Friday, August 22, 2008

Thoughts on the Veepstakes...

The early report has Barack Obama picking Joe Biden as his running mate for this November's election. Personally, I was pulling for Evan Bayh. I feel that with Bayh's wealth of experience at his fairly young age (he has been in the senate for 10 years, and is only 4 years older than Obama), he would be a great reinforcement of the charisma that Obama will bring to the presidency. Bayh's experience would also counter a lot of the Republican B.S. about Obama's lack of experience that "matters."

However, Joe Biden has been in the senate since 1973, and was elected at the ripe age of 29. Biden does bring a lot more experience than Bayh, but he certainly doesn't have Bayh's youth. Nonetheless, Biden is like Hillary Clinton in the fact that-whether you love them or hate them-he is a very powerful person that carries a lot of weight. Biden is either a powerful friend, or a powerful enemy. Even if he isn't your best friend, he is a hell of a bulldog to have in your corner. And its certainly a lot easier when he's with you than when he's against you.

It is also been reported that Mitt Romney will be John McCain's choice of running mate. They say that 95% of Mormons in Nevada caucused for Romney back in January. I take pride in that fact, as it proves that my I.Q. is well within the top 5-percentile among the Mormons in this great state.

Mitt Romney is your typical politician. He "adjusts" his positions at extremely politically-convenient times, claiming he's honestly had a change of heart. True, he is a business guru...but so are the majority of the filthy-rich bastards that Bush surrounds himself with.

Biden is strong-willed. With Biden, you know that a steamroller is coming. Meanwhile, Romney is still trying to figure out which opinion on the "when does life begin" issue will cause McCain to stroke out the fastest (do you HONESTLY think Romney has given up on attaining the presidency...soon?). Expect Romney to lose his pair within the first 20 minutes of the VP-debate. :-)