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Kerry for Obama’s VP?

Oh, please…PLEASE choose this guy!  From a Kerryphile Boston columnist:

Barack Obama has yet to name a vice presidential nominee and some are wondering if he might turn to Massachusetts to round out the ticket.

John Kerry for vice president?

Don’t dismiss the notion just yet.

Some political insiders are telling WBZ it could happen.

So why would Obama reach out to Kerry as his choice?

Kerry brings more money and name recognition to the table than any other name on the Obama list so far. Americans do tend to love a comeback kid and this would be the most amazing political comeback since Richard Nixon came back from the dead forty years ago.

“I’m not looking for any new job, I’m running for re-election,” Kerry told WBZ last week.

Yeah, and we all know how Kerry’s word is rock solid and not prone to flippant changes.  For those of you on the left, the prior sentence was sarcasm.

There are a few things to consider about Kerry, Obambi:

1.  The truth was exposed, thanks to the Swift Boat Veterans.  If you want to awaken that sleeping giant again, be my guest.

2.  I’m not sure that the best way for a bodysurfing elitist snob with a Messiah complex to combat his image of aloofness and liberalism is to pick a windsurfing liberal elitist snob from Boston.

3.  Obama is currently attracting more interest from military voters than Lurch did in 2004 (though not much more), and the quickest way to lose what support he does have is to pick Hanoi John.

4.  “I actually did vote for the $87 billion…before I voted against it.”  Seriously, are you ready to start seeing (and defending) that again?

5.  You’ve already got the People’s Republic of Taxachusetts wrapped up, regardless of who you pick.

There are good strategic reasons to consider picking Evan Bayh (puts a normally reliably red IN into play), Bill Richardson (Latinos and NM in play, but he’s gonna have to defend that “UN Security Council” gaffe), etc.  But I can see no payoff whatsoever for picking Jean-Francois Heinz-Kerry…ergo, I hope The One picks him.

August 15, 2008 - Posted by crushliberalism | Kerry, Obama