Comments on: Further meditations on Biden and Palin

By: tdaxp

tdaxp — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:18:40 +0000

Second-tier talk radio shows have been all over this story.

It’s the right-wing equivalent of the Palin pregnancy rumors. Obama’s two-hour lunch with Clinton, Biden’s remark, and The unexpected success for Palin for the Republicans all seem to be adding up to something.

But what?

By: Mark in Texas

Mark in Texas — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:47:05 +0000

Jay@Soob

Nope. Not buying the Obama dumps Biden bit. Too pregnant and too much a naked bit of political maneuvering.

Well, isn’t Obama the proponent of the “you don’t have to stay pregnant if you don’t want” philosophy in this election?

I think that a change of vice presidents would shriek of desperation and would be more likely to do Obama more harm than good but ever since the New Jersey Swicheroo where the Democrats swapped out Torricelli for Lautenberg despite state election laws specifically prohibiting them from doing that, I am inclined to think that anything is possible.

By: Arherring

Arherring — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:59:15 +0000

Indeed, my crystal ball shows a Clinton / Bayh campaign at the earliest opportunity.

(I doubt there was a person happier/more relieved with the Biden pick than Evan Bayh. Even the Republicans!)

By: Jay@Soob

Jay@Soob — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:01:28 +0000

Nope. Not buying the Obama dumps Biden bit. Too pregnant and too much a naked bit of political maneuvering. Further, I have doubts that Clinton would accept such an offer. Too risky and Clinton wants a clean slate for 2012.

By: Obama on Tilt « PurpleSlog

Obama on Tilt « PurpleSlog — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:51:30 +0000

[...] on Tilt I have written this as comments on a few other blogs, so I might as well say it [...]

By: Mystery Meat

Mystery Meat — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:51:57 +0000

Remember Biden’s left-handed compliment of Obama?

–”I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”

Obama let him slide, but many in the media were on his remark like flies on sh!t. Biden spent about a week explaining himself.

This “lipstick on pig” stuff is just the other side of the coin.

By: purpleslog

purpleslog — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:51:53 +0000

Brent, I am not sure that is why Palin was picked (perhaps it was just a lucky side-effect).

I do like your question though. Let me think about that a bit.

By: Brent Grace

Brent Grace — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:44:35 +0000

Good point purpleslog. The flip side of your question is, assuming the McCain campaign picked Palin to throw Obama off balance, what does this tell as about McCain’s approach to Grand Strategy should he become commander-and-chief?

What is the grand strategic equivalent of Sarah Palin on an international level?

A possible example of a “Palin” approach to international relations might be McCain making it the official U.S. position that the residents of South Ossetia and Abkhazia should hold a plebiscite to decide whether to remain part of Georgia, become independent or join the Russian Federation; as should the residents of Chechnya and Tartistan.

By: purpleslog

purpleslog — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:24:12 +0000

Elam…

You got it. If Gov. Palin puts Obama and his team on tilt, what will Putin, OBL, Chavez, or some domestic crisis do to them?

By: ElamBend

ElamBend — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:34:08 +0000

PS,
I agree. It’s not so much her (and if you support that ticket, avoiding a cult of personality is paramount), it’s the absolute panic/crazy that has been stirred up on the left, from Obama to his most fringe supporters.

If this is how he reacts to a loud-mouth VP pick, what’s he going to do when a mouthy, disrespecting despot like Hugo Chavez lies to him, or starts openly calling him El Diablo?