Biden, “First to Know”, etc.
I started to blog about this, then changed my mind… Now I’m changing it again.
My Feelings on the “First to Know” stuff
It’s Saturday morning… As usual I woke up too early, and lay there in bed thinking about how the yard needs to be mowed, and this needs to be done, and that, and oh yeah that too. So I get up.
I hop on the computer to check my email, kill some time so the neighbors don’t hate me for making noise too early. My brother-in-law added me as a friend on Facebook, so I go to confirm him, and see that I have other updates. I click… and — what’s this?! Barack’s campaign has announced that his VP is going to be Joe Biden?
Wait a minute! I was supposed to be in the “First to Know” group that got a text message! I observe that the Facebook message was posted at 3:31AM. Then I go check my phone and see that I do, in fact, have a text message – it arrived at 2:30am.
An hour? They hype it up that the text message folks will be the “First to Know”, then send a text in the middle of the night? An hour before posting on Facebook, and then the rest of the world from there?
As I moved through my inbox this morning, I found an email from CNN Breaking news at 11:50pm with this announcement. I was already asleep, but it just fuels my frustration.
I feel cheated.
I haven’t even had time to digest the Biden part…
My Google Results on Biden
I really have checked out of politicis lately. I’ve just felt too overwhelmed with other things going on — a fuller social life, for example, a job I enjoy and that I’ve allowed to take up more of my time. And of course the fact I’ve felt pretty crappy physically this past week.
So anyway, I decided to go digging around and see what I could find about this Biden guy. Below are the results of my search… I’ve read good and bad things (of course that’s all subjective); but the jury’s still out at this point. Not that I have a choice, really — there’s no way I’d ever vote for McCain.
About Joe Biden
http://biden.senate.gov/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Joe_Biden
Joe Biden on Civil Rights & Gay Issues
http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Joe_Biden_Civil_Rights.htm
http://citizenchris.typepad.com/citizenchris/biden_hrc_questionnaire.html
http://www.hrcbackstory.org/2007/11/senator-joe-bid.html
http://civilliberty.about.com/od/ussenators/p/joe_biden.htm
Reactions to Obama Choosing Biden as VP
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/choice-biden-re-opens-catholic-wound/story.aspx?guid={F7F82B76-3298-45A2BA65-F171F4AE388A}&dist=hppr
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-08-23-biden-gaffes_N.htm
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jpNkxhHYmi98B3GBk8AZqtJeWohgD92NT5P80
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjQ3MzdkMWEyMmZhNDdhNmQ0NzU3YTA2MmI5YmM3NzM=
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/obama-veep-wa-1.html
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/08/mccain-biden-tv.html
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http://andrewtolle.blogspot.com/ August 23rd, 2008 at 9:23 pm
i feel cheated about the first to know thing too.
but even though this may not mean much coming from a former hillaryite, i have a lot of respect for biden and i think he will a fantastic choice. he’s a great attack dog, and obama needs someone that can go in there and fight like biden can. so it may not be much comfort coming from me, but i think u’ll find biden was a good veep choice…
i even think he will be much better than sibelius on the campaign trail even though i kinda wanted her ;)
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