Vice Squad....

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Wednesday July 30, 2008 · 5:44 AM PDT

2008/07/30 · 05:44

One can only hope that sometime in the not too distant future that both Obama and McSame will announce their respective choices for vice-president. I say "hope" when what I actually mean is for chrissake pick one already. I not sure I can stand watching all the great minds of political punditry gleefully mentally masturbating for all the world to see day after day on TV and in print. I swear if someone saw McSame talking to his dog, it'd be the next one touted as a possible veep.

But McSame has a much more difficult problem in choosing his running mate than Obama. That's because he's old. No matter whom he eventually chooses, every single one of the aforementioned punditry will immediately remove the word "vice" from in front of the word president. Probably for the first time in presidential election history, the choice for vice-president will be a determining factor in whether the presidential candidate wins or loses.

And if we look at the imaginary "short list" that said punditry has decided on, it is fairly easy to see the problem clearly. Let's play the game.

Vice-President Mitt Romney....President Mitt Romney: not a snowball's chance in hell of getting the evangelicals to sign off on that one.

Vice-President Bobby Jindal....President Bobby Jindal: for the same reason some of our fellow citizens would never vote for Obama, too exotic, too foreign, and too dark. (Scratch this one as a non-starter).

Vice-President Tim Pawlenty....President Tim Pawlenty: Who???

Vice-President Sarah Palin....President Sarah Palin: see above.

Vice-President Colin Powell....President Colin Powell: a winner for sure but one little problem, Powell hates Bush & Co. so much it ain't gonna happen.

Vice-President Tom Ridge....President Tom Ridge: color-coded terror alerts anyone?

Vice-President Joe Lieberman....President Joe Lieberman: too Jewish and who wants to be whined at for four years.

Come to think of it. His dog is probably his best bet.

PS: The bandage doesn't help either.

Poll
51 votes Show Results
Who do you think McCain will choose for Veep?

MITT ROMNEY

BOBBY JINDAL

TIM PAWLENTY

COLIN POWELL

TOM RIDGE

SARAH PALIN

JOE LIEBERMAN

DICK CHENEY

51 votes Vote Now!
Who do you think McCain will choose for Veep?

MITT ROMNEY

15 votes

BOBBY JINDAL

2%

1 vote

TIM PAWLENTY

12 votes

COLIN POWELL

4%

2 votes

TOM RIDGE

8%

4 votes

SARAH PALIN

4%

2 votes

JOE LIEBERMAN

7 votes

DICK CHENEY

8 votes

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