Barack announces his VP

[dgirl]

Originally Posted by Army_of_One

The actual selection of a VP is really insignificant and will not make or break either candidate. I don't know what all the chat is about.....Who cares either way....

It is important.. the VP takes over if something happens to the President...DUH!

[Army_Strong]

Originally Posted by dgirl

It is important.. the VP takes over if something happens to the President...DUH!

You said it "IF". What IF nothing happens to the President? What does the VP really do. I think the point AoO is trying to make is the VP don't really matter IF nothing happens to the President....DUH

[Army_of_One]

Originally Posted by dgirl

It is important.. the VP takes over if something happens to the President...DUH!

DUH...all I'm saying is that the Veep candidate will not sway too many voters...that's why it's not a big deal. The Veep is an important PERSON because he is next in line...but as far as swaying voters....pfffffffffft.

[Highwayman]

There is no one Obama could pick that would get me to vote for him.

[Army_of_One]

Originally Posted by Highwayman

There is no one Obama could pick that would get me to vote for him.

You mean Biden didn't push you to "the other side"?

[Highwayman]

Army, just who is running for VP here? Even Obama seems confused.

YouTube Video

[Highwayman]

Biden really helps us with our relationship with Iraq.

"This choice of Biden is disappointing, because he is the creator of the idea of dividing Iraq," Salih al-Mutlaq, head of National Dialogue, one of the main Sunni Arab blocs in parliament, told Reuters.

"We rejected his proposal when he announced it, and we still reject it. Dividing the communities and land in such a way would only lead to new fighting between people over resources and borders. Iraq cannot survive unless it is unified, and dividing it would keep the problems alive for a long time."

"His project was the reason behind the unity of many political blocs that once differed in viewpoints," he said, comparing it to the Balfour Declaration, a 1917 British note that backed the creation of Israel and is regarded across the Arab world as the ultimate colonial injustice.

"Such a person, if he would assume the vice-presidency post, would not serve to improve Iraq-USA relations."

VP choice Biden unpopular in Iraq for autonomy plan | Reuters

[agnostic]

You said it "IF". What IF nothing happens to the President? What does the VP really do. I think the point AoO is trying to make is the VP don't really matter IF nothing happens to the President....DUH

Do remember Cheney did make a lot of money for himself and his friends.
Vice Presidents really do DO something..

[CRAZY HORSE]

DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THE PROPOSED VP HAS ANY ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE
(FOR THE US, tHAT IS)
I HAVE A TENDENCY TO AVOID DRAFT-DODGERS OR SHOULD I SAY FREE-LOADERS
HAVE A GOOD DAY

[Justoo]

Early life and family

Biden was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the son of Joseph R. Biden, Sr. and Catherine Eugenia "Jean" Finnegan.[1][2] He was the first of four siblings[2] and is of English and Irish Catholic heritage. He has two brothers, James Brian Biden and Francis W. Biden, and a sister, Valerie (Biden) Owens.[3] The Biden family moved to Claymont, Delaware when Biden was 10 years old,[2] and he grew up in suburban New Castle County, Delaware, where his father was a car salesman. In 1961, Biden graduated from Archmere Academy in Claymont, Delaware[2] and, in 1965, from the University of Delaware in Newark,[4] where he double majored in history and political science.[2] He went on to receive his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Syracuse University College of Law in 1968, and was admitted to the Delaware Bar in 1969.[4][5]
In 1966, while in law school, Biden married Neilia Hunter. They had three children, Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III, Robert Hunter, and Naomi Christina. His wife and infant daughter died in a car accident shortly after he was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972. His two young sons, Beau and Hunter, were seriously injured in the accident, but both eventually made full recoveries. Biden was sworn into office from their bedside. Persuaded not to resign in order to care for them, Biden began the practice of commuting an hour and a half each day on the train from his home in the Wilmington suburbs to Washington, DC, which he continues to do.
In 1977, Biden married Jill Tracy Jacobs. They have one daughter, Ashley, and are members of the Roman Catholic Church. In February 1988, after suffering from neck pains, Biden was hospitalized and underwent lifesaving surgery to correct two brain aneurysms, one of which began leaking.[6] The hospitalization and recovery kept him from the Senate for seven months.
Biden's elder son, Beau, was a partner in the Wilmington law firm of Bifferato, Gentilotti, Biden & Balick, LLC and was elected Attorney General of Delaware in 2006. He is a captain in the Delaware Army National Guard, where he serves in the Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps. He is set to be deployed to Iraq in October, 2008.[7] Biden's younger son, Hunter, works as a lawyer in Washington, D.C., serves on the board of directors of Amtrak, and previously worked in the Commerce Department.
Since 1991, Biden has also served as an adjunct professor at the Widener University School of Law, where he teaches a seminar on constitutional law.
Joe Biden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Looks like he was in school in the U.S. during Viet Nam.