Comments on: What About Biden? http://themoderatevoice.com/21877/what-about-biden/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:16:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MJDaniels53 http://themoderatevoice.com/21877/what-about-biden/comment-page-1/#comment-135518 MJDaniels53 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:45:52 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/21877/what-about-biden/#comment-135518 I guess the question that people in both the Republican and Democratic parties need to answer is are they so bent on ideological purity or adherence to various litmus tests that they turn their noses up at everyone but Chauncey Gardiners, candidates with nothing disturbing to ruffle feathers? If two people agree on everything, at least one is irrelevant. If Obama or McCain are to win and to do so in a way that helps them govern effectively, they must grab the opportunities presented by this election year and dare to expand the bases of their parties by selecting running mates who don't agree with them on every point. I guess the question that people in both the Republican and Democratic parties need to answer is are they so bent on ideological purity or adherence to various litmus tests that they turn their noses up at everyone but Chauncey Gardiners, candidates with nothing disturbing to ruffle feathers? If two people agree on everything, at least one is irrelevant. If Obama or McCain are to win and to do so in a way that helps them govern effectively, they must grab the opportunities presented by this election year and dare to expand the bases of their parties by selecting running mates who don't agree with them on every point.

]]> By: Right Voices » Blog Archive » It Looks Like Joe “I’d rather be at home making love to my wife while my children are asleep,” Biden Will Be Obama’s VP Pick http://themoderatevoice.com/21877/what-about-biden/comment-page-1/#comment-114064 Right Voices » Blog Archive » It Looks Like Joe “I’d rather be at home making love to my wife while my children are asleep,” Biden Will Be Obama’s VP Pick Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:47:31 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/21877/what-about-biden/#comment-114064 [...] Mark Daniels / The Moderate Voice:   What About Biden?  —  Speculation that Senator Joe Biden … [...] [...] Mark Daniels / The Moderate Voice:   What About Biden?  —  Speculation that Senator Joe Biden … [...]

]]> By: nicrivera http://themoderatevoice.com/21877/what-about-biden/comment-page-1/#comment-135517 nicrivera Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:32:16 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/21877/what-about-biden/#comment-135517 Despite his criticism of the Bush Administration's handling of the war, Biden was actually an enthusiastic supporter of the war at the outset and was one of the biggest Democratic critics of withdrawal. Furthermore, he's about the biggest Democratic apologist for the failed War on (some) Drugs, dating back to the 1980's.<br><br>Biden...definitely <i>not</i> change we can believe in. Despite his criticism of the Bush Administration's handling of the war, Biden was actually an enthusiastic supporter of the war at the outset and was one of the biggest Democratic critics of withdrawal. Furthermore, he's about the biggest Democratic apologist for the failed War on (some) Drugs, dating back to the 1980's.

Biden…definitely not change we can believe in.

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