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[crispy317]

WASHINGTON - Joe Biden's wife said Monday that he had his pick of being Barack Obama's running mate or the secretary of state nomination that eventually went to Hillary Rodham Clinton, a slip that the vice president-elect immediately tried to shush.

Jill Biden's comment came during an appearance with her husband on "The

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[sashanatasha]

For the life of me, I can't figure out any problems with this. Sounds like no more than the latest non-issue "controversy."

[sashanatasha]

Here's a New Yorker excerpt from last October:

Obama also asked Biden whether he thought that he was more suited to a different position. "He said, "You have a great interest in national-security policy, foreign policy," " Biden told me. "He wasn"t offering me this, but he said, "Would you rather be Secretary of State instead of Vice-President?" And I thought a lot about that."

Biden was/is extraordinarily suited for pretty much any position, so of course he was offered a chance to consider all his options. I wouldn't want anything less.

At most, this "controversy" could upset the Clinton fans, however, Obama has stated that he thoroughly discussed both positions with her, also. Again, as would be expected.

If Sarah Palin had said this, of course it would have been laughable. The whole notion of her being qualified to hold any important governmental position is absurd. VP or Sec of State, she's still a token and a joke. Have you heard about her latest Alaskan failure: Reply

[crispy317]

Oh, trust me, I know that Palin is a joke... just I believe in my heart of hearts that had the positions been reversed, the little gaffe would have been plastered all over every news channel as something for the pundits to volley back and forth as to whether it was stupid, deplorable, or abominable - whereas, since he's connected to the media's sweetheart, it's only good for a nod and a chuckle on the TV equivalent of page fourteen.

[sashanatasha]

I don't really think Obama is the media's sweetheart. After tomorrow, they're going to turn on him. They already tried their hardest to connect him to Blagojevich.

[xythen]

I'm not really sure what the scandal is either. I mean, of course Obama is going to offer his supporters a choice of positions before offering them to rivals.

On the other hand, I think the Bidens are going to be a source of much hilarity in the coming years. Joe's has already had some doozies of foot in mouth. Ahh, at least the comedians will have Quayle fodder.

[mundivagant]

Huh. So why's this controversial exactly?