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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:00 AM

What Obama needs most

Beyond readiness to assume the presidency, there are other things Obama needs to consider as he makes his veep decision.

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  • Tuesday, August 19, 2008 09:30 AM

    Not All Politicians Are Like McCain =2008 N.A.P.A.L.M.

    He definitely needs the foreign policy attack dog...delivering a state isn't as important at the moment. Biden will eviscerate McCain AND his VP nominee (pray to God it's draft dodger Leibermann), taking the lustre off his "heroic" accomplishment of dropping NAPALM on Vietnamese innocents (what did he expect if shot down, a garden party? they beat him up for bombing civilian neighborhoods!), dispelling the notion that his military experience as a bomber of "gooks" (his term) and self-admitted "war criminal" conduct qualifies McCain (nearly last in his class) for anything more than an invite to Annapolis reunions...Let the Hillary-ites ponder McCain's conduct against living Vietnamese innocents; then they can ponder his conduct against their reproductive rights as well as reminding people of the foreign policy "lightness of being" that Mr. $500 Italian Loafers brings to the debate. Biden will also be eminently qualified to take over if something were to happen to Barack. We'll not have Chicken Hawk pandering without vigorous responses...cannot wait for the next phase.

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