Well, I heard a rumor that Caroline Kennedy would get the vice presidential nod from Obama. I think she would be a great choice. The only problem is that the rumor came from The Evil One, officially a member of The League of Evil Bloggers and who should join the Evil League of Evil because, let’s face it, the Instapundit is qualified. I’m just saying that if Glenn Reynolds is spreading the rumor then that means incriminating photos are on hand about Caroline.
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But a Kennedy would be an inspired choice. She’s actually more liberal than either Obama or Hillary. You know, the problem with Obama isn’t with the black base, its with white liberals who are pissed off about FISA and the immediate backtracking on offshore drilling. You add a conservative vice presidential pick and that’s a third strike recipe for trouble. Just for the record, I’m pissed off about those things too. Its about his word. What good is it if the face of oppression is black?
Evan Bayh (early supporter of the Iraq War), Joe Biden (hustler for the credit card industry) and Sam Nunn (Look, why not go with Tom Ridge…he’s more liberal.) would all be depressing. I can’t even say a Hillary nod out loud. Why not just appoint a knife at your back? Would be simpler. A Kennedy, or someone to his left, would be really nice and, I think, make him a lot safer. Richardson would be a good choice as well. If you look at the history of recent presidential assassinations (and these wonderfully timed plane crashes that only kill Democratic Party Senators and one liberal republican senator from Pennsylvania..) then you don’t want a Lyndon Johnson or Sam Nunn as your backup. You want Dan Quayle. Everybody knew the first George Bush was safe because we were all scared of Dan. You know what’s interesting about that? The older and better George Bush used to run the CIA and he might have known what happened in the Kennedy assassination. He didn’t pick Lyndon Johnson or anybody competent that would inspire a “replacement” scenario. You don’t want anyone to say “You know, if something Bad were to happen to Obama I bet Nunn or Hillary would get that draft started that we want so much…” Downgrades the predictable racists with guns scenario if a woman or a latino are next in line…takes away all the fun. Of course, someone who’s a black man and thinks he can win the presidency of this country is probably an optimist at heart. He would have to be. “Oh, they won’t shoot me and I won’t have problems with my plane. I’m special.”
Al Gore would be good too. This means that we’re probably getting Evan or Sam. Ack.