VP prediction time!

the horse race aspect of the campaign always gets on my nerves, but i have to admit, i'm curious about the VP situation.

so, who do you think will be the respective running mates? let's do this alphabetically - cos we can! of course, some already have VP candidates...

Charles Baldwin - US Taxpayer's Party - VP: Darrell Castle
Bob Barr - Libertarian Party - VP: Wayne Allyn Root
John McCain - Republican Party - VP: _____
Cynthia McKinney - Green Party - VP: _____
Ralph Nader - Independent - VP: Matt Gonzalez
Barack Obama - Democratic Party - VP: _____

here are my predictions:

McCain - Lieberman
McKinney - LaDuke maybe?
Obama - Biden (although Feingold would be my preference)


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[Edited 8/18/08 11:51am]

i nominate bob saget for supreme commander of the universe

which pretty much renders the VP position moot.

XxAxX said:

i nominate bob saget for supreme commander of the universe

which pretty much renders the VP position moot.

XxAxX said:

i nominate bob saget for supreme commander of the universe

which pretty much renders the VP position moot.

I expect Obama to announce probably Thursday, or sometime before Monday.
McCain won't announce until after Obama does. He's waiting to see if Hillary will be available.

I wish Obama would pick Feingold. I have no idea what his pick will be though.

SUPRMAN said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

IrresistibleB1tch said:

IrresistibleB1tch said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I wish Obama would pick Feingold. I have no idea what his pick will be though.

Obama/Feingold

that's a wet dream right there. almost as good as a Nader/West ticket.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

IrresistibleB1tch said:

Obama/Feingold

that's a wet dream right there. almost as good as a Nader/West ticket.

Didn't McKinney already pick a Puerto Rican woman as her running mate?

IrresistibleB1tch said:

Obama will make a centrist pick. He's not going to pick someone like Russ Feingold. Feingold would be painted as too liberal and further slide Obama's numbers down. Obama/Feingold would be a dream ticket if you're a Republican.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

IrresistibleB1tch said:

i couldn't find anything on it.

She did! I heard a whole 20 minute tirade from the chick on the radio

Wall said:

Obama completely shit on Feingold after Feingold delivered Wisconsin for him.

I don't think Feingold has any interest in serving Obama.

Mars23 said:

IrresistibleB1tch said:

Mars23 said:

I'll go with two dark horses:

Obama - Sam Nunn
McCain - Bobby Jindahl

Both would make sense from a strategic point of view. They compensate for the presidential candidate's weaknesses, are loyal enough to their parties to be acceptable, and yet moderate enough to attract independents. (although they don't come from swing states, which might disqualify them)

As long as Obama doesn't pick Evan "closet Republican" Bayh or Chuck "real Republican" Hagel I'll probably be relatively okay with his choice.

As for McCain, I hope he picks an ultra-conservative and thereby alienates the moderates.

I sure as hell hope McCain doesn't pick Lieberman. I think it will be between Pawlenty or Romney. I think Romney would be a more top dog.

As for Obama's VP

Rep. Cliff Notes (Ohio) must be considered a dark horse, but his resume includes "Audio/Visual Club Organizer," which is known to impress Obama. Additionally, he has only been a member of Congress for 130 days which is another plus. Like Obama, his work history is unsullied by excessive experience.

Two candidates were suggested by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who although at odds with Obama, is still committed to helping his former parishioner.

Mfume Mfumoo earned Rev. Wright’s respect when in his professional capacity as a chicken whisperer, helped many wayward chickens come home to roost. He has attended Trinity United for ten years and, like Obama, doesn’t remember ever hearing one of Rev. Wright’s vile sermons (he usually has his iPod on, listening to inspirational rap from "Fitty" Cent and Ludacris).

The other suggestion by Rev. Wright is also a long shot. A "sister" in both a literal and figurative sense, it is Sister Mary Oprah, an African-American nun who ministered to orphan goats in Kenya. She formed the first halfway house for goat herders in Nairobi where she helped many herders overcome unrequited love for their "significant" goat. She later moved to Chicago and has been romantically linked to Fr. Michael Pfleger who found that a nun, without her habit, was more fun than a choir boy. If they’re caught un-frocked, they could both be de-frocked.

Of course, Sen. Hillary Clinton has to be one of the front runners. Even though to some, she is genetically "indeterminate," she is generally regarded as female and could appeal to women whose husbands think that they’ve gotten away with affairs until a sharp blade relieves them of "Mr. Happy." Obama does know how to get along with a strong woman (i.e., Michelle); he simply cowers and wets himself. It would be humiliating for the President to become known as a "MINO" (Man In Name Only).

And Sen. John Kerry has "reported for duty." A member of the Foreign Relations committee, he would bring gravitas to the ticket and has a military background. To bolster his record as a decorated veteran, he has applied (retroactively) to USDOD for three more Purple Hearts for wounds received before he was discharged, those incidents are "seared" in his memory. Records show that he burned two fingers while "toking up" in late December, 1968, he received a large splinter in the buttockal region from a bizarre outhouse incident in January of 1970, and in April, 1970, while in an airport men’s room, a very large man stepped on his right foot which had "accidentally" moved over into the next stall, badly bruising the pinkie-toe.

Another name mentioned was Rep. E. Knee Miney, a first term representative from Alabama. Rep. Miney has the prerequisite slim resume, but was a successful businessman who founded the Tuskegee Hairman, a chain of toupee shops. He has been a very prolific bundler for Sen. Obama and has generated sizeable contributions for the campaign, including over $4.4 million from the Sisters of Perpetual Poverty and $2,412,088 from a Buddist Monk temple in California.

The final name on the short list (and perhaps Obama’s favorite) is William Ayers. Obama is known to savor Bernardine Dohrn’s collard greens and sushi. While Ayers does have a number of negatives, Obama is known to respect his expertise in explosives and thinks Ayers is "da bomb." Ayers is also an expert Marxman. According to Ayers, he and Berrnardine came to the realization that they could do more damage to the country from within the system than on the outside. Thus, Ayers has become mainstream and is now a professor of education, passing on "proper" political ideas to college students.

Obama may be convinced that he can slip one by the voters and nominate his kindred spirit to help him fix our broken country. If nominated, Ayers has agreed to change his first name to 'Pungent', his mother’s maiden name, to hide his true identity.

Obama’s legal team is also investigating whether there is "controlling legal authority" preventing him from holding both President and Vice President positions concurrently. He has suggested that he could wear a black Chicago Bears cap when he is acting as the President and a white White Sox cap when he was Vice President. That way anyone could tell in which capacity he was acting. "Brilliant!" was the unanimous verdict of his staff. "See, now I’m the prez." On went the black cap, "and now I’m the veep," switching caps. "Now the prez, now the veep, now the prez, now the veep." His staff marveled at the pure genius of the idea- it really illustrates the massive intellect at work here.

Obama has given the attorneys just two days to solidify their legal opinion so a decision can be made.

A little satire for ya.

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McKinney already picked a VP i believe. I hope, hope, that Obama picks Kucinich!
McCain will probably go with Pawlenty.

retina said:

IrresistibleB1tch said:

the horse race aspect of the campaign always gets on my nerves, but i have to admit, i'm curious about the VP situation.

so, who do you think will be the respective running mates? let's do this alphabetically - cos we can! of course, some already have VP candidates...

Charles Baldwin - US Taxpayer's Party - VP: Darrell Castle
Bob Barr - Libertarian Party - VP: Wayne Allyn Root
John McCain - Republican Party - VP: _____
Cynthia McKinney - Green Party - VP: _____
Ralph Nader - Independent - VP: Matt Gonzalez
Barack Obama - Democratic Party - VP: _____

here are my predictions:

McCain - Lieberman
McKinney - LaDuke maybe?
Obama - Biden (although Feingold would be my preference)


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[Edited 8/18/08 11:51am]

Mars23 said:

this is going to be a tough decision but i'm standing by to receive the text.

wonder505 said:

For Obama, I am picking Bill Richardson.

For John McCain, I am picking Mitt Romney.

The rest of the people running, I really don't care.
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wonder505 said: