Dazed and confused

So here we are on the week of the Democratic National Convention and I've pretty much convinced myself to vote for the Democratic candidate for the first time since I voted for Clinton in the 90s in the first presidential election that I was eligible to vote. It feels kind of weird to be honest with you. Kind of like it must feel like to be an athlete who plays for the same team for a number of years and then suddenly suits up to play for an old rival. It's so, well, weird.

I'm still trying to wrap my brain around Barack Obama's selection of Joe Biden as his running mate. I mean, I get it, but I don't get it at the same time.

Confession: I've been a close observer on American politics for most of my adult life and I have never been a fan of Joe Biden. He always struck me as such a blowhard that I find it hard to take him seriously. The size of the guy's ego is eclipsed only by the size of his mouth, which never shuts up. This is especially unfortunate because of his tendency to say something stupid before he does actually shutup. I don't expect that to change anytime soon.

One of the first thoughts to cross my mind on Friday night when it was beginning to appear that Biden was the choice was, "Well, at least it's not Evan Bayh." Upon further review, I think I'd almost rather a non-threatening, milquetoast, straight from central casting handsome white guy candidate like Bayh than the at times bombastic Biden. At least then I wouldn't have to hold my breath every time the man opened his mouth. Just go ahead and mark it down...Biden will say something jaw-droppingly stupid between now and the election at least once.

On the subject of bombastic, how utterly unsurprising is it that the Clinton's are already raising ruckus at the convention? Seems Bill is tussling with the Obama people over the text of his speech...he wants it to be all about him and his accomplishments as President, while the Obama people, naturally, would prefer the focus of the speech to be centered on the candidate and his vision for the future of the country and defeating John McCain. Imagine that!

And speaking of Hillary, the McCain campaign is jumping all over the Biden selection as a chance to woo Clinton's death-cult supporters, asking "Why not Hillary?"



I tell you what McCain...if she's so great, why don't YOU bring her and her husband and the whole clanketty jalopy of crap that comes along with them into the Republican fold if she's so damn great? Or how about Mitt Romney, you know, that guy that you despise but who garnered millions of Republican votes in the primaries?

The Clintons are like that couple that you get guilted into inviting to the dinner party who show up and, predictably, ruin the party. They demand to have their seating arrangement changed because they don't want to sit next to someone in particular, they bitch about the food being too spicy, they drink too much and say inappropriate things at inappropriate times, they get into an argument after the husband hits on someone else's wife, you know, they just suck the life right out of the fucking room. That's who the Clintons are.

Maybe the Clintons can speak at the Republican convention if they're so fucking great?