Posted on 08/22/2008 9:45:25 PM PDT by hole_n_one
Breaking on CNN
LOVE IT!!
Well in retrospect Obama may have picked a dirty, inarticulate, white boy....
Osama Obama and Joe BIN Biden. Perfect team mates.
I don’t want perfect, I want conservative on the important issues facing this nation.
*****O and Joe******
Your remark above may also be this——O and Joe Blow.
Forgot about that one. Thanks for the link.
All I could think while watching Obama and Biden was: “The Thug and the Plug”.
LOL
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
“I so wish McCain would pick someone WITH SOME ACTUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS!Is it too much to ask for a man WHO HAS ACTUALLY PRODUCED?”
The obvious pick is Romney. A real maverick, a real bipartisan reformer with a real executive and a real never-in-DC outsider who’s actually done some amazing things in the private sector (Venture Capital and Olympics). Comparing Obama running a few ACORN senators and Romney turning about the Olympics shows how big the stature gap is.
A nice change would be to choose someone who is accomplished, ruthless, has made hard choices governing, with concrete produced results.
How could it hurt to try at this point?
“Romney is awful. If you think Biden is going to have to “unsay” some things he said in the past and attempt to cover up his positions, Romney is probably going to have to burn down all the newspaper archives in the country.”
My primary concerns for the VP candidate are the following:
1) Very good grasp of the issues so that he/she can respond instantly and credibly to democratic attacks and hostile questions from the media. It doens’t matter as much to me that Romney has changed positions. I think it is more important that the VP candidate he be able to put the democrats and the media in their place quickly when necessary.
2) Must be able to win the debate. Most undecideds in my view are heavily influenced by the debate performance and less so by past positions. Since they are less engaged, they tend to believe what the candidates are saying today, if it is said well and convincingly.
I readily admit that Romney is not ideal. But on both points above he will kick ass. The goal is to win in November.
““only political junkies actually watch the VP debate anyway.”
I agree.
While it would be nice if most voters were swayed by experience, logic, and excellent debating skills - that clearly isn’t the case.
There is an emotional element, and image is important.
The “image” of a young conservative, pro-life, pro energy independent woman on the ticket?
That’s a winner.
If voters were concerned about experience, then Hillary and Obama woudn’t have gotten so far.”
We’ll have to agree to disagree.
I don’t think it is so much experience that is necessary as it it is performance. And the performance we need, in my view, comes down to two important facets. The VP candidate must:
1) Have a very good grasp of the issues so that he/she can respond instantly and credibly to democratic attacks and hostile questions from the media. It doens’t matter as much to me that Romney has changed positions. I think it is more important that the VP candidate he be able to put the democrats and the media in their place quickly and decisively when necessary.
2) Must be able to win the debate. I think undecideds will watch the debate. Most undecideds in my view are heavily influenced by the debate performance and less so by past positions. Since they are less engaged, they tend to believe what the candidates are saying today, if it is said well and convincingly.
I readily admit that Romney is not ideal. The bottom line for me is that I think Romney will kick ass between now and the election and I am not sure about Palin. I am more concerned about what the VP nominee is able to actually do between now and November and less about ideal suitability. The reason I think that way is that I think performance between now and November is more important if we want to win. And the ultimate goal is to stop Obama.
Someone at AP didn’t get the talking point memo.
Analysis: Biden pick shows lack of confidence
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/veepstakes_analysis;_ylt=AlcQM6enGB6qnaml6jrmwAvBF4l4
Analysis: Biden pick shows lack of confidence
DENVER - The candidate of change went with the status quo.
In picking Sen. Joe Biden, Barack Obama sought to shore up his weakness — inexperience in office and on foreign policy.
La inmigración es la mayoría del tema importante senor .
But one thing's a given
BIDEN IS AN IDIOT!!!!
When you get a message from the Messiah, do you quibble about the time?????? just kidding!!!
It doens’t matter as much to me that Romney has changed positions.
may not to you but the democrats are just salivating for ads contrasting romney as VP and romney during the primary and romney as governor and romney running for Senate.
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