# What if Hillary took one for the team? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 7, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248 "2016-09-07T02:08:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248/1 "2016-09-07T02:08:24Z")
And admitted her health had failed her and she dropped out? BUT, she endorsed her VP Tim Kaine to be President? I have no doubt Kaine would win and still Hillary could go on her way with her head held high and still be honored as one of the greatest women in history. What do you all think? ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248/2 "2016-09-07T02:14:27Z")
Her health isn’t failing her. Now if you’d like to discuss Trumpy Wumpy’s MENTAL health, we’ll need a bigger Internet. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248/3 "2016-09-07T02:17:09Z")
I think you’re being disingenuous in suggesting she do that for the good of the democrats or America. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248/4 "2016-09-07T02:41:33Z")
Ha! Do you work for NBC? 😃 Seriously though, go peddle your alt-right bullshit somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248/5 "2016-09-07T02:45:55Z")
I don’t know what we all think. What _I_ think is that wherever the OP is getting his news about Mrs. Clinton’s health, he is being seriously misinformed. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248/6 "2016-09-07T02:47:32Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Her health isn’t failing her. > > Now if you’d like to discuss Trumpy Wumpy’s MENTAL health, we’ll need a bigger Internet. +1 ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248/7 "2016-09-07T02:52:10Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > What do you all think? We think that since you’re a Trump supporter your opinion on anything can be disregarded. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248/8 "2016-09-07T03:21:52Z")
Even if Hillary were dying from Malignant Throat Chlamydia - why would she drop out? She’s winning comfortably. Go ahead and get the win, then, when she kicks it, Kaine takes over anyway. Ditching before the finish line is way riskier. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248/9 "2016-09-07T03:30:45Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > What do you all think? That even \*you \*recognize your party’s nominee can’t via persuasion about the issues or qualifications. And that you have no better chance against Kaine anyway. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248/10 "2016-09-07T03:43:08Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > And admitted her health had failed her and she dropped out? > > BUT, she endorsed her VP Tim Kaine to be President? > > I have no doubt Kaine would win and still Hillary could go on her way with her head held high and still be honored as one of the greatest women in history. > > What do you all think? Is this a concern poll? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248/11 "2016-09-07T03:47:30Z")
Even if she was dying, Hillary Clinton can’t quit. She’s doing something too important. She’s keeping Donald Trump out of the White House. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248/12 "2016-09-07T03:49:57Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > Is this a concern poll? Made me chuckle. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248/13 "2016-09-07T14:53:50Z")
Suppose Clinton did drop out. Who would Kaine pick? Warren? Sanders? Any pollsters around to tell us how Kaine-Warren or Kaine-Sanders fares against Trump-Pence? ---
**Author:** ![DonLogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@DonLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonLogan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248/14 "2016-09-07T15:42:41Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Suppose Clinton did drop out. Who would Kaine pick? Warren? Sanders? Any pollsters around to tell us how Kaine-Warren or Kaine-Sanders fares against Trump-Pence? Any reason he couldn’t pick Bill Clinton? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248/15 "2016-09-07T15:45:27Z")
The original post is pretty silly, but really, folks, is this where we’re at, where the responses are rife with personal attacks and cutesy skirtings of the rules? OP: your OP is predicated on the idea that Clinton’s health is failing her. The only claims of such that I’ve seen are supported by extremely shaky evidence. Do you have anything better than rumor and innuendo to support this premise? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248/16 "2016-09-07T15:47:01Z")
What if Trump dropped out for being a nudnik? Pence could run as a far-right anti-woman anti-labor reactionary-slash-failed Governor of a shitty state, and lose in a landslide. What do you all think? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248/17 "2016-09-07T15:50:28Z")
Hillary has been taking one for the team repeatedly as long as she’s been in the public eye. And she has not even had to repeatedly get back up, as she has not been knocked down by any of the hits. It’s kind of admirable. I think I’ll vote for her and not Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248/18 "2016-09-07T15:50:35Z")
> [@DonLogan](#): > > Any reason he couldn’t pick Bill Clinton? The Constitution, but we can probably fudge around that. ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248/19 "2016-09-07T15:57:35Z")
> [@DonLogan](#): > > Any reason he couldn’t pick Bill Clinton? He already served two terms as President, and therefore is ineligble to serve as VP. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248/20 "2016-09-07T15:59:25Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > And admitted her health had failed her and she dropped out? > > BUT, she endorsed her VP Tim Kaine to be President? > > I have no doubt Kaine would win and still Hillary could go on her way with her head held high and still be honored as one of the greatest women in history. > > What do you all think? I think that anyone with any knowledge whatsoever of your political leanings might have serious doubts about your sincerity when it comes to how the Democrats(and Clinton in particular) might fare better in the coming election. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-hillary-took-one-for-the-team/765248.md?page=2)