Hello…Bayh? Update: Or not?

By Michelle Malkin  •  August 22, 2008 06:11 PM

Hmmmm.

In addition the bumper sticker buzz, I received this e-mail from a reader:

“A good friend of mine just informed me that his good friend in IL has his hands deep into selling political T-shirts and he got word that Evan Bayh from Indiana will be his running mate for VP.”

Update: MSNBC says Bayh and Kaine are out.

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  1. #201
    On August 22nd, 2008 at 11:24 pm, backwoods conservative said:

    It’s Biden.

    Yep. People kept saying Obama needed someone who could cover his weaknesses, and Biden can talk forever without a teleprompter. :)

  2. #202
    On August 22nd, 2008 at 11:29 pm, joannmandolin said:

    Biden, Schmiden,
    I’m waiting to see Hillary run out and yell “mine, mine, mine’ when Obama receives his Grammy-
    I mean Emmy-
    I mean…wtf, anyway

    This is so killing her………..
    Lotsa lamp throwin’ goin’ on….I think I’ll write a song about it-

  3. #203
    On August 22nd, 2008 at 11:30 pm, Gabe said:

    I’m still wondering if it is going to be the “popular” Mark Warner of Virginia that Democrats love.

    The Weekly Standard claims that the Obamunist has given up Virginia, but I wonder how he feels he is going to win the election without taking any red states.

    In any case, Virginia is NOT going to go blue, no matter how much Democrats dream that it will. Because of the large number of blacks in Central Virginia and Tidewater and the relatively liberal Northern Virginia, Virginia tends to go Democratic (for CONSERVATIVE Dems or at least those pretending to be conservative during elections) for governor and local elections.

    However, Virginia probably is still going to vote for McCain 54% or so in the general election when there is high turnout.

  4. #204
    On August 22nd, 2008 at 11:32 pm, Goldwater Knight said:

    Biden a.k.a. “The Dumbest Guy in the Senate”.

    How fitting.

  5. #205
    On August 22nd, 2008 at 11:35 pm, BOB said:

    On August 22nd, 2008 at 11:32 pm, Goldwater Knight said:
    Biden a.k.a. “The Dumbest Guy in the Senate”.
    How fitting.

    You sure, I believe I’ve heard him say he’s really smart.

  6. #206
    On August 22nd, 2008 at 11:35 pm, joannmandolin said:

    Whe you say ‘Biden’ the first thing that comes to mind is numbnuts.

    Whole lotta nothin’ there.

    This could breathe new life into Mondale, Gephardt, G-Ferr and that old blind admiral dude !!!!

  7. #207
    On August 22nd, 2008 at 11:39 pm, BOB said:

    On August 22nd, 2008 at 11:35 pm, joannmandolin said:
    Whe you say ‘Biden’ the first thing that comes to mind is numbnuts.

    Whole lotta nothin’ there.

    This could breathe new life into Mondale, Gephardt, G-Ferr and that old blind admiral dude !!!!

    Wasn’t he the guy who said during his VP debate, “why am I here”?

  8. #208
    On August 22nd, 2008 at 11:41 pm, atheling said:

    On August 22nd, 2008 at 11:12 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Obama’s team is doing a heck of a job putting out non-news press releases of who is NOT going to be the VP.

    I’ve never seen such media-whoreness in my life.

    He’s going to wear everyone thin if he hasn’t already.

    Yeah, I hear there’s some Obama fatigue among the independents…

  9. #209
    On August 22nd, 2008 at 11:41 pm, Gabe said:

    Obama/Biden.

    What a tongue twister! Try saying that 5 times in a row. I can’t believe it is going to be Biden, the same used car salesman-like guy that thought Obama was a “clean” black.

    That ticket of Obama/Biden for class president/class vice-president is going to go nowhere.

  10. #210
    On August 22nd, 2008 at 11:43 pm, DaveC said:

    I can see the bumper sticker now..

    ‘Bama/Biden..

  11. #211
    On August 22nd, 2008 at 11:45 pm, FamilyMan said:

    Goldwater
    Boxer tops my list as the dimmest candle in the church.

  12. #212
    On August 22nd, 2008 at 11:46 pm, Hector Berlioz said:

    I have another theory. Obama is choosing Biden so that he can block out the admiration for McCain having sons in the military out there fighting. Joe Biden’s sons (God bless them) are also serving.

    I don’t like to think it, but I have a hunch that’s why Obama chose him.

  13. #213
    On August 22nd, 2008 at 11:46 pm, joannmandolin said:

    Yes, Stockdale, RIP, my bad!
    He was quite a hero in his time. Still is.

  14. #214
    On August 22nd, 2008 at 11:49 pm, Goldwater Knight said:

    Boxer tops my list as the dimmest candle in the church.

    Yeh, how do these people get elected?

    Notice they’re mostly from the Bronx and Brooklyn too.

  15. #215
    On August 22nd, 2008 at 11:56 pm, atheling said:

    For Obama Youth:

    One Sunday when Barack was sitting in church,
    Barack heard God say, “Slow down,
    Look around you.
    Now look to me.
    There is hope enough here
    to last a lifetime.”
    Barack smiled,
    tears rolling down his cheeks.
    Suddenly he knew for certain
    Hope would last long enough
    for him to make a difference.

  16. #216
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 12:00 am, FamilyMan said:

    Yeh, how do these people get elected?

    Good people are sleeping

  17. #217
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 12:05 am, Storm Chaser said:

    Aren’t rumors wonderful? This is like living in my small town.

  18. #218
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 12:08 am, Jipc said:

    I’m still certain that it will be “Hillary”! That IS a winning ticket to any Rebublican’s dismay! Can you imagine? Two communists on the ticket and almost EVERYONE thinking that they are TRUE Democrats. If the country isn’t ruined in 4 years, I can imagine almost EVERYONE becoming a REPUBLICAN. I’m becoming convinced that America needs a FIFTH party, along with Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Libertarians and Green. Maybe a party called SupReb for Super Republican so there can’t be any confusion. Don’t get me wrong, I like McCain. My problem is his stance on illegals. I don’t understand it since HIS state doesn’t have much agriculture to deal with. The only way we should take illegals is if we take over Mexico, but THAT will never happen in this day and age (can anyone say Russia-Georgia?).

  19. #219
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 12:16 am, moonshot said:

    *drum roll* …The VP is Joe Biden.

  20. #220
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 12:16 am, FamilyMan said:

    I’m becoming convinced that America needs a FIFTH party

    The Constitutionalist name for a party says it all.

  21. #221
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 12:20 am, FamilyMan said:

    What is your party platform? Answer; the U.S. constitution.

  22. #222
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 12:24 am, Wellsy said:

    The cell phone inbox of a typical Obamanut:
    “OMG HAs He txted Yet????

    WTF goTta wait till 2mrw? Lolz”

    Obviously, he’s picking Martin Sheen, who has more foreign policy experience than he does.

  23. #223
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 12:44 am, atheling said:

    Hmmmm… This is interesting:

    A prominent Philadelphia attorney and Hillary Clinton supporter filed suit this afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic National Committee and the Federal Election Commission. The action seeks an injunction preventing the senator from continuing his candidacy and a court order enjoining the DNC from nominating him next week, all on grounds that Sen. Obama is constitutionally ineligible to run for and hold the office of President of the United States.

    Phillip Berg, the filing attorney, is a former gubernatorial and senatorial candidate, former chair of the Democratic Party in Montgomery (PA) County, former member of the Democratic State Committee, and former Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania. According to Berg, he filed the suit–just days before the DNC is to hold its nominating convention in Denver–for the health of the Democratic Party.

    “I filed this action at this time,” Berg stated, “to avoid the obvious problems that will occur when the Republican Party raises these issues after Obama is nominated.”.

    Berg cited a number of unanswered questions regarding the Illinois senator’s background, and in today’s lawsuit maintained that Sen. Obama is not a natural born U.S. citizen or that, if he ever was, he lost his citizenship when he was adopted in Indonesia. Berg also cites what he calls “dual loyalties” due to his citizenship and ties with Kenya and Indonesia.

    Even if Sen. Obama can prove his U.S. citizenship, Berg stated, citing the senator’s use of a birth certificate from the state of Hawaii verified as a forgery by three independent document forensic experts, the issue of “multi-citizenship with responsibilities owed to and allegiance to other countries” remains on the table.

    In the lawsuit, Berg states that Sen. Obama was born in Kenya, and not in Hawaii as the senator maintains. Before giving birth, according to the lawsuit, Obama’s mother traveled to Kenya with his father but was prevented from flying back to Hawaii because of the late stage of her pregnancy, “apparently a normal restriction to avoid births during a flight.” As Sen. Obama’s own paternal grandmother, half-brother and half-sister have also claimed, Berg maintains that Stanley Ann Dunham–Obama’s mother–gave birth to little Barack in Kenya and subsequently flew to Hawaii to register the birth.

    Berg cites inconsistent accounts of Sen. Obama’s birth, including reports that he was born at two separate hospitals–Kapiolani Hospital and Queens Hospital–in Honolulu, as well a profound lack of birthing records for Stanley Ann Dunham, though simple “registry of birth” records for Barack Obama are available in a Hawaiian public records office.

    Should Sen. Obama truly have been born in Kenya, Berg writes, the laws on the books at the time of his birth hold that U.S. citizenship may only pass to a child born overseas to a U.S. citizen parent and non-citizen parent if the former was at least 19 years of age. Sen. Obama’s mother was only 18 at the time. Therefore, because U.S. citizenship could not legally be passed on to him, Obama could not be registered as a “natural born” citizen and would therefore be ineligible to seek the presidency pursuant to Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution.

    Moreover, even if Sen. Obama could have somehow been deemed “natural born,” that citizenship was lost in or around 1967 when he and his mother took up residency in Indonesia, where Stanley Ann Dunham married Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian citizen. Berg also states that he possesses copies of Sen. Obama’s registration to Fransiskus Assisi School In Jakarta, Indonesia which clearly show that he was registered under the name “Barry Soetoro” and his citizenship listed as Indonesian.

    The Hawaiian birth certificate, Berg says, is a forgery. In the suit, the attorney states that the birth certificate on record is a forgery, has been identified as such by three independent document forensic experts, and actually belonged to Maya Kasandra Soetoro, Sen. Obama’s half-sister.

  24. #224
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 1:21 am, Cicero said:

    Biden.

    No wonder they waited until 1 p.m. on a Saturday morning.

  25. #225
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 1:21 am, bender said:

    It’s Biden!!! There is a God!

  26. #226
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 1:22 am, inspiredhome said:

    Biden. Yuck. Now hot air meets long winded.

  27. #227
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 1:27 am, regularguy said:

    If Biden really is on the ticket, McAmnesty has a better shot at it. Biden will torpedo Obama faster than Obama can do the same himself.

  28. #228
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 1:50 am, bender said:

    Just read this in a comment on Hot Air, I think its a keeper

    Obama bin Biden 08′

  29. #229
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 2:03 am, Dan Lee said:

    Ahahahahaha! He picked Biden!! Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

    He really picked Biden!! AAAAAaaaahahahahahahahahaha!

    What a newb!!!!

    This is going to be really fun to watch.. Let the implosion countdown begin!

    He just lost about 1/3 of the female vote he might have gotten!

  30. #230
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 2:05 am, moonshot said:

    Obaiden o8′

    Sort of a political “Brangelina”.

  31. #231
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 2:32 am, Bill Grant said:

    Clean and Jerk…

    Or

    Earplugs and Hairplugs

    (stolen from LGF.)

  32. #232
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 3:05 am, Fat Jolly Penguin said:

    Oh. My. God.

    He picked Biden. He really did.

    How easy does he want this to be for us?!

  33. #233
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 3:16 am, Papa Louie said:

    NBC: Obama chooses Biden as running mate:

    “Biden’s voting record is in line with many Senate Democrats: He voted in 2003 to authorize President Bush to use military force in Iraq, and he also voted against the Bush tax cuts and against Republican Supreme Court nominees William Rehnquist, Robert Bork, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts and Samuel Alito.”

    Is there any real difference between Obama and Biden? There may be a slight difference on Iraq, but both seem very malleable on that subject depending on which way the political winds are blowing. If Biden becomes VP, he will be 73 in 8 years, which means Biden will be older than McCain if he runs for President.

    It looks like Obama simply chose someone who could help him counter McCain’s age and experience. I don’t see where Biden brings anything else to the ticket (other than an ego big enough to rival Obama’s.

  34. #234
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 3:26 am, graysonret said:

    Personally, I think it should be “Biden/Obama” and not the other way around.

  35. #235
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 3:42 am, bedje said:

    One has to wonder if the msm will all talk about how the big O needed gravitas, one with a greater sense of foreign policy. Since every msm outlet discussed (a.k.a. talking points) the same topic for Bush when he chose Cheney. I’m sure it will be spun as to what a brilliant choice made by the big eared one.

  36. #236
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 3:56 am, Tennyson said:

    Exurban League for the win!

  37. #237
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 4:45 am, AcidReflux said:

    It took until after midnight to finally convince someone to join Obama’s quest.

  38. #238
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 5:50 am, graysonret said:

    Seems a democrat has filed suit, in federal court, claiming that Obama isn’t qualified (citizenship) for President.

    http://www.obamacrimes.com/

    I don’t think it will work. If it’s false, it will disappear. If it’s true, the MSM and party hacks, will make it disappear.

  39. #239
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 7:32 am, Omu said:

    He just lost about 1/3 of the female vote he might have gotten!

    Joe Biden has a history of fighting for women, he’s supported the Violence Against Women act and re-introduced the Equal Protection Act. Plus, he’s pro-choice (the majority of women are also pro-choice).

  40. #240
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 8:00 am, radio relay said:

    Instead of selecting a girl, His Holiness selected a girly man…

    Yet, more proof that democrats are idiots.

  41. #241
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 8:06 am, joannmandolin said:

    Biden can’t believe his dumb luck.

    He’s an overnight sensation
    after 30 years !!

    A white haired old dude!!!

  42. #242
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 8:32 am, Danceswithdachshunds said:

    Rush Limbaugh deserves all the credit for goading BHO into picking Biden. Ok Rush, who will you get him to pick for SOS? How about Bryant Gumbel?

  43. #243
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 8:35 am, Robroy said:

    Biden has chosen THE ONE !!
    OR
    Choose you poisen , Chosen One …..

    What a joke and inevitable catastrophe all rolled into one !

    The vanilla Al Sharpten !!!
    HAH ! HAH !

  44. #244
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 8:43 am, jangar said:

    This should be like shooting fish in a barrel, but let’s not hold our breath, as we know what McCain is (un)capable of.

  45. #245
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 8:46 am, b-cat said:

    Yes, jangar, fish can be quite elusive when they have a whole barrel to hide in. This must be the most inept campaign run by both parties at the same time.

  46. #246
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 8:48 am, jangar said:

    Remember way back when the drive-bys told us that Bush picked Cheney for gravitas?

    Uhhhhh………

    (what I really want to say is Biden has a sock puppet)

  47. #247
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 8:54 am, joannmandolin said:

    typical white guy

  48. #248
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 8:58 am, ajmontana said:

    More interested in what Bryan Clay did, Odopey’s pick, not so much.
    Glad it’s over the hype was sickening.

  49. #249
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 9:01 am, b-cat said:

    How much of a bump will Obi One get off this? I feel underwhelmed, somehow.

  50. #250
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 9:03 am, ajmontana said:

    Adding I heard screams in the far away distance before I woke up this morning, thought I was having a nightmare being in a horror movie then realized it was just the Hillary supporters Shrieking very loudly, it sounded like 1000 cats running from a Chinese animal control unit. :shock:

  51. #251
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 9:05 am, DBNinKY said:

    Plus, he’s pro-choice (the majority of women are also pro-choice).

    Depends on the wording of the poll, as well as the class and locale of those queried. Likewise, I don’t think it’s fighting for female rights in being pro-choice; rather, it’s fighting against women.

    On another note, I wonder if we’ll hear anything from his ghost writer, Neil Kinnock when Biden is out speechifying on the stump? I guess we’ll know the answer if Biden shows up for a speech in a loud, plaid jacket.

  52. #252
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 9:11 am, RockyR said:

    Oh. My. God.

    He picked Biden. He really did.

    How easy does he want this to be for us?!

    I fear you guys really underestimate the stupidity of the electorate.

  53. #253
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 9:12 am, ajmontana said:

    Ha! Hillary finnaly got the 3a.m. wake-up call she was waiting for…..

  54. #254
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 9:14 am, rambler said:

    Biden…..yawn…..is this “hope and change”? It’s not even “hope you change”. Over hyped, waste of time!

  55. #255
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 9:16 am, Robroy said:

    Does anyone feel like mocking , at this point , is as honorable and challenging as teasing a puppy ?
    George McGovern must be sleeping better than he has in years .

  56. #256
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 9:19 am, b-cat said:

    On August 23rd, 2008 at 9:12 am, ajmontana said:
    Ha! Hillary finnaly got the 3a.m. wake-up call she was waiting for…..

    Good one AJ :lol:

  57. #257
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 9:25 am, oldcollegeguy1980 said:

    Biden huh, well he was the first to notice how Clean and Articulate Barry was.

    That must have warmed ole big ear Barry’s heart.

    This is going to be the funniest campaign in history. Biden is a walking gaffe factory. And easily provked.

  58. #258
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 9:46 am, FamilyMan said:

    This ticket is punched full of holes

  59. #259
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 10:09 am, corona said:

    Is any blog going to admit that publishing some silly rumor based on bumper stickers was wrong?

  60. #260
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 11:19 am, Christian Soldier said:

    Just re-read this:

    http://www.foundingbloggers.com/wordpress/declaration-of-independence/

    The DECLARATION of INDEPENDENCE–

    The part about JUDGES is >>>> WELL-”SO FOR TODAY” !

  61. #261
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 12:25 pm, travlinman said:

    I must confess my error in an earlier post on this forum regarding the replacement for Bayh had he been picked to be Obama’s VP. The sitting governor would choose the replacement and if Daniel’s wins re-election, that would be him, and Long-Thompson would not be Bayh’s replacement. It would be a Republican. Probably why Bayh was not selected. Doesn’t matter now that Biden is the pick. Oh happy day! Let the fun begin.

  62. #262
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 1:59 pm, blacktygrrrr said:

    AJ,

    Raider hater! A pox on thee sir!

    Aloha,

    Check out my interview with Congresswoman Bachmann. Are you from Hawaii? Linda Lingle rocks!

    Chapoutier…I will check her out.

    Brooklyn Red…awesome!

    The “All Gasbag Ticket” has now been chosen.

    Respectfully,

    eric aka the Tygrrrr Express

  63. #263
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 9:00 pm, brad_sk said:

    “A good friend of mine just informed me that his good friend in IL has his hands deep into selling political T-shirts and he got word that Evan Bayh from Indiana will be his running mate for VP.”

    So the hands were pretty shallow then, han…?

  64. #264
    On August 23rd, 2008 at 11:44 pm, joromima said:

    Michelle, you should had waited for the text message.

  65. #265
    On August 24th, 2008 at 1:50 pm, Bruce said:

    Everyone waiting for the VP picks, hoping for someone they can vote for. We may end up waiting for cabinet picks!

    Okay – how’s this for a scary choice?

    For Attorney General:

    Obama – Hillary Clinton
    McCain – Lindsey Graham

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