Obama picks Biden
It is clear the Democrats understand nothing about politics. This may be the worst VP choice in history. Good luck with any cross over voters.
He chose poorly.
Did no one else want the job?
The polls right now show Obama ahead by 1.6%. How many points will Obama lose from this very dumb choice? 5%? 10%?
The only question left is how did Karl Rove do this?
August 23rd, 2008 at 9:52 am
Rove hell, it is Bill Clinton who is the magnificent bastard on this one.
Here is a pic of him reacting to the news.
http://www.subguns.com/boards/sword.cgi?read=1058884
Hillary 2012!
August 23rd, 2008 at 10:21 am
I don’t know much about Biden other than the fact he’s a smarmy prick. That kind of fits with Obama, though. So at least now I can call the campaign names without being racist, right? Or will I be a self-hating-white-racist?
Honestly though, other than the plagiarizing and constant foot-in-mouth syndrome, I can’t think of anything specific about Biden.
August 23rd, 2008 at 10:31 am
I don’t think it’s “the worst choice ever.” That would be that bastard with the bad ticker in his man sized fault. I can’t imagine why on earth Obama would pick this guy. Like I’ve said elsewhere (# 9 can back me up), this helps McCain NOT go dirty (which would have been the only way he has a chance of winning this thing). All McCain has to do is this: “Obama says this. Biden says this. Now what the fuck does Obama/Biden say?”
August 23rd, 2008 at 10:58 am
Ima thinking that if McCain picks Palin, he helps consolidate his base and peels off a not insignificant percentage of Hillary! supporters. Also, because McCain needs to consolidate his base I think he’ll go all mavericky and pick someone with slightly less conservative cred than Barney Frank.
August 23rd, 2008 at 10:59 am
“I am the guy who originally wrote the assault weapons ban that became law….”
Someone named Brad at Of Arms and the Law commented that:
Back to the debate:
Really in touch with the common man (he makes a big deal
about being not well off while growing up).
Yep, he really hates us, but unlike The One was up front
about it in the primary. This high level of disrespect
actually got some notice at the time (see below).
And by his definition, I’m sure all of us are mentally
“imbalanced”—that’s a particularly wide net to case, as
the phrase is used. And a bit chilling in the context of
McCarthy’s somewhat successful efforts in this area.
Could not resist getting in one last shot….
At the time, Michelle Malkin noted:
And as she notes, come election time their attitude is
likely to bite them, although I suppose The One has
… decided he’s already won the election???. Here’s an
interesting survey finding:
The author then goes on to talk about how the “single event
which made this drift a cascade: the ban on so called
‘assault weapons'”, which Biden takes credit for writing:
Picking Biden shows he doesn’t care about the issue, or expects to win without the votes of 7-10 million single issue voters on this, and all the ones who factor it in as well. Does he believe all the young he’s getting registered will stick with him and vote in the fall? Note that you can’t gerrymander the nation, nor is he likely to be able to get McCain removed from the ballot as he did for all his opponents in his first election in Chicago. We’ll see if Chicago Rules works for the rest of the country….
August 23rd, 2008 at 11:07 am
Biden, he really represents “change”, doesn’t he?
August 23rd, 2008 at 11:36 am
Have no fear, there are plenty of ways McCain can screw this up. He can still pick Lieberman or Hillary herself.
If he does, it will cause me to seriously wonder if he really does want to be president, or if he just likes to campaign for president.
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:05 pm
I like Sarah Palin.
http://wizbangblog.com/images/2008/05/alaska_gov_sarah_palin_to_meet_with_mccain_vp_search_team/sarah-palin-thumb.jpg
Fiscal conservative, lifetime NRA member, and she can be a draw for disaffected Hillary supporters.
Plus she’s kinda hot.
August 23rd, 2008 at 2:10 pm
What, Obama wasn’t sure I wouldn’t vote for him so he decided to put a few more nails in the coffin?
McCain better not screw this up. He’ll be bad as it is, especially if he picks Norman The Mormon as his veep, but, well *better* isn’t the word, I guess less sucky would cover it.
August 23rd, 2008 at 2:42 pm
All McCain has to do is this: “Obama says this. Biden says this. Now what the fuck does Obama/Biden say?”
Again, I have to agree. There it is.
Bredesen would have been a brilliant pick in comparison. Does anyone understand the logic of this? Is Howard Dean a double agent?
August 23rd, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Yeah Obama +1.6% with a, what, 3%+/-? Polls like that kill me. They’re dead even at best, and anything else is tea leaves.
August 23rd, 2008 at 3:29 pm
They seem to say pretty much the same thing. On guns, Obama’s a Joyce fanboy and Biden’s got Assault Weapon Ban proudly written all over him. Economically, they’re both pretty harsh collectivists. On abortion, they’re both too far in the NARAL camp to make friends with antiabortion folk, but made enough gaffes to alienate a lot of NARAL voters. He’s typical Democratic on oil and energy.
The biggest difference that I can find is that Biden was for the war before he was against it, but he’s ranted so much against Iraq — even submitted a withdrawal plan through the senate pre-Surge — that I can’t see him taking a middling stance now.
August 23rd, 2008 at 4:36 pm
“Did no one else want the job?”
That’s a very real possibility. Let’s just hope that McC dos’nt screw the pooch by picking a lamer VP of his own.
August 23rd, 2008 at 4:39 pm
If McCain picks either Sarah Palin or Charlie Crist, this is done. Stick a fork in it done.
The Obama supporters better pray that McCain picks Lieberman. That is the only hope they have. Or Dick Cheney or Darth Vader.
This was Jimmy Carter stupid.
I said months ago that the only person who could beat Obama was Obama. I was right.
August 23rd, 2008 at 5:03 pm
I’ve heard speculation from a number of sources that Obama’s first and maybe even second choices told him “thanks but no thanks”. That may be wishful thinking, but it would explain the weird timing.
August 23rd, 2008 at 5:08 pm
“Did no one else want the job?”
Perhaps. If a guy joins up with Big O and he loses, the most powerful Dems are still…The Clintons. Unless a feller can prove he was the Veep for no other reason that to sabotage Big O, I can see a real downside to having been Barry’s Veep.
Of course, from what we hear Biden hates the Clintons anyway. So he may not give a damn. Plus, he’s a Delaware institution so its not like Bill and Hillary can hurt him much, anyway.
Oh, and the people who said that Hillary ever even wanted to be Obama’s Veep are still very very wrong. And stupid.
August 23rd, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Don’t worry, according to Wikipedia Uncle Joe teaches constitutional law at Widener University School of Law, so I am sure on June 26 he realized the errors of his ways 😉
August 23rd, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Obama didn’t so much pick a vice presidential candidate as he picked a big, fat, juicy political target. I imagine the folks in Fairfax are grinning from ear to ear, and preparing plans. I wish I were Wayne LaPierre right now. Biden has been one of the ugliest anti-gunners. Obama just stepped in it up to his nose – he just hasn’t smelled it yet.
August 23rd, 2008 at 6:29 pm
While I would love to see Sarah Palin as McCain’s VP pick, I don’t think I will happen. She doesn’t appeal to the middle, or the middle leaning opposition, as much as some others might, and I think that’s what he’s looking for. He’s not worried about his conservative base, although I think he should be. He doesn’t realize how many conservatives are disillusioned with him and the Republican party in general, and are willing to sacrifice this presidential election to make their point.
We need to focus more on congress, anyway. If we can take back congress, with a sufficient majority, the presidency becomes much less important (and much less dangerous). Congress has the lowest approval ratings ever. We probably have a good chance of success, if we focus.
August 23rd, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Holy crap, I just realized Biden is *that guy* when I saw the youtube video. He’s so otherwise forgettable to me (I mean, really — a national Democrat that hates guns? Which one of them doesn’t?) and I paid so little attention to “the dumb guy that won’t even win one state” that I forgot him.
Wow, Obama really *did* fuck this up.
August 23rd, 2008 at 11:15 pm
McCain needs to console us with a veep of sound principles, who is much younger than he is. I’ll vote for him if he picks a good veep, better than he is, who will take over when he strokes out in office from the inevitable stress. It prolly wouldn’t take much, judging from his anger management issues.
Really, somebody should ask him, “Senator McCain, if you get to be President, whom do you want to be President when you drop dead from an anger-induced sudden stroke of apoplexy?”
August 23rd, 2008 at 11:21 pm
P.s. Hey, he was a Naval Officer, he should be cool with that. They do exercises all the time in which the Captain is suddenly killed and the Exec. has to take command immediately. I believe one of the duties of a commanding officer is to make sure that his second-in-command is ready to step in instantaneously if he is killed.
August 24th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
we don’t want the net nazis know that we know…but of course this choice was preordained; now the two halves are whole; obama biden (o_ama bi___den) is in fact osama binladen…
jtc
August 24th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
I’m actually entertaining the idea that both parties know that something horrible is coming and don’t want it to happen on their watch, so they are both trying to throw the election without making it obvious that they have that plan.
If my hypothesis is right, then McCain will pick Lieberman.
August 24th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
f we can take back congress, with a sufficient majority, the presidency becomes much less important (and much less dangerous).
Jake, I am going to have to respectfully disagree. If John Kerry had been elected in 2004, would John Roberts and Samuel Alito be on the Supreme Court?
With the good possibility that Justices Ginsburg and Stevens could be retiring, we can’t have Obama appointing their replacements.
August 25th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
JustThisGuy: I don’t think naval aviators do that drill…
Harold: “National Weapon Association”??
{Crosses fingers for Palin}
August 27th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
How Sad, the people who just sit on there asses and criticize and bash. Regardless of what you people think…Black, White, Republican or Democrat, if you are not among the wealthy you still had to pay the same price for gas and groceries that I did…Wake up you idiots..If something is broken you fix it..try something or someone different If you do the same things over and over and expect different results then that makes you and idiot.. Vote for something New…Change …Obama