Kulaf wrote:Umm......Joe Biden is almost 66 himself. He's had two operations to correct brain aneurysms. And as sad as this is to say......Obama has a much greater chance of being assasinated than McCain and then you might be looking at 3rd in the national chain of command.
Ugh.....Nancy Peosi assumes the presidency. God help us all.
You have completely failed to comprehend the point.
Joe Biden, for all his baggage and policies I disagree with, is capable of providing a service to Obama while he is office. The choice of Biden does not particularly pander to any given democratic wing, excepting possibly labor, as Biden lies in approximately the center of the party. Should the worst happen, he is probably reasonably qualified to take over. Do also note that Peloi only assumes the presidency if Obama and Biden die simultaneously- should he be elevated to the Presidency, Biden does get to select a vice president, much as Gerald Ford was allowed to select Nelson Rockefeller. He is being offered as a policy expert in foreign policy, a role he has established well, in both his actions as a senator, and as an advisor to the Clinton administration.
Palin, however, brings nearly nothing to the table, save her experience as a mayor and a governor. While she has done an interesting job of raising taxes and slashing spending there, she has been a consistent believer in the same petty with me or against me staffing policies that have intellectually bankrupted the DoJ. For the McCain ticket, she offers the totality of: "Lookit me, I didn't abort a down syndrome child and got my daughter a shotgun wedding instead of an abortion". She offers only a political leash to one of the two major groups that have defined the complete and utter failure of sanity in policy. McCains willingness to embrace that group informs me that he is not a 'maverick', and, in fact, pretty shitty for the nation as a whole.
The single most important thing that the President of the US does is select people. He chooses his cabinet, which has absolute control of the beauracracy of Washington. He chooses judges, with the power to bind and unbind the laws of Congress. And he chooses the man that will replace him if he is lost to death or infirmity. McCain has proven, beyond any possible doubt, that his ability to pick and choose people is flawed.
And, okay, I concede the point of the Bush Doctrine, Lurker. Although, I submit that it should be called the Bully Doctrine, if you must call it a doctrine.
