On voting

[chitinous]

AP tally: Obama effectively clinches nomination.

I would like to proffer a cautious Wow. WOW! I remember the moment Bill Clinton was elected, sitting in the college cafeteria with nifwitch. The other students were going nuts throwing panties and we looked at each other like, "Well, we'll see

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[miss_geek]

what do you think about hilary as a running mate? who do you think obama should have as a running mate?

i only ask because i was just going to post pretty much the exact same thing you just did =p

BEAT YOU!

[chitinous]

I don't like HRC's track record (voting yes on war, sponsoring overly cautious and not very visionary bills, and that little Bosnia "misstatement") so I don't want her anywhere near the Oval Office.

As far as who Obama should choose as a running mate, here are my off-the-top-of-my-head dream candidates:

Barbara Boxer
Howard Dean
Nader
Barbara Jordan (too late)
Jeremiah Wright

Dude. This is just like fantasy baseball!

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[miss_geek]

hell yeah! your choices for vp are super, but is that from reality land? i honestly don't know what the options even are... but dude, an obama/boxer ticket is one i could be pretty excited about.

don't get me wrong, i love nader... but i want obama to be taken seriously.

totally not from reality land

[chitinous]

But, you asked, so I answered. You know?

Re: totally not from reality land

[miss_geek]

haha... okay, i wasn't sure if maybe you knew something i didn't ;)

lol

[chitinous]

I know nothing except how I feel inside.

Re: lol

[miss_geek]

well that puts you one step ahead of me ;)

i don't even know that much!

wouldn't it be super he had kucinich as a running mate??? i think that would be my number one choice.

Re: lol

[chitinous]

Ooh! Yeah, that would be a good pair as well, while we're still daydreaming. See parlance's comment below about how Obama is perceived as "too liberal" and how that influences his likely choice of running mate.

Re: lol

[miss_geek]

oh yeah... i saw that and i was like "la la la la kucinich! la la la"

hehe.

Re: lol

[chitinous]

Yeah, totally! Happy place...happy place...

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[parlance]

Boxer would be kind of awesome. Last I checked she wasn't on the short list, though. I think it was mostly "unknowns." But, meh... past campaigns have done just fine turning unknowns into could-be-knowns.

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[chitinous]

Yeah. She's probably my top actual-possibility choice.

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[parlance]

He's perceived as too liberal, though (which wins for the LULZ) and having her wouldn't help things. I'm guessing he'll pick someone more "centrist."

if he's too liberal...what are we? oy

[chitinous]

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking, too.

Re: if he's too liberal...what are we? oy

[parlance]

if he's too liberal...what are we? oy

Past few weeks I've decided on hopelessly radical.

Re: if he's too liberal...what are we? oy

[chitinous]

Indeed, indeed.