Obama has picked a VP

**Deku Trii** · 08-23-2008, 12:09 AM

Sources: Obama picks Joe Biden as VP candidate - CNN.com

Metal Man · 08-23-2008, 04:08 AM

Yay, Hillary down the drain.

Speed · 08-23-2008, 05:21 AM

*Is sad that it wasn't Al Gore*

I am nobody · 08-23-2008, 06:24 AM

Not really a surprise. The media wouldn't have been sitting on his lawn for a week if they didn't think he had a good chance of being picked.

**Crazyswordsman** · 08-23-2008, 10:11 AM

I wanted Evan Bayh or Kane to do it. That would be a ticket that could woo over some moderates. Joe Biden can't do that. Now I'm scared McCain will pick Liberman. If McCain picks Liberman, Obama can consider this election lost. -CSM

Bomby · 08-23-2008, 11:02 AM

Hmm... maybe I shouldn't vote for Brian Moore...

LinkManDX · 08-23-2008, 12:10 PM

^^It seems as if it's either that or Mitt Romne; the latter would make hell for moderates.

**Crazyswordsman** · 08-23-2008, 01:27 PM

^I'm afraid of Romney myself. Romney was, after Tom Tancredo, the most radical of the candidates. He would do horrible things. He's the most like Bush of all the candidates. -CSM

Perrin Aybara · 08-23-2008, 02:41 PM

ABH: Anyone But Hillary

Biden was the most likely choice from the begining. I don't know much about him, though. Likely will vote for Obama simply for Obama.

However, if McCain picks someone like Lieberman, or better yet, Michael Steele (african american former lieutenant governor of Maryland), I would give McCain some serious consideration.

-jay

**Crazyswordsman** · 08-24-2008, 05:20 PM

^Please don't prove me right, Jay.....

Anyway, after doing some more research, I'd sooner have Ohio than Virginia, and Biden is likely to help us with Ohio and Pennsylvania. -CSM

Speed · 08-24-2008, 08:19 PM

*Is still sad it wasn't Al Gore*

Robotazy · 08-25-2008, 12:37 PM

Naturally, the first two things I said after seeing him were....

1. Who?

2. Obama picked a White person that's not Hillary?

Because from where I stood, everyone was saying Hillary, and Obama was picking some black VP :/

LinkManDX · 08-25-2008, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Speed is just Speed

*Is still sad it wasn't Al Gore*

I'd chalk that up as a political disaster.

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Originally Posted by Tazy_10

Naturally, the first two things I said after seeing him were....

1. Who?

2. Obama picked a White person that's not Hillary?

Because from where I stood, everyone was saying Hillary, and Obama was picking some black VP :/

Lieberman was picked to give some credibility to his foreign policy, and for someone who's been in the senate for a long long time, thus covering up two major nitpicking holes people have found.

However, the reason I don't like Obama, or more accurately, like McCain, is based on core Democratic philosophy and how it would apply to today's economy.

**Crazyswordsman** · 08-25-2008, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by LinkManDX

However, the reason I don't like Obama, or more accurately, like McCain, is based on core Democratic philosophy and how it would apply to today's economy.

Or, more accurately, what Republicans say it is: tax and spend (which is, of course, a myth). -CSM

Speed · 08-25-2008, 08:13 PM

Obama picked an Old White guy?

Now McCain has to pick a young Black guy... or maybe a Middle-Aged Asian.

Kil'jaeden · 08-27-2008, 10:11 PM

The Democrat's philosophy is "Tax and then Spend."

The Republican's philosophy is "Spend and then Tax".

08-23-2008, 12:09 AM	#1
Deku Trii PP&R Mod Current Events Mod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Texas Gender: Posts: 9,031 Thanks: 521 Thanked 1,099 Times in 583 Posts	Obama has picked a VP Sources: Obama picks Joe Biden as VP candidate - CNN.com

08-23-2008, 04:08 AM	#2
Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	Yay, Hillary down the drain.

08-23-2008, 05:21 AM	#3
Speed Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: If there's a bright center to the universe I'm on the planet it's farthest from Gender: Posts: 3,747 Thanks: 1,598 Thanked 320 Times in 224 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Is sad that it wasn't Al Gore

08-23-2008, 06:24 AM	#4
I am nobody Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Over there. Gender: Posts: 5,515 Thanks: 309 Thanked 365 Times in 242 Posts Blog Entries: 7	Not really a surprise. The media wouldn't have been sitting on his lawn for a week if they didn't think he had a good chance of being picked.

08-23-2008, 10:11 AM	#5
Crazyswordsman This key doesn't work. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Booyaville (yeah!) Gender: Posts: 10,791 Thanks: 1,019 Thanked 686 Times in 467 Posts	I wanted Evan Bayh or Kane to do it. That would be a ticket that could woo over some moderates. Joe Biden can't do that. Now I'm scared McCain will pick Liberman. If McCain picks Liberman, Obama can consider this election lost. -CSM

08-23-2008, 11:02 AM	#6
Bomby You just freaking blew Joe Biden's mind! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: WHAT?house Gender: Posts: 19,491 Thanks: 513 Thanked 1,449 Times in 849 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Hmm... maybe I shouldn't vote for Brian Moore...

08-23-2008, 12:10 PM	#7
LinkManDX Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Because political usernames ftw Gender: Posts: 3,582 Thanks: 297 Thanked 266 Times in 156 Posts	^^It seems as if it's either that or Mitt Romne; the latter would make hell for moderates.

08-23-2008, 01:27 PM	#8
Crazyswordsman This key doesn't work. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Booyaville (yeah!) Gender: Posts: 10,791 Thanks: 1,019 Thanked 686 Times in 467 Posts	^I'm afraid of Romney myself. Romney was, after Tom Tancredo, the most radical of the candidates. He would do horrible things. He's the most like Bush of all the candidates. -CSM

08-23-2008, 02:41 PM	#9
Perrin Aybara Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Alone....so terribly alone... Some... where... out... there... dies Gender: Posts: 12,760 Thanks: 194 Thanked 504 Times in 235 Posts	ABH: Anyone But Hillary Biden was the most likely choice from the begining. I don't know much about him, though. Likely will vote for Obama simply for Obama. However, if McCain picks someone like Lieberman, or better yet, Michael Steele (african american former lieutenant governor of Maryland), I would give McCain some serious consideration. -jay

08-24-2008, 05:20 PM	#10
Crazyswordsman This key doesn't work. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Booyaville (yeah!) Gender: Posts: 10,791 Thanks: 1,019 Thanked 686 Times in 467 Posts	^Please don't prove me right, Jay..... Anyway, after doing some more research, I'd sooner have Ohio than Virginia, and Biden is likely to help us with Ohio and Pennsylvania. -CSM

08-24-2008, 08:19 PM	#11
Speed Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: If there's a bright center to the universe I'm on the planet it's farthest from Gender: Posts: 3,747 Thanks: 1,598 Thanked 320 Times in 224 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Is still sad it wasn't Al Gore

08-25-2008, 12:37 PM	#12
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	Naturally, the first two things I said after seeing him were.... 1. Who? 2. Obama picked a White person that's not Hillary? Because from where I stood, everyone was saying Hillary, and Obama was picking some black VP :/

08-25-2008, 08:13 PM	#15
Speed Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: If there's a bright center to the universe I'm on the planet it's farthest from Gender: Posts: 3,747 Thanks: 1,598 Thanked 320 Times in 224 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Obama picked an Old White guy? Now McCain has to pick a young Black guy... or maybe a Middle-Aged Asian.

08-27-2008, 10:11 PM	#16
Kil'jaeden Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: in your mind Gender: Posts: 2,132 Thanks: 21 Thanked 146 Times in 99 Posts	The Democrat's philosophy is "Tax and then Spend." The Republican's philosophy is "Spend and then Tax".