ok, ok --If Obama wins the nom, I want Edwards to be his Cheneyveep.

[librechik]

I like it!

I concede that Obama has The Mojo. His character and narrative have captivated our stupid, way-too-powerful media gatekeepers and they will let him pass on, unlike Dean and Gore.

They're making Edwards wait in customs while the gatekeeper finishes reading that old Weekly Standard. To the media, Edwards cannot be served. Not only are they on direct orders to sink Edwards to the bottom of the rundown, they don't like him. They think he's a smartypants and stuck up and too rich for his class, a white-trash wannabe. Like Gore, they make up evil gossip about him and that's the only thing they allow on the air.

The Obama vs Hillary movie is the only one they want to watch.

Whatever. Obama's a smart guy and I can get behind his platform. That he borrowed from Edwards, apparently. I don't care where he got it, it's a great platform. It's "our" platform, anyway, as Dems.

Hillary will be metaphorically beaten and raped by the RW punditry, and I get the feeling that's not a popular scenario among even the meanest of them. After all, she's practically a Republican at this point. The gatekeepers are letting her pass through, but only to be hassled to death on the main stage.

Even Buchanan and Will are speaking rationally about Obama. If that's the way our strength is flowing, I'm there. Besides, how great is it to hear O BA MA! O BA MA! screamed out by 80,000 people?

But we really really need a smart, battle tested trial lawyer warrior to roll back corporate privileges.And that is Edwards. If Edwards doesn't win the nom (and I predict he won't. Despite his telegenic good looks and silver tongue he remains invisible to the tv cameras. It simply doesn't make sense except as a direct order from executives to keep him off camera. Why, I don't know. It's an outrage, even more for Kucinich who got dumped for being short.

what a great Cheney Edwards would make! Just imagine the sort of sweeping programs they could nudge through, together with a Dem congress. Rollback of Corporate tax breaks, checks on outsourcing, Universal Healthcare, out of Iraq, return of Habeas, repudiation of torture --How ironic it would be if Cheny's bizarre theories could lead to a reversal of all the evil he did with them!

I bet he would even shut down the executive powers he wields while acting as Cheney-veep--right at the end of his second term. So others like Cheney couldn't abuse them again, later on.

We need Edwards. Obama's knowledge is wide but a bit shallow. He needs Edwards to be his Cheney.

At least, IMHO.