Joe Biden is actually the pick I was hoping for. He is actually quite a funny guy, but he often takes it too far. It’s only a matter of time before he puts his foot in his mouth again, or perhaps even his entire leg.
The idea that 6 terms in the U.S. Senate make him a “foreign policy expert” is really amusing to me. There’s a big difference between chairing a committee on foreign policy, and being the policy maker and executor of America’s foreign policy.
This goes back to the fact that Senators do not make good presidents. But then again, that’s just my opinion - I could be wrong. And yes, I realize that McCain is in the same boat.
My favorite Biden quote (of this presidential campaign) had to do with Rudy Giuliani:
There’s only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun, and a verb and 9/11.
As you can tell, I’ve undertaken some drastic measures in changing the appearance of this site. Unfortunately, I suffered a couple hacks recently, which have caused me to take a hard look at hardening the whole web site, and various aspects of WordPress specifically. The theme I had been using was heavily customized by me, and just became too cumbersome to keep up to date.
For now, I’ve moved to the K2 theme, which I like a lot so far. It’s certainly much more powerful than a regular WordPress theme, and I’ve had to re-tool some things that were working fine under my old theme.
Your patience is appreciated as things will probably continue to change for a while. Please let me know if you encounter anything broken!
Sen. Joseph Lieberman makes far too much sense in an opinion piece in today’s Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, the kook lefties at Daily Kos react predictably, using lines like “true diplomacy comes from using the velvet glove.”