Do you realize what kind of ticket the Dems have?

[jillan]

Change with Experience

Washington outsider with someone who knows how to get things done

Cool temper - hot blooded

Thoughtful ~ passionate

young - old

New - history

Voted against the war - Has son being deployed to Iraq


Two great orators - one who speaks like a professor - one that talks like a regular 'Joe'


There is no way the repugs can beat this ticket.
Obama + Biden cover all the bases.



edit to add -
And they BOTH have one house and both love their wife.

[depakid]

1. Phil Gramm economics Yay!i

[melody]

35. Keep talking like that and we'll have REAL Phil Gramm economics

And won't that be nice? :(

[depakid]

48. It'd be nice if someome stood up and said no- we're not having that

It would have made- not only a better country, but all of our jobs easier.

[melody]

50. And it would be nice if there were little unicorns romping in my yard, dk

... but we have the world we have. We have to play the hand we are dealt.

[mopinko]

75. are you ever gonna get with the ticket?

i haven't heard a word out of you that makes me think you are a dem.
this is the ticket. grown ups live in the real world, and this is the choice of the voters and the party. you got 2 choices now. which one do you want to win?

[valerief]

2. Is Mittens official? McCain would do best with a woman veep. Not that I want him to. nt

[GrizzlyMan]

11. And who would that be, Palin?

Liddy Dole? Near as I can tell, the Republican party is virtually devoid of compelling and gifted female leadership. I hope to GOD he picks a woman.

[crimsonblue]

15. He will probably pick fiorino

if he picks a woman. That'd be good to us, bc she was a terrible CEO who tried her best to fuck up at HP.

[southerncrone]

24. That's because in Repukeland women "know their place"...

ten paces behind their men. They are trophies at best, certainly not serious political figures. :eyes:
They manage to embarrass their women by their misdeeds whenever possible, because women are second-class citizens created to be their servants, just like blacks & Latinos.

Welcome to DU, GrizzlyMan! :hi:

I really like our ticket! :)

Obama/Biden '08

[bvar22]

54. Hey! There is plenty of talented women in the Repub Party!

He could pick:


Mean Jean Schmidt (Ohio)

Katherine Bachmann (Minn)

Diane Feinstein (CA)

[cynthia]

69. That would be Michelle Bachmann

She is one batshit crazy gal!

Let's hope her competitor bumps her out of Congress

Elwyn Tinklenberg is the Dem in that race.

[asdjrocky]

77. I can't stop laughing.

Very nice. DiFi is my senator and she's hated by me, and every single true liberal I know.

[Greyskye]

93. DiFi's office answers my emails with non sequitors

They're incompetent as well as DINO's.

[populistdriven]

97. I see what you did there!

[psychmommy]

59. how about katherine harris. how delicious would that be?

dole would be fun because of hubby's Viagra ads.

[Erin Elizabeth]

An awesome one.

Do you think it's because we're awesome? Because I think it's because we're awesome.

[scheming daemons]

3. It's really awesome how you've come around to Obama, pirhana...

..seriously, no snark.


You're a true blue Democrat.

[jillan]

7. And awesome how much support Biden is getting at DU -

That was not always the case :P

[scheming daemons]

12. Biden was my third choice for veep (after Richardson and Schweitzer).... but....

I am thrilled with this pick.

[Erin Elizabeth]

18. AWESOME!

It's going to be the word of the day tomorrow.

[wisteria]

22. It all has to do with Biden.

She disparaged Kerry for endorsing Obama and she supported Hillary before Biden. She would still not support Obama if Biden wasn't on the ticket.

[jillan]

33. I don't know what your problem is tonite BUT I came here and supported Obama after Hillary dropped

out of the race.

Please stop making shit up about me.

[blonndee]

67. Not true. Pirhana has been supporting Obama for a long time, since

Hillary ended her campaign.

[livvy]

74. Not true... Biden... Hillary... Obama... that's the order.

She has supported Obama since Hillary dropped out. Biden is the icing on the cake for all of us Bidenites. I don't know of any of us that has not thrown our support behind Obama, once the decision was made that he would be the candidate.

Now...get off her lawn!...sorry...couldn't resist...and no harm intended :evilgrin:

edit for lousy spelling.

[swishyfeet]

8. +1 for that. Great post pirhana!

[KAZ]

4. I'm happy!

:bounce:

[saltpoint]

5. this ticket is a ticket to ride.

Recommended.

[liberalla]

6. great post!

great description/analysis of the 'team'...
and I love the ticket!


Obama/Biden!

[jillan]

9. Thanks :)

[Life Long Dem]

10. Such a way with words

O8)

[democrat2thecore]

13. Excellent post, pirhana. That sums it up.....nt

[me b zola]

14. Wow, my favorite post since hearing the news!

I hope this thread stays kicked long enough for it to get 100+ recommendations. :toast:

[jillan]

25. Thanks :)

[liberalla]

46. I'll kick for that !

:toast:

[Raine]

16. A WINING one!!!

It's a GREAT ticket! :bounce:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

17. You nailed it.

[Naturyl]

19. "Change with Experience" - I like that. (n/t)

[wisteria]

20. Change and progressive are out the window.

Biden is the choice to try and get the older people to feel comfortable with Senator Obama. It won't work.

[LonelyLRLiberal]

70. Why do you say it won't work?

Besides, I don't think Biden's appeal is necessarily to "older people." I think he has a populist, working class appeal and he will assuage some concerns about Obama's perceived lack of experience. What do you see as the problem? Did you want Hillary as VP?

[knixphan]

21. You know what kind of ticket this is?

the ASS-KICKING kind.

GOBAMA

GO JOE!

[mtf80123]

23. Yes

1. Pro-People
2. Pro-Environment
3. Big Mouth
4. Fair Trade.

OBAMA / BIDEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KAZ]

26. Forgot to REC!!!

[highplainsdem]

27. Obama + someone who isn't Clinton. And while I like Biden otherwise, and I know how much Clinton is

hated by many DUers, if you think adding Biden to the ticket instead of Clinton will increase Obama's support among Dems, I'm afraid you're deluding yourselves.

I like Biden. But I can't see one single reason he's a better choice than Clinton. He's criticized Obama, he's a Washington insider, etc. This is going to be viewed by her supporters, those Democrats who aren't supporting Obama yet, as an "anyone but Clinton" choice, and it'll be viewed as a slap at her and at her supporters.

We needed a unity ticket, and that was Obama/Clinton.

I could be wrong about this. But all the polls suggest I'm right. Obama has not been able, in two months after the primaries, to unite the party. He's barely ahead in the polls because Dems aren't as united as Republicans, and the great numerical advantage Dems have over Republicans isn't translating into the 10-point lead Obama would have with the party united behind him.

There was one obvious solution to this, and he made a painfully obvious decision not to take it.

I'll be very surprised if the polls show this helped Democratic Party unity.

I like Biden. I like him much more than Obama. But with Obama as our nominee, and Clinton getting approximately as many votes, it made no sense whatsoever for Obama to choose anyone else as his running mate. Especially someone who can be just as easily hit with the same arguments DUers tended to use for saying she shouldn't be Obama's VP (she's a senator, she said Obama wasn't ready to be prez, etc.).

So, despite Biden being a great Democratic politician, this was a really poor choice for this election.

But the blame for that isn't Biden's. I wish Obama had been paying more attention to the polls, rather than trying to tell himself he can win those voters over anyway without Clinton.

[MarjorieG]

29. Negative ads, manipulative polls, we really don't know where we are, or about Hillary.

[Errrica]

30. The thing is...

Obama STILL hasn't announced his VP pick officially. I'm waiting for tomorrow morning.

[Muttocracy]

34. text messages are going out in waves now. nt

[Blue-Jay]

65. What a load. You're the only person to mention Sen Clinton in the thread.

Time to get over it.

[knixphan]

28. Obama + Biden cover all the bases.

needs to be said again.

[Raster]

31. No, there is no way the rethuglicans can legitimately beat this ticket...

...so they'll have to steal the Presidency, which they've gotten very good at.

[Steely_Dan]

32. Obama's Value Just Went Up 100%

If one measures a leader by the choices he makes, he couldn't have done a better job

-P

[democrat2thecore]

37. I agree!! What a change this is from the past eight years.

Here's a small one for posts:

[CarbonDate]

36. This kind:

[jillan]

39. That post deserves it's on thread.

[mirrera]

49. That didn't work out so well...

[Duer 157099]

38. I just hope you meant they "EACH" have one house

cuz if they share a house, we're screwn. Well, unless it's the WHITE HOUSE!

[chiefofclarinet]

40. One additional thing

Obama's message of "Change" is not dead. Obama has the wave of Change, but he needs someone that can help him change Washington from the inside. The best candidate for that is now Obama's running mate.

[lumpy]

44. Fumigating the White House and wiping the slate clean of

the filth that has defiled the Oval office will automatically bring about change. Biden will bring a breath of fresh air to the ticket.

[writes3000]

41. Wonderful, wonderful post. nt

[angee_is_mad]

42. Know his mother is so PROUD!!!!

just like Barack's grandmothers are. Can you imagine how these elderly ladies are feeling right now?

[Heather MC]

43. All true but Joe is missing one thing...

Girlie parts
:rofl:

I was gonna say a vagina
but apparently Vagina is a bad word
so I will just say girlie parts, to be PC
hee hee

[mmonk]

45. It's a kick butt ticket.

[SharonRB]

47. Best ticket we've had in years

Probably even better than Clinton/Gore. Clinton had dirty laundry. This is a pretty clean ticket and I love the juxtaposition of all the qualities you listed. We really cover all the bases.

[Eurobabe]

51. pirhana, you rock my world

:yourock:

[jillan]

55. Hey you -

You rock too!

[opihimoimoi]

52. ITS GOOPer BUSTERS

The Dynamic Duo of the Dem Party

They come to clean up the mess

[City Lights]

53. Great post, pirhana!

:thumbsup:

Recommended.

[JVS]

56. Yep. This is great.

[hasssan1]

57. THEY WILL BEAT REPUBS IF THEY STARY FIGHT BACK FROM TODAY

HARD AND NASTY AND EXPOSE MCLAME EVERY DAY.

SHOW ALL THOSE GREAT VIDEOS OF MCLAME WHEN HE TALKS LIKE A JACK-ASS AND EXPOSE WHAT A GARBAGE SOB HE IS.

[jillan]

58. And they did!

[KAZ]

60. YES! Great post Pirhana! I am so psyched!

[pleah]

61. K&R I'm going to keep saying this,

the only way the thugs can win is to steal the election. They will probably try to do it, too.

[old mark]

62. I am 61 years old - this is the strongest Democratic ticket I have

ever seen. It was a pleasure to see the Biden's speech, and the response of the crowd, even if CNN tried to downplay every sentence. They could not dispell the power of Biden's speech. He really got people going!

This is the first time since JFK I have been excited about watching a presidential convention - I can't wait for this one!

Great choice, Obama!

mark

[livetohike]

66. I'm 56 and I agree with you.....

This is the best I have seen :-).

[Demi_Babe]

63. very happy here

[Peacetrain]

64. A great ticket!!

The best ever

[tammywammy]

68. Recommended

;)

[Gregorian]

71. Aha! More than just unbeatable.

Thanks. You gave this a great perspective.

Good times right here!

[Whisp]

72. wohoa. great observation!

the talking yaps on CNN are saying that Obama is going against the 'change' and 'new' he professes by selecting Biden who has been old washington for decades - the asshats wouldn't be happy with Anyone Obama chose!

really wise pick on Obama's part - you hit all the right points!

[mzmolly]

73. Our new motto "Experience change" ???

;)

[graywarrior]

76. Yin and yang

Equals balance.

[SaveAmerica]

78. Ebony and Ivory

live together in perfect harmony...

(I was going to say yin and yang, I hope you'll share with me!)

[jillan]

79. Yin and Yang -

that was actually debating to use that as the subject line of the op. ;)

[graywarrior]

81. Acid and alkalinity.

Salt and sugar.
Beer and pretzels.

[SaveAmerica]

82. Pork chops and applesauce...

[graywarrior]

84. Sex and candy

Incense and peppermint
Salt and pepper

[SaveAmerica]

86. hot chocolate and cold peppermint

salt n peppa (that's Obama in drag on the right)

[graywarrior]

88. *snort*

:silly:

Meat and potatoes

[scarletwoman]

87. Beer and chocolate! (seriously!)

:D

[graywarrior]

89. Yum

Tequila and the worm

[scarletwoman]

90. Um.

Okay, I got nothin'. The worm stopped me cold. :P

[graywarrior]

91. Are we adults?

I'm just checking.


:rofl:

[SaveAmerica]

99. Popcorn and M&Ms

We're not adults and it feels good, I knew that it would!! We see a better day on the horizon and we're celebrating...

[graywarrior]

100. Thank god for that!

[ginnyinWI]

94. Oil and Vinegar

We know which one is the vinegar. Obama soothes, Biden bites (the opposition).

[Emit]

80. Voted against the war?

Obama was against the invasion of Iraq, but was not a US Senator at the time. Biden voted for the IWR, but regrets his vote now.

[Life Long Dem]

83. THANKYOU OBAMA FOR CHOOSING BIDEN!!

[Danger Mouse]

85. pirhana!

i miss your old avatar!
but i like your op. :D :hi:

[Canuckistanian]

92. On balance, I'm happy

Obama wouldn't be my first choice, nor would Biden.

But it's damn close enough.

Now let's kick some lying GOP butt.

[ginnyinWI]

95. Mine choice was actually Biden/Obama once.

So I'm pretty psyched. Thinking about the Obama/Biden bumper sticker my car will soon be wearing makes me smile. :)

[Canuckistanian]

96. Fortunate for you, then

With the example Dick Cheney has taught us, you may have your wish after all!

[Stop Cornyn]

98. matter - antimatter (it is a volatile combination ripe to explode)