Is Biden the One's one?
Friday August 22, 2008
Categories: Democrats
David Brooks hopes so, and makes a good case for a Biden vice presidency. As someone who is not going to vote for Obama, I have to say that I would be more calmed by a Biden pick than anybody...
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I think Biden would be a good choice; he'd be an effective attack dog at the very least. He tends to shoot from the hip, but he's on the mark (usually) when he does so. And not to mention pulling in the Catholic and working-class votes. Plus, Biden's one of the few veeps whom I don't think would overshadowed by Obama's star power.
Between them, hair plug Biden and Obama know eveything. Just ask them. Can't wait for Biden's recitation of Neil Kinnock and RFK at the Dem Convention.Or may be he'll get his words, just words, from Obama's favorite source material, Cadillac Deval Patrick.
If they did win, we could count on government paralyzed by long-winded self-important babbling speeches nonstop; a good thing.
"will make Kant start to look like Seinfeld"
[morning coffee running down chin and over keyboard]
Tim Kaine isn't bad at a "softer" attack, either. I thought he was fairly effective in the snippet I saw from "Meet the Press," last week. I tend to favor Evan Bayh, but Biden has his good points, as well.
Biden does have a very big mouth, but on the plus side, he's more direct than many others in public life, and there's bound to be a little less waffling and spinning from him. And he does have a lot of foreign policy experience.
Zach has a good point: This could work like the BushII/Cheney and Ford/Dole good candidate/bad candidate shtick. Buddha knows that the Republicans have no limit to how low they will go. But there is something about him that says "retread" rather than experienced.
Zach has a good point: This could work like the BushII/Cheney and Ford/Dole good candidate/bad candidate shtick. Buddha knows that the Republicans have no limit to how low they will go. But there is something about him that says "retread" rather than experienced.
I don't think Biden would be the best pick for Obama, and I think Obama has figured that out. I'm guessing Bayh.
Biden would certainly be more entertaining than Bayh, though. Obama and Biden would complement each other perfectly. One has lots of brains and no experience; the other has lots of experience and no brains.
When I think of the other presidents we have had who "Had no Foreign Policy Experience", I think that that is a lame excuse not to vote for them: Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, JFK, come to mind.
When you consider that LBJ had great experience as well as "Dead Eye" Dick had a world of experience and look at the wars they got us into, maybe we need less experience to make up for bad experience.
I would consider it a possible reason NOT to vote for Obama, if he chooses Biden.
Every time I have seen Biden on C-Span for a hearing or floor speech, he comes across as an arrogant and pretentious jerk. ("Like me." - The Joker.)
I would not be able to handle that bloviator pontificating for four years.
Sure hope Biden isn't some kind of elitist. We sure hate them elitist kind of guys.
Choosing Biden probably won't change the minds of the fifth of Clinton voters who'll vote for McCain in Nov.
Seen outside a McCain residence:
"Mansion Accomplished"
Why are my comments not getting through?
While I have no problem with Biden, I have experienced the problem of chosing running mates based of "experience" for both parties in teh past.
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