uh, does the temperature of the piss effect the price of the bucket?

Probably not, but what an apt description of Dick Cheney

Damn! They forgot to ask HRC!! That would've given the MSM outlets another 24 hours of drooling - buckets or no.

the biggest obstacle to overcome being mccain's vp would have to be the embarrassment it will cause.

Let Cheney decide: Cheney?

Blue Lensman @ 5:

Damn! They forgot to ask HRC!! That would've given the MSM outlets another 24 hours of drooling - buckets or no.

You must've missed the Faux News Hillary for Veep fest recently. It was 24/7 I hear, but I never watch.

What about New Mexico governor Bill Richardson? Don't governors count?

Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah)
“Of course. Big house, big car, not much to do. Why not?”

HOW UTTERLY REPUBLICAN OF HIM. THAT SUMS UP THEIR VALUES AND APPROACH TO GOVERNANCE PERFECTLY!

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.)
“No, I can already preside over the Senate, and I do not enjoy spending a lot of time at ‘undisclosed locations.’ ”

Byrd FTW! As funny as it was to see SNL mock him for being old and senile, Senator Byrd is sharper than some members of the Saturday Night cast.

"Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)
“If I were asked, I would ask some mental health professionals to visit Barack Obama. I just think Sen. Obama is way too smart to pick me. I’m not a good pick, and he’s smarter than that. That’s why he’s going to make such a good president.”"

That's awfully presumptive.

I remember when she was the county prosecutor focusing most of her prosecuting attention on teenagers, basically ruining kid's lives over things that today seem trivial like putting fliers on lamp-posts and gathering at parks late night. I have a friend who was poor enough as it was and was fined $2000 (1995 btw) to which he ended up in jail for a year for skateboarding home from school.

Then again at the time she was headed in that repug direction until Emmanual Cleaver showed her what's up!

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)
“I have a unique perspective on this. I am the only senator to have announced I am not running for president because there should be someone here to serve as the Senate’s designated driver. I intend to stay in that position. The Senate needs a designated driver to stay behind and work on healthcare.”

Yup, this bit of wisdom from the home State of the Microbrew Revolution. God I love Oregon...but I'm a bartender.

My hunch is Debbie Stabenow from Michigan. She did a little switcheroo with Obama on the FISA vote. Just a hunch but probably wrong.

Sorry no senators for Obama. His VP should be a popular Democratic governor without a lot of baggage, preferably from a Western state. I think McCain should pick Katherine Harris to be his VP.

Bonkers Hussein @ 18:

Haha!

Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.)
“I plan to stick with my current job until I get the hang of it.”

Not bad.

Yeah, that one cracked me up as well.

The VP slot offers a good exit solution for Clinton.

1. Obama can offer Clinton the VP with the "unstated" agreement that she will be offered one of the upcoming Supreme Court seats.

2. Clinton will bring voters to the polls that Obama might lose to boycotting voters.

3. Clinton will be seen as a good soldier who sacrificed her ambitions for the good of the party and the good of the nations.

4. A deal to payoff her campaign debts can be negotiated with Obama.

5. If, the Obama/Clinton partnership results in a good fit she will have the option to stay on as VP until subsequent Supreme Court vacancies arise. If they chafe and can't stand each other, she can step down from VP to accept the Supreme Court seat.

6. The strong democratic majority in the Senate will agree to confirm her nomination, since she united the party and defeated McCain.

7. It provides a dignified exit from the compaign.

8. It ensures a liberal justice on the Supreme Court.

Garner was an interesting guy.

He was part Cherokee and his sister married a fullblood Native whom I think was Apache.

I imagine their marriage cause some discomfort in New England and didn't raise a single eye in Oklahoma.

I also imagine Garner was why FDR treated Natives with more respect than just about any previous President.

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)
“No, I’d have Jon Stewart stand in for me. Jon Stewart. That’s my guy.”

Heh. Sweet.

Ron @ 29:

The VP slot offers a good exit solution for Clinton.

1. Obama can offer Clinton the VP with the "unstated" agreement that she will be offered one of the upcoming Supreme Court seats.

2. Clinton will bring voters to the polls that Obama might lose to boycotting voters.

3. Clinton will be seen as a good soldier who sacrificed her ambitions for the good of the party and the good of the nations.

4. A deal to payoff her campaign debts can be negotiated with Obama.

5. If, the Obama/Clinton partnership results in a good fit she will have the option to stay on as VP until subsequent Supreme Court vacancies arise. If they chafe and can't stand each other, she can step down from VP to accept the Supreme Court seat.

6. The strong democratic majority in the Senate will agree to confirm her nomination, since she united the party and defeated McCain.

7. It provides a dignified exit from the compaign.

8. It ensures a liberal justice on the Supreme Court.

The VP slot offers a good exit solution for Clinton.

1. Obama can offer Clinton the VP with the “unstated” agreement that she will be offered one of the upcoming Supreme Court seats.

2. Clinton will bring voters to the polls that Obama might lose to boycotting voters.

3. Clinton will be seen as a good soldier who sacrificed her ambitions for the good of the party and the good of the nations.

You are either delusional, or incredibly stupid.

First, the vice president is chosen for their LOYALTY to the nominee and his agenda. Hillary sees her personal ambitions as front-and-center. She does not reflect Obama's agenda in any way, shape, or form. In fact, she has gone out of her way to legitimize Obama as a presidential candidate and is directly responsible for creating the potential of a "boycott". Again, she is not loyal to Obama or his agenda - which would also disqualify her for any Supreme Court position.

Second, Hillary's negatives are so huge that her presence on the ticket will negate the impact of any potential "boycott". She would revitalize the GOP base, which is currently demoralized with both their party and Mccain. There are many figures who Obama can pick that will appeal to her "kind" of voters, without polarizing the ticket.

Third, you are delusional. A dignified exit for Hillary is to concede today, after a big (expected) win in West Virginia, and then to continue on in the rest of the primaries campaigning for Obama. In that context, Obama's internet donors would happily support helping her with campaign debts. She still wouldn't be VP material (too polarizing, to high negatives) but she would regain the respect she's lost within the Democratic party.

THAT would be a dignified exit. But Hillary has chosen a disgusting exit. She is attempting to blackmail Obama by using race as a wedge issue, that she can taunt Obama with and use the resulting potential of a "white boycott" to blackmail him into making her the VP. There is nothing graceful about that. In fact, it reeks of Karl Rove, and I wouldn't be surprised if it came out later that HE was a ghost adviser for her.

Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho)
“I would say ‘No, Hillary.’ ”

Me thinks that was Senator "Wide-Stance" throwing his own party under the bus! LOL

knuckledragger @ 17:

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.)
“No, I can already preside over the Senate, and I do not enjoy spending a lot of time at ‘undisclosed locations.’ ”

Byrd FTW! As funny as it was to see SNL mock him for being old and senile, Senator Byrd is sharper than some members of the Saturday Night cast.

What does FTW mean?

Warm Piss? Cheney said it was 'a cruddy job,' and look what he did with it.

I think it can be what the Veep makes it.

Lonny @ 25:

I think McCain should pick Katherine Harris to be his VP.

McCain is reportedly going to make the decision all by himself. (Riiiiiiggght.) And I do hope the Senile Saint indeed chooses Harris. That would be fucking hilarious!

uncle joe hussein mccarthy @ 40:

my pick for dem vp still remains jim webb...and im sticking to it

even though webb will probably turn it down

but the best quote about the vp position comes from john adams
"My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived."

there are two vp's who did rise above this....gore, who used his position positively and cheney, who used the position to create the galactic empire

We really should amend the Constitution to offer the vice president explicit duties within the administration.

And to take away the tie-breaker role in the Senate. I've never been fond of that one.

I'd be happy abolishing the vice presidency altogether, except I think we'd see impeachment used as a political tool to install the Speaker a bit too often.

I love this! This is too much fun. My favorite responses have less to do with the wit than the translation. Here are my favorite in no particular order:

1. Go fuck yourself, Dick!

• Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

“I know already who it will be: the man in charge of the search. There’s no need for me to respond. That’s how you get to be vice president.”

• Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

“We already have a vice president from Wyoming. So we’ll have to see if Sen. McCain asks me to chair his selection committee. That seems to work well. It certainly seemed to work well for the last guy from Wyoming.”

• Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.)

“No, I can already preside over the Senate, and I do not enjoy spending a lot of time at ‘undisclosed locations.’ ”

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2. Go fuck yourself, Hillary!

• Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.)

“Never say no. You always have to give it some thought. It depends who asks you, too.”

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3. Sour Grapes

• Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.)

“I’m happy being called ‘Mr. Chairman.’ ”

• Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.)

“I’m running for reelection to the United States Senate and that’s what I’m totally focused on. I’m running a strong campaign for the Senate. That’s my answer.”

• Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.)

“I don’t get into hypotheticals. No, I haven’t considered it. I don’t have a clue, honestly.”

• Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.)

“Once is enough. I already have the T-shirt and I’m proud of it. I yield to my colleagues.”

• Sen. David Vitter (R-La.)

“I don’t think I’m in the realm of possibility in any way, so I haven’t given it any thought.”

(Gee...ya don't think so, Dave?)

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4. You're kidding, right?

• Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho)

“I would say ‘No, Hillary.’ ”

• Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

“No, I’d have Jon Stewart stand in for me. Jon Stewart. That’s my guy.”

• Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

“I have not yet been asked. Furthermore, I expect I will not be asked.”

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5. Please, please, please pick me! Pretty please? I know there's no chance, but please?

• Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas)

“Is anybody saying no? If asked, I would have to respectfully consider it. How’s that?”

• Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

“Of course. I think anybody would.”

• Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

“My name has been discussed partly because I’m a female and it’s always nice to balance things in gender … I’ve discussed it with my kids. My 16-year-old thinks it’s a fabulous idea because he thinks we probably couldn’t find any better residence in Washington, D.C., than the Naval Observatory. That’s the fun part of the question, but I think anybody, if you were seriously asked, I think you have to give it very real and genuine consideration. I don’t expect to be asked, but if I were I would give it real and genuine consideration.”

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And then....I love the deluded and/or incoherent ramblings of people who seem, shall we say, less than politically savvy:

• Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)

“No. I’ve got too many things that I still want to do as a senator. And I don’t like the idea of a job where you sit around and wait for someone to die.”

Ha! Yeah, because we're all waiting around for you to die. Don't you know that? The clock's a-ticking, Ted!

• Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio)

“Honestly, if John McCain came to me and said, ‘George, I think that you would help me and should be part of my team,’ I’d have to say, ‘Yes, I’d be glad to help.’ The fact of the matter is, I’m worried about our country. I’m really worried. And I want to run again for only one reason, that things are so screwed up, I’m just worried about my kids. So if somebody came to me and said, ‘We really think you could help us do this,’ I couldn’t say no because maybe it’s another way of serving my country and it’s maybe even more important than being a senator. The first question I’d ask is, ‘What role would you want me to play? If you want me to give a bunch of speeches, I’m not the guy. Get somebody else. If you want me to roll up the shirtsleeves, get up early in the morning, dot the I’s and cross the T’s, do substantive stuff? OK.’ ”

Oh, shut the fuck up!

• Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

“I have a unique perspective on this. I am the only senator to have announced I am not running for president because there should be someone here to serve as the Senate’s designated driver. I intend to stay in that position. The Senate needs a designated driver to stay behind and work on healthcare.”

Whaaaa??!?!

Jim Webb!!!

Ah, come on, big guy. You know you wanna...

Paul,

You ask, "Ronnie who?" When I pointed out that Ronnie chose Mr. Voodo Economics.

Surely you jest?

First presidential election compaign is it?

Paul,

I did respond to your first point and it went soaring untouched over your head, the rest aren't worth wasting the time to address.

Go figure out who Ronnie and Mr. Vodoo Economics are and then come back and say you're sorry and we'll talk more.

Has anybody pointed out that Garner didn't really say "warm bucket of piss?" He said, "Warm bucket of spit."

Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
“I’m looking forward to serving the people of Nevada and leading an expanded majority in the U.S. Senate well into the future.”

Yeah, and we won't be surprised when you piss all the opportunities of an expanded majority down your leg as well. Did anyone see his interview with Olbermann last week? "I was complaining to the President..." "Thank you for allowing me to be on your show..." Nice choice of language there - really shows you're tough to use words that imply 1) whining, and 2) base gratitude.

Could this guy act any more impotent, submissive, and worthless?

Karen @ 54:

Is Ron Paul talking to himself in this thread?

He's the only person he can find who will debate with him.