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BREAKING NEWS!
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Oh, I guess you already heard. Hey, I just wanted to join the bandwagon. It's all over the news and blogosphere. Let the pundit games begin.
Now that Senator Barack Hussein Obama, the presumptive Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States of America, has announced Senator Joe Biden as his choice for a Vice President running mate, its open season for commentary. And when, Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican Party nominee for President, makes his preference of a Vice President be known, it will be a field day for even more political commentary.
My thoughts regarding the selection of Biden:
I just think there is an irony in this choice.
Flashback to the Presidential race of 2000.
The Democratic Party nominee for Vice President was Senator Joe Lieberman, a United States Senator from a small east coast state (Connecticut) who was also a candidate that very same year for re-election to his Senate seat.
Flash forward to 2008.
The Democratic Party nominee for Vice President is Senator Joe Biden, a United States Senator from a small east coast state (Delaware) who is also a candidate this very same year for re-election to his Senate seat.
Oh, by the way, did you also notice the first names of the Dem VP picks in 2000 and in 2008?
They are both Joe.
hmm, I wonder what other coincidences or ironies may arise with this selection.
3 comments:
Roland,
Perhaps the "Party of the People" is just trying to say that even a "regular Joe" can aspire to the 2nd highest office in the land.
On the other hand, being a VP is probably nothing anyone ever aspired to.
:-)
I wouldnt mind being a VP.
Little to no impact.
Roland & Ben,
Ben may have it right. Looking at this now with calm deliberation (I upped my medication), I have decided that VP may be one of the few jobs on the planet that I am qualified for.
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