) but the contraception crazy talk pretty much kills that idea. The question isn’t what he said, or what he believes. It’s whether he’s willing to deny saying it and believing it for the sake of a cushy gig, well paying with practically no real responsibility, for the next four years. The man needs a job, and he has already stepped back to a degree on the contraception thing. I’m sure he still believes plenty of other nutty stuff that he won’t have to deny, so he can rationalize it pretty easily. Besides, he has Romney, the King of Denial, so it’s not likely he will get any flak over it. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/111 "2012-01-15T04:51:54Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > What’s the governorship of Texas worth anyway? From all I’ve heard, it’s a near-powerless position. For Perry it’s been worth quite a bit. For example, [see this NY Times article](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/us/politics/21donate.html?pagewanted=all). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/112 "2012-01-27T13:48:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Marco Rubio. Young, conservative, Latino, hasn’t done enough to be hated by any major voting bloc yet, and probably puts Florida squarely in the GOP column for November. As I was saying: [http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/27/politics/vp-rubio/index.html?hpt=hp\_t2](http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/27/politics/vp-rubio/index.html?hpt=hp_t2) ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/113 "2012-01-27T20:09:09Z")
> [@dorsk188](#): > > Darkhorse candidate: Nikki Haley. She endorsed Romney, is telegenic, is Southern, and seems to check every important box Romney needs checking. > > Downsides: I think she’s dumber (or at least less engaged) than Palin. She’s got very little experience, and infidelity rumors. What is it with South Carolina governors and infidelity? ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/114 "2012-02-01T15:52:25Z")
Christie just nominated a gay African-American and an Asian to the NJ Supreme Court. Fine with me but abhorrent to the wacko base. And too fat. An East Coast elitest (as seen from other parts of the country). Huckabee - pardoned Maurice Clemmons who went up to Washington State and murdered 4 police officers. Too soon after Barbour kerfuffle in Miss. Memory of Dukakis. Too fat. No chicks - see last election. My guess is McDonnell, DeMint, or Brownback. Perry as weak governer of Texas - spent last 8 years consolidating power in office. Has considerable sway. Still an idiot - exposed on national stage. (To BG in post 109) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/115 "2012-02-01T17:26:50Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Huckabee - {snip} Too fat. Seriously? Yes, the guy used to be fat (allegedly over 300 pound at his peak), but he lost 110 pounds after being diagnosed with diabetes in 2003. He’s regained some weight in recent years (he had been an avid runner until suffering a foot injury), but I still think that “too fat” is inaccurate. BTW, here’s [a picture of him](http://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/features/article_1686419.php/2012-NAMM-Show-Media-Preview-Day-Pictures?page=26) at the NAMM music convention a couple of weeks ago. Heavier than he was when he was running marathons, but no where near what he was as Arkansas governor. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/116 "2012-02-01T17:28:21Z")
What is it that makes people think weight is a big deal? Dick Cheney wasn’t exactly a picture of health, and going a little further back neither was Bill Clinton. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/117 "2012-02-01T17:40:00Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > Mike Huckabee? I saw him on television last night, shilling for a company that makes CDs to teach your children US “History” from a Christian perspective. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/118 "2012-02-01T17:42:40Z")
I say Santorum would be the best choice. He has solid conservative credentials to keep the Tea Party wing happy, and he hasn’t said anything especially stupid (that we’ve heard of, at any rate). And he inspires irrational hatred among liberals (remember when they tried to turn his surname into a vulger slang term?), which has a certain visceral appeal 😉 Gingrich has waaaaaaay too much baggage. Romney will run, not walk, away from him, no matter how nicely Newt asked. Ron Paul is basically a libertarian; he’s probably too extreme for most Republicans, and I have a hard time seeing him sit quietly in his second-place spot. ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/119 "2012-02-01T17:50:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > As I was saying: [http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/27/politics/vp-rubio/index.html?hpt=hp\_t2](http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/27/politics/vp-rubio/index.html?hpt=hp_t2) The flip side is that VP nominees need to consent to their nomination. If you’re an up-and-comer, and you’re doubtful of the topline candidate’s chances for election (say because he or she doesn’t seem to generate a lot of enthusiasm among either the base of the mainstream (_see, e.g._, sad horsey John Kerry)), you may not wish to sully yourself by running for second banana in a losing campaign. I think this fact may lie at the heart of the reason for a certain out-of-left-field VP nomination in 2008. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/120 "2012-02-01T17:50:30Z")
Paul would never be offered the VP job. His views on a lot of subjects are just fundamentally different from those of most Republicans. Liberals hate Santorum, but I’m not seeing how that helps Romney get votes from the people who decide the election. He might get considered, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068.md?page=7)