The reaction here in Denver is favorable among the majority (the people who would have been happy if Obama had chosen a cocker spaniel as his VP) and predictably maudlin among the Clinton devout. Of course, Obama could have chosen a collective running mate culled from the DNA of FDR, JFK, Susan B. Anthony, and Martin Luther King Jr. and those people still would be upset. Time is short before we all huddle into crowded bars and watch the coronation in Springfield, and you can read about all the reaction from far more credible sources than yours truly. But I would like everyone to take a moment and consider this comment from today's New York Times online:
"I am sorry, but I cannot vote for any presidential ticket which reads: Obama - Biden. It sounds like,
and reads like, the FBI’s #1 Most Wanted terrorist since 9/11. Any other VP choice would have at
least given him a chance."
I am deliberately not putting this person's name in here as he/she has already made a big enough ass of themselves in a publication that many, many more people will read. If this is a joke, then this person is making Jeff Foxworthy look like a genius. If there is even a trace of serious sentiment here, and if someone actually deigns to use this as criticism of any stripe of the Democratic ticket, then I think it's time to go back to the drawing board on this whole humanity thing.
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