My (early) pick for the US President is… (Its not who you might expect)

July 31st, 2007

Like a lot of people - I have been cautious not to support a candidate too early. I’ve been watching each of them closely and observing their style of potential leadership and where they stand on the issues. The Republican candidates, not surprisingly, are all morons and idiots, so they were ruled out quite easily. That leaves us with the candidates in the Democratic field. Hillary scares me, and she reminds me more of Bush than anyone else in the Democratic field for her refusal to say that she was wrong to vote to authorise the Iraq war. We dont need another President that can not admit that they were wrong. And recently she even said that she will not sit down and talk with Iran and Syria. What is this? Buh / Cheney part 2? No way! I know having Bill Clinton in the White House again is a very attractive prospect for everyone, but we need to look at the warning signs that as president, Hillary would probably not be any different from the current Monkeys in the White House.

Barack Obama is a welcome refreshing change - but at times his inexperience shows. I think the world could benefit greatly by an America led by a non-white man. He has also tried to stay away from taking money from large corporations. But lets be realistic here - of course he has taken money from corporations… You can not survive in American politics without backing from large corporations. Its not the people the politicians serve, its the corporations. But Barack as President? Wouldnt that be a breath of fresh air… But lets face it, could America really vote for a black man with a middle name of Hussein? I hope Im wrong in my cynicism but I will say this: The day America votes for a black president is the day I will swim naked in the ocean with 99 Killer white sharks! And thats saying a lot, since I cant swim and I hate sharks.

Which leads me to my choice: Joe Biden.

It surprised me too when I realised that out of all the candidates - Joe Biden is the guy that actually makes sense! He’s the guy that actually has a plan to do something about the debacle in Iraq, unlike all the rest of the crew that say we need to get out now. Joe Biden has been proposing for the longest time that Iraq be broken up into three states - a proposal thats not without merit, even though I dont think thats the way to solve the Iraq problem. But at least he has a plan! He is also one of the first one’s to say that American has an obligation to help the people of Darfur. Joe Biden is a straight shooter that says what he wants, and doesnt give a shit about the consequences. In a recent debate, he called a gun-lover “mentally challenged.” Tell me one other candidate that has the balls to say that in a public setting! They are too worried about trying to look like a candidate that they stop being themselves and say what they think we wanna hear. Joe Biden is also the only one that’s calling Rudy Giuliani’s bullshit on how only he can protect American’s from terrorism.

Of course Im realistic. Joe Biden only has 3% of the public’s support at the moment. There’s no way that Joe Biden will ever get the democratic nomination, which is a shame as I really think that America needs someone of his experience and expertise in foreign policy to move forward.

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