OMG Mary Landrieu is HOT! She needs to be the VP!

[CalebHayes]

Please even if she is brainless...

[NicoleM]

1. Genuinely curious

since I don't know much about her--is there a reason you think she might be brainless?

[CalebHayes]

4. Nope, I think she is really quite smart, I mean she was able to beat...

the Bush, right wing machine too win her senate seat back in 2002. It takes a genius to do that (beating Karl rove and all).

I think I'm on.

[rooboy]

2. God, that IS nice....

Although Dick Cheney next to her makes me fear for her safety.

[SHRED]

8. That was Cheney?

Hummm...I thought that was Mr. Burns.
;-)

[JohnLocke]

20. Hey, who do you think does that voice?

Excellent... :)

[Bombtrack]

3. that's an old pic, she's still attractive for her age, but JK's unlikely

to carry any southern state other than Florida.

It is the deep south.

She would make a good senate majority/minority leader though

[CalebHayes]

5. She just won her Senate seat again in 2002

[Bombtrack]

6. Yeah, SHE did. Not a Massachusetts lib, which Kerry is

sorry it's just unlikely that Kerry would do better than Gore did in solidly southern states

[CalebHayes]

9. But she has national appeal. Everyone agrees that she is HOT

[Elidor]

18. Umm...no. Everyone doesn't

She has a pleasant face, but there is nothing about her that I would describe as "HOT."

[CalebHayes]

21. Your missing it. She would not just delver a state, she would delever...

the whole country.

[leesa]

32. What is this BS about being "hot"?? Man, I wish Americans would

grow up!!

[CalebHayes]

33. You miss it too. I don't really care how "hot" you are but...

Lots of people do and I think it means a lot when we talk about "electabity." You have to look at the big picture here. We need to be the party for "hot" people. The "cool" party. That is... if you care about getting the 18-25 vote? Do you?

This is less a matter of being hot and more a matter of electabilty (Like it or not, which is why we have Kerry not Dean).

[leesa]

42. This kind of thinking is a part of the problem and you are promoting it

I don't miss it. I think it is sixth grade mentality and you are promoting that foolishness.

[CalebHayes]

44. Why were JFKs approval rating so high? This has been around forever...

and it will be forever and we must use it. I say we capitalize on dumb people. I really think that is why Republicans are doing so well these days. (Arnold and all... We try to reason with people but they would rather have some bodybuilder. That rings true with Bush, they don't care about the cost of war... when the cowboy wants war... the cowboy gets war.)

[shivaji]

48. I thought Kerry won because he was "ELECATBLE"....so now

you are saying he needs help from a veep?

[Poiuyt]

7. Next to Cheney anyone would look hot

[liberalhistorian]

10. LOL!

Sounds like it's been awhile for you!

[boxster]

13. Read his sig line.

;-)

[CalebHayes]

15. yeah man, cut me a break

lol

[boxster]

11. Hey, if you're basing the VP choice on "hot", I have another suggestion:

http://www.hersethforcongress.org/

[NewJeffCT]

30. definitely more my type

but she seems a bit young...

[jus_the_facts]

12. she's been puttin' on a DINO show though....

...I VOTED for her but her votin' record has been pissin' me OFF...and I don't think she's representin' my DEMOCRATIC values AT ALL! :grr:

[CalebHayes]

17. has Kerry?

and he is from Mass.

[jus_the_facts]

24. he wasn't my choice for the nominee....

...and I've still not gotten to f'n VOTE yet either...yet none of them have stood by their ideals in a long time....so what does it all really matter anyway! :(

[CalebHayes]

34. So give her a break. She voted the same as Kerry and held her...

seat in the Senate in LA.

[JohnKleeb]

43. Kerry has been voting more against Bush than people will believe

I visited congresional quarterly and he only supported Bush 30% of the time last year. BTW thats better than Edwards, Harkin, and Kennedy. Not better than DK but 30% is fine.

[dae]

14. I know her and her staff well. Yes, she is a very beautiful and very

intelligent woman who can hold her own with ANY Senator male or female in the Senate.

[CalebHayes]

16. I'm calling the Kerry camp now. This is good.

[jus_the_facts]

26. She and Breaux both should go ahead change parties.....

.....they've both voted with * and the pukes in Congress...so why they choose to keep D's behind their names I'll never ever understand :puke:

[OKNancy]

28. Should Edwards change parties?

How about Bill Nelson of Florida, or Bayh?
They all have the same ADA ranking as Landrieu --- 70%

[CalebHayes]

29. Could DK win in LA?

[earthside]

19. YES!

I have been hyping Landrieu for months. She is experienced, smart, and attractive. And the thing to remember is that this is not just about carrying a southern state ... this is about 'soccer mom's. Forget 'NASCAR dads" -- the ones with jobs are all going to vote for Bush anyway. The important swing vote for Kerry is suburban women. Mary Landrieu is a perfect fit to campaign in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvannia, and Florida.

Besides, it is just ridiculous to believe that a woman can not be on the ticket! It has been twenty years since Mondale-Ferraro. That is too long!

I'm telling you ... A Kerry-Landrieu ticket is a WINNER!

[CalebHayes]

22. agreed.

[WarNoMore]

23. Did anyone see her the day

she refused to yield the floor to Hatch(?). She was ripping, (I think it had something to do with female bashing) and Laura Ingrahm kept playing her "I will not yield, over and over. When she was done with her presentation, she told them they could put the reports that Hatch and others were going to use in a place "where the sun don't shine" It was priceless.

[jus_the_facts]

25. heh...she keeps votin' with 'em though...so puttin' 'em in their place....

...verbally is a worthless effort! :(

[dae]

41. She is as Liberal as she can be in Louisiana and still get reelected

and you know it, why are you down on her so bad. Breaux, I can understand, Mary, I'm afraid not.

[Lefty48197]

27. Her phoney painted-on smile makes me want to barf

Quit pretending that you're euphoric everytime a camera is turned on.

[DemoTex]

31. Maybe she should snarl like Cheney.

Eh Lefty?

[Neecy]

35. thanks

Every time I've seen this subject line tonight, it's made me laugh. It's just so....I dunno, silly - shallow - kinda ridiculous but it's cute anyway.

Not to burst your bubble, but since we're being shallow that picture of Landrieu was about 50 pounds ago.

[CalebHayes]

36. Really, 50 pounds ago? Got a recent one?

[Neecy]

37. there's one here

http://mygov.governmentguide.com/mygov/bio/?id=273

A little older, a little heftier, a little less HOT.

[CalebHayes]

39. Really if that is as bad as they can make her look then she is doing...

pretty good. It's got to be tough dealing with them crazy right wingers all day and then having to keep up the "look" too.

[dae]

45. Here's a link to a picture taken of her today with John Kerry in NO,

I hardly think it's 50 pounds more than the one at the beginning of this thread; but you can look and make up your own mind.:)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=438008&mesg_id=438008
:dem:

[CalebHayes]

46. She will be putting on 50 pounds if she eats all that.

[Zookeeper]

38. Aside from what she looks like...

I think she could be an asset. Perhaps I'm way off base here, but I've been thinking for a while that Kerry needs a woman or minority person on the ticket. Anyone who wouldn't vote for a ticket like that, wouldn't vote for Kerry anyway. It could draw support from women, in particular, that are on the fence.

[kodi]

40. tough person. she beat back bush's hand picked opponent in 2002

and she made it clear that by beating her opponent she was beating bush.

she is hardly brainless as anyone who saw her a few months ago on the floor of the senate speaking in opposition to the seniors drug plan bill would agree.

she tore george w bush a new asshole that night.


i think she would make a good vp choice and said so 18 months ago.

a woman on the ticket would galvanize the election across a divide of an old versus a new america. the presence of the possibility that a woman could be president would sweep millions more into the election process.

i recognize that geraldine farraro ran as vp in 84, but modale was so behind that his throw of the dice in relief of a near impossibility of his election does not rise to the possibility that a woman would finaly ascend to an elected position in the executive branch.

kerry/landreiu.... i think it would be an awesome ticket.

[Leilani]

47. I like Mary Landrieu

& I respect her for her abilities, not because she's hot.

The reason this election is not the time for a female Veep, is that Kerry is leading in the polls in every domestic issue: jobs, healthcare, education, environment, etc.

The only area where he is losing to Bush? National security/war on terror. By a large majority Americans believe Bush is stronger on this issue, & Bush will run on "Wartime President".

Figure a way to neutralize this issue, & Kerry will win. My suggestion is Wes Clark.

[Edwards4President]

49. "I will not yield! I will not yield! I will NOT Yield!!!"

Check out her Republican smackdown during the 40-hour judges filibuster. She took names, kicked ass and told the Republicans what to do with their crap.

It was an unbelievable performace! This woman is Definitely not brainless! She rocks!

Go to http://www.cspan.org/congress/debate.asp scroll down, and click on "Senate Debate on Judicial Nominations - Part 15 <10pm-12am>". Landrieu begins at the 30 minute mark.

You GO, girl!

[REP]

50. What A Thoughtful and Intellligent Discussion

Gee, political office on the basis of what a prepubescent boy thinks is "hot." But then again, even a junior high student knows that women are only worth considering if they're "hot."

[usregimechange]

51. She is hot but

She started an amendment to amend the constitution to repeal the first amendment on church and state cases invlolving the pledge.

[Moderator]

52. locked

let's try to keep the sexism OFF DU, thanks.