In article >, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Food_Snob=AE?= > wrote:
>On May 1, 10:21=A0pm, "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
>> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>>
>> > sounds pretty restrained for fox. many of the right-wing blogs are already
>> > proclaiming that the whole thing is being hyped by/was engineered by obama
>> > to seize more power for his socialist state or to distract attention from
>> > his other actions to seize more power for his socialist state.
>>
>> I'm relying on learned people like Paris Hilton and Joe Biden for advice
>> on how to handle this situation.
>
>Biden is a liability, I think, for the president, except as
>impeachment insurance. It's one thing when someone like me just
>blurts out whatever the heck he's thinking, but it's different when
>the guy is VP. He's a fundamentally decent man, but I hope that Obama
>retires him as a running mate in 2012 in favor of a more careful,
>articulate Democrat who also shares his values.

Given the record you Yanks have of being somewhat careless with your
Presidents [we only lose Prime Ministers when they go swimming] it's
not beyond the bounds of possibility that JB could be your next Pres.

>Obama inspires trust from the Left and Center. Biden does not. It's
>not policy, but personality. Biden was well respected across the
>spectrum as a Senator, and trusted as a voice in foreign policy
>decision making in the Senate. He'd make a great Chair for the DNC.
>Obama's next VP?

Cheers, Phred.

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LID