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Thought On The Dem VP Pick
Crystal Stevens , New York: Aug 25 2008
Made Popular Aug 25 2008
United States :

So it’s Joe Biden. I wasn’t surprised. Because everyone seemed to be pretty sure that it would be him shortly before it was announced.

I like Joe Biden. I thought he would’ve done better during the primaries, but the media crushed him just like the rest of the Dem candidates.

But now, in terms of the ticket. It doesn’t work. Biden in “Washington insider” while Obama has damaged that Washington insider type for far too long to just pick one now as it it’s alright.

And then it hit me. Not only is Biden the Washington Insider, he’s also VOTED FOR THE IRAQ WAR. Wait, wasn’t this the sin of Hillary Clinton that Obama used to show he had superior judgement? Wasn’t this vote the one that’d make you inelgible to be anywhere NEAR Obama?

Another change. And not the kind of change we expected from Obama... this change just amounts to more of the same. More and more of these reversals demonstrate Obama’s all talk and no action spine.

He can talk something down to suit him when he needs to, but suddenly Biden’s experience helps him, so now the Iraq war vote isn’t so bad anymore... I am more and more glad that I’ve left this party every single day.

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R.M.Paulraj
Bangalore, India
Hillary has to retain
Her gun at Republicans to train
And to fight the elections again
In 2012 with vigor and verve the same!
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Crystal Stevens

Obama is trying to hammer it day in and day out about ”change we can believe in” and he emphasizes it by ”Yes, we can”.

Suddenly, Biden’s vote for the dreaded War is a lesser sin that what we were told about Hillary’s wrong judgment, earlier in the campaign.

”Change we can believe in” is what politics is all about.

Making the right sound bites at the right time can make or mar a politician.

Obama just outsmarted Hillary in that department even if electoral compulsions force him to cozy up to Biden now.

The churning will go on and whether you agree or disagree, be in a party or leave a party, we have to go by this democratic cleansing till you are the last person left, doubting your own sanity, what is it that ’we can’ do.
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Kris
Miami, United States
First they said that John McCain was too old. Now we have this 'young' Joe Biden who is just about 'perfect'. After all there is a vast difference between him and McCain - SIX YEARS! Six years is a change we can believe in.
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Nick
La, United States
The best choice Obama could have made because this guy is known to speak his mind. But in this game the Republicans are the champions and there cannot be a blunter speaker than McCain. I am sure his running mate would be the same. I have a gut feeling that Obama's chances just died.
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SanDiego
Austin, United States
Joe Biden is an extremely aggressive man and that evens out a few things with the Republican camp. I would say Obama proved to be a very clever guy in picking this man up. GOOD CHOICE! Way to go Barack H. Obama!
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Jared
Burlington, United States
That decisively swings my swing vote in favor of John McCain because Obama's choice for his running mate looks like the flop pair of Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.
I would have most probably voted for Obama because I like the man, but my personal liking for someone has nothing to do with my political choice.
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Mladen
Berlin, Germany
I agree that those who were gunning for Bush and the Republicans for the Iraq war will now say that Iraq war wasn't bad after all because we know what positions Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama held before. Joe Biden too supported it. We also know about his position on guns and gun owners.
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Sara
Richmond, United States
Obama needs aggression and a lot of it to beat McCain in this election. Joe Biden will be the one who will pump in aggression in the Democrat campaign. So this is a good tactical move by Barack Obama by picking him as his veep, though I suspect if he likes him personally.
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Wai
Kansas City, United States
Good ticket. Biden is an old Washington insider and hardcore enough to make up for the softness the liberals might show. I am though not sure whether he will be successful enough to pull the leftists convincingly although they like him. Tricky proposition for the Democrats.
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Dianne
Dallas, United States
Suddenly the excitement surrounding Barack Obama has deserted me because the freshness he brought into American politics have been nullified by this stale introduction. I don't know where this is going to lead Obama now. Already his lead over John McCain in popularity is waning.
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Dianne, this seems to be how most people feel. This was a weak choice that contradicts everything he said he was about.
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Zuliya
Washington, United States
Biden is so unlike Obama. I can't understand what on earth made Obama choose him as his running mate. If it was aggression that he wanted then he could have been a bit more aggressive himself. Biden is a typical American politician that contradicts Obama's new age personality.
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