Biden — the perfect foil for Palin!

Biden — the perfect foil for Palin!

No matter who Obama chose, McCain camp is going to criticize. That's a given. Biden should balance the lack of experience McCain claims is Obama's worse flaw. For the Hillary fans, count me as one, I feel sure that she will play an important part in the Obama administration. If not, she will continue to play an important role as a senator. Too bad for McCain.. Obama is a force to be dealt with. Go Obama/Biden!

Republicans and Independents are still celebrating Obama's choice for VP.

It was going to be a close race, but now McCain will win without any problem.

Thanks to those Democrats that had a hand in choosing Biden.

Papa Ray
West Texas
USA

Why on earth would Obama send out his text message at 3 am, to deliberately mock Hillary's 3 am call primary campaign ad? Does Karl Rove have an undercover agent working inside the Obama campaign? How else do you explain such a monumental gaffe as this 3 am "in your face, Hillary supporters" payback text. Goodbye White House ... again.

""There has been no harsher critic of Barack Obama's lack of experience than Joe Biden."

That's exactly why Obama is smart--he picks a critic as his VP, not a yes-man. People with brains want sparring partners, not fawning acolytes.

The clear pimp of Hillary shows Obamas obsession with his own BS. When he is asked about the PUMA effect, he'd probably say he wears Nikes.

Thanks Barack! You just handed McCain the presidency. I can't think of a more divisive, arrogant, single-minded choice. Joe Biden is mouthy and exztreme. This republican may have voted for you Obama, but you really blew it with this choice. Sorry!

"There's been no harsher critic"..., Really? I can think of lots more that has been a lot harsher on Barack than Biden ever has?

Biden a great pick and an asset, won't let GOP boss him around.

You Republicans don't know what you're up against.

This is going to be great.

www.youtube.com/user/JoeBidendotcom

E,
that is the first time you called us "Republicans" without several modifiers preceeding it. I hope this will be the start of a civil campaign.
I do agree that we don't know enough about Obama.
Fly

Is anyone surprised by the McCain campaign's reaction to Obama's selection? I'm not. It was expected.

I keep hearing and seeing, "We don't know enough about Barack Obama" or "Is America Ready for a Black President?" What does that mean?

Okay, we don't know enough about Barack Obama. But we don't "know enough" about most of our representatives in the Senate, Congress, and White House. We don't know anymore about those that have been in Washington 30 years, than we know about those that have been in Washington 30 days. We simply trust them to do the job we expect them to do. And if we're truly honest with ourselves, most of them disappoint us. So what is it we specifically need to know about Obama that we didn't specifically need to know about the others?

Now. Are We Ready for a Black President? No. We're ready for a president who's going to pull our troops out of Iraq; improve our economy; implement a universal health care plan; implement an energy plan that will cease our dependence on foreign oil; and, improve our image around the World. Whether that person is black, white, brown, green, or red doesn't matter. Race has absolutely nothing to do with common sense and character. The past 8 years is proof that color is in no way an indicator of quality - intelligence matters, character matters, morals matter - honesty matters - integrity matters - trustworthiness matters.

So yes, we are ready for a "black president". We're ready for any color president who has the ability to return this Country to what it once was.

I hope so too, Fly.

Look, I have nothing against Republicans personally and I'm glad people have different views in this country.

What has occurred over the last 8 years has been the demonization of cooperation and compromise perpetrated on all the American people by the Neoconservatives. That era must end. Unfortunately, I don't think it would end with a President McCain.

Bottom line: We need a functional government. And that requires political compromise and laws that move this country forward. If anyone knows that best, it is Joe Biden.

On a more personal level, but aside from the bitter partisanship, I still don't get the Republican platform. You can make very strong arguments, based on facts, that the traditional GOP platform -- small government, taxes, personal responsibility, pro-business/pro-market -- is no longer a relevant nor effective means for approaching governance. And not only that, but it is actually the DEMOCRATS who are most capable in addressing those issues in a practical manner. I can list very real-world examples that speak to all of those, in favor of the Democrats.

What's left on the GOP side is social conservative issues like abortion and gay rights -- which are entirely religious matters, not legal ones -- and War -- something the Republicans have shown they do not understand given the prosecution of -- and rhetoric surrounding -- Iraq, Afghanistan, and the War on Terror.

I think we are starting to see a Realization on the part of Republicans around the country that partisanship aside, we need strong leadership and effective governance on behalf of all the people. And I think it is increasingly obvious that the Democratic Platform provides exactly that.

And this Realization or Awakening really can be traced back to Barack Obama's 2004 speech:

"Yet even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us, the spin masters and negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of anything goes. I say to them tonight, there's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America. There's not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America; there's the United States of America. The pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. But I've got news for them, too. We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States. There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and patriots who supported it. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America."

A very well-stated position. I agree with you that things have gotten out of control. Especially spending. I blame our lack of understand of and preparation for the global economy. Like somebody said once, "nobody 'splained it to me that way." As an older guy who grew up when not everyone went to college, I worry everyday about my friends from high school who are functionally unemployable in their fifties. The kids, who but for the grace of God went I, went into the steel mills and refineries instead of me and thought they had it made have been screwed. I am waiting for somebody to stand up for them. This would be a great time for the country to take a time out from partisan politics and take four years to fix things. I just think Obama is so far to the radical left, it won't, pardon the phrase, fly. If I were John McCain I would call Hillary and offer her the VP and tell the party tough, its time to put the country first for a while, the spend the next four years addressing real problems instead of letting kooks like the tree huggers set our energy policies and continue to hope the Russians and Arabs continue to send us oil. Now is the time for big thinkers, not hacks.

I think you have the right perspective somewhat, but the wrong party. The Republican Party only stands for corporate interests. That's why the answer to everything (War in Iraq, Katrina, Social Security, Health Care, Energy, infrastructure, etc) is privatization/corporatization. The party doesn't care about you. They don't care about America. They care about corporations, profit, and maintaining their grip on political power. Anything else is a means to an end and that includes all the hand-wringing over social conservative issues.

And I find it insulting that you would stoop to referring to people who support renewable energy as "kooks like the tree huggers". Actually, a vast majority of the country wants to invest in renewable energy, so you are really insulting America and most Americans.

It's beneath YOU for one, but beyond that, it's total bullsh*t.

even though joe couldent win he impressed me alot during the debates as i try to be non partisin . i was vary impressed with joes speach what an attack dog they have found and joe is working class hes not rich . no give them a chance obama/biden. the rumer is bidens gonna go mcain and the gop both with both barels . go get im joe . please senator biden could you ask the republicans to explain the torture bill ? and how could john mcbush have voted for such an evil un american thing as that . i wonder what our lord would have tought of that . yes im a christian former gop voter who as a christian became discusted the gop when they passed the torture bill . im now a registerd democrat and still a christian . when will the religious right start talking about love your enimys , helping the poor etc instead of fleeceing the flock peddling their right wing distorted religious doctrines .obama/bidem you let the gop have it both barrels were right behind you god bless you , wake up america before we all wake up to an atomic sunrise ..

if the republicans win were are all gonna fry under an atomic sunrise arnt we ? thats why if you want to live vote democratic , on the other hand if you want to die vote for those warmonger republicans
i prefer a tropical climate thats why im voteing democratic obama/boden , if ya prefer death under a an atomic bomb vote mcbush an the gop. its a no brainer isent it .

Everyone is for renewable energy. However, there is a fringe element that is stopping this country from accessing our own resources that would allow us to maintain our standard of living while developing renewables. These crazies are exerting pressure on Pelosi, et al who are afraid to do the right thing. Not all Republicans are as you describe, E., I wish you could come here and see what a coalition of Repblicans have done in North St. Louis in an area where they know they will never get a vote. The Dems wouldn't lift a finger to help their own people. I brought them all to the project and we now have almost 40 low income families in new homes, homes they will someday own all for the same rent as they were paying their slum lords. Never would have happened without Kit Bond, Peter Kinder, Jim Talent, Sarah Steelman all who knew they were only doing it because it was the right thing to do. Email me at flyover0909@gmail.com and I will send you a link.