So Barry-O finally made a decision and named Joe Biden as his running mate. Now we have two candidates at the top of the Democrat ticket who suffer from terminal foot-in-mouth disease. Nevertheless, the selection is a good one for Obama…nearly as good as it is for John McCain.
The choice of an older attack dog takes age off the table and, given Biden’s history, appears to be an admission by Obama that the main issue is national security, not the economy as promoted up to now during his campaign. That means having to play the game in McCain’s backyard where both his bark and his bite carry authority. To make matters worse, Biden and ‘Bama have each been supporting defeatist policies in a war we are now winning. Oh…we can probably forget the change theme with an ‘old traditionalist’ on the team. While a 36 year Senate veteran may help the rookie Obama look more respectable, at the end of the day, it’s still the top spot on the ticket that gets the votes [or not].
The choice of Biden is the official confirmation that Hillary is being ‘dissed’ for the second time. This has, predictably, bent Clinton supporters even further out of shape and disruptions are being planned for next week at the Democrat Convention. If you can tune in and still hold your dinner down, I’m betting that what you’ll see resembles the bar scene in the original Star Wars movie more than it does a political convention. May the farce be with you.
R.S.F.
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