Request for Comments on Biden's Remarks

I want to get everyone's take on Joe Biden guaranteeing there would be an engineered international crisis to test Obama within six months of his inauguration. I'm on my mobile phone, so I cannot provide links to the ABC news story.

My take: highly irresponsible. More proof that Obama made a poor choice for VP. Biden is using scare tactics that Democrats derides Bush about. This is worse than Palin bombing on the Couric News Program. "Loose lips sink ships."

Let the apologies for Biden begin!

Palin Shows Up and Brief Enneagram Analysis of the Two Tickets

From Reuters:

Both camps claimed victory in a debate unlikely to dramatically change a White
House race that Obama leads. Two polls taken after the debate, by CNN and CBS
News, judged Biden the winner, but the CNN poll found a big majority thought
Palin did better than expected.

With all eyes on Palin in her national debut in an unscripted format, the 44-year-old Alaska governor turned in a steady and aggressive performance in which she repeatedly attacked Obama and pledged she and McCain would work for the middle-class.

She frequently displayed the folksy style that has become a favorite target of late-night comics. "Aw, say it ain't so, Joe," she told Biden at one point, adding a "doggone it" for good measure.

I'm glad Palin got over her anxieties and got in the zone last night. Like Andy Pettitte, it appears she can be frustratingly inconsistent with a clutch mode for when the chips are down.

Apparently it wasn't good enough to be Biden -- just like Josh Beckett (eight) beating Andy Pettitte (six) in the World Series. It's the reality we live in, folks -- eights rule, sixes look like fools.

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All that being said, if I had to choose which ticket is a better personality type team-up, it's clearly McCain (four) and Palin (six) over Obama (seven) and Biden (eight).

A four/six team-up is reminiscent of The Brave and The Bold comics -- Green Arrow and Green Lantern. It's a good synergy.

A seven/eight combo, on the other hand ... let's put it this way -- can you imagine Batman teaming up with the Hulk? They're more likely to fight than to work together!

On that basis alone, McCain showed some wisdom in choosing Palin, and Obama showed his lack of knowledge on the subject.

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Another consideration -- Going back to 1960, it appears that the MEDIA (which, as a group acts like a six) enjoys playing Robin to a Democratic candidate in the seven/Batman role. Kennedy, Clinton were both sevens ... as is Obama. The MEDIA will assist, help out, back-up, and do whatever it takes to assist that seven.

The loyalty that the MEDIA (and sixes, in general) shows to sevens ... it's sick, really.

I don't think having an eight vice-president throws a monkey wrench in this theory. LBJ never seemed like a likable figure from my distant, historical perspective ... based on that alone, I would have to assume he's an unlikeable eight personality. I have heard anecdotal comments that he and JFK didn't get along ... so....

I'm sure, years from now, we'll hear how Obama and Biden didn't get along.

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Looks like we're in the Obama Sliders universe. Enjoy your stay.

2008 Elections: They're all idiots

In honor of a recent twitter from Gary Allen, I decided to bash all the major party presidential and vice-presidential candidates with youtube videos of their gaffes. Excuse me if I'm not rooting for your favorite team this election season -- I refuse to wholeheartedly support any politician. The very nature of their profession involves deceit, and it's a complete turn off.

However, I can't stand rooting for a team blindly either, apologizing for a candidate all the time, ignoring their faults. It's a misuse of one's intelligence and is disingenuous.

Without further adieu, here are four choice clips:









Like any of these candidates are going to solve anything.

For me, the choice for president always comes down to this: do I choose what I perceive to be the lesser of two evils, or do I exercise my Constitutional rights and vote for an independent candidate whose platform closely reflects my views (in layman's terms, throwing my vote away in the garbage can of history)?

I have only heard of a couple of independent candidates, so, at this time I'd like to link here and here. Who will you truly vote for this November?

In honor of Obama-Biden: Welcome back Google

In honor of Obama's LME pick of Joe Biden (Now we get to here Biden's greatest hits on talk radio. Sheesh), the Original DailySkew will be running Google ads at the top of the blog for the duration of the election as a symbolic protest against those who are incapable of thinking outside the box. If Obama wins, we might keep them up.

I mean, does Obama want a Happy Meal box with that Biden pick?

Damn. Zero creativity. Zero risk taking. Hours of meaningless drivel about Biden coming up on T.V. and radio.

Damn. I'm sure people will vote against Obama just because he's exposing us to this boring and predictable news-cycle.