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Milkman

OK, now is the time. You can show your political acumen by choosing one VP pick for one or both candidates.

Why will your VP pick be picked. You can also post who will not be picked now.

Obama will not pick Tim Kaine from Virginia. He's too inexperienced in politics and international affairs.


Over to you....

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Jet Gorgon

I guess John Edwards is out...
Obama: Biden (chicks are out as Hilly's fans would freak)
McCain: Jindal or Crist (Lieberman will be in admin to tell McCain who is Shiite and who is Sunni; can't have two geriatrics on the slate)

Milkman

I think you may be right on Obama picking Biden, Jet.

As for McCain, I think Jindal is too young, as he's in his late 30s.

Jet Gorgon

^ But that's the clincher, MM. Still, if McC kicks off, could he do the job?

raycarey

he's about half mccain's age, so there is no way jindal is going to be picked....all he is going to do is make mccain look like the doddering old man he is... but i suppose anyone besides methuselah could do that.

and add to that, he's a full-on, reglious lunatic.

here's an excerpt from an article jindal wrote about an exorcism he witnessed...

Jindal's Exorcism - Swampland - TIME
btw, you do realize that jindal doesn't believe in evolution, right?


crist won't be picked because like many republicans, he's a closeted homosexual.

Norton

I think we will all be very surprised at the VP picks of both. Often times in the past VPs have not even been mentioned by the pundits prior to selection.

I mentioned in another thread Colin Powell may be coming out to publicly support Obama. If he was "whiter" he would make a great VP.

Here's a real long shot. Madelein Albright!

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Jet Gorgon

I notice yet again, ray c derides other posts but gives no picks of his own.

Milkman

I don't think Ray was deriding a post. I think he was adding some material and his opinion on Jindal.

He's still too young, IMO.

raycarey

i notice yet again, jet g has failed to either read or comprehend the OP....

Jet Gorgon

^ rc, you never make a choice of your own, you just deride other posters.
Still calling me racist after I called the race card as a key election issue? Man, you are so blinkered.

Milkman

Unfortunately, it's not about who can or cannot do the job but how the VP choice translates to votes.

It's about perception.

That is why Jindal won't be picked. He's too young.

Jet Gorgon

Concede.
I hear Huckabee saying he never excluded Romney for being mormon, but re-raising the religion issue just reminds folks of it. And many folks distrust those guys with seven wives (big lie, but it persists).
Aren't there any nice guys left? Guess Arnie is out as he's not a natural-born. Pity.

Mr Earl

Romney is the most likely choice for McCain.

The choices for BHO are all severely limited due to them all being largely ignonamous. Hillary is his best choice, unfortunately she comes as a two for one Clinton circus.

mr_hippo

If nationality were not a issue - the Dalai Lama. Then you could have
Obama-Lama

Thormaturge

It seems to me that O'Bama currently has a lot of support from various groups, all of whom would,be offended if he didn't choose one of them as VP.

He has to choose the VP who will cause the least of his supporters to vote Republican by way of a protest vote. He has already driven some women in this direction by defeating Hillary. The damage is already done insofar as women are concerned, so he will probably choose a male VP, but who?

The choice needs to be white as any non-whites will already have made up their minds whether they like Obama or not. He may also have difficulty choosing a VP who is older than himself as it will make him appear less experienced than the VP.

This leaves him with a young inexperienced male VP and he will be screwed into the ground by the Republicans on the exerience issue, which is preceisely where McCain has been hitting him.

Personally I think the choice now is worse than 2004. A naive smiling Christian bible-thumper who wants to make American workers pay for free healthcare for the unemployed whilst eradicating world poverty, or a greater war monger than Bush.

Thormaturge

^

Hehe dunno where the apostrophe came from.

I suppose O'Bama could get the Irish vote.

raycarey

nonsense.

just those who make inane and uninformed posts.



oh yeah. i forgot about that gem....with the first black candidate running for national office as a major party candidate...you 'called' that race would be an issue. keep up the good work!

and btw, that's not how everyone knows you're a racist.

now then, if jet is finished trying to make this thread about her, let's get back on topic....


i think mccain is such a shell of his former self that he may very well choose romney...even though he hates his guts. lieberman wouldn't be much of a surprise either.

Boon Mee

Heh...no matter who BO picks for VP, it'll be "Hope & Cringe"...

Mr Earl

oops wrong button

Jet Gorgon

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gimme a linkie
Ooooh, you just hate it when I get something right, rc, and several months before you. As I remember, you and your leftie lot called me a racist coz I said race would be a key issue and poopoohed me for even thinking about it. Duh. You guys are still trying to sidestep your earlier remarks despite the fact that all the major news media finally woke up to the fact (Oh, it's not PC to talk about race...oh, we better do it now coz it's true). Told you before, they should have been listening to us "grassroots" followers on TD late last year.