Officialness

Dynamic Duo

Ladies, gentlemen, donkeys.

It’s official as of last night.  Barack Obama and Joe Biden will be the democratic party’s nominations for president and vice-president.  Now, I didn’t watch any of the DNC on television.  I didn’t want to get all wrapped up in the hype.  I listened to the radio and read coverage online and thus far, I’ve liked just about everything I heard coming out of Denver this week.  I mean, I’m not all tingly and giddy but I feel a lot better about Obama/Biden than I did about Kerry/Edwards or Gore/Liberman.

Interestingly enough, Senator Liberman may end up being McCain’s running mate since he defected from the democrats to the independents.  Rumor has it that he is/was on the short list of possibles **shudders**   I am registered as an independent but I view that more me being able to swing to any candidate with similar views to my own rather than an affiliation to a particular political party.

Whether a Democratic administration will make any helpful changes in the country remains to be seen.  Then again, whether another Republican administration will do anything also remains to be seen.  Everyone keep your fingers crossed that SOMETHING goes right.

Tags: Barack Obama, Democrat, election, Joe Biden, President

The Winning Ticket(?)

So we’ve got Obama and Biden running on the ticket in November.  Initially I was a little unsteady about this decision.  Christy and I were in Scranton flipping channels Friday night when we saw that the Secret Service had been dispatched to Biden’s home which pretty much cleared up any remaining doubt regarding who Obama’s VP candidate was going to be.  Biden is the senior senator from Delaware and yes, I have voted for him each and every time and most likely will continue doing so.

I’ve read here and there that some voters are calling into question his tact or lack there-of and also his position on encryption, net neutrality, file sharing, the RIAA, etc.  I sincerely hope that those who have raised those concerns realize that Biden is running as the VICE-presidential candidate and he will not be making policy or signing anything into law.  And if you’re chief concern is whether or not your torrents will be downloading as fast as they can without interference from an ISP, perhaps you should pick up a newspaper once and a while and check out what else is going on outside of your parents’ basement, k?

I think Biden makes up a substantial amount of what Obama was missing, foreign policy experience.  Though having a president who is a little naive in the ways of foreign policy might not be bad thing.  Look what our foreign policy “expertise” has gotten us in the last 8 years?

I’ve also read that some voters are concerned about how well Obama speaks.  Eight years of Dubya’s flawless annunciation and people are suspect of someone who can correctly pronounce the words America and nuclear.  ’nuff said.

I think these two are a good pair and should give McBush and whomever he chooses as his sideshow goon a really good run.  We’ll see how the next few months shape up.

Tags: Barack Obama, Democrat, election, Joe Biden, politics