Joltin Joe
August 23rd, 2008
Obama has picked the clean, articulate senator from Delaware. Lots of people I respect seem to like Biden. But to me he’s somewhat of a blowhard who supported the war, and has been in the senate long enough to pay off a 30 year lease on his house in D.C. I’m not sure this is change we can believe in, Obie.
In other words: he chose… poorly.
On the plus side, Biden is honest, he’s not Bayh, he’s not Clinton, he’s not Kaine, and he’s not a wimp.
Update: Biden did vote against the FISA compromise, which is excellent. So maybe I don’t know what the hell I’m talking about. The more I read, the less I know. On a personal note, a friend and I happened to stumble past the capitol building in Boston this primary, just as Biden was receiving an endorsement from several crusty old Italian and Irish state legislators. We stayed to watch Biden speak because there were like ten other people there, and we could watch within spitting distance of the podium. I also saw Liz Edwards speak at the Harvard Institute of Politics, and she went on for quite a bit about how Biden should have been a serious contender for the nomination, but the press didn’t give him nearly enough coverage. She picked Biden, she said, because she didn’t want it to sound like this was just sour grapes that her husband didn’t get enough attention. I wasn’t convinced, because I’m not sure why the hell Joe Biden should be our next president.
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7 Comments Add your own
1. Mark Stamas | August 23rd, 2008 at 1:11 pm
FISA built the coffin, Biden is the final nail.
2. Mark Stamas | August 23rd, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Adding to your post after the fact…….
I smell Dukakis/Bentson
3. Mark Stamas | August 23rd, 2008 at 4:58 pm
We need to focus on a viable third party.
4. Michael Kay | August 23rd, 2008 at 6:55 pm
A note from “a friend”: We were about spitting distance from him, but that’s about all I can remember from the speech. In fact, I think the Boston Globe reporter–who with the photographer made up about 20 percent of the audience–who showed up to ask a few questions was a better public speaker. The good news: Obama didn’t choose someone who would add to the ‘celebrity’ charges (acknowledging that criticizing a politician for being too popular, is like criticizing Phelps for winning too many medals, however sound a campaign tactic it is proving.)
5. Barry Bussewitz | August 24th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Mister Stamas! Say it ain’t so!!!
6. Devin | August 26th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Mike, I was trying to give the impression that my friend was a Boston political insider, not one of those California surfer/journalists. They don’t take kindly to West Coasters here. That must be surreal standing at a podium with a bunch of microphones, trying to act like you have a shot at the presidency when your only audience is a few campaign staff, passers-by, and a crazy protester lady with a weird sign.
7. Michael Kay | August 28th, 2008 at 1:33 am
Alright. But hey, I don’t surf.
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