What do you think of Joe Biden running for president

[yurbud]

[Rowdyboy]

1. He's not much but he beats the shit out of what we have now....

He doesn't stand a bat's chance in hell of winning the nomination, though.

[acmavm]

3. That goodness for that. Or Citibank would end up running the country.

Instead of the oil companies.

[Snotcicles]

45. A close second to Shemp Howard.n/t

[yurbud]

21. shit beats the shit out of what we have now.

We would be better off with what literally flies out of an elephant's ass that what has figuratively come from there.

[Marr]

26. I think he'd have a great chance of winning the nomination, personally.

He's precisely the sort of "Democrat" the corporate media would get behind. He'd hand them cash if he were in office, and he'd inject the Democratic base with a serious case of "why bother". They'd sell his DLC ass for all it's worth.

[yurbud]

27. and then say Democrats are out of touch when he loses to a Jethro

barely out of his Klan robe like George Allen.

[rubberducky]

2. I HAD to go with the * comment!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That was just too funny!! Seriously, I don`t think Biden stands a snowballs chance in hell of winning.

[yurbud]

22. probably everyone would agree but Biden

[MADem]

4. I think he should run

He willl bring some interesting issues to the primary debates.

He won't get my primary vote, odds are, unless the field is pretty thin and grim, but if he makes it to the general, I'd work for him and vote for him.

[Horse with no Name]

5. ....

:puke::rofl:

[Warren DeMontague]

6. Pfft. Him, his hair, and his gimungous, bloviating ego can all fuck off.

Oh yeah- and that RAVE act was a great idea, too. Too bad ol Bill "Uncle Bobo" Graham's not alive anymore; he could be doing time as we speak for the multiple, apparently felonious, times I saw him produce Grateful Dead shows. :eyes:

Joe Biden. Uh, No Thanks.

Pffft.

[IndianaGreen]

50. Turn a camera on, and Biden will get his face in the field of view

Biden is a neolib imperialist whose opposition to the war in Iraq is based solely on Bush's management of it, not on whether the US should have attacked a country that had nothing to do with 9-11.

[Strawman]

7. I just farted really loud and really long

That's what I think about Joe Biden running for President.

I'll tear up my voter registration into confetti if he's the nominee.

[evlbstrd]

8. Nope. Not Biden.

No way. I'm tired of the DLC and corporate enablers. Boot 'em out.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

9. Other.

I don't.

[recovering democrat]

10. Supporting Democrats

When I see him calling for Lieberman to withdraw and personally visiting Connecticut to campaign for Lamont, I may THINK about voting for him..... after about eighty other possibilities that are better.
What is he doing for any other Democratic candidates?

[Phredicles]

11. Ick. The honorable senator from MBNA can

fuck off. He's better than Lieberman, but that doesn't pay the interest on my credit cards.

Plus, I'm old enough to remember his Neil Kinnock plagiarism scandal.

[JCMach1]

12. Small state-- BIGGGG EGO

:(

[A-Schwarzenegger]

13. Riverboat gasbag.

I'd think more highly of a rash on my dick.

[leftofthedial]

14. I wouldn't like it nearly as much as

the predatory, loan sharking, usurious finance corporations would

[LSK]

15. BANKRUPTCY BILL

If anyone is in doubt about him:

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00044

He should stop wasting peoples time with the Presidential nonsense.

[yurbud]

23. bankruptcy bill moves someone from list of moderatest to whores

it was inexcusable.

[TahitiNut]

38. Lieberman (D-CT), Nay ... Reid (D-NV), Yea

:evilgrin:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

16. 12 hour a day news conferences from the mouth that never closes?

No thanks.

[liberaltrucker]

17. Biderman in the WH???

One word :puke:

If the Dems nominate ANY DINO, my liberal ass is outta here.

[Selatius]

18. His support for the MBNA sponsored bankruptcy bill is abhorrent.

I don't know if I would vote for somebody who is so willing to assault working class interests.

[Mojambo]

19. Wouldn't support him in the primaries

And it would require MAJOR holding of the nose to pull the trigger in the general.

I'm not sure I could do it.

[Senator]

20. Jan. 7th, 2001: Biden on Meet the Press

Asked why he didn't stand with the Black Caucus to oppose the unlawful Florida electors?

Biden's answer (in unison with Kerry):

"Nobody Asked Us."

Uh huh. As if it wasn't his job as a sitting Senator (clearly described in Breyer's dissent to the BvG edict) to make an independent judgement as to the validity of those electors.

Do we want another Dem pet of the DC/Euphemedia Analstocracy?

Hopefully no one will ask us (again).

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[yurbud]

24. wow. They covered that on Meet the Press?

[Marr]

25. Hell no. I would not vote for him.

He's not much better than Lieberman.

[Radical Activist]

28. He's schizophrenic

Once in a while he says or does something to really impress me. Then, the next time I see him he repulses me by doing something stupid. Its really strange.

[yurbud]

33. hold and release tactic--once I heard this about GOP moderates, it fit DLC

too.

For important votes, the GOP gets the commitment of enough congressmen or senators to ensure it passes, then when they have more than enough, they 'release' moderates so they can vote against it to please their constituents without any danger of defeating the bill.

I suspect the DLC types do this too, and even some that we consider more progressive.

They can safely protest or even vote against things when the outcome is already decided the other way.

I wonder how many of Biden and Lieberman's 'good' votes fit this pattern.

[Radical Activist]

46. I can see that.

Its more than just his voting record too. Once in a while he says something great or really sticks it to Bush. Then, the next time I see him on TV he makes me want to barf. I guess a lot of the DLC types are like that. Hillary is that way a bit too.

[yurbud]

29. I forgot my Lieberman/Biden ANIMATION:

[yurbud]

30. another good TOON on Biden's relationship to GOP:

[yurbud]

31. when this gets up over a hundred, we should fax this to Biden.

[Subdivisions]

32. Absolutely not! eom

[graywarrior]

34. !

:puke: :puke: and :puke:

[kiahzero]

35. Biden's got a good handle on foreign policy.

His economic policies leave something to be desired in a number of cases. I'd be far happier seeing him as Sec. of Defense or State than President, I think.

[yurbud]

37. a guy who votes with Bush has a good handle on foreign policy?

He might have a good grasp of the issues, but comes at it with the wrong priorities, and therefore wrong solutions.

I don't doubt that he would have done a variation of what Bush has done in Venezuela and Haiti, trying to murder the elected president in one and sending Marines to remove another, in both cases to please business interests.

[BuyingThyme]

36. No!!!!!

[KoKo]

39. He was an enabler for Clarence Thomas' butt sitting on Supreme Court...

plus some other dreadful stuff...but that alone in my mind makes him unfit for a Dem Presidential candidate. But, we own Thomas on that Court to Biden when he refused to allow the witness who would verify Anita Hill to testify...by shutting down the hearing at 2:00 a.m. in the morning while she was still waiting to testify.

[kath]

52. Thanks - I will NEVER forgive Biden for giving us Clarence Thomas.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

40. He'd never shut up

He'd be on the teevee 24/7.

[Lusted4]

41. You forgot ( not my cup of tea). n/t

[Lusted4]

43. Kind of weak when you hold him up next to the likes of Henry Waxman or

David Bonior or Bernie Sanders. IMO, of course.

[NNN0LHI]

42. I think he would go indy like Lieberman if he lost a Democratic primary

Whats that tell you?

Don

[Vidar]

44. Lieberman wannabe.

[NoPasaran]

47. As the founder of Austin4Biden I have to ask

President of what?

[mvd]

48. Not enthusiastic

He's slick without the charisma and know-how of Bill Clinton. And he voted for that dreaded Bankruptcy Bill. Would vote for him in GE only because they'll probably run someone like Allen.

[terrya]

49. Not much.

Slightly more enthusiastic about Biden than I am about Evan Bayh. But that's about it.

If Biden were the nominee in 2008, I'd vote for him, of course. I just wouldn't be wildly excited about it.

[Jack Rabbit]

51. He'll have to dress properly

GorgeousGifts (Australia)

[wiggs]

53. He could have been a leader on an important issue -- Abu Ghraib

and torture, but after some nice quotes in hearings, he has disappeared on this story.

I don't know if this is his specific plan or if this reflects a bigger approach by the party. With some exceptions, this has been the dc dem approach all along on the dozens of important issues of the last six years. One or two designated dems say what needs to be said initially, the others sit on their hands, then the issue fades away. I don't get it, but if we look back to the behavior of our opposition party, this is what we see.