25 August 2008, 2:00 pm
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Politics: Obama-Biden
Senator Barack Obama has chosen Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) as his vice-presidential running mate. Was it a good pick? How will it affect McCain’s selection? What about Hillary?
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I think a white man was picked b/c having a woman on the ticket (regardless of who) was seen as a liability. Two “minorities” would make too many people nervous and a dual minority ticket would be easy to for Republicans to demonize with stealthy attacks. Biden is safe. Problem is there too much about this ticket that is safe. I really don’t see much “change” here.
I feel incredibly ambivalent about Obama’s candidacy, his electability, his inexperience, his lack of campaign savvy, his vulnerability in office and his lack of coherent forthright policy (that I haven’t seen on the website). An example – his healthcare plan is ripped from John Edwards and will, most likely, be implemented by Hilary Clinton.
I feel his candidacy and this campaign is calculated and forced. The addition of Biden to the ticket is just one more calculation. It’s as if this ticket is not for them, us or even mainstream Democrats but some vague, amorphous mass of people somewhere else.
An article by Dave Sirota from the June 2006 issue of The Nation is what first concerned me. If you’re interested read it here:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060626/sirota
Nonetheless, the choice is clear. We must vote for Obama to save this country from the Jesus Jihad. I wish we had better choices and better reasons for them. I’m not one of these deluded independents. For me the choice is clear every time: Democrat.
I’m interested in hearing what others think b/c I can’t find anyone who will discuss Obama objectively as a candidate and not a personal saviour. This is exactly how Republicans have treated George Bush since 2000. Am I missing something or just plain wrong?
Anon:
You raise some very interesting points. It’s too bad Hillary did not run a good campaign until the end of the Primary races. I believe she could have defeated McCain.
Obama’s campaign tag lines have been based on blanket statements (Obama=Hope…Obama=our only chance for freedom). It’s true that he does represent a new era in politics, however to win over McCain he needs to rely on more than his celebrity status and popularity with young voters.
In addition, Ralph Nader has decided to run for President and has officially been approved as a third party candidate for this race. This poses a great threat to the Obama campaign, as it did for Gore in 2000.
Obviously I will vote for Obama, especially since there are FOUR Supreme Court Justices seats that need to be filled. I hope that the Democrats win this election, and hopefully Biden will aid the campaign.
i think those who think that obama or biden or any of the other democrats who have run for president don’t stand for any or are no different from the republicans are just lazy. look at the obama web site, look at mccain’s web site. compare what it is they want to do. then think about the fact that the next president will pick up to three supreme court justices. there is a huge difference between the two parties.
i ultimately think that vice presidential nominees don’t mean anything. it’s the worst job in DC . . . behind mine, of course a VP choice can hurt you but i don’t know if there’s been one since lyndon johnson in 1960 that has won a race for someone. that said, biden is a good pick imo. he is catholic and grew up in a working-class community in pennsylvania. that is the group that is the most upset about hillary losing, not women in general.
i hope mccain picks romney. biden wouldn eviscerate him in the debate.
Great comment:
“I can’t find anyone who will discuss Obama objectively as a candidate and not a personal saviour. This is exactly how Republicans have treated George Bush since 2000″
We are a nation whose identity is defined more by marketing than reason, truthiness than by truth. It’s sad.
aw man, as a delawarean, i am just kinda bored by this selection. i also get a mob vibe from biden. i know i sound crazy, but a state that small shouldn’t hold all our credit card numbers.
I don’t know what that means, but it made me laugh.
Hmmm. Just watched Michelle Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention. It was a good speech but …I felt like I was watching some staged, treacly Ron Howard or Steven Spielberg movie. She got the narrative going. I kept thinking about Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams in Mahogany with all that south side of Chicago stuff.
When we say we are worried about Obama’s lack of experience, we really mean that we are worried about our own lack of experience with Obama.
Re: Raphael…
“…we are worried about our own lack of experience with Obama.”
No. I mean I am worried about Obama but voting for him anyway.
Mr. Obama Goes to Washington
by Dave Sirota
June 8, 2006
The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060626/sirota
My humble musical letter to President Obama:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4bZw9FmXZ4
Best,
Hannah Friedman
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