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Biden Sees Mondale, Not Cheney as Vice-Presidential Role Model

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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-06-08 04:38 AM
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Biden Sees Mondale, Not Cheney as Vice-Presidential Role Model
Source: Bloomberg

Biden Sees Mondale, Not Cheney as Vice-Presidential Role Model

By Christopher Stern

Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Vice President-elect Joe Biden relishes ridiculing his new job.

``We all know that that the vice president's job ain't much,'' the Delaware senator said at a campaign stop last month in Tacoma, Washington. ``I understood that when I took the job.''

Biden, 65, knows he isn't going to be another Dick Cheney, who wielded so much influence he was sometimes perceived to eclipse his own boss, President George W. Bush.

``Biden will be more interested in carrying out the Obama agenda as opposed to his own agenda,'' said Senator Arlen Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican who has served with Biden in the Senate for 28 years. ``From time to time, Cheney was on his own agenda.''



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   Thank God!  superconnected   Nov-06-08 04:39 AM   #1 
   I hope that Biden also studies the Al Gore model.  BlueMTexpat   Nov-06-08 05:01 AM   #2 
   Second that!  DFW   Nov-06-08 05:31 AM   #3 
   I'm so pleased that our new President and VP have been constitutional law professors.  no_hypocrisy   Nov-06-08 06:55 AM   #4 
   I want Biden having secret meetings and hiding in undisclosed locations.  onehandle   Nov-06-08 07:04 AM   #5 
   LOL! I would have been mortified if he'd nominated Cheney as a role model  socialdemocrat1981DU Moderator   Nov-06-08 07:23 AM   #6 
   Biden will make a great VP.  bemildred   Nov-06-08 10:19 AM   #7 
 
superconnected Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-06-08 04:39 AM
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1. Thank God!
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BlueMTexpat Donating Member (725 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-06-08 05:01 AM
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2. I hope that Biden also studies the Al Gore model.
Many successes of the Clinton Administration can be attributed to Al's steadily guiding hand.

Al did a lot to complement Bill in positive ways.



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DFW Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Thu Nov-06-08 05:31 AM
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3. Second that!
Al Gore was THE role model for Vice Presidents. Fritz wasn't bad, either, but Gore
took Fritz's model and refined and enhanced it.
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-06-08 06:55 AM
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4. I'm so pleased that our new President and VP have been constitutional law professors.
If they temper each other, at least they understand the "owner's manual" of this country.
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-06-08 07:04 AM
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5. I want Biden having secret meetings and hiding in undisclosed locations.
Plotting the forced gay marriages of Freepers.
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RFKHumphreyObama DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-06-08 07:23 AM
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6. LOL! I would have been mortified if he'd nominated Cheney as a role model
Edited on Thu Nov-06-08 07:24 AM by socialdemocrat1981
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Nov-06-08 10:19 AM
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7. Biden will make a great VP.
We all ought to thank him for giving up his senate seat and taking that thankless job to help Obama win.
:applause:
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