and I was right, not because I had any special insight as to who the running mate would be: Joseph Biden, who has been in the Senate for 35 years and has all of the requirements necessary to be president, far more than the one at the top of the ticket, has been picked for the VP slot.
As much as I love Biden, I still can't bring myself to vote for Obama. That's the bottom line.
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Susan,
VP pick makes no difference. People vote for the top of the ticket not the VP nominee.
A horrible pick like Dan Quayle did not stop Bush Sr from winning a landslide. Bentsen did not help Dukakis win Texas and Edwards did not help Kerry win North Carolina.
It is all media hype. At the end it doesn't influence how people vote. People vote for the candidate at the top of the ticket.
My only worry is McCain's pick. If he picks someone young and attractive the GOP can control the white house for another decade.
That is what I tried to tell my sister this morning. She likes Biden, just as I do, but she said she was going to vote for Obama to prevent a McCain presidency.
I told her the problem was the top of the ticket. I can't bring myself to do it, no matter how much I like Biden.
Susan,
Did you read the latest column from Peggy Noonan?
She was one of Obama's GOP cheerleaders in the media. Along with George Will, David Brooks and the rest. We kept hearing about how Obama had appeal to republicans and the proof was all the nice things conservative pundits were saying about him. He was not like that divisive Hillary who was hated by republicans and deserved it. No, Obama was a "post partisan" Democrat, praised by Peggy Noonan and would appeal to republican voters in red states.
Guess what? Noonan is now raising all kinds of questions about the Messiah. About his lack of qualifications for the job. Like she didn't know about it during the primaries and she is just finding.
It was clear to me what was happening during the primaries. Noonan and friends wanted to eliminate viable Democratic candidates, including Hillary. She they put the Messiah on a pedestal and trashed Hillary. The only Democrat Noonan likes is a dead Democrat. Read her columns. Only dead Democrats get praised. I knew her game. Same with George Will et al.
During the primaries Hillary was attacked by the so called liberal media as well as the conservatives. She did not have any media outlets in her corner. The Messiah was showered with praise from all ideological groups, from Frank Rich to Peggy Noonan.
It is going to be different in the general election. You will start seeing GOP pundits like Noonan viviously turn against Obama.
It wasn't hard to figure out, the media manipulation. One by one, the best candidates were eliminated either through ignoring them (Edwards, Biden) or trashing them (Clinton). They KNEW right off the bat Obama was the least electable, and they KNEW exactly what kinds of skeletons this guy has in his closet. Yet they refused to vet him. I have never seen anything quite like this, complete with propaganda.
And then the GOP voters were encouraged to be "Democrat for a day" either in primaries or especially caucuses, and you could see the game rigged to knock off the other candidates.
It's a mirror image of 1972, only this time the rigging was entirely legal.
This is going to happen from now on. Democrats will have just token candidates to go up against the Republicans. Rove and Norquist's dream of the Democratic Party being marginalized may come to pass yet.
I'll look for Noonan's piece and post a link.
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