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Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results - Albert Einstein

A little political musing
August 24, 2008 - 8:45 am

One of them made a comment that if you listened to an Obama speech with the sound off, you couldn't tell if he even cared about what he was saying -- that he was a flat speaker.

As I laid there... they cut to the live (I think it was live) formal announcement of Biden. So... I listened to his speech and thought, you.. the reverse is pretty much true. If you listen to a speech, but don't watch it... it's hard to tell he's excited. He really is a flat speaker.

Does that matter? No. In fact, it's an improvement over Bush who can't really speak.

But... as I listened, I am somewhat concerned the Dems are busy doing their best (worst?) implosion job ever.

Obama largely ran on the idea of change. He wasn't an old school politician and would therefore bring change. His running mate is the very definition of old school. He's just totally undercut that argument.

At the same time he's fully highlighting his lack of foreign policy experience. Of course it's good to shore up a weakness, but it's really highlighting that Obama is light on many things.

Mix in that he didn't even bother to vet Clinton... and well, I'm wondering if he's trying to piss people off.

I get why he'd never ever want Hillary (three presidents is two presidents too many), but to not even vet her considering the lingering... festering... vocal group of Clinton supports is... well... dumb. It's a huge slap in the face.

I don't know much about Biden, but he seems to have some... goofie positions. Per CNet, he's pro RIAA... anti-privacy (i.e. supports government electronic snooping)... and wrote the precursor to the Patriot Act.

CNet article: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10024163-38.html

Sure.. the VP doesn't really matter.. but still.

What's an even bigger question is who McCain is going to pick... and why is it taking him so long to pick someone?

He's known for longer he's the nominee.