Obligatory Biden’s Barry’s Bitch Vice Presidential pick. Even the New York Times couldn’t get excited, particularly at 3am, several hours after all the Obama supporters were informed by the TV news, and could finally walk away from their phones and take a shower and get something to eat
Senator Barack Obama has chosen Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware to be his running mate, turning to a leading authority on foreign policy and a longtime Washington hand to fill out the Democratic ticket, Mr. Obama announced in text and e-mail messages early Saturday.
Mr. Obama’s selection ended a two-month search that was conducted almost entirely in secret. It reflected a critical strategic choice by Mr. Obama: To go with a running mate who could reassure voters about gaps in his résumé, rather than to pick someone who could deliver a state or reinforce Mr. Obama’s message of change.
Right
Real change with a guy who has been in the Senate for well over 30 years. Change. Hope. A guy who has repeatedly stated that Obama is not qualified to be president
Today, McCain spokesman Ben Porritt issued the following statement on Barack Obama’s selection of Joe Biden as his running mate:
“There has been no harsher critic of Barack Obama’s lack of experience than Joe Biden. Biden has denounced Barack Obama’s poor foreign policy judgment and has strongly argued in his own words what Americans are quickly realizing — that Barack Obama is not ready to be President.”
Let’s go to the video tape
Ouch.
Let’s check a few of the DUmmies, shall we?
- Actually it’s a horrible choice. But I’ll still vote for that ticket. Biden will hurt us, not help us.
- Blame secret service to blow it not the campaign. (no, seriously, this DUmmy just blamed the USSS)
- Indeed. Valerie Plame said the Bush Admin can’t keep a secret!! (managed to drag BDS in)
- I checked. It’s really too bad. I thought he’d pick someone better. Oh well. They still get my vote because the alternative is a guaranteed World War III.
- now that the internet creators of the obama product have all those email addresses how soon do you think they’ll be sending campaign donation solicitation messages? All hose addresses will go into Democratic party lists……I wonder if they’ll be available to marketers? If they’re part of a political campaign are they public property now? (aha! someone gets the point of the phone list)
- f*ck I’m drunk. maybe I will wake up tomorrow and the Biden part will be gone.
- I’M MAD If Biden is the VP then i would have wanted Obama to send me a text earlier today before the crazed media got hold of this information. I can see it now, me holding up a newspaper tomorrow morning saying “BIDEN FOR VP!” while I get my text message at 10am saying the same thing. This would make me mad at Obama b/e it makes this text out the VP seen like a scam just to get my number. (then again, when is a DUmmy not mad?)
- Obama chooses Mr. Screw the People for VP, Corporate Lackey Joe Biden stands in the wings, Hillary in pants. I might be wrong and what America really needs is someone knows how to kneel and tongue banker booty.
And these were not even the bad ones. Mostly, they are pissed off about not getting their texts ahead of the announcement. Quite a few of them feel taken, denied by the Messiah. But, no worries, as I am sure the Neophyte/Long Time Washington Insider ticket will be sending plenty of text messages asking for money.
One more?
DainBramaged – Unite under Obama/Biden or get on the mothership and leave.
No more bitching and moaning, he IS our VP Candidate.
THAT is all.
Progressive version of free speech.
Anyhow, see a ton more at Memeorandum.
My 1.4 cents: the pick of Biden will, at best, have no impact for Barry. Sure, he provides some experience in government, something Barry is sorely lacking in, but, he didn’t do that well in the Primaries. And, with all due respect to Delaware, there isn’t a whole lot in Delaware. It won’t help Barry with the South.
This pick can hurt Obama. If he is lucky, just a little bit. Biden loves to put his foot in his mouth, though. And there are many, many comments by Joe dismissing Obama, both generally and specifically, as unqualified to be president which Camp McCain can take advantage of.
More: quite frankly, there is not much more to say about Joe Biden. He is a relatively boring pick, who will be as missing within 5-10 days as Barack’s health care ideas. As Cassy Fiano writes
Obama picks Biden: World unenthused, McCain responds.
The non-news story of the day: Barack Obama has selected Joe Biden to be his running mate. Yawn.
And Ed Morrissey
In fact, one has to wonder whether Obama really had made up his mind, or whether his first or even second choice didn’t turn him down. That would explain the delays in the announcement, and the apparent disorganization of Team Obama in handling an event that should have underscored the seriousness of their candidate. After all, they set the expectation that the running mate announcement would come this week, and they missed their own target.
Not only has Obama turned this into a game show, he has also now built up expectations to the point where almost any selection would be a letdown. The two rumored picks, Joe Biden and Evan Bayh, do not scream excitement. They don’t have the kind of star status that would justify this kind of NFL Draft Day engineering. Only Hillary Clinton or Al Gore might approach that kind of celebrity. Hillary would be better announced at the convention than on a Saturday afternoon, and Gore has already done the VP gig for eight years.
My little conspiracy theory is that Biden was picked because of his negatives, his foot in mouth disease, he racism and lobbyist ties, so that Obama’s poor character, lack of experience, and lack of substance can continue to be hidden.
Consider what this can mean for John McCain, though. There has been rumors that he is going to pick his running mate next week. If he comes out with an exciting pick, he could really show the Messiah up.
I think it is an outright terrible decision on Obama’s part to pick Biden. Yes, he helps balance Obama’s inexperience on foreign policy, but he also reminds people of it.
So, what exactly did Barry throw under the bus by picking Biden? The Political Inquirer has the answers.
