Re: everything you said about Palin = motherfucking yes.
Re: Viden. I actually thought that was a bit of an edgy choice for Obama. Because it seemed like everyone was expecting him to ask Clinton, which seemed like a bad idea to me for a number of reasons -- first being that this isn't Government Camp, you don't get a ribbon and a prize just for competing, and second being that it sounded patronizing to me, like he should give her the spot because, you know, her feelings might be hurt. (I don't know what your feelings on an Obama/Clinton ticket are, I'm just venting here.)
And third, I think choosing a white guy as VP is going to piss a lot of people off. Just think of the visual -- a white man taking back seat to a black man? Following his orders? It's definitely going to screw with a lot of preconceptions, in ways much subtler than a female VP would.
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Re: Viden. I actually thought that was a bit of an edgy choice for Obama. Because it seemed like everyone was expecting him to ask Clinton, which seemed like a bad idea to me for a number of reasons -- first being that this isn't Government Camp, you don't get a ribbon and a prize just for competing, and second being that it sounded patronizing to me, like he should give her the spot because, you know, her feelings might be hurt. (I don't know what your feelings on an Obama/Clinton ticket are, I'm just venting here.)
And third, I think choosing a white guy as VP is going to piss a lot of people off. Just think of the visual -- a white man taking back seat to a black man? Following his orders? It's definitely going to screw with a lot of preconceptions, in ways much subtler than a female VP would.