I just heard from Washington (unofficially) that Biden has been notified: he's da man

[DFW]

Has anyone else heard anything of the kind?

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

1. Who is Washington?

[DFW]

My brother and family, some of whom work for local Democrats there

[redqueen]

How would staff underlings find out? They've been careful about leaks up till now...

why notify someone in a way that lets types with loose lips find out so they can blab it before the hyped txt message?

[DFW]

51. Not a staff underling

And as for leaks, well, that is why they are called leaks.

Whether they are intentional or not is the big question that rarely gets answered.

[redqueen]

57. That would just piss people off.

Leaking the most boring, most expected pick hours before his faithful supporters are supposed to find out first?

Talk about asking for backlash.

[DFW]

67. I agree

If my source turns out to be right, I'm sure it's not some underling whose
job depends on keeping their mouth shut, but rather someone responsible for
communications somewhere who was lax in their security.

[MyNameGoesHere]

Marcus Washington. Linebacker for the skins. n/t

[endthewar]

89. I'd vote for him

He's our 3rd best pass rusher!

[goodgd_yall]

40. Dinah Washington?

[ronnykmarshall]

74. and baby, you got ... what it takes!

[goodgd_yall]

109. Good to see someone on here knows who Dinah Washington is

and of course, it'd be RKM :hi:

[jobycom]

2. Didn't Washington die in, like, 1799?

[YOY]

20. 1859 Actually...

And screw Edgar Allen Poe for calling his writing "unrefined"!

[LostinVA]

46. "Allan"

I got a lecture in college by a prof for misspelling that on an exam.

[YOY]

58. Him too!

n/t

[elehhhhna]

49. Miss Cleo's last name is Washington? LOL who knew?

Dag, D, I hope you're right.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. You communicate with the spirit of George Washington? Cool.

Or do you mean Denzel?

[DFW]

25. We went to different schools together.

[eshfemme]

4. Yeah, is there any way to cite your source? It's just because I'm sick of the MSM's abuse of the

whole "undisclosed sources" thing.

[DFW]

23. No MSM!!!!!!!!!!!

You'd be hard put to find some who despises them more than I do (except for maybe Helen Thomas).

This is party-connected family there, and I'm not going to get them in trouble in case they're right!
Take my word for it that they are my source (or not, makes no difference to me, I was only asking
if someone else had heard, I wasn't claiming to have read it on two stone tablets from Mt. Sainai).

[eshfemme]

29. Ok, I get that. Is there any way you can say how close they are to the campaign though?

[DFW]

33. Sure, if I want to get excommunicated from the family

I just wanna know if anyone else has heard the same thing!!

If I want a Spanish Inquisition, I'll ask for it! LOL

[polichick]

61. Arnold, is that you?!?!?

[racaulk]

5. I've heard all kinds of things.

But it's all speculation until the official announcement comes out.

[remember2000forever]

6. Who Are You?

[DFW]

31. I'm the guy who is in all 3 pics.

And my source is none of them, but Party-connected people in DC, who may or may not
be right--I was only asking if anyone else had heard, seeing as how the source was NOT MSM.

[cynatnite]

34. I think it was you who posted the Howard Dean one for me a while back..

That's a good pic. So are the others, too. :)

[DFW]

39. I was a child of Capitol Hill

I still keep my hand in, kinda, sorta

[PatSeg]

69. Great photos!

Thanks for sharing.

[DFW]

159. Washington is a VERY small town anyway

If someone farts at Wisconsin and M, they know it all over Northwest
a minute later, on Capitol Hill a minute after that, and in Ulaan
Baator within the next three minutes.

[flamingdem]

7. yea bro, cough up your sources or risk the rath of the anxious! nt

[DFW]

54. I'll risk the wrath of the anxious before I risk the wrath of my family

The first will stomp me on DU for an hour. The other will stomp me until
I lose "Beat The Reaper." I gotta order my odds here...........

[flvegan]

8. How did

Freddie "Boom Boom" know first?

[AlCzervik]

18. Juan Epstein's mother knew first.

[Liberal Dose]

65. Epstein's mother sent a note!

Please excuse Juan from the VP pool. He just ate and needs to wait at least an hour.

Signed,
Epstein's Mother

[knixphan]

104. LOL!!!!

[cynatnite]

9. Why would you be in the know? n/t

[Tom Rinaldo]

10. Makes sense to me and I trust that your sources are good

Not a bad choice, all things considered.

[DFW]

44. My sources are PROBABLY no better than any other "reliable" sources

That's why I was begging to hear of anyone else had heard anything different or not.

Jeez, I haven't been subjected to an interrogation this harsh since the East Germans
grilled me on the wrong side of the wall in 1979! Next time, I'll ask the cashier at the
gas station instead!

[Tom Rinaldo]

50. I'm surprised that you are surprised, lol

We are on the internets afterall, where anyone can claim to be anyone knowing everything. Since I do know you however, I take interest in what you are hearing. But if I didn't know you I would be a skeptic also.

[DFW]

63. Tom--fair enough

But I know you to be rational. Except for Skinner and Earl G, I've met no one
else here in person (and even then, I only met them briefly), and can't offer
anything else without risking more grief than I'll ever get for this thread.

Besides, I was mostly asking for confirmation or corroboration, not a Gestapo interrogation!

[Tom Rinaldo]

72. You parked yourself next to the line, but didn't cross over it, lol

We will never relly know, even if Biden gets the job, whether your family contacts had accurate information all along or simply heard something that wasn't accrate when they were told but turned out to happen anyway. And since no one but "DFW" knows who they are anyway, it doesn't matter.

I guess no one else here has heard a second hand report like the one you got, or at leaast they don't want to subject themselves to posting about it, lol.

[LisaM]

11. Ugh.

Can I just say now, before it's offical, 36% rating from NARAL?

[Debi]

37. In 2003 - here's more current information

http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=53279&type=category&category=

<snip>

2007 In 2007 NARAL Pro-Choice America gave Senator Biden a grade of 75.

2006 Senator Biden supported the interests of the NARAL Pro-Choice America 100 percent in 2006.

2006 Senator Biden supported the interests of the Planned Parenthood 100 percent in 2006.

2005-2006 Senator Biden supported the interests of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association 93 percent in 2005-2006.

2005-2006 Senator Biden supported the interests of the National Right to Life Committee 0 percent in 2005-2006.

2005 Senator Biden supported the interests of the NARAL Pro-Choice America 100 percent in 2005.

2004 Senator Biden supported the interests of the NARAL Pro-Choice America 100 percent in 2004.


<snip>

[LisaM]

64. Well, that's a little better, but don't forget

that the person who now heads NARAL is, herself, "personally opposed to abortion". She was a controversial pick.

[Debi]

66. How does that affect his ratings in 2004/2005/2006? n/t

[LisaM]

122. It just means that I think their ratings have become a little diluted

I think there has been a big rightward swing on abortion rights, however.

[LisaM]

130. PS - what do you say to THESE positions?

Far more recent than 2003.

No public funding for abortion; it imposes a view. (Apr 2007)
Supports partial-birth abortion ban, but not undoing Roe. (Apr 2007)
Accepts Catholic church view that life begins at conception. (Apr 2007)

[Debi]

134. That's probably why his 2007 NARAL rating is 75% - which is quite different from 36%

which is what you posted.

[LisaM]

137. Either way, I don't find those positions acceptable. Do you?

You can nitpick me on the details, but opposing public funding for abortions is pretty far out there, IMO.

Besides, how did he get a 36% rating as little as 5 years ago? It's not like it's 1970 or something.

[Debi]

149. I refuse to be a one issue voter

I'm sorry you have chosen that route.

[LisaM]

152. I am not a one issue voter, but thank you for making that leap.

I happen to find THIS ISSUE extremely important - and I often, if not always, find that those who are most progressive on women's issues are the most progressive on others.

As a woman, I naturally put women's issues near the top of my list. Don't worry, I have others.

[redqueen]

156. You'd only be a one-issue voter if you said you wouldn't vote for Obama

if Biden was the VP.

You didn't say that though, did you?

[LisaM]

164. Exactly, I didn't say that. I will be voting for Obama even if he picks Biden

or Kaine or Sebelius. So I appreciate your logic - it proves I'm not a one-issue voter!

[redqueen]

169. Nope! Not even close! Most of those are on the other side of the aisle.

:hi:

[redqueen]

153. "Supports partial-birth abortion ban"

Whoa!

:wtf:

[uppityperson]

12. no, but the cousin of a friend heard that...

[AspenRose]

80. Did they see Ferris at 31 Flavors last night?

:rofl:

[uppityperson]

99. naw, saw Elvis and whatever his name is (2nd al qaeda guy that keeps getting killed)

[Skidmore]

13. Unless your name in real life is Barack Obama, I

don't believe a word you say right now.

[2008]

14. Sorry to disappoint you, but

my sources tell me he's definitely not getting the VP slot

sorry

:silly:

[SuperTrouper]

21. My anonymous sources tell me it is Richardson and they told me in Spanish

Biden afuera, Richardson Adentro. That was my text.

[2008]

30. My sources are not anonymous

they're very nonymous

[DFW]

79. Para mi, es igual

Lo único que estaba preguntando era simplemente si alguien más
ha entendido lo mismo de otra parte o no, punto. Si estuviera
buscando un encuentro con Tomás de Torquemada, lo hubiera dicho
desde el principio.

That was my text.

[SuperTrouper]

83. But Torquemada was not on the MSM short list

:evilgrin:

It is going to be GENERAL WESLEY CLARK, period.

[DFW]

91. That would have been my first choice, too

But the Obama campaign forgot to ask me. Sloppy of them, I know.

[DFW]

36. Well, that's why I asked if anyone else had heard anything!

And I won't even torture you about who your sources are and electric shock you for links :-)

[redqueen]

15. Only about a dozen times since Wednesday.

:boring:

[LynneSin]

16. Isaish Washington was at a fundraiser with Obama last night

Perhaps Obama told him:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g6x5fXnNGhYilxOOISZeuKypaVVQD92N7E780

Jamie Foxx, Fran Drescher turn out for Obama party
By SANDY COHEN – 9 hours ago

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Celebrities aren't always coy about their love affairs.

Jamie Foxx, Fran Drescher, Lucy Liu and Isaiah Washington were among the stars who proclaimed their love for Barack Obama Thursday night at a swanky soiree.

VIP donors paid $2,300 each to attend the Black and White Gala for Barack Obama at a private home in Beverly Hills.

Mario Van Peebles and other guests munched on croissants, crudites, olives and eggplant while a seven-member gospel choir performed.

They set the evening's tone with a rousing song: "Time for a change. We are the people, we can do it."

The party raised more than $200,000 for the Obama campaign, said Theresa DeBell, who hosted the event with her husband, Robert Siegel.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

17. George Washington?

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

19. Denzel Washington?

[Catshrink]

81. Denzel for veep? How cool is that?

[NatBurner]

22. freddy boom boom can't keep his fucking mouth shut

[elehhhhna]

56. lol really

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington?

See... he's on the cell phone right now, calling me!

[DefenseLawyer]

47. It's Epstein

Grabbing the Jewish vote AND the Puerto Rican vote! Brilliant!

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

73. Well, we know it isn't Vinnie Barbarino

He's a Scientologist. :rofl:

And Horshak's just too weird to be considered.

[SoxFan]

115. Freddy "Boom Boom" Washington?

[Clear Blue Sky]

24. If the media asshats all think it will be Biden, it probably won't be Biden...nt

[City Lights]

26. Well, that's been the word around town for a few days now.

He's the pick of those supposedly in the know.

[DFW]

48. I've heard the same, but this was from family in DC who know people who know people

Which means they probably as much or as little as anyone else.
I was just looking to hear if anyone else has heard. I'm not
flying to Denver until Sunday, and by then this will all be
old hat anyway.

[City Lights]

55. If it turns out to be Biden it will be anti-climatic, IMHO. nt

[DFW]

70. Probably so

But it will also be one of the choices that will disturb the smallest amount
of Democratic voters (with the possible exception of Wes Clark, who would
have been my pick), and one that will offer the Republicans little comfort
if any.

[Dinger]

90. Obama Needs Momentum Back. If It's "anti-climatic, Forget That Idea

All this build up for an "I-told-you-so" man/woman would be stupid.



:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[DFW]

136. Don't be too sure

The novelty of the announcement wears off pretty fast.

The quality of the candidate, on the other hand, is something that
has to last through the election (and, hopefully, beyond). The
"I-told-you-so" pundits will have about 24 hours to blab before
they have to start paying attention to what the VP nominee has to
say, and Biden has never been at a loss for words. He also puts
them together better than most, so I don't think that novelty value
is of as great importance as whether or not the VP candidate can
help the ticket. Biden is one of the choices that I think will help
the ticket, even if he wasn't my first choice.

[jakem]

27. Washington Irving?

[YOY]

32. Never forget that Irving first called New York "Gotham"

[Codeine]

28. I heard that motherfucker had like, thirty dicks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwZ2_Zur7kM

[Robeson]

35. 6ft. 8, weighs a f*cking ton.

[jakem]

38. THAT IS AWESOME!!!

[Codeine]

42. Yep!

Easily one of the top ten coolest things to come from the internetz.

[book_worm]

41. Thanks for the tip.

[goodgd_yall]

43. I'll believe it when my fellow DUers confirm the text mssg n/t

[demnan]

45. I heard from a source in Democratic circles

the same thing. But on his part, I believe it was informed speculation.

[marlakay]

59. at this point i am hoping it is him

there are so many other choices i don't want him to have and i am happy with joe. he will be too old to run in 8 yrs but maybe the idea is to have someone else next term.

[musiclawyer]

52. Isn't Biden kind of too old

I mean in 8 years he will be what....?

[redqueen]

60. 74?

[Debi]

68. Ageism stinks - it should not be practiced - he'll be 73 n/t

[DFW]

71. Joe Biden was born on November 20, 1942, which make him 65

66 by the time the Inauguration rolls around.

As far as age goes, I just met Mike Dukakis, who at 74 is as
sharp as he was when running for president in 1988, if not more
so. McCain is 20 years older at 71 than Dukakis is at 74.

[Debi]

78. Biden's mom is still 100% sharp as a tack at 90 - wouldn't want to tell her that her Joey is too old

:spank:

[ChiciB1]

140. A SCORPIO!! Great Attack Dog & Can "Kill "Em With Kindness!" n/t

[LostinVA]

75. He also has a trophy wife -- ick

[Debi]

76. Let's hear it for trophy wives!!

:woohoo: Keeps the old guys young!!!

[DFW]

84. My trophy wife is as old as I am, and has stuck by me now for 34 years

This testifies either to her stupidity or her boundless patience,
depending on whom you ask, unless you ask me, in which case I''ll
tell you I'm the luckiest guy around, and don't care what the reason is.

[Debi]

95. I'm going to print out those words and make Mr. Debi memorize them! n/t

[DFW]

103. Don't go getting me into trouble here! LOL!!

[Debi]

112. I'm giving him your name, addy, ph # so he can take lessons!

:* - JK - He does just fine on his own!

[redqueen]

85. Um... that's sarcasm, right?

[Debi]

92. No it's not n/t

[redqueen]

94. Wow. Ok. (nt)

[DFW]

100. Let's just say that I'm happily married and that's better than any trophy there is

[redqueen]

105. Indeed. :)

I dunno... somethin about 'keeps the old guys young' bothers me.

Can't put my finger on it. Just... ew.

Implies a much younger partner is better for you or something. Bleah.

[LostinVA]

116. Or maybe she and her husband just really love one another?

[redqueen]

118. "Keeps the old guys young!!!"

Unless she's married to more than one guy, that ain't about her and her hubby.

[LostinVA]

119. Yes, it IS about her husband -- wtf?

[Debi]

127. Meh, let's not buy into another posters issues

I'm happy with my husband who happens to be older than me
You are happy with your wife who happens to be younger than you

Some people aren't happy when other people are....it's their problem not ours.

[Debi]

121. I meant older men being married to younger women -

Like me and my husband, Joe Biden and his wife Jill, Chris Dodd and his wife Jackie.

We've been down this road before.

[redqueen]

123. I know. It's a generality implying that it's better to be married to someone much younger.

My apologies for not taking the lighthearted comment in the spirit that it was intended.

I don't want to get into yet another pissing match about this... especially considering that I'm in love with someone 14 years younger than myself.

[Debi]

125. Then don't n/t

[redqueen]

126. I was trying to be polite.

I see now there's no reason.

Bye! :hi:

[Debi]

128. I don't believe you - you've been rude too often to start being polite now. n/t

[DFW]

133. Here's a fun side story for you

A friend of mine left government service several years ago (he is Israeli, and
is ex-everything, including Mossad), and now runs a security agency in Europe.

One thing he does is run security for a sort of trade fair for decadence called
the "Millionaire fair." It is held in several cities around the world, and he
invited me to sneak in to see what it was like. He got me a security pass (I do
not qualify as a customer for that kind of stuff! LOL). Absolutely amazing. There
were diamond-encrusted cell phones and Bugatti cars, villas for sale in Italy,
yachts (some of them even present, all 80 feet of them!), etc etc. I took my
eldest daughter, as she wanted to tag along for fun. We got approached by a TV
team of the national TV station, and were asked if they could interview us. They
then said they were doing a program on men with much younger wives. I explained
that the attractive young woman with me was not my wife. They said it didn't matter,
girlfriends were OK. I then explained that she was not my girlfriend either, but my
daughter. They looked skeptical, but we confirmed it, and they said, well in THAT
case, we weren't of any interest to them for their report.

We were crestfallen (NOT! LOL).

[redqueen]

135. Hahaha... how funny... sort of the opposite of what

other May / December couples get!

(And as for that 'fair'... ugh... beyond sickening!)

[DFW]

145. The "Millionaire Fair" was eye-opening to say the least!

Some Saudi oil sheikh flew in on his private jet to buy the diamond-encrusted
telephone with a briefcase full of cash, grabbed his phone and flew home the
same day. It was a little shocking, to say the least! At least now we know: reports
or people like that are not exaggerated.

And some people wonder why governments like theirs get overthrown!

[DFW]

120. Well, for that matter, my wife IS younger than I am

By exactly 3 months and 6 days!

[LostinVA]

129. You dirty old man!

[DFW]

147. I am so busted.......

[Debi]

132. HA! I knew it!

Actually there are many of us here on DU that have May/December romances and we joke about it often.

There are also posters on DU that obviously have a problem with relationships others have with people who are much older/younger than them. It's not our problem, it is obviously theirs!

You just got caught in the middle of it.

And it totally messed with your thread.

Sorry about that.

:hi:

[DFW]

146. They say that Allah is merciful

I have no clue, but I am nothing if not forgiving! :-)

[LostinVA]

96. Don't forget the old ladies, too!

[Debi]

98. I think we're close in age - so you are not old! n/t

[LostinVA]

101. True -- I think it's two or three years

btw -- I loled at myself for many minutes about the Senior Citizens Green Fees Discount" post I made last night.

[Debi]

110. It was even funnier cuz it's true!! n/t

[LostinVA]

117. I KNEW IT!!!

[Inuca]

88. You are not serious, are you?

I hope not...

[LostinVA]

93. My wife is 18 years younger than me, Debi's husand is 25 years older than her

It's a joke we have.

[Debi]

107. No - she's making fun of me and my craddle robbing husband.

:hi:

[ChiciB1]

138. He Probably Isn't Thinking Of Another Run For POTUS... Just Going To

be Obama's....DICK (Cheney), but a kinder, gentler one!! Makes sense to me and I prefer Biden myself!

[DFW]

141. A rabid pit bull is kinder and gentler than Dick Cheney!

[ChiciB1]

150. So True & Cheney Screws Everyone Over... I'm Tempted To Say

even his mother, if she's still alive!

[elehhhhna]

53. the beauty of biden is he can speechify extemporaneously and

probably needs no heads-up. He's gonna be a fantastic attackdog. Facts & figures? He's got 'em. Willing to call Bullshit? Check!

[LSK]

62. he means Biden leaked that the choice is George Washington

:D

[gorekerrydreamticket]

142. Biden took a leak?...

Doesn't seem newsworthy...

[damntexdem]

77. Yes, many have, about many hopefuls.

And all of the rumors have been false, so far.

[Dinger]

82. I Heard Something A Little Different

All I'm sayin'.



:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[DFW]

86. Hey, that's all I asked in the first place!

:hi:

[Virginia Dare]

87. I think Biden is the stalking horse to keep the media busy..

and your friends have been played.

[DFW]

106. That's a possibility that definitely shouldn't be discounted yet.

That's one of the reasons I asked if anyone had heard anything else.

The one word that got me was "notified." Notified yes, or notified no?

[Virginia Dare]

108. If I were Obama the LAST people I'd tell were the D.C. folks..

they can't hold water. I'm guessing it's still a pretty tight circle who knows.

[DFW]

114. That's for sure, but......

"The weakest link" and all that.

[thoughtcrime1984]

97. Recommended because I believe your DC sources. nt

[DFW]

113. I believe my DC sources believe THEIR sources

But in today's Byzantine world of politics, you never know
if people are playing games for PR purposes or not. That
is why I asked if anyone had heard the same elsewhere, or
something different elsewhere?

For all I know it'll be Jim Webb, and my family owes me one for
the notice. DU speculation is all peripheral, anyway. In 2 days,
max, all speculation threads are obsolete.

[BlueIdaho]

102. George Washington silly...

everybody knows he cannot tell a lie.

Please take the rest of the day off - with pay.

[Phx_Dem]

124. Not 100% sure, but I think he's dead.

Or, if he's not dead, maybe he'll introduce Obama on Thursday!

[jesus_of_suburbia]

111. He's my 2nd favorite. I'll be happy if it's Biden. (Hillary 1st)

Biden will be an attack dog... which we need.

[Skwmom]

131. I think picking a Washington Insider who voted for the war is a really bad idea.

I know the media, the Republicans and the Gang of Clinton are pushing for it (and that alone should make the Obama Team run from the idea).

I just don't see

1. How do you hammer McCain on his bad judgment on voting for the war?
2. Why would you allow the other side to hammer you as being politics as usual for picking a Washington Insider? I would not give them any opening to hammer back that I am the one that is more of the same. I can just hear the ads now.

[DFW]

139. There is an out here

If Biden can successfully articulate that his vote (and the votes of many)
to authorize the invasion--a vote that said "if necessary," which was never
established, of course--was made based on lies from a corrupt Republican
administration, and that McCain is an extension of that administration and
that corruption, then he can make the case that he will be the anti-Cheney,
and make sure Congress gets only truth on which to base their votes.

It's all in the wording, whether it comes from inside or outside the beltway.

[ChiciB1]

144. One Thing Biden Seems To Be Able To Do Is "Articulate" & I For One

believe he's about as fed up about what has happened as most of us are! I recall him coming out of the Senate several months back, sputtering a few choice words that had to be bleeped!

Can't recall WHAT it was about, but he was HOT!!

[Muttocracy]

151. bullshit, malarkey over Bush's anti-Obama Iran appeasement remarks in Israel

[MarjorieG]

154. Obama's policy/instincts fine, but Biden gives assurance to those who aren't thinking.

He also has a reservoir of respect. That didn't stop them from trying to take down Kerry, but it was about being French, rich, swift-boating, but not ideas or competency. At the end, I think Kerry survived that deconstruction, but election theft another.

That's where we have to win.

[Skwmom]

161. He's a corporate sellout, Mr. MBNA and allows McCain the opportunity to take the

change mantel. A Biden pick screams business as usual.

I remember right after the 2000 election when they were pushing the purchase of the touch screens. There was an MIT study which showed how unreliable they were and Jeb Bush and Kathleen Harris were the ones pushing them. Did any of the Democrats pause and say, hey maybe this isn't such a bright idea. Heck no, they jumped on the bandwagon and look where we are now. We've spent hundreds of millions on unreliable machines. In 2004, there was a bandwagon push for Edwards and now it's for Biden. Considering who is pushing Biden if I was on Team Obama this would really give me great pause.

Biden is NOT part of the solution. He is part of the problem and he will allow the Republicans to negatively define Obama.

[Skwmom]

162. He's one of the reasons it , the war, happened.

It's CONGRESS that declares war.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

148. Well Hillary did the same thing and 90% here still want to burn her at the stake.

So I doubt that argument would work.

[Muttocracy]

155. he's said it clearly before (don't have the quote at hand) and to Bush & Cheney's faces. nt

[redqueen]

158. Good.

Cause if he hadn't that would blow up in his face... IF he's even the pick.

[redqueen]

157. If he hasn't ALREADY said it was a pack of lies that got us there...

then any attempt to say so now would be seen as trying to say what voters want to hear, and rightly so.

[Skwmom]

163. If you could not see through those lies, as people like Bob Graham did, you are unfit to be

a heartbeat away from the presidency.

[Skwmom]

165. Good luck on selling that. When you need to twist and turn to sell your screw-ups, you're

kind of dead in the water from the get go.

[redqueen]

143. EXACTLY.

:thumbsup:

[budkin]

160. Please no...

[Ava]

166. i heard from someone close to the campaign that it is no one on the "short list"

which would mean it isn't biden.

guess we can't really determine it based on what we hear

[DFW]

167. That is one of the best replies I have heard yet

You never know if a leak is accidental or not.

I have to wonder, though--the short list is presumably made up of people Obama
has had vetted. If it's someone NOT on the short list, does this mean Obama feels
confident enough to select them without their having been vetted? I can only think
of one person who stands up to that scrutiny, and that is Wes Clark.

Roll the drums..........

[Muttocracy]

168. what does close to the campaign mean? Obama has said only a few people would know. nt

[Ava]

171. a politician who was close to obama's campaign from the very start

:hi:

[Muttocracy]

172. allright, you're one of the cool kids. most of us are in the dark. nt

[redqueen]

170. I hope his entire campaign staff is enjoying stringing the media along

as much as I am!

:party:

[Dinger]

173. 176 Replies, One Measly Rec

I'm not gettin' tp wound up over this rumor.

[DFW]

174. To all who dissed me (and a certain familymember) for this thread

Nyahhh Nyahhh!!

:-)

[proud2BlibKansan]

176. Good for you, DFW!!

I was scrolling this thread, hoping you would come back to gloat.

Did you see the other thread spoiled by the troll?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3450146#3450179

[DFW]

177. Yeah, I looked.

The Germans have this great word: streitsüchtig.* I think it's the generic name of some
pill half the people on DU take in the morning or something!

I think the dictionary translates it as "quarrelsome," but it's more than that. Literally
translated, it means "addicted to fighting/arguing."

[nomaco-10]

175. If True, CELEBRATIONS going on here. n/t