You know what? I really hope Obama chooses John Kerry for VP!

[NoBushSpokenHere]

We all know how bad Gore and Kerry were swindled by the Republican vote eating machines and the Supreme Court. I was hoping Gore and Kerry would team up, but they didn't and then I listened to Senator Obama and read his plans for the changes he would like to make. I decided he is going to be a great President. John or Al would have as well. It has taken me this long to realize that Al wasn't interested in running or being a VP.

In addition, Teresa Heinz Kerry and Michelle Obama looked great together the other day and really appeared to click. John would be able to help deliver the votes Obama may lack due to a couple of attacks he has endured. John's experience was not questioned four years ago. He would be a great asset to Barack.

OMG I am beginning to become very excited again about November... I believe our win will be awesome... and no, I won't take anything for granted, we all have to dive in and work, and make sure the machines are being monitored like 06, but I really believe we are going to take back the White House!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. It would be a very *tall* ticket.

But I think Obama should choose someone more, er, dynamic.

[tabatha]

29. a tall story

[acrosstheuniverse]

2. If it is to be a Senator...

it has GOT to be Jim Webb the former Secretary of the Navy under Ronald Reagan.

That would BALANCE the ticket hardcore!

[Robeson]

4. I'm sure Webb is on his short list....

...Webb could also handle himself very well in the VP debates.

[NoBushSpokenHere]

6. I have trouble accepting a former Republican as a VP...

Sorry, but I really have a problem with that.

[Robeson]

7. I have reservations about that, too...

...but I still believe he's on a short list. Not saying I would support him being on the ticket.

[bellasgrams]

11. You guys have reservations about Webb because he served

under Reagan and it doesn't bother you that BO admires Reagan and thinks he was a great President? Come on. You're starting to think on your own. Reagan being one of the worst presidents, and BO admires his administration. That in its self has changed a lot of minds.

[NoBushSpokenHere]

14. Obama is a Democratic Candidate...

Webb was a Republican before he turned Democratic... I would have to know much more about him and why he switched before I could endorse such a ticket...

[MessiahRp]

22. Stop spewing bullshit

Obama didn't "admire" Reagan or think he was a "great president". He thought he was a galvanizing speaker, which he was. He has never once stood up for Reagan as a great President nor said his policies were just nor sound. I love how the Hillbots try to spin his Reagan comment for something it wasn't.

The irony is it was the Clintons who continued the Reagan policy of align with the corporate elite and attack the poor. See: Welfare Reform.

Rp

[RazBerryBeret]

27. But you have to admit....

even if you hate Reagan (and I'm no fan) he was responsible for creating the so called "Reagan Democrats". that's how he won his majority. Think about how many pick up trucks you see w/republican stickers...or double wides with republican yard signs. I see it a lot...those people are voting against their own interests, but they are proud republicans.

The Reagan era ushered in former democrats into the Republican party.
Love him or hate him this can be credited to Reagan and it was a calculated political move.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

35. And Barack also supports that radical cleric Yeshua bin Yusif.

:rofl:

[NJSecularist]

3. Kerry would overshadow the nominee by the virtue of his 2004 "baggage".

I would love for Kerry to be his VP, but it's unrealistic. You never want the VP to overshadow the presidential nominee.

[NoBushSpokenHere]

5. I really believe the people who did not vote for him

really regret their choice now... so, it would give them a chance to 'undo' what they contributed to. I don't think anyone could overshadow Obama...

[Rosa Luxemburg]

23. what baggage did he have? The 2004 election was stolen from him

[sam sarrha]

8. LOSER....

[blue sky at night]

10. more precisely.....

victim of theft.

[blue sky at night]

9. my.....

what a breath of fresh air a post like this is!!!!! thank ya! I agree, what a team, still have my Kerry Edwards bumper stickers!

[Muttocracy]

12. I was sad when I traded in my old car a few years ago and the bumper sticker went with it! nt

[Demobrat]

13. Kerry should have won in a landslide.

But he was so uninspiring Democrats stayed home in droves. Obama needs somebody just as dynamic as he is, not some pompous bore.

[NoBushSpokenHere]

18. Maybe you should do some research on the 2004 election

and the election fraud investigations, some of which are still ongoing.

[Demobrat]

33. It never should have been close enough to steal.

The fact that Kerry is not president is a reflection on Kerry and Kerry only.

[Firespirit]

40. Um, 52 percent of the public approved of Bush that year

It never ceases to amaze me how people on this site will NAIL it when they talk about how the media whores for the GOP and Bush, but then get into some sort of alternate reality when discussing 2004. DU may have always hated the man, but the rest of America didn't until Terri Schiavo/Katrina/Walter Reed.

It's a testament to Kerry's strength as a candidate that he was able to make it a race in the hostile environment of 2004. He was betrayed by the McAuliffe-headed DNC, which let state infrastructure wither, and Carville, who tipped off the enemy that a recount was planned. Warren County, Ohio's "terror alerts" have been proven to be bogus, so what the hell were they doing behind closed doors that night? I think you and I both know. Is that Kerry's fault?

But why let facts get in the way of a good bash?

[JI7]

15. no, Kerry is too Presidential to be VP

what Obama needs to do is put some of the people who are ahead of Kerry in committees in his administration so Kerry can take control of the committees. take foreign relations committee for example. if Obama puts Biden and Dodd somewhere in the administration Kerry can take over as chair.

[NoBushSpokenHere]

16. Kerry cares too much about this country

to turn down such an offer.

[emilyg]

25. Kerry is making a fortune of this war.

I posted a link in general.

[NoBushSpokenHere]

26. Do you have a link to the link?

and does your link provide sources? I went to GD to find it, but too tired to sort through all the posts.

Thanks

[emilyg]

32. Here you go.

http://www.capitaleye.org/inside.asp?ID342

[JI7]

42. Kerry doesn't have that much money, it's Teresa's and Heinz is included

as a company that does business with department of defense. so are companies like pepsi, johnson and johnson.

[havocmom]

17. Leave senators in the senate

A DEM president will need partners on the Hill

[NoBushSpokenHere]

19. Now - I may have to agree with you BUT certainly there

is another good Dem in Mass. who would make a great replacement!

[loveangelc]

20. no

[bilgewaterbill]

21. No, Thank You.

[MessiahRp]

24. Another thing people forget...

Kerry owned in all of the debates. He was better than the other Democrats in the Primary debates and he blew Bush away in the Presiential debates. Kerry's strong debating skills would seriously negate whatever positives the Republicans could hope for in their VP Candidate since their only chances to shine are those VP Debates. Kerry would bring a Lloyd Bentsen type of ass whipping to the VP candidate. And considering Obama's a way better candidate than Dukakis that could seal a landslide.

Rp

[Diane R]

28. And the NY Times killed the story about Bush's wire up the back of his suit.

[southlandshari]

30. That would be a mistake

Thirty years ago, John Kerry would have been an ideal running mate for Obama. And a ticket I know I would have given my enthusiastic support.

A lot changes in 30 years. There are many, many Obama supporters who would be both surprised and disappointed should he make the choice you suggest.

:(

[MagickMuffin]

31. I would rather Kerry become the USAG

He knows where ALL the skeletons are hidden, from BCCI to Iran Contra, and other scandals that have been buried.

[Firespirit]

37. I LIKE your thinking. :-)

And really, why not? His own state is unenthusiastic about him because he doesn't bring home as much pork as Kennedy, and they seem to resent him for taking stands on national issues. The Boston press is hateful and sarcastic, and has been for years. If I were him I'd definitely be angling for a Cabinet post. The man deserves better than he gets.

[FlyingSquirrel]

34. Could this be why

Kerry brought up the "For the war before he was against it" thing on his own and compared it to America being "For slavery before it was against it"?

[anonymous171]

36. Man, the GOP would just resurrect the swiftboats and it would be all over again

Nothing against Kerry, but I think he would be too much of a liability at this point. Especially with his last gaffe about the troops.

[cooolandrew]

38. Really happy to see some positivity. No assurances to who he may choose but surely a caminet post

at the least.

[JoFerret]

39. The Harvard homeboys. Two weak ones together.

As leaders I mean.
Would not be my choice.

[JI7]

41. Kerry didn't go to Harvard

he went to Yale undergrad and Boston College for law school after military service.

[JoFerret]

43. My mistake

You are right.
He just talks as if he did.

I should have said something like Ivy League Aesthetes or some such.

But it's all nonsense anyway.
(I still think it would not be a strong ticket.)