So how does Biden help Obama win? — Page 2

Feh.

We'll be hearing quite a bit about Biden's experience-good and bad.

The timing of this news could have been better.

The convention sure will be interesting.

Biden's speech will be sleep-inducing.

PROS

1) He's not a hot headed warmonger.

2) Is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

3) Has known real tragedy.

4) Looks like a cast member of High School Musical when compared to Grampy McSame.

5) Gave best comment of entire campaign when discussing Rudy Giuliani: "There's only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun, and a verb and 9/11."

6) Very pretty blue eyes

7) Thinks Obama is clean

CONS

1) Unfortunate photographic hairplug evidence

2) Very famous 1965 law school plagiarism incident

3) Followed by unfortunate speech plagiarism in 1987, Presidential bid halted by Dukakis attack ad regarding said incident; being derailed by Mike Dukakis like being pecked to death by midget duck

4) Thinks Obama is clean

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Updated On: 8/23/08 at 01:27 AM

I love that people bought into the text message thing as if we don't live in a world with no secrets (just ask John "but she was in remission" Edwards). Did you REALLY think that even with the best of intentions the campaign would be able to get texts out before the info was leaked?

And did you not know that they wanted your information as you submitted it to them?

There are plenty of things to be pissed off about in any political cycle, but seriously, caveat texter.

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I suppose the silver lining in all of this would be that if the rumors of McCain settling on Romney are true, his pick is just as dull and uninspiring.

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory . . .

The Detroit News (a conservative paper) says (in part):

"Biden's legislative record includes a lot of work on Michigan's signature industry: autos. He was intensely involved in Delaware's unsuccessful attempts to keep Chrysler's Newark, Del., assembly plant open. Last year, he authored a bill calling for a five-year, $500 million boost for research on lithium-ion batteries, the crucial technology for making plug-in hybrid electric vehicles practical."

"In an opinion piece that appeared in Wilmington News Journal, his state's largest paper, in the wake of the Newark plant decision, Biden and Rep. Mike Castle wrote, 'We must do whatever it takes to help our domestic auto manufacturers remain competitive.'"

"Though Biden, like most Democrats, generally has favored higher federal fuel economy standards, "he has always been there for us on auto issues" said Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Lansing."

"Biden grew up in working-class Scranton, Pa., and he could improve the Democratic ticket's appeal to white working-class voters and help solidify support with organized labor. And he is Roman Catholic; Catholics make up between one-quarter and one-third of the Michigan electorate, and are a constituency Obama sometimes struggled to win during the primaries."

It's an intelligent choice. Personally, I prefer an intelligent administration over one that's not a yawner. Choosing the President or Vice-President based on entertainment potential is not what I have in mind.

Updated On: 8/23/08 at 03:40 AM

Face it, it's a yawner, Yawper!

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*cackling hysterically*

i do believe it's getting better. a little better all the time.

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Your comments come across as very 'high and mighty', Yawper.

That should come in handy as you support the Messiah.

And papa, we've discussed your enjoyment level of this process!