The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Vice-Presidential Predictions!

Bacalove — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:50:35 GMT

A smart choice would be Kaine. You don't need Washington experience to be experienced. You need to be smart, foreward thinking, independent of big business and oil companies, knowledgeable about economics and the Constitution. It doesn't take rocket science to know how to get along with other people around the world -- treat others like you would want them to treat you.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

dansullymass466 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:19:12 GMT

My predictions:

Joe Biden for the Dems and Gov. Pawlenty for the Republicans.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

josemarti — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:22:12 GMT

Barry. Please don't choose Biden. He is to blind to see what you are, but surely you can see who he is. He is a bombastic, histrionic, grandiose fool whose every other utterance is ill conceived. Your choice of Biden would reflect very poorly on you. Bayh would be a much better choice.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

cferns1530 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:28:23 GMT

kaine. he has the best chance in my opinion. biden might be a reason for foreign policy but still i think its kaine.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

cobalt6 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:28:48 GMT

John Kerry would be the perfect choice for V.P. Obama and Kerry are very much alike and would be a great team.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

drew17 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:33:14 GMT

Biden. Not sure how I feel about it but I think that's how he goes.

Ridge. I think this is a mistake for McCain. He did an awful job managing the Homeland Security Dept and it's one more way to tie McCain to Bush.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

jm917 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:50:06 GMT

For Obama: Joe Biden, who will bring much needed foreign-policy/national-security credibility, will shore up the Democratic appeal to the white working class and to Roman Catholics, will be an effective advocate in the face of the gathering blizzard of Karl Rove-style demonization--and who is splendidly qualified in his own right to be president of the United States. Moreover, given his age, he is unlikely to be in the running for the presidency should Obama win two terms--thus leaving the field open for Hillary to become the first woman president in 2016. And should Obama not be elected this time around, Biden will be positioned to make a much stonger run in 2012.

For McCain: Mitt Romney. Romney will bring--at least in conservative eyes--credibility in economic policy, which is one of McCain's glaring weaknesses. McCain's session in Pastor Warren's confession-booth has probably shored up his standing with the evangelicals, and those Christian funamentalists who have had reservations about Romney on account of his Mormonism will be more prepared to overlook this heresy. Romney will be a good attack dog for McCain, and of all currently mentioned Republican VP possibilities is most plausibly qualified for the presidency.

One macabre thought: Given McCain's age and medical history, the possibility of his VP being called to the throne is going to be a subliminal factor in many voters' minds. And so will be the possibility of Obama's assassination by some fanatical racist.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

matth — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:52:10 GMT

richardson and romney

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

Washingtonian1 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:07:01 GMT

Biden and Pawlenty

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

Roscomain — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:11:30 GMT

Andrew

My guesses are Biden for Obama and Portman for McCain.

Des

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

spinchange — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:28:13 GMT

I registered just to comment here. It's probably totally unlikely, but I would love to see and think the nation would be best served by someone like Sam Nunn or (Ret) General Anthony Zinni.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

jefferson55 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:49:36 GMT

An unbeatable ticket would be Obama and Colin Powell

McCain ought to pick Condi Rice

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

clover — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:04:05 GMT

My picks:

Obama: Bill Richardson. He has executive office experience being a governor. He can actually swing and lock up a state that Obama needs (re: New Mexico). He has foreign policy experience and he can help lock up the votes of Latino voters. No obvious downsides is a plus too. Plus, since the pick is coming so late and people have been talking about the need for a 'wow' pick, I think Richardson might fit that description since not many people have him listed as a finalist.

McCain: Tim Pawlenty. I was torn between this or Romney, but I just think there was too much rancorous sparring between Romney and McCain during the primaries for him to be the pick, despite the fact that he would greatly help in Michigan. Pawlenty, in my opinion is a 'safe' pick. Not flashy in any obvious way and doesn't exactly appeal to any particular part of the base, but also doesn't turn off any particular part of the base either. In other words; 'safe'.

The longer we wait the more people have seemed to voice their need to be surprised by the picks as a justification for waiting so long. Yet at the same time people also seem to be coalescing around two picks: Biden and Romney. So if they're picked, then where's the surprise? Another reason I went with Richardson and Romney.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

clover — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:05:51 GMT

Sorry about the ending on that last post, I meant to say Richardson and PAWLENTY.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

Genuine Santa Claus — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:23:40 GMT

Andrew:

My legal name is Santa Claus; and, I'm a Christian Monk and children's advocate. I already have announced my candidacy for President, primarily because Obama and McCain have refused to address children's issues during their campaigns. There are 2 million children in the U.S. annually who are abused, neglected, exploited, abandoned, homeless, and institutionalized through no fault of their own. There are 50 million adults who, as children, experienced the same political indifference these vulnerable children in dire circumstances suffer today. I would hope that whomever Obama and McCain select as their running mates will have a heart for children, who, after all, are our country's future. Please visit www.SantasLink.net to learn more.

Blessings, Santa

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

Timmer1020 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:32:27 GMT

I'm selecting Joe Biden for Obama, Mitt Romney for McCain. Don't know if that makes sense, but I'd argue that Romney in Michigan could be just as big as Ridge in Pennsylvania

Tim K

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

wildlifeusa — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:34:13 GMT

http://www.businessvideonews.com/view_news_link.php?nlid=52214&p=1

Chevron and other american oil companies are now buying land in the amazon. They are the biggest criminals on earth.. They hire mercenaries from blackwater and will kill anyone opposing them from polluting the land they drill on.. check Nigeria.. it is a environmental disaster. If the amazon is distroyed, this planet will die.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

not.Brit — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:37:54 GMT

For McCain, my money is on Pawlenty. He'll choose Pawlenty or Portman unless he's insane... which is still up in the air.

Obama's VP is complete guess work. I wouldn't be surprised by Clinton, Bayh, or Richardson. I'd be more surprised, but not shocked by Biden, Kaine, Sebalius (who is still my favorite). I was hoping for Wes Clark until he scheduled a trip to Italy the week of the convention. In the end, my money is on None of the Above. Unless it's Hillary, his VP will come out of nowhere. For the sake of the pool, I'll put $20 on Evan Bayh.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

wildlifeusa — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:44:00 GMT

http://www.businessvideonews.com/view_news_link.php?nlid=52214&p=1

Did you know that American oil companies are buying land in the amazon so they can drill and destroy it??? They hire people from blakwater and will killnatives who oppose them.. They will pollute the land with no regard to nature or the natives.. Check nigeria.. it is a environmental disaster. The rebels in Nigeria are only people who wants to save their land from environmental disaster, unfortunatly, it is too late. Don't let it be for the indegenous people of the amazon.. Be their voices.

http://www.lemonde.fr/web/video/0,47-0@2-3222,54-1085599,0.html

Now they are ready to do the same in the amazon. Contact the ambassy of peru and voice you opposition! The amazon are the lungs of this planet.. if destroyed our earth will die.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

apolemic — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:53:14 GMT

I have to say, I never would have chosen Biden before all of this hooplah, for the reason that he does express himself rashly and clumsily (like when he indelicately described Obama as "clean" last year). However, the man is a major heavyweight on the world stage and a bold debater, both perfect counters to McCain's so-called "maverick" rep and his so-far unchallenged, uninformed world view. Some say this would highlight Obama's lack of a foreign policy resume, but it seems like a perfect fit for that reason. Obama is a quick study, and would find a real asset in Biden where he would not with Kaine or Bayh (who, despite his significant foreign policy background, would not add much in the way of excitement to the ticket).

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

sharenews — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:52:58 GMT

(Continued from above - Obama Blocked Born Alive Infant Protection Act )

PART V

Keyes said: When I was first approached about this possibility, I have to say that my reaction was negative. What finally caught my eye, however, what finally arrested my but the obligation, was when I learned that (Obama) had actually, in April 2002, attention and forced me to consider whether I not only had the opportunity to oppose him, apparently cast a vote that would continue to allow live birth abortions in the state of Illinois. We are talking about a situation in which, in the course of an abortion procedure, a child has been born alive, IS OUT OF THE WOMB, breathing and living on its own, and he (OBAMA) CAST A VOTE AGAINST THE IDEA THAT WE SHOULD NOT STAND BY AND LET THAT CHILD DIE!

This was why Keyes alleged during their campaign that Jesus Christ would not vote for Barack Obama, as he explained in an interview with an NBC affiliate:

Keyes said: CHRIST WOULD NOT STAND IDLY BY WHILE AN INFANT CHILD IN THAT SITUATION DIED. . . Christ would not vote for Barack Obama, because Barack Obama has voted to behave in a way that it is inconceivable for Christ to have behaved.

Obama later admitted Keyes comment NAGGED him and has written or spoke about it several times, although he always misrepresents Keyes rationale as being about abortion support when it was specifically about infanticide support. In a July 2006 opinion piece in USA Today, restated later in The Audacity of Hope, Obama wrote:

If I am opposed to abortion for religious reasons, but seek to pass a law banning the practice, I cannot simply point to the teachings of my church. I have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all.

Obamas faith has come into question on the campaign trail. Accused of being a Muslim, he has insisted that he is ROOTED in the CHRISTIAN TRADITION and has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. n fact, Obama has attended the largest church in one of Americas most stridently PRO-ABORTION denominations, the United Church of Christ, for 20 years. His church, Trinity, is located just five miles from Christ Hospital. Obamas pastor, the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, served on the board of Christ Hospitals health care system.

It is ironic in the extreme that the most determined opponents of pre-born life, and even those who are born , embrace the name of the One who caused John the Baptist to leap in his mothers womb.

Source: http://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000007034.cfm

Another (MUST READ) related article by Jill Stanek: http://www.illinoisrighttolife.org/newpage36.htm

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

sharenews — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:54:05 GMT

(Continued from above - Obama Blocked Born Alive Infant Protection Act )

PART IV

OBAMA: Ms. Stanek, your initial testimony last year showed your DISMAY AT THE

LACK OF REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE. I agreed with you last year, and WE SUGGESTED that there be a Comfort Room or something of that nature be done. The hospital acknowledged that and changes were made and you are still unimpressed. It sounds to me like you are really not interested in how these fetuses are treated, but rather not providing absolutely any medical care or life to them.

Of course, Obama HAD NOT AGREED with me the year before, and I WAS THE ONE who had TOLD HIM ABOUT THE COMFORT ROOM, which the hospital created in response to MY testimony: We now have this prettily wallpapered room. ??? There is even a NICE WOODEN ROCKER in the room to rock live aborted babies to death.

The hospital made live birth abortions LOOK NICER, but the end result was still DEAD BABIES.

OBAMA SAID: What we are doing here is to create one more burden on women, and I can not support that, and he voted NO in committee again.

The bill went again to the Senate floor, where Obama was the SOLE SPEAKER AGAINST IT, claiming that it would impose a BURDEN on PHYSICIANS:

OBAMA: [T]his [legislation] puts the burden on the attending physician who has determined, since they are performing this procedure, that in fact, this is a nonviable fetus.

Troubled Conscience?

Democrats won control of the Illinois state Senate in November 2002, and when Born Alive was REINTRODUCED FOR THE THIRD TIME in 2003, it was directed to the Obama-chaired, infamously LIBERAL Health and Human Services Committee, where HE simply REFUSED TO CALL IT FOR A VOTE.

By this time Obama was running for U.S. Senate. He won his primary in March 2004, and Republicans recruited former U.N. Ambassador Alan Keyes, who lived in Maryland, to oppose him. It was Obamas position against Born Alive that persuaded Keyes to run, as he stated in his announcement speech:

Source: http://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000007034.cfm

(Continued below - Obama Blocked Born Alive Infant Protection Act )

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

sharenews — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:57:28 GMT

(Continued from above - Obama Blocked Born Alive Infant Protection Act )

PART III

Constitutional Blindness

A graduate of Harvard Law School, Obama TAUGHT CONSTITUTIONAL LAW at the University of Chicago for 10 years. Both schools are listed in the top 10 law schools in the country. BUT Obama revealed his CONSTITUTIONAL BLIND SPOT in his (own) book The Audacity of Hope:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created [emphasis added] equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among those are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

OBAMA: (T)he essential idea behind the Declaration ??? that we are BORN [emphasis added] into this world free, all of us; that each of us arrives with a bundle of rights that cannot be taken away by any person or any state without just cause; that through our own agency we can, and must, make of our lives what we will, is one that every American understands.

Note Obamas choice of the word BORN over the word CREATED. Perhaps that helps explain his (Obamas) support for UNRESTRICTED ABORTION. Also note that our BUNDLE OF RIGHTS can be TAKEN AWAY with JUST CAUSE.

Obama clearly considers abortion a JUST CAUSE. Here is how he argued against Born Alive during Illinois Senate debate in 2001:

OBAMA: I just want to suggest that this (legislation) is probably not going to survive constitutional scrutiny. Number one, whenever we define a pre-viable fetus as a person that is protected by the equal protection clause or the other elements in the Constitution, what we are really saying is, in fact, that they are persons that are entitled to the kinds of protections that would be provided to a - child, a 9-month-old - child that was delivered to term. That determination then, essentially, if it was accepted by a court, would forbid abortions to take place. I mean, it, it would essentially bar abortions, because the equal protection clause does not allow somebody to kill a child, and if this is a child, then this would be an anti-abortion statute. For that purpose, I think it would probably be found unconstitutional.

The legislation passed the Senate, but (it) did not survive in the House. When Rep. O'Malley reintroduced Born Alive and its companion bills in 2002, they headed again to the same committee, where Obama rewrote history:

Source: http://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000007034.cfm

(Continued below - Obama Blocked Born Alive Infant Protection Act )

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

sharenews — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:58:28 GMT

(Continued from above - Obama Blocked Born Alive Infant Protection Act )

PART II

developed by the World Health Organization in 1950 and adopted by the United Nations in 1955:

DEFINING BORN ALIVE:

The term BORN ALIVE, with respect to a member of the species homo sapiens, means the COMPLETE EXPULSION or EXTRACTION from its mother of that member, at any stage of development, who after such expulsion or extraction breathes or has a beating heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, regardless of whether the umbilical cord has been cut, and regardless of whether the expulsion or extraction occurs as a result of natural or induced labor, cesarean section, or induced abortion. I first encountered Barack Obama on March 27, 2001, when I testified before the Illinois Senate Judiciary Committee, of which he was a member. My testimony included my description of holding a premature aborted baby until he died:

One night, a nursing co-worker was taking an ABORTED DOWNS SYNDROME BABY who was BORN ALIVE TO OUR SOILED UTILITY ROOM because his parents did not want to hold him, and she did not have time to hold him. I could not bear the thought of this suffering child dying alone in a Soiled Utility Room, so I cradled and rocked him for the 45 minutes that he lived. He was 21 to 22 weeks old, weighed about ½ pound, and was about 10 inches long. He was too weak to move very much, expending any energy he had trying to breathe. Toward the end, he was so quiet that I could not tell if he was still alive unless I held him up to the light to see if his heart was still beating through his chest wall. After he was pronounced dead, we folded his little arms across his chest, wrapped him in a tiny shroud, and carried him to the hospital morgue where all of our dead patients are taken.

Obama questioned whether the BORN ALIVE legislation would impede the right to abort and doctor/patient decision-making. He and an American Civil Liberties Union attorney speculated BORN ALIVE would force doctors to resuscitate nonviable aborted babies.

Obama OPPOSED BORN ALIVE in committee, BUT voted PRESENT - neither yes nor no, but merely present - on the Illinois state Senate floor, one of MANY PRESENT VOTES that Hillary Clinton has cited as evidence that Obama lacks leadership skills. Clinton voted for the federal Born Alive bill, putting her on record as more pro-life than Obama.

Source: http://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000007034.cfm

(Continued below - Obama Blocked Born Alive Infant Protection Act )

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

sharenews — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:59:40 GMT

Here is a detailed article about Obamas REAL stance on the BAIP Act by Jill Stanek. It is long but worth posting, especially since NEWSWEEK chose to bury their article about Obamas not voting for this bill! Any thoughts?

Obama Blocked Born Alive Infant Protection Act

4-2-2008

by Jill Stanek

PART I

On JAN. 10, 2005, newly elected U.S. Sen. Barack Obama visited former colleagues and staffers at the Illinois state Capitol, where he had served seven years as state senator. I happened to be at the Capitol that day, too, and a friend and I took the opportunity to speak to Obama, who had not yet achieved rock-star status and was still approachable.

We were in Springfield to lobby for passage of the STATE BORN ALIVE INFANT PROTECTION ACT, legislation that would require hospitals to care for infants who survive an abortion. OBAMA SPOKE AGAINST the legislation in 2001 and 2002 and SINGLE-HANDEDLY DEFEATED IT in committee in 2003.

My friend stood in Obamas path and said, Senator, we are going to pass Born Alive here in Illinois this year. Obama smiled smoothly and agreed, I think you will, adding, I would have voted for the Born Alive Infant Protection Act in Illinois HAD IT BEEN WORDED the SAME as the Federal bill. I think that is the position the Democrats should take(, he said).

THERE IS JUST ONE THING HE FORGOT TO MENTION: Obama had STOPPED his committee from adding the Federal wording. With Obama no longer in the state Senate, the Born Alive legislation passed in 2005.

First Encounter

An Illinois lawmaker offered the FIRST DRAFT of the states BORN ALIVE INFANT PROTECTION ACT in 2001 after I revealed publicly that Christ Hospital left babies who survived abortion - viable babies whose delivery was induced, and whom the abortionist intended to kill but somehow survived - in a utility room to die.

The bill, sponsored by (Illinois) state Sen. Patrick O'Malley of Oak Lawn defined BORN ALIVE using LANGUAGE IDENTICAL TO that of FEDERAL LEGISLATION introduced in 2000 by Rep. Charles Canady, R-Fla., who in turn drafted wording

Source: http://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000007034.cfm

(Continued below - Obama Blocked Born Alive Infant Protection Act )

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

randm2 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:34:41 GMT

Definitely Senator Biden. Lots of good reasons to put him on the ticket, and we'll be able to howl when he says of Senator McCain, "a noun, a verb, and POW."

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

AskPlus — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:44:06 GMT

Is all Mr. Sharenews will do is smear? He's everywhere with these same smears and inaccuracies.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

RENEA — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:55:35 GMT

Zinni of Virgina for Obama Hillary will be McCain pick.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

RENEA — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:02:32 GMT

SHARENEWS; YOUR POST HAS ALREADY BEEN PROVEN TO BE A LIE BY THE FACTS.HOWEVER YOU DID YOUR JOB AS A PAYEE MCCAIN BLOGGER SO PLEASE GO BACK TO THE MCCAIN WEB SITE AND COLLECT YOUR DAILY REWARDS.MAYBE YOU CAN WIN A RIDE ON THE CROOKED TALK EXPRESS.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

Omaar — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:57:57 GMT

With Old Man Lieberman, alongside his Old Senior Citizen Pal John "Semi-Senile" McCain ...

Look for one Hell of a Geriatric Presidential Combination...

Two Ugly Old, Pasty, Geriatric Looking, AARP, Which One will Keel Over First, Candidates, to Ever Run for President & Vice President.

The True, Senior Citizens Tour......

I Hope their Blue Cross is Paid Off ?

No Country For Old Men Campaign !!!!!!

Either Man would Not Fulfill their 1st terms....

What am I saying.........This Combination is Doomed for Failure !!!!

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

Omaar — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:42 GMT

Share False News: (Continued from above - Obama Blocked Born Alive Infant Protection Act )

Have your Lame Ass SEEN a BABY that has SURVIVED A PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION !!!

It would do those of You MORALIST a SERVICE to SEE what that LOOKS LIKE 1ST HAND AN SEE THE DAMAGE DONE in order to UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS TO BE DONE.

OBAMA DID NOT MAKE THESE LAWS....

THESE LAWS & MEDICAL PRACTICES HAVE BEEN LEGALIZED FOR DECADES AND BUSH IN HIS (8 YEARS) WAS A PRO-CHOICE PRESIDENT AND DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, TO RID THE USA OF THESE LEGAL MEDICAL PRACTICES AND NIETHER JOHN MCCAIN...

DURING HIS 25 YEARS AS A SENATOR, WHAT DID JOHN MCCAIN AND HIS MORAL PRESNCE DO, TO CHANGE OR ERADICATE THESE LAWS AND LEGAL MEDICAL PRACTICES....

ANS: NOT A DAMN THING, THAT MEANS MCCAIN, HIS SO CALLED CONSERVATIVE PRESIDENT BUSH JR, A PRO-CHOICE PRESIDENT AT THAT, HIS MAJORITY MORAL MAJORITY, RIGHT WING SENATE & CONGRESS, DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO ERADICATE THESE LAWS, DURING A TIME THAT THEY IN FACT HAD CONTROL...

AS WELL AS RONALD REAGAN AND BUSH SR....NOTHING AT ALL

THE SO CALLED RIGHT WINGERS DID NOTHING, THAT MEANS THEY AGREED WITH THE LAW OF THE LAND AND ROE VS. WADE...SIMPLE AN PLAIN, WITH NOWHERE TO RUN AND HIDE AND NO EXCUSES....PERIOD

GOTCHA !!!

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

Omaar — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:27:14 GMT

Evan Bayh..

2. Wesley Clark: Military Experience

3. Joe Biden: Foreign Policy Credentials

Long Shots ....

4. Jim Webb: Military Experience

5. Chuck Hagel: Military Experience

6. Hillary Clinton

John McCain will Choose 2 Golden Oldies, Joltin Joe Lieberman Or The Golden Goose Hillary Clinton, to Steal Obama's Thunder....

I will Not tell you why I feel that its Hillary Clinton...Search it out and find out why !!!!

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

Morgan2008 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:28:09 GMT

Obama is probably watching the polls and waiting to see if he can get elected without selecting Hillary Clinton as his VP. Obama will select the one most likely to help him win the presidency except it won't be Hillary Clinton unless the numbers indicate there is no way for him to win without Hillary. Quite frankly, I think Obama would rather not have a VP, he likes for everything to be all about him...but, of course, our constitution requires a VP, so who will most likely help Obama win the election without distracting from Obama's stardom? The answer to that question will be Obama's choice for VP.

John McCain should select a younger moderate republican as his VP. I will vote for John McCain instead of Obama regardless of their VP choices. A NOBAMA democrat for John McCain.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

feathersjc — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:38:07 GMT

Do you want my opinion? It should be Hillary Clinton! Obama keeps talking about change, and yet he has a long list of male candidates for VP. Where is the change? Plus, Hillary is a strong woman and, hopefully...if chosen...will keep our country on the right path.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

Savannah — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:08:01 GMT

Hillary Clinton - "keep your friends close and your enemies closer" - besides he needs her followers who won't vote for him without her on the ticket and I don't think he can win without her.

Joe Lieberman - McCain thinks he can get the old line Democrats and the Independents.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

sharenews — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:33:30 GMT

Feel free to pass the links I provide below in other blogs because that is the only way people are going to get the information out about Obama continually blocking the Born Alive Infant Protection Act while he served as state senator. Once he left office, sure enough the bill passed. Obama has been constantly stating that the state bill did not adequately protect Roe v. Wade, when in fact it has been proven (both the state bill and the Federal bill were sought out and compared) to be EXACTLY the same for wording. He is being caught in a lie ; there is physical proof to counter his claim, and the MainStreamMedia is doing anything they can to keep this information away from the public eye or ear. PLEASE, folks, read these articles and pass them onto others. Thanks. ; - D

Obama Blocked Born Alive Infant Protection Act

4-2-2008

by Jill Stanek

Article: http://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000007034.cfm

Even all of the abortion orgs did not object to this humane bill which finally did pass in Illinois once Obama left office.

Here is another (MUST READ) related article by Jill Stanek:

http://www.illinoisrighttolife.org/newpage36.htm

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

wildlifeusa — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:36:56 GMT

http://www.businessvideonews.com/view_news_link.php?nlid=52214&p=1

Chevron/Texaco.. get out of ecuador, nigeraria and Peru.. You are the biggest criminals on earth. You are destroying our planet!! millions of acres in the amazon polluted by your company! streams and rivers full of oil!! It is time you be denounced for your crimes, to the american people!

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

wildlifeusa — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:39:12 GMT

You americans, you better start caring about what your big corporations are doing overseas!! You wonder why the world hate the west??watch this!

You pollute other peoples land, you pay and clean up!

http://www.businessvideonews.com/view_news_link.php?nlid=52214&p=1

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

Omaar — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:50:49 GMT

Who Started Cold War II ?

http://antiwar.com/pat/index_pat.html

John McCain's War Experience, via the Russia-Georgia SetUp, Did Not Work..At All and Neither will John McCain's attempt at the Presidency of the USA.

by Patrick J. Buchanan

The American people should be eternally grateful to Old Europe for having spiked the Bush-McCain plan to bring Georgia into NATO.

Had Georgia been in NATO when Mikheil Saakashvili invaded South Ossetia, we would be eyeball to eyeball with Russia, facing war in the Caucasus, where Moscow's superiority is as great as U.S. superiority in the Caribbean during the Cuban missile crisis.

If the Russia-Georgia war proves nothing else, it is the insanity of giving erratic hotheads in volatile nations the power to drag the United States into war.

From Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan, as Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, U.S. presidents have sought to avoid shooting wars with Russia, even when the Bear was at its most beastly.

Truman refused to use force to break Stalin's Berlin blockade. Ike refused to intervene when the Butcher of Budapest drowned the Hungarian Revolution in blood. LBJ sat impotent as Leonid Brezhnev's tanks crushed the Prague Spring. Jimmy Carter's response to Brezhnev's invasion of Afghanistan was to boycott the Moscow Olympics. When Brezhnev ordered his Warsaw satraps to crush Solidarity and shot down a South Korean airliner killing scores of U.S. citizens, including a congressman, Reagan did â€“ nothing.

These presidents were not cowards. They simply would not go to war when no vital U.S. interest was at risk to justify a war. Yet, had George W. Bush prevailed and were Georgia in NATO, U.S. Marines could be fighting Russian troops over whose flag should fly over a province of 70,000 South Ossetians who prefer Russians to Georgians.

The arrogant folly of the architects of U.S. post-Cold War policy is today on display. By bringing three ex-Soviet republics into NATO, we have moved the U.S. red line for war from the Elbe almost to within artillery range of the old Leningrad.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

Omaar — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:54:07 GMT

Reality: Saddleback & Swiftboating Will Not Change Peoples Minds, when their Minds are Already Made up and don't Forget the Demographics Below.....

1. Obama Still Leads in the Polls

2. John McCain has NEVER LEAD in the Polls.

3. Polls don't Matter

4. Polls are Deceptive

5. Early Voting in Some States Favors Obama

6. Most People have made up their MINDS...Sorry

7. Freedom of Religion, Agnostics, Atheist and People Indifferent Towards Religions, will not be MOVED by Saddleback...Sorry

Note: Newly Sworn In Americans from 10 Years back to the Most Present, will Overwhelmingly Vote for Obama. Afro Americans, Hispanic & Asian Americans will Overwhelmingly Vote for Obama.

Bi-Racial Americans ages 18 & Upwards will Vote for Obama.

Young White America 18-45, Male and Female will Vote for Obama in Large Numbers. The Highly Educated and Poor America, that Spans all Races.

Independent Voters will Overwhelmingly Vote for Obama. All Single Mothers in America, Regardless of Race.

Parents of Bi-Racial Children will Vote for Obama and Large Military and Americans Abroad will Vote for Obama.

Young Independent & Moderate Republicans will Vote for Obama and the Gay American Vote as well.

American Females Make Up the Majority Of America and Most will Vote for Obama. The Pro-Choice Female Vote , Roe Vs. Wade, Pro-Choice an "A Woman's Right to Choose" Plays a Big Factor, Obama will get that Vote, EASILY.

American Females & Parents Against the War, will Easily Vote for Obama.

Most of these People have made up their Minds, Already and No saddleback Church will change that. Keep this in Mind, also Obama Garnered (18 Milion Votes Too) and Most of Clinton's Voters are going to Vote Democratic Anyway, they have already cast her Aside, as they Refuse to help her get Rid of her Campaign DEBT, DEBTS ( MILLIONS SHE STILL OWES )

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

riceevans — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:59:36 GMT

Obama/Clinton

McCain/Ridge

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

clover — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:18:47 GMT

OFF TOPIC:

sharenews: wtf?

wildlife: wtf?

omaar: I agree with you, but wtf?

We all have opinions, but...wow...this is supposed to be a discussion about who you guys think will be the candidates vp picks, not some random wall that you guys can use to verbally spray paint your (sometimes wildly ludicrous and off topic) opinions on. I'm all for free speech but is it too much to ask that you keep it at least a little on topic....please?

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

DonE — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:42:19 GMT

Evan Bayh, Senator from Indiana for Obama

Condeleezza Rice, Secretary of State, for McCain

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

loriw — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:10:46 GMT

Bayh would be a good pick except that he too is young and I think Obama will pick someone who brings more maturity to the ticket. Biden said he's not it so it's anyone's guess. Just please not Hillary!

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

loriw — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:30:25 GMT

Rice has stated repeatedly she will NOT accept the VP. She wants to retire, watch football and write a book. Would have been nice tho....

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

sharenews — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:07:23 GMT

OBAMAs VP PICK CHOICES:

Joe Biden - A risky choice. . . (obnoxious, arrogant, given to bursts of craziness; not to mention he does not represent CHANGE in Washington that Obama toots to the young ones); BUT Obama may be that desperate enough to take the chance to vote for Biden and put him on the ticket given he has David Axelrod to work his magic on this VP choice right up until the GE in Nov.

Tim Kaine - Too inexperienced.

Katheleen Sebelius - Also not as well experienced as Obama needs in the areas he lacks; and to add to that, that choice may p*ss off some of Hillary supporters.

Evan Bayh - OMG, too much of a softie; almost as soft as Obama. Cant picture this guy (nevermind Obama) talking to leaders if he had to go head-to-head against world leaders.

Hillary Clinton - A sure win if she was on the ticket, even from an Obama-doubter like me. But most likely Obamas ego would not condone this pick (and having to deal with Bill at breakfast does not help).

Sam Nunn - He would be my pick, if Obama has any sense. Much experience in the areas Obama is weak in.

Al Gore? - Aint gonna happen. But who really knows.

John Kerry? - You are kidding me here, right?

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

tired and old — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:25:54 GMT

WICKED WITCH HILLARY CLINTON AS VEEP ? -------- GAG !

JOE BIDEN AS VEEP ? --------------- SHARENEWS HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD !

SAM NUNN WOULD BE MY FIRST CHOICE; hOWEVER, OBAMA NEEDS A VEEP THAT WILL WIN AN IMPORTANT STATE.

KATHELEEN SEBELIUS ? ----- GOOD CHOICE FOR WOMEN VOTERS; EXCEPT, WICKED WITCH SUPPORTERS. SCREW THE HILLARY SUPPORTERS.

AL GORE ? ----------- HA ! HA ! HA !

JOHN KERRY ? --------SHARENEWS AND I AGREE AGAIN.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

tired and old — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:28:26 GMT

LORI HAS IT RIGHT ! -------- ANYONE OTHER THAN THE WICKED WITCH HILLARY.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

tired and old — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:34:48 GMT

JOHN MC CAIN MAY PICK HIS JEWISH FRIEND " JOE LIEBERMAN "; WHAT A MISTAKE FOR MC FRIED.

LIEBERMAN WENT DOWN THE TUBE AS A DEMOCRATIC TRAITOR.

SWITCHING BACK AND FORTH NOT VERY GOOD PRACTICE.

TWO OLD GOATS IN ONE BUNDLE ------- HOLY CRAP ! BATMAN.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

Marine46 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:25:56 GMT

You have to ask yourself---does it really matter anymore ---both choices are so depressing. But in the spirit of fun, Id like to see McCain pick Lieberman or Romney --- I can support either ---Obama just does not have a good short list --Pick Biden and you lose my vote. Pick Hillary and I cant even consider you...Sorry Hillary I can learn to tolerate you, it's your old man that is dragging you down. Obama's only choice that i can live with is Sam Nunn. God.... this country is so screwed !!

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

benluclar — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:32:46 GMT

Obama would not get my vote, nor could he win this election if he RESURRECTED Mother Teresa, but, then, of course, his 'followers' believe he COULD actually do such a thing.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

varacefan — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:27:33 GMT

Obama has to pick someone with at least some knowledge which would be a ton more than he has. The short list includes John S. Lamb a former White House Gardner and Nancy Sweet a former security guard at the Capitol Buiding. Although these two would over shadow Senator Obama with experince he makes up for that with his superior public speaking ability. He has removed a very popular DC bus driver from the short list due to an award he recieved 30 years ago in High School for debate club. Most believe Sen. Obama was concerned about being seen as less qualified than his VP. Many in the McCain camp believe he will choose his long time friend Nurse Ratchet. Thinking is she will be able to give aid and comfort to him as he contunes to shoot himself in the foot nearly everyday. She is also rumored to cook a great pot roast.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

Azim — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:27:36 GMT

With all the hoopla about picking up VP candidate, it is my view that McCain will end up picking Mitt Romney because he is the safest of all the candidates like Tom Ridge, a pro choice candidate of which the Republican brand will not like it. Same goes for Joe Lieberman. There may be a dark horse candidate like Mike Chickadee or Bobby Jamal waiting on the line. Than again, McCain will be safe to pick Romney.

No matter who Obama picks, he must consider a VP candidate who has a broader Foreign policy experience and do well among the women and blue color workers in the industrial States. The prediction that the pundits are making is Joe Biden. He is a good pick but is Obama going to be safe because Senator Biden’s tendency to talk little too much that will be worrisome. I still think considering the women and blue color votes, Obama should pick Hillary to be safe giving victory for the Democrats in November. I will still pick Hillary Clinton over Joe Biden or Evan Byah.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

mobilize — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:29:52 GMT

Obama/Biden- It makes sense because of all of Biden's foregin policy exp. In a perfect world Sen. Webb wouldn't have taken his name off the table, but he did, and that narrows things down quiet a bit. picking Sen. Clinton would be committing suicide. women voters are already leaning twords Obama.

McCain/Lieberman- The two are basically attached at the hip now and Lieberman attracts moderates who won't vote for Obama. Romney wanted to double Gitmo, which doesn't fall in with McCains aversion to "advanced interrogation techniques."

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

SPORTLOCK09 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:20:50 GMT

Lets see, who wants to have all of their hard work and idea's stolen and passed off as Obama's? Seems more people have said no then the actual pool of possibilities anymore.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

Benson.Bradley — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:22:50 GMT

Obama / Biden will be the winning Democratic ticket.

McCain / Lieberman will be the losing Republican ticket.

Senator Biden is the MAN; McCain couldn't even lose with him as VP.

Obama/Biden '08!!!!

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

mattalone — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:40:30 GMT

How about this:

Obama/Kaine - Something Tim Kaine said recently rings a bit true in my mind. He said that there are roads that Obama can take to win the presidency without Virginia's electoral votes -- but that he (Kaine) doesn't see any road that McCain can take to win without Virginia. All of the Electoral vote maps I look at seem to confirm this. More importantly, the Obama campaign is clearly placing an enormous and unprecedented focus on Virginia. Obama is touring Virginia for two straight days in the week prior to the convention -- there's no reason to think that he won't give Virginia the same type of representation on the convention floor. Besides, Kaine is the only one of the top three candidates who initially opposed the war in Iraq. Biden has the foreign policy chops, but a high-ranking Cabinet position will be just as helpful in that area as VP, if not more so.

McCain/Crist - This will be the surprise pick. This election, the Republicans are in danger of losing Florida, that most important of swing states. Charlie Crist has a reputation as a moderate, which seemingly allows him to switch positions with the same ease that John McCain does. He's been more visible on the campaign trail with McCain than almost anyone, possibly even Lieberman. And let's not forget that if it wasn't for Crist's last-minute endorsement in the Florida primary, We would very probably be trying to guess the running mate for Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

NewsWkDickG — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:20:06 GMT

McCain will choose Mitt Romney, that was sealed in the deal when Romney dropped out of the presidential race just like when John McCain threw all of his support behind Bush in 2004. Now with Barack, I don't know. I think I'd like to see Kathleen Sebelius but I suspect it will be Evan Byah.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

enoughjybbajabba — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:16:06 GMT

I'm crossing my fingers for:

Obama- Kaine

and

McCain- Pawlenty

Obama has a few good choices, but my favorite is Kaine. I think a pro-life running mate would actually help the ticket too.

I was hoping that McCain would choose Sarah Paulin, but that doesn't seem likely since Alaska isn't a battle ground state.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

theeconomystupid! — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:56:20 GMT

obama: i think biden is a red herring; my guesses are hrc or wes clarke. hrc maybe because the campaign feels he needs her, and that would certainly be a surprise. i like gen clarke--he definitely bring foreign policy credentials and is very good at being an on-message attack dog

mccain: charlie christ or romney. he cant look like "on golden pond" with leiberman. he will surely not pick anyone who might appear to less "american" than obama, like the gov of louisiana.

the sad thing is that after eight years, people who are struggling are thinking about the same stupid stuff that bush sold them on for the last two election cycles. if mccain wins, i'll be okay but i bet all those "middle americans" who feel like the republicans need another 4 yrs to try to get it right will probably be in bankruptcy. everyone should be voting democratic just to teach the republicans a lessen that they cant take their votes for granted and make corporations richer and then hypnotize "middle americans" to think about other stuff (like whether the candidate is a muslim or wears a flag pin) other than how broke they are today as compared to eight years ago.

by the way, i know few people who walk around with any stinkin' flag pin on. does that mean that we are all non-patriots?????

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

emmarcee — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:09:56 GMT

Best of luck DNC. You guys screwed it up royally. Can't even win against this old man? what kind of weakling scarecrow did you place there? all just to oust Hillary!!

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

buddhabman — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:43:50 GMT

IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING OUT THE VOTE. Obama can do that. I hope he picks Wes Clark

Obama / Clark 08

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

NewHamster — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:18:31 GMT

If it's not Hillary, he's done.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

anytime1958 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:18:17 GMT

John McCain/Hillary Clinton--Take it to the bank

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

kakao1 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:43:12 GMT

If Obama is smart he will choose Hillary. I am in Ohio and if wants to win this state he needs to pick her to represent the "hard working middle class"...just being a realist. I know, I know---how could he-- it would not represent "change" , but really would Biden, or Bayh?

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

danmanplan — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:44:06 GMT

I agree Obama will probably pick Biden. However, I think McCain's choice is less certain. I am signs point to Romney. Ridge never impressed me at all, was kind of a joke as Security Czar. Both may tick off the Christian wingnuts. But Romney less so, plus he has (psuedo) business cred.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

Sara Sow — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:49:56 GMT

I'M AN AVID HILARY SUPPORTER AS MANY THOUSANDS OF OTHERS ARE.

IF OBAMAS SMART HE'LL PICK HILARY CLINTON.

THIS MORNING CHUCK TODD CRUNCHED THE LATEST POLLS.

NOT MCCAIN. NOT OBAMA WERE THE CHOICE OF THE DEMOCRATS.

HILARY CLINTON TRUMPED BOTH OF THEM. SHE RECIEVED THE MOST VOTES IN THE POLLING.

CHUCK TODD IS DEFINITELY FOR OBAMA SO HIS ASSESSMENT, BELIEVE ME WAS BASED PURELY ON FACT.

OBAMAS GOT QUITE AN EGO. I DOUBT HE WOULD ALLOW HIMSELF TO PICK A HILARY WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO DRAW AS MANY VOTES AS HE DOES. HE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF SELF CONFIDENCE AND PUT HIS EGO TO REST.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

kakao1 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:53:27 GMT

Sara, i agree with you on him needing Hillary Clinton, especially here in Ohio. There were some counties in the primary he received less than 10% of the vote.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

SPORTLOCK09 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:57:11 GMT

Dear Abby,

I am a crack dealer in Beaumont, Texas who has recently been

diagnosed as a carrier of HIV virus. My parents live in Fort Worth.

One of my sisters lives in Pflugerville and is married to a

transvestite. My father and mother have recently been arrested for

growing and selling marijuana. They are financially dependent on my

other two sisters, who are prostitutes in Dallas.

I have two brothers: one is currently serving a life sentence at

Huntsville for the murder of a teenage boy in 1994. My other brother is

currently in jail awaiting charges of sexual misconduct with his three

children. I have recently become engaged to marry a former prostitute

who lives in Longview. She is a part time (working girl).

All things considered, my problem is this. I love my fiancee and look

forward to bringing her into the family. I certainly want to be totally

open and honest with her.

Should I tell her about my cousin who supports Barack Obama for

President?

Signed, Rashime

Worried About My Reputation

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

cybersan — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:25:33 GMT

Joe Biden for Obama: exemplary foreign policy knowledge and clout; strong voting record on women’s rights (pro-choice; Violence Aginst Women Act); solid blue-collar appeal; Roman

Catholic; very popular in PA; older guy (66) to help with the 65+ voter block; fearless, articulate attacker with an encyclopedic knowledge of McCain's numerous judgement failings; solid family man who's 'walked the talk ' morally. We need CHANGE, but let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater! Just because he's been in the Senate for 36 years doesn't mean he couldn't or wouldn't be instrumental in implementing Obama's new approaches to governing.

Tom Ridge for McCain: to shore up his PA chances after Obama chooses Biden. MCCain's not concerned about losing the religious zealots, because he figures they'll never vote for Obama anyway. McCain is emotional and wants a pal in there with him; not someone like Romney, who he doesn't like and of whom he's jealous.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

tired and old — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:32:57 GMT

SCUM POND BLOG NEWS !

DEAR ABBY :

I AM MARRIED TO AN ADULTEROUS FOOL ( ALSO AN EX-PRESIDENT ). I RECENTLY TRIED TO FOOL THE AMERICAN PUBLIC INTO BELIEVING I AM MOTHER TERESA. I TRIED TO REWRITE MY HISTORY BY CLAIMING I WAS UNDER FIRE IN BOSNIA ( NEWS FILM SHOWED THAT I WAS LYING THROUGH MY TEETH ). I HAVE TOLD MANY LIES IN MY LIFE AND HAVE HAD THE WORST LUCK IN GETTING CAUGHT. I BELIEVE WHAT I SAY AND TRY MY BEST TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO FOLLOW THE LIBERAL CAUSE TO DESTRUCTION.

MY QUESTION IS THIS :

HOW CAN I MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE MY WICKED WITCH TALES, I REALLY WANT TO CONTROL THE WORLD AS PRESIDENT ?

HILLARY THE WICKED WITCH OF NEW YORK.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

tired and old — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:37:18 GMT

SPORTLOCK09 !

YOUR REPUTATION IS STILL INTACT----------- VOTE OBAMA !

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

loriw — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:10:08 GMT

Dear Miss Manners,

I recently RSVP'd that I would attend an informal dinner party given by my co-worker and his lovely wife at their home. I know it is not polite to discuss politics and religion but I fear that I might be tempted especially if I receive a text message during the dinner from Sen. Obama that he has selected his VP. You see I have a terrible case of white guilt and although I have sought treatment I find very few therapists that are skilled in treating this affliction. Those that I have been able to locate say that they have no appointment openings until well into the second week of November. So, Miss Manners, do you have any advice for me as to how I can attend the dinner party and be a gracious guest with out burdening my host and hostess with my oppressive white guilt affliction?

Respectfully yours,

A voter in America

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

tired and old — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:52:15 GMT

DEAR MISS LORIW,

BE YOURSELF GRASSHOPPER !

RESPECTFULLY YOURS,

ASST. MR. MANNERS

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

RAJARSHI — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:46:48 GMT

I think that presidential candidates think in terms of additional vote pools rather than personal chemistry. In that context I think Obama against all predictions will still select Hillary Clinton. That is the only way he will not loose potential democratic sections of US who today are not enthused by his candidacy.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

kakao1 — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:19:45 GMT

i am an Obama supporter, but if he does not choose Hillary, he's toast!

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

TGTTEO — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:15:41 GMT

Obama, by a combination of good luck, rock star appeal, anti-war, anti-Bush American public, guilt of white Americans for what they had done to the blacks in the past, gullible youthful exuberance, Bill Clinton and Hillary’s mistake of skipping the small states during the early days of the primary got him where he is today. Take all these away and what do we have? Well, a first term senator, who made a big anti-war speech and nothing much else to show for it, a war which most rational people all over the rest of the world including the UN were against anyway. He is just a queue jumper.

Should he be elected he would go down in history as the most divisive president in US history. He is already creating doubts amongst the blacks because they gave him overwhelming support and he wants to do away with affirmative action. Now under pressure he is singing another tune. Very soon the whites will feel disillusion with him because they were promise a president for all Americans. So every way he loses.

He sees the world in black and white but there is grey and lots of it. This is something he cannot handle when it is not black, white or even brown or yellow. So he goes flip-flopping along.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

Notrepublican — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:02:36 GMT

The VP has been decided, it's Joe Biden.

re: The Veepwatch Office Pool: Now Accepting Your (Totally Speculative) Vice-Presidential Predictions!

loriw — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:09:15 GMT

I am unable to support Sen. Obama for POTUS based on his opposition to the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. Going forward I am supporting Sen. McCain. My full statement is posted under the Newsweek article Decoding...Neck and Neck.