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Biden: "Hillary a Better Pick Than Me" - (Under the Bus???)

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Posted by Cleregum Omineting4740 2008-09-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10327 views ] Top

#1 It's probably phishing. They want to halt the flow of women voters towards McCain/Palin camp. A carrot, as it were. I doubt that Hillary would take it. Her ego is not diminutive by any meter and she probably already assessed that the ship is sinking and she'd blow her chances for the top prize in 2012.

Posted by Spike Uniter 2008-09-11 00:45|| 2008-09-11 00:45|| Front Page Top

#2 I'd say 'Eagleton Redux', but that's unlikely.

Posted by Pappy 2008-09-11 01:15|| 2008-09-11 01:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe Biden is looking to a future Hillary/Biden ticket for 2012. He would make a great Agnew to her Nixon.

Posted by SteveS 2008-09-11 01:33|| 2008-09-11 01:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Hmmm...anyone know if hairplugs can create a "sudden medical crisis?"

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2008-09-11 02:25|| 2008-09-11 02:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Biden had a leaking brain aneurysm in 1988 which put him out of action for seven months. If one were deceptive enough to be looking for a convenient excuse to drop out of the race, that would be it. (It's also a deadly serious medical problem, which I would not wish on him.)

Posted by Mike 2008-09-11 07:58|| 2008-09-11 07:58|| Front Page Top

#6
It's probably phishing. They want to halt the flow of women voters towards McCain/Palin camp. A carrot, as it were

Biden made a point of also saying he and Clinton were close. That's pitching himself as her surrogate on the ticket, not setting himself up for leaving.

Posted by lotp 2008-09-11 08:47|| 2008-09-11 08:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Throwing Biden under the bus will play into the hands of those who deride Obama's lack of experience. If you can't figure out who your VP should be, maybe you should look for another line of work.

Posted by Perfesser 2008-09-11 10:13|| 2008-09-11 10:13|| Front Page Top

#8 I agree, changing VPs now would be stupid. What Obama needs to do is stop worrying about Palin and get Biden to deal with her. That way it's vp to vp and he's insulated. That's what he should have done since she was announced but she really got under his skin.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-09-11 11:20|| 2008-09-11 11:20|| Front Page Top

#9 The really stupid part of this comment is that it re-opens the question as to why Obama didn't pick Hillary.

If she was a better choice why isn't she on the ticket?

Posted by DoDo 2008-09-11 11:27|| 2008-09-11 11:27|| Front Page Top

#10 "It's probably phishing. They want to halt the flow of women voters towards McCain/Palin camp."

Good point. Of course, if they don't follow through, it'll only make matters worse come November. But that's then. Right now, Obama is scrambling, improvising, and floundering from one news cycle to the next. It's not pretty.

Posted by Minister of funny walks 2008-09-11 11:43|| 2008-09-11 11:43|| Front Page Top

#11 Right now, Obama is scrambling, improvising, and floundering from one news cycle to the next. It's not pretty.

What do you mean it's "not pretty"? I think it is glorious! I haven't enjoyed an election this much in a long time.

I can't wait for election day, I'm almost giddy thinking about how despondent the Dims will be when the Zero crashes and burns.

Schadenfreude? What's that?

Posted by Glailet Fillmore3756 2008-09-11 11:51|| 2008-09-11 11:51|| Front Page Top

#12 What's he gonna do swap for Hillary and be some johnny come lately with his own woman VP? How lame and fake and third grade would that be?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-09-11 12:34|| 2008-09-11 12:34|| Front Page Top

#13 Schadenfreude? What's that?

It is a German word meaning the pain from hitting your head on a corner of the coffee table while rolling around on the floor laughing.

Posted by SteveS 2008-09-11 13:21|| 2008-09-11 13:21|| Front Page Top

#14 farfignugan - remember that one?

Posted by anonymous2u 2008-09-11 14:15|| 2008-09-11 14:15|| Front Page Top

#15 Not gonna happen, not considering how the donation flow has dried up and they cannot even afford to give a few stickers or buttons the Girl Scouts for crissakes, how do you expect them to rationalze tossing all the Messiah/Plug stuff for Zero/Pantsuit? Whiteout costs alone would be huge......

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-09-11 14:15|| 2008-09-11 14:15|| Front Page Top

#16 Throwing Biden under the bus will play into the hands of those who deride Obama's lack of experience.

Yep but that doesn't mean that he won't panic and try it anyway. More likely he'll announce that he'll appoint the Hildebeeste to the S.Ct. or a cabinet post.

Posted by AzCat 2008-09-11 15:21|| 2008-09-11 15:21|| Front Page Top

#17 Yep but that doesn't mean that he won't panic and try it anyway [Thrown Under The Bus]. More likely he'll announce that he'll appoint the Hildebeeste to the Supreme Court or a cabinet post.

They [Obama's Camp] better never run out of Beano or Hiz Vice Presidential Gas Bag poofter will disapear in one long fart.

Posted by Red Dawg ">Red Dawg 2008-09-11 16:33|| 2008-09-11 16:33|| Front Page Top

#18 Biden just blabs constantly, nothing he says means anything. And I agree that Clinton would never take second-banana to Obama; he won't win and that would tank Hillary for 2012.

Posted by Chris W. 2008-09-11 17:44|| 2008-09-11 17:44|| Front Page Top

#19 Biden may be the first Obamanaut to climb under the bus willingly. Given that a bus is pretty massive, it may not be the worst place to hide when faced with incoming lipstick-coated rounds.

Posted by SteveS 2008-09-11 21:17|| 2008-09-11 21:17|| Front Page Top

#20 I don't think Biden could have been more damaging. Even if they keep him the commercials right themselves.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-09-11 21:19|| 2008-09-11 21:19|| Front Page Top

#21 There's room under this bus for everyone.

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