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Barack Obama finally opened the heavens, and like a light shining down from above, let the world know his selection for a vice presidential running mate. And he did it via a text message in the middle of the night. Considering who he chose, I would have waited until everyone was asleep to announce it also.

Obama may not be prepared to answer the phone at 3 am, but apparently he expects his constituents to do so.

And what an interesting choice he made. Joe Biden.

The thinking is that Biden brings solid foreign policy experience to the ticket, making up for Obama's lack of gravitas on international matters.

But Biden is a loser who has failed as a presidential candidate before because like Obama himself, he hasn't got an original thought in his head. Remember the plagiarism scandal which forced him out of the race back in 1987? Biden was accused of stealing a speech from Neil Kinnock, head of the British Labour Party. He supposedly had credited Kinnock in other instances where he used his words, but at least one time Biden did not credit him, and he was caught on tape.

You say, let's give him a pass on that one. Okay.

Except that as a first year student at Syracuse Law School, he plagiarized a law review article in a class paper he wrote.

Biden has repeatedly lied about his academic performance and records.

Let's also not forget that Biden has a tendency to run off at the mouth and that some of his comments are considered racist. Biden said of Obama, "I mean, you've got the first sort of mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy."

Biden also said "You cannot go to a 7-11 or Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian Accent."

Whoa.

Nevertheless, the dog and pony show of Obama bin Biden has hit the road, already slamming John McCain as being out of touch with reality and a George Bush wannabe. Yet for a campaign that has as its message "change", Obama certainly went for a Washington insider who is part of the same old establishment.

McCain, for his part, issued a blistering new ad accusing Obama of passing over Hillary Clinton for the number two spot because she dared to point out his flaws during the primaries.

It's going to be interesting to see how Biden plays out at the convention this week, especially among Hillary supporters who now know that she was disrespected by not even being vetted.

Let the games begin.


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