(shrug) Looks like it's going to be Biden anyway. The tea leaves read that way pretty clearly, at least in my opinion. So my Kaine pick apparently blows, and none of my top three look to be the one.
I'd be just fine with Biden. He'd be a proper attack dog. He knows how to talk to people in plain language. He's wickedly funny.
And the Georgian president did specifically ask to see Biden. That's pretty impressive.
Plus, Biden's an old warhorse. He's earned it.
And my better half was for Biden, so that balances out nicely. I picked the presidential candidate, she gets veep. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
A Biden pick suggests Obama was going for someone with some foreign policy gravitas, but also for someone with a more plain-spoken/rougher style to balance Obama's rock-star shtick.
The downside to Biden is that he's incapable of staying on message, and he cusses...a lot. His favorite word is "malarkey," but that's often replaced with "bullshit". At the same time, that blunt speaking style also gives him an advantage similar to the one comedians like Stewart and Maher enjoy: He can say things in a somewhat outrageous way, but in a way that normal people find perfectly understandable (and enjoy hearing). Here's a good example:
Thanks to that (and the fact that his son is a soldier and his wife a teacher), he comes off much more real than other politicians.
He comes with some big negatives and big positives. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Putin was never going to take any shit from a teetotaller like Bush or uptight arseholes like Cheney. They are not mensch. You can't be me, I'm taken
Whether Putin drinks or not, (and as a sportsman he has reasons not to) the culture in which he lives defines masculinity by the kind of male bonding that occurs under the influence - just as in Finland.
But we are talking at cross-purposes again ;-)
I'd just like to say that I support your take on Russia. For what it's worth... You can't be me, I'm taken
I don't see the US Presidential race as being that much different. The only difference is that in media the 3 audiences rarely connect - the statements one makes rarely come back to haunt you. You can't be me, I'm taken
It complements well, stylistically. Obama, undoubtedly by design, is supposed to be the larger-than-life, big-picture, (for lack of a better word) airy presidential candidate. Biden, in contrast, has the tools (properly directed) to deliver a heavier version of the message that would be easier for some to relate to coming from a guy like him. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
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Delaware was the first state in the union, but somehow Joe Biden being named veep would be the biggest day ever?
Small states are so weird. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
