Thank the Lord for Joe Biden

It's been a while since we've met together. I've thought a lot about this blog, wondering if it's not more of the same that's already available from the Right Wing media, the Lefties, all kinds of blogs and the veritable flood of e-mails that often times meets themselves after circling the globe. Is there any issue, any controversy, any conflict that has not been discussed to death?

As I thought about this over my first cup of coffee this morning, I saw in the DMN that Joe Biden, our Vice President had been in town for another fund raiser. My first impression was that politicians have insatiable appetites for campaign funds (Is it true that when they finally retire from public office, they get to keep any money left in the kitty?) and the second was in the form of a question. "Why did Obama select Biden as his running mate?"

We know that Joe Biden has brought the use of improper and vulgar language to a prominence once only occupied by the talents of drill instructors, field workers, and adolescents trying out dirty language for the first time. And, of course, Biden is famous for his gaffs committed before large and shocked audiences.

I was into my second cup of coffee when it came to me-Barack Obama allowed Biden on his election train for one reason- Biden makes Obama look soooooo good in comparison. Certainly a white guy balances the Ticket and only a Female, White person would be better but Hillary was not to be trusted. Who would want Hillary standing behind them?

Then the Obama/Biden partnership reminds me of a majorette we had in our college band. Beautiful girl! It was weird, though, she hung out with probably the most homely girl in our college. A real puzzle until one day, a person who had been their classmate all through high school explained that the majorette hung with the homely girl because it made the majorette, look SO GOOD!

The Obama-Biden mystery has been answered.