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If it is any consolation...

David Seaton — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 22:07:16 +0000

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If it is any consolation... think for a minute if Gore had won the presidency and then died, we would have had president Lieberman.Or if he hadn't died and had won a second term, we'd probably have Lieberman as president right now. Or Kerry and then Edwards.... Over 300M people and this is all that turns up to run the place... Oh, I forgot Bush and Cheney and now Obama and what's his name.

I remember Dan Quayle. I

Michael Maiello — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 14:23:28 +0000

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I remember Dan Quayle. I worked with Dan Quayle. And you sir, are Sarah Palin!

I remember Dan Quayle, and

Atheist — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 03:10:05 +0000

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I remember Dan Quayle, and Sarah Palin makes him seem like Albert Einstein.

The act of running for veep

Michael Maiello — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 03:06:24 +0000

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The act of running for veep must be an interesting one. I don't know how Lieberman came out of 2000 thinking he should be the one for 2004 though he did believe in his elder statesman, moral authority, Scoop Jackson hawk self image. Lieberman was key to Gore's "running away from Clinton" strategy. Maybe Joe thought the answer lied even further away. You don't get much further from Clinton than Lieberman sans Gore.

Edwards, as I recall, ran in 2008 with the notion that Kerry had muzzled him in mind. He must have thought that an unbridled Edwards would have done better. But there's no way Cheney could ever have thought that. Cheney without Bush is scary even to most Republicans. You know that guy you wanted to have a beer with? Here's his creepy uncle and he's got a gun!

HW Bush, much as i disagree with him, is a serious leader. Mondale, though he lost, is a serious leader as well. Quayle was like Palin but he got there because Bush had the gravitas to carry him. Once on the national scene, Murphy Brown did to Quayle what Tina Fey did to Sarah Palin -- a full comic takedown with lasting effect.

I don't know how serious Biden was about wanting to be president. I think he just had stuff on his mind.

Where do we contribute to

Doorway Blocker — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 03:03:59 +0000

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Where do we contribute to Keith Olberman for U. S Senate to replace Joe Leiberman?