I just posted this on my blog:

If you’re like me, you try to take a break from the news on weekends. Thus, when a big news story strikes on Saturday or Sunday
(e.g., the death of Princess Diana, the capture of Saddam Hussein, the fiery end of the Space Shuttle Columbia), it can be a shock.
Well, the mainstream media is going to do everything it can to make sure we don’t get a break from them now. They have been waiting all week with baited breath to find out who Barack Obama’s running mate is going to be (I even heard them say so on last night’s news), and this morning Obama announced it will be Delaware Senator Joe Biden.

We know from recent experiences, especially during last month’s overseas tour, that the three major networks are in love with Obama, so there are no surprises in their current behavior. Along that line, talk show host Sean Hannity posted this prayer on his website last week:

The “Obama” Prayer

Our Obama, who art from heaven, or Hawaii, or possibly Chicago,
Liberal be thy name,
Thy presidency come,
Thy will be done,
On Earth, as it is in San Francisco.
Give us this day our daily handouts.
And forgive us our individualism,
As we forgive those who don’t properly inflate their tires.
And lead us not into the Clintons,
But deliver us from McCain
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
for two full terms.

Can I get an “Amen?” But seriously, I don’t see Biden bringing much to the Democratic ticket. They say Biden was picked because he has the foreign policy experience Obama lacks. That may be so, but a vice presidential candidate is also supposed to help the presidential
candidate win, by bringing support from a different demographic and/or a different region of the country. Biden, however, comes from a very small “blue” state, that is likely to vote for Obama anyway. Does anyone really see him winning over many fence-sitters or McCain
supporters?

Biden also comes with plenty of baggage, thanks to his mouth. Some of you may remember him plagiarizing British politician Neil Kinnock in a speech that sank his 1988 run for the presidency, and two years ago he got in trouble for telling a politically incorrect joke about
Indian-Americans. Worst of all is his reputation for being a pompous windbag. During the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of John
Roberts and Samuel Alito, each senator was given ten minutes to ask questions; Biden rambled on for thirty minutes without getting to his first question! Honestly, with the hot air that guy generates, I have trouble believing that the Democrats are really serious about stopping global warming.

In a way, I pity Obama at this point. A few days ago, he gave up half of the Democratic convention to the Clintons, and now with Biden
making a speech, he’ll be lucky to have even one full day of attention. Satirist Andy Borowitz saw this coming, in the story he posted last Wednesday:

Biden Prepares 50,000-Word Acceptance Speech: Senator to address convention on Wednesday, Thursday

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0808/borowitz082008.php3

On the other hand, a perfect ticket-balancer can sometimes get you in trouble, too. Obama may be hoping he is avoiding the mistake the
Democrats made in 1836, when they chose Richard M. Johnson to run with Martin Van Buren. Johnson was a war hero, credited with killing Tecumseh in the War of 1812, and he gave the ticket a perfect north-south balance: he came from my part of Kentucky (a graduate of Transylvania University, in fact), while Van Buren was a New Yorker to the core. However, he made trouble after words, as I chronicled in a footnote from Chapter 3 of my North American history series:

Richard Johnson, Van Buren’s vice president, taught us two things about that job. First, he proved that a family man isn’t always a good choice. Johnson was never married, but he had many children, from more than one mother. Worse than that, both the children and their mothers were his slaves. Worst of all was an episode that happened after he became vice president; when he discovered that his current black mistress was unfaithful, he sold her at an auction and took her sister to be his next mistress.

Johnson was dropped from the ticket when the 1840 election came around, as you might expect. That brings us to the second thing Johnson proved: there’s no law that says you have to pick a vice-presidential candidate. The Democrats couldn’t find a suitable replacement for Johnson, so for his reelection campaign, Van Buren ran alone.

Source: http://xenohistorian.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/joe-biden-delawares-contribution-to-global-warming/

The selection of Joe Biden is funny as hell, Ras.....he talked about "change" and a new political era...then he selects a 35-year Washington DC INSIDER (and insider to the max, too) that is as old school liberal as you can get!!

What a hypocrite their golden boy is.

And here. also from my blog, are my thoughts on the Democratic convention, the day before it starts:


The Denver Chainsaw Massacre, er, Convention


Now that the Olympics are over, the Democratic Convention is about to begin. If you’re like me, you’re expecting it to be the most violent
presidential convention in forty years. Yes, I was expecting violence in 2004 (see my message from May 31), so I’m probably starting to sound like Joe Bob Briggs, the drive-in movie critic. Like him, I’m going to make a fuss if I don’t get to see blood, breasts and beasts.



Here’s why I’m expecting trouble, if the Denver police don’t put up posters saying something like “PROTESTERS WILL BE SHOT ON SIGHT”:

1. I don’t expect to see peaceful liberals in Denver this week. They will be at the Burning Man festival. So guess who will be left?

2. Recreate68.com, a website for those nostalgic over what happened in Chicago in 1968. I wonder if they’ve thought this through; the Chicago riots gave us President Nixon.

3. Three weeks ago, the city of Denver passed a law banning the carrying of urine and feces “for nefarious purposes.” Of course that was a noisy city council meeting. Besides the bad jokes and profanities, some folks saw it as a violation of their First-Amendment rights. Gee whiz; here on the Right somebody is always concerned about losing the right to carry weapons, and look what the Left is concerned about losing the right to carry. Obviously they haven’t learned what Larry Niven learned at the 1968 Democratic
convention.

Niven’s Laws

4. Those disgruntled Hillary supporters, the “Clintonistas.” Now that Obama has lost control of the convention to the Clintons, you know
they’re going to try something. Like dropping colored bowling balls instead of balloons.





5. Joe Biden, the DC insider selected to be running mate for the candidate who represents “change.” I already wrote yesterday about what a loose cannon he is.

6. Finally, what are they going to do about the two states that broke the primary rules, Florida and Michigan? Remember what I said
when lily-white Montana put Obama over the top, in the number of delegates needed for the nomination:

Let the record show that in the party that claims to represent all Americans, lily-white Iowa and New Hampshire get to count
every vote, but the people of color in Florida and Michigan aren’t even considered 3/5 a person anymore. (For those who don’t understand the 3/5 historical reference, go here.)

And do you remember when I joked about running out of popcorn before this is all over? It came true; there’s only one bag of microwave
popcorn in the house! I’d better look for more in the store, when I go grocery shiopping today.