Biden His Time Until He's President

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. That's the saying, and apparently it's Senator Joe Biden's campaign tactic. Yup, HE'S Barack Obama's mystery running mate in the 2008 presidential election. Many poor bastards were woken up with a text message sharing the exciting news...around 3am Saturday morning. How's that for your hangover? Strangely enough, I was NOT awake for that phone call at 3am. (Yeah, isn't irony HILLARY-ous?)

But will Biden help Obama's effort for change in Washington? I mean, nothing screams change like an african-american presidential candidate picking a white-bread running mate. It almost SCREAMS for a sitcom, doesn't it? "Whitey and the Prez." Hang on, gotta call the networks to pitch the idea...

and they say it's already been done. I think not. "Miami Vice" does NOT count.

So, Obama made a wise move and picked a man who knows a lot about foreign relations, which is somewhere that Obama hasn't shown a lot of experience. Like The Daily Show says... nothing like a war to teach you where all the countries of the world are located.

But here's the downside... whatever hope Obama had (if he had any) for improving rights for gay couples could be out the window. Biden's a catholic (no offense to my catholic readers). They generally don't favor rights for gays. Something about sodomy being a sin. Same goes for abortion. If Biden has any pull in the Obama administration, pro-lifers will continue to be favored by the White House.

But, and I will always say this, I could be wrong. Biden might not have a problem with gay rights and/or abortion. Or Obama will be strong enough to say, "Hey, thanks Joe, but I got this one." Or McCain will pick Bob Dole as his running mate and win the White House. Hey, they've both got that "sticking their arms out at a 90-degree angle while they hold pretty much anything" thing going on... and if there were any two guys who REALLY needed Viagra...

Democratic National Convention starts Monday. McCain expects to announce his running mate Friday. Happy election season! (Be vewwwy quiet...I'm hunting Wepubwicans...huhuhuhuhuhuhuh)
-B-