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Hillsdale College Prof. Paul Rahe: "The Single Best Decision Obama Has Made"
Ricochet.com ^ | 10/17/10 | Prof. Paul A. Rahe

Posted on 10/17/2010 6:39:59 PM PDT by hillsdale1

When I read in the news this weekend not only that Barack Obama has asked Joe Biden to be his running mate in 2012 but that that he considers his original selection of Biden as his running mate back in 2008 as “the single best decision I have made,” I was taken aback.

After all, in Washington, Biden is a bit of a joke.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: biden; hillsdale; hillsdalecollege; liberal; obama; presidency
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1 posted on 10/17/2010 6:40:07 PM PDT by hillsdale1
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To: hillsdale1

... and yet, Obama is correct. Amongst all his decisions, that’s probably the least destructive and harmful, and therefore, the best.


2 posted on 10/17/2010 6:45:00 PM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: hillsdale1

Yes, it was a good decision for Obummer’s ego. Vice President Bite Me consistently looks lamer than the President himself. That is hard to do.


3 posted on 10/17/2010 6:47:39 PM PDT by Combat_Liberalism
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To: hillsdale1

Several days ago word leaked that the usurper obama had asked Hillary to be VP and joey bite me would be dumped soon. Hillary rodham turned obama down [she is going to start running in spring 2011 for 2012]. The Obama was rejected big time and thus the joey bite me best decison remark was made, as a slap back at Hillary.


4 posted on 10/17/2010 6:49:07 PM PDT by biggredd1
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To: hillsdale1
I thought Biden's’ new nickname was “assassination insurance”

It use to be “Slow Joe” in the Senate (seriously)

5 posted on 10/17/2010 6:50:34 PM PDT by Mr. K (Job #1 of next Congress- DEFUND THE LEFT (#2 repeal obamacare))
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To: biggredd1

“Hillary rodham turned obama down [she is going to start running in spring 2011 for 2012]. The Obama was rejected big time and thus the joey bite me best decison remark was made, as a slap back at Hillary.”

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She will run against Obama as the “pro-American, pro-Constitution savior of America and individual freedoms” candidate. She is as big a Marxist as he is, but she does not have the HATE AMERICA bent that is the lifeblood of Obama and his twisted destructive agenda.

She can beat him easily in the Dem primaries.


6 posted on 10/17/2010 6:53:20 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: hillsdale1

Leno thanked Obama on behalf of late-night comedians everywhere.


7 posted on 10/17/2010 6:56:25 PM PDT by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
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To: hillsdale1

Obama had to go to Biden to ensure he had a lesser light so Obama would appear to be “the smartest guy in the room”. Typical move for an egomaniac...


8 posted on 10/17/2010 6:57:32 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: hillsdale1

He will move onto the world stage early in 2012, leaving Hillary to take over. She’ll be in the POTUS role prior to 2012 elections, and the nation will re-elect her because they’ll exclaim, “first women president.”


9 posted on 10/17/2010 6:59:16 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: hillsdale1

Biden didn’t flunk out did he? He got an F for the plagiarism which was
removed when he retook the course the next semester I thought.

Whatever, he’s the gift that keeps on giving.


10 posted on 10/17/2010 6:59:40 PM PDT by Clint N. Suhks (Proud Anti-Establishment Extremist. No more 0bama Republicans! (Palin/Cheney 2012)
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To: coloradan

Exactly. And Biden is such a dufus that it only hurt Obama’s cause, so therefore, it is good.


11 posted on 10/17/2010 7:03:29 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Mr. K

“Assassination insurance.” Yes, but Biden’s chances of becoming President get smaller with each day that passes. I’m sure that’s not lost on him. Maybe that is why he’s working day and night to make Obama unpopular.


12 posted on 10/17/2010 7:05:49 PM PDT by Brilliant
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13 posted on 10/17/2010 7:08:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
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To: hillsdale1

gee we thought 2008 was bad for the Affirmative action candidates We had to old geysers a black man and a woman running for president/vice president. In 2012 looks like we will have a black man an old geyser, a woman all running on the RAT ticket. On the GOP ticket right now there is woman considered running (Palin), newt Gingrich a washed up hasbeen politician. Mitt Romney a religious minority (Mormon)and a preacher Mike Huckabee. There will be another affirmative action election. Gee whiz I am looking forward to finding out whom is the most qualified of the most unqualified whom are running.

Let see I have to utilize affirmative actioon policies. and it must be a woman this time. Look women won the right to vote before a black man, but he was only part black. Newt is washed up olitical hasbeen so if I vote for him he would be a sympathy vote. Mitt Romney because of his religious views and RomneyCare I refuse to vote for him. huckabee is a weirdo. The choice will Hilary Clinton or Sarah palin. Lets see the choice a marxist or a capitalist. The capitalist will win.


14 posted on 10/17/2010 7:20:42 PM PDT by hondact200 ( Lincoln Freed the Enslaved. Obama Enslaves the Free. Obama is Americas Greatest Threat)
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To: hillsdale1

Obama is “doubling down,” as so many pundits and news watchers expected. I certainly did. He won’t change or move to the center. No way. He won’t put Hillary on the ticket. And this is a sign that he won’t leave the race for the “good of the party,” no matter what. Now it’s Hillary’s move. I don’t think she’ll challenge him now. She’ll have Soros and the WORLD mafia to worry about if she does....


15 posted on 10/17/2010 7:33:21 PM PDT by patriot preacher
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To: hillsdale1
Duh-bama was just looking for one DUmber than he to be totally clueless to know what wasn't going on. That and one who'd not have aspirations to "one-up" the "CHOSEN ONE".
16 posted on 10/17/2010 8:03:35 PM PDT by RasterMaster (The only way to open a LIEberal mind is with a brick!)
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To: RasterMaster
A Matched Pair


17 posted on 10/17/2010 8:09:18 PM PDT by Iron Munro (The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. -- Edmund Burke)
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To: hillsdale1

they ain’t runnin in 2012

THEY AIN’T GOT NO PAPERS


18 posted on 10/17/2010 8:12:52 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys)
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To: Combat_Liberalism
We have a winner.

Look at the differences between Clinton's cabinet and Bush 43’s cabinet.

In Clinton's case none of the people he selected were smarter or had more practical experience than him - a sign of an insecure person.

Bush 43’s cabinet was full people who had tons of practical experience and quite a few of them were demonstrably smarter - a sign of a very secure person.

No the Emperor gets around this issue by establishing an illegal shadow government totally dependent on his personal pleasure. How insecure his he?

19 posted on 10/17/2010 8:13:17 PM PDT by Nip (A COIN carrier since 1975.)
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To: Combat_Liberalism
We have a winner.

Look at the differences between Clinton's cabinet and Bush 43’s cabinet.

In Clinton's case none of the people he selected were smarter or had more practical experience than him - a sign of an insecure person.

Bush 43’s cabinet was full people who had tons of practical experience and quite a few of them were demonstrably smarter - a sign of a very secure person.

No the Emperor gets around this issue by establishing an illegal shadow government totally dependent on his personal pleasure. How insecure his he?

20 posted on 10/17/2010 8:13:28 PM PDT by Nip (A COIN carrier since 1975.)
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