'nuff said

Looking to the future but with one eye on the past, Biden also promised that an Obama-Biden government would go through Bush administration data with "a fine-toothed comb" and pursue criminal charges if necessary. "If there has been a basis upon which you can pursue someone for a criminal violation," he said, "they will be pursued, not out of vengeance, not out of retribution - out of the need to preserve the notion that no one, no one, no attorney general, no president, no one is above the law."


The above statement by Biden, uncontested by Obama, indicates a concerted focus on the past. As we learned in the final years of the Clinton administration, you can not adequately focus on both the past and future. While Clinton focused on Monica and Ken Starr, Osama escaped a certain death and prepared his 911 attack, Enron floundered, the .com bubble burst, and none of us were better off than we were 4 years ago. And Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar with years of experience in government administration.

I need not point out that partisan attacks will lead to a collapse of the bipartisanship needed to accomplish the stated goals of the Obama-Biden ticket.

So, it boils down to the following:

1. You explain away what Biden said because you trust/like Obama-Biden more than McCain-Palin. "He was not speaking for Obama." "He doesn't really mean it. He is just trying to pump up his democrat peeps."
2. You do not need this knowledge because you trust/like McCain-Palin more than Obama-Biden. "Yes, but look at what Obama will do to taxes."
3. You believe that, even if this is true, there are other key issues that transcend whether or not Obama can accomplish anything. Perhaps appointing to the Supreme Court or his stance on social issues or the symbolism of having a democrat in the White House, even if he can't deliver.
4. You believe that, absent a denial, this is true. Then Obama will not do any of the things he promises, and is just scamming us. If you hope for a government that does nothing, this is a good thing. If you are hoping for something new or better from government, this is bad.

DocBrain wants change. That he can believe in. Obama-Biden at this point do not deliver.