Obama will be the next president..

LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
edited February 2008 in A Moving Train
Like it or not, it will be a definite upgrade from the last administration..

Who will he choose as vice president? Kucinich???
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  • Uncle LeoUncle Leo Posts: 1,059
    Like it or not, it will be a definite upgrade from the last administration..

    Who will he choose as vice president? Kucinich???

    Not if he wants to win. I don't think he is even close to wrapping up the nomination either. Hilary and Edwards are still alive.

    However, if he gets the nomination, I would think he'd have to select someone from "The Real America", meaning Edwards or possibly Richardson. I'd like it to be Biden, but the smart money would be Edwards, the fair-haired boy from North Carolina.

    BTW, the next president is Huckabee.
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Uncle Leo wrote:
    BTW, the next president is Huckabee.
    Why Huckabee? Isn't the country sick of republicans?

    I think Obama will win because he'll inspire people who wouldn't normally vote to vote.
  • It's way, way too early, to state the obvious. I wonder what Iowa's batting average is when it comes to this?? how many Iowa winners go on to be their party's nominee?
  • Uncle Leo wrote:
    BTW, the next president is Huckabee.

    Just what we need. A President who believes the Earth is 6000 years old. Will Ric Flair be Sec. of State?
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Just what we need. A President who believes the Earth is 6000 years old. Will Ric Flair be Sec. of State?
    LMAO!.. I can't see Huckabee going anywhere.. I actually hope he gets the nom, so Obama is a sure winner.


    Lets face it. Whether or not Obama makes a good president, this country is hungry for change.
  • Just what we need. A President who believes the Earth is 6000 years old. Will Ric Flair be Sec. of State?


    Actually, it will be David Herman, because at that point everyone will realize we're all living inside the movie Idiocracy

    for real.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • It's way, way too early, to state the obvious. I wonder what Iowa's batting average is when it comes to this?? how many Iowa winners go on to be their party's nominee?


    i was at a friend's house and we were looking up info like this, so i can't quote the site directly, but it said Iowa's "batting average" was .600 which isn't too bad. but i don't think there's any way to call this yet, especially for the dems. it's just too close right now.
  • Who will he choose as vice president? Kucinich???

    Oprah.

    She'll drop Steadman and they'll mang like wild bunnies at every opportunity in a scandalous affair.

    Tabloid investors will get immeasurably rich and take over, and the stage work for the idiocracy dream in the US will be complete and solidified beyond what it already is.

    Obampra 08!
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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    (\__/)
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  • JD SalJD Sal Posts: 790
    It's way, way too early, to state the obvious. I wonder what Iowa's batting average is when it comes to this?? how many Iowa winners go on to be their party's nominee?

    Not sure about party nominees, but Woodward said on CNN tonight that 3 of the last 4 presidents have not won Iowa - Regan, Bush Sr, and Clinton. Clinton actually had something like 3% in Iowa.
    "If no one sees you, you're not here at all"
  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    I don't know a huge amount about hte issues the candidates are riding on (I'm not following it that closely at all) but this morning on the radio they had a small segment on the Iowa thing and played a bit of Obama's speech, and a bit of the winning Republican guys speech, and I gotta say Obama seems to have charisma coming out of his ass. that can count for a hell of a lot.
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  • EbizzieEbizzie Posts: 240
    Just what we need. A President who believes the Earth is 6000 years old. Will Ric Flair be Sec. of State?


    Huckabee is a baptist minister. I'm no theologian, but I believe baptists are fairly liberal when it comes to many social issues, much more liberal than say catholics, mormons, or evangelicals.

    The guy seems pretty genuine to me. If the general election were Obama vs. Huckabee, I'd have a hell of a time choosing. Unless, of course, my main man RP is running as a 3rd party candidate, then the decision is easy.
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  • Uncle LeoUncle Leo Posts: 1,059
    Just what we need. A President who believes the Earth is 6000 years old. Will Ric Flair be Sec. of State?

    No Carl Everett (Former ballplayer who said ""God created the sun, the stars, the heavens and the earth, and then made Adam and Eve. The Bible never says anything about dinosaurs. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them. Somebody actually saw Adam and Eve. No one ever saw a Tyrannosaurus rex.") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Everett
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Uncle Leo wrote:
    No Carl Everett (Former ballplayer who said ""God created the sun, the stars, the heavens and the earth, and then made Adam and Eve. The Bible never says anything about dinosaurs. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them. Somebody actually saw Adam and Eve. No one ever saw a Tyrannosaurus rex.") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Everett
    Awww Carl Everett spoke about his great Christian beliefs...then was a total ass to everybody...I'm sure he made Jesus proud. :rolleyes:

    We could do a lot worse than Obama...as long as he doesn't pick a turd like Edwards for a running mate.
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  • Like it or not, it will be a definite upgrade from the last administration..

    Who will he choose as vice president? Kucinich???
    ill bet you $100 that Obama is not our next president.......
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    Like it or not, it will be a definite upgrade from the last administration..

    Who will he choose as vice president? Kucinich???

    I hope not. The democrats' fiscal policies just point to how power hungry they are and how much control they want to have over all of us. I do not want to be under such an oppressive regime.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    What if he picked Ron Paul as a running mate?

    That'd be interesting. Liberal morals, conservative economics..... hmm.

    not saying this would happen... but it'd be interesting.


    I just wonder how long before the hillary camp gillooly's the Obama team ala Bush Rove to McCain in the SC primary 2000.
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  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    Uncle Leo wrote:

    BTW, the next president is Huckabee.

    pass the bong... you have had too much
  • Anybody notice Huckabee looks like Nixon? thats got to be a negative
  • macgyver06macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    MrSmith wrote:
    Anybody notice Huckabee looks like Nixon? thats got to be a negative


    and his name is Huckabee
  • callencallen Posts: 6,388
    macgyver06 wrote:
    and his name is Huckabee
    no huckabilly
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  • MrBrianMrBrian Posts: 2,672
    he would go with edwards as vice.
  • LMAO!.. I can't see Huckabee going anywhere.. I actually hope he gets the nom, so Obama is a sure winner.

    well said. OBAMA = HOPE.
    OBAMA BABY
  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,158
    Yeah, if he doesn't get assassinated first. I had visions of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King last night when Obama was giving his victory speech. It's people like him who end up getting shot. I hope the secret service have added more protection for him after last night's victory. I hope I'm just being paranoid. But it's not like it's never happened before....
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  • robbierobbie Posts: 883
    I would have thought Al Gore would be an ideal vice for Obama.... but he is selling CHANGE so hard that I cannot see him bringing in an 8 year vice president to Bill Clinton and still stand for change.
  • macgyver06 wrote:
    and his name is Huckabee

    yeah, President Huckabee sounds pretty bad.
  • cornnifercornnifer Posts: 2,130
    Yeah, if he doesn't get assassinated first. I had visions of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King last night when Obama was giving his victory speech. It's people like him who end up getting shot. I hope the secret service have added more protection for him after last night's victory. I hope I'm just being paranoid. But it's not like it's never happened before....

    i hate to admit i had the same creepy thought both last night and a couple nights earlier when i was priveleged to attend an event in Iowa. i simply love the guy. i keep thinking "finally! A leader. A true LEADER not just a politician." Then it hit me like a sack of shit. True leaders don't live very long. Living Colour started playing in my head "...Neon lights..."
    "When all your friends and sedatives mean well but make it worse... better find yourself a place to level out."
  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,158
    cornnifer wrote:
    i hate to admit i had the same creepy thought both last night and a couple nights earlier when i was priveleged to attend an event in Iowa. i simply love the guy. i keep thinking "finally! A leader. A true LEADER not just a politician." Then it hit me like a sack of shit. True leaders don't live very long. Living Colour started playing in my head "...Neon lights..."


    He's definitely special. People like him don't come along very often. He's one of those rare leaders who can unite people from all backgrounds. He gives people hope. He's just like Kennedy and Martin Luther King. But we know how their lives ended, so it's definitely something to be concerned about.
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    Another habit says its long overdue
    Another habit like an unwanted friend
    I'm so happy with my righteous self
  • t206t206 Posts: 63
    well said. OBAMA = HOPE.

    By hope do you mean more taxes, and some silly over regulated "universal health care" plan that is sure to fail?
  • ONCE DEVIDEDONCE DEVIDED Posts: 1,131
    USA will not have a black president yet. Too many rednecks/racists for that. The far right still have too much pull and I reckon you will vote in Huckabee.
    that is unless REAL AMERICANS PUT THEIR HAND UP AND VOTE.
    otherwise the religous right will take another Republican who reckons god talks directly to him
    Im an australian and religon is starting to gather more political milage here as well.
    Scary days
    AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE
  • Ebizzie wrote:
    Huckabee is a baptist minister. I'm no theologian, but I believe baptists are fairly liberal when it comes to many social issues, much more liberal than say catholics, mormons, or evangelicals.

    The guy seems pretty genuine to me. If the general election were Obama vs. Huckabee, I'd have a hell of a time choosing. Unless, of course, my main man RP is running as a 3rd party candidate, then the decision is easy.

    He does seem like a likable guy. Losing 100 pounds or so can't hurt either. But I didn't make the 6000 year old planet thing up. I think it was a debate, one of the 1st debates, where he was asked about that.

    Here are a few links that I could find quickly. I'll look for a few more that are more solid

    http://notesfromatransitionalfossil.blogspot.com/2007/08/evolution-of-mike-huckabee.html

    Bill Maher: Why shouldn't it be part of a political discussion? If someone believes that the earth is 6000 years old, when every scientist in the world tells us it's billions of years old, why shouldn't I take that into account when I'm assessing the rationality of someone I'm going to put into the highest office in the land?

    Huckabee had no cogent answer; he said that the point was that "we don't know."


    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071211061757AA4YKnh

    http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/17324246/matt_taibbi_on_mike_huckabee_our_favorite_rightwing_nut_job

    But Huckabee is also something else: full-blown nuts, a Christian goofball of the highest order. He believes the Earth may be only 6,000 years old, angrily rejects the evidence that human beings evolved from "primates" and thinks America wouldn't need so much Mexican labor if we allowed every aborted *fetus to grow up and enter the workforce. To top it off, Huckabee also left behind a record of ethical missteps in the swamp of *Arkansas politics that make White*water seem like a jaywalking ticket.
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