Good News and Bad News

Well, Obambi. Very nicely done. You picked exactly who I thought you'd pick wayyy back by Super Tuesday. Joe Biden is Obama's number two, for those of you who don't know. So, of course, that means I was right. That's the good news.

The bad news is that he picked exactly who I thought he'd pick. A fairly known senator with loads and loads of foreign experience and experience in Washington, as well. Biden was a strong choice, the only Democratic candidate who'd actually done his homework and drawn up plans to surrender in Iraq. Biden was outspoken, another trait Obamafans love. So, in essence, he picked the right guy. I'm impressed, Obambi.

Yet, every cloud has a silver lining.

Joe Biden has literally archives of things that he said that he shouldn't have said. In other words, chronic foot-in-mouth syndrome. Republicans can obviously use those to their advantage. Also, anyone notice a familiarity about Obama's ticket?

Well, that's because it's the same ticket that Bush and Cheney ran on, twice. The (somewhat) charismatic, younger, funnier, more inexperienced guy with a smooth, shady, uber-experienced foreign affairs guy who many think runs the show. And looking at Obama's extreme lack of foreign policy experience, it's almost a given that Biden would be running that show.

And the kicker: Biden's been in Washington for as long as McCain, so when he tries to blame McCain as being "part of the problem" of Washington for the past 8 years or however much time he allots, he also has to blame his VP. But that serves him right for making such vague, blanket statements about Washington in the first place, no?

I think the Johnny-come-lately Chet Edwards should have been due for more vetting. At least Chet was a moderate. Biden, on the other hand, is a full-on NE liberal, like, oh, John Kerry (who won 3 Purple Hearts, by the way). 2 Cultural liberals, all the way to the left. Independents aren't going to like this one.