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Moonbat Fratricide: HuffPo writer calls for Obama to dump Biden for Hillary; hilarity ensues
Andy Ostroy, Huffasnuffaluffagus Post

. . . It's time to dump Biden and replace him with Sen. Hillary Clinton. I don't care how it's done. Campaign chief David Axelrod can figure that out. And the sooner the better. Because I'm starting to think that if Team-Obama doesn't do something dramatic fast, it's gonna lose this election. There's a worrisome shift in momentum and in the polls. The Palin phenomenon, while truly unfathomable to Democrats, has energized McCain's campaign and allowed him like Houdini to snatch Obama's "change" theme right out from under him. It's time to snatch it back.

Conventional wisdom says replacing Biden with Clinton can't be done. That it's too late. That it'll make Obama appear indecisive,
(which he is)
impulsive
(which he is)
and lacking good judgement.
(which he is)
Many Democrats believe this would cause irreparable harm to the campaign, ringing Obama's death knell. But this couldn't be further from the truth. In fact, it'd be a freakin' coup for Obama, and would instantly melt Palin's undeserving outsize political ice cap.

To be sure, a Biden-Clinton switch would cause quite a stir in the media. They'd accuse him of all sorts of things, from being politically expedient
(which it would be)
and flip-flopping
(which it would be)
to being irrational
(which he is)
and ill-equipped to be president.
(which he is)
The talking heads on CNN, Fox and MSNBC would be locked in a non-stop frenzied orgy of derisive rhetoric.
(they already are)
But we also know that it would make about 18-million Hillary voters ecstatic at the same time. So, honestly, who really cares what Joe Scarborough, Keith Olbermann, Wolf Blitzer or Brit Hume thinks?
It would be fun to see Olbermann, who spent all spring condemning Hillary's very existence and calling her a racist and Republican, tie himself in knots rationalizing how he now supports Barack-Hillary 100,000%.
These pundits don't constitute an appreciable voting block. What they think and feel would be utterly dwarfed by the euphoria from Clinton's faithful supporters. It's a pretty safe bet that an Obama/Clinton ticket would capture virtually all of these loyal Clintonistas.
Don't be so sure. It would also give the campaign the smell of desperation--not that it isn't already smelling a little desperate.
It's also a safe bet that many of those highly coveted 18-49-year-old women who polls show migrated to McPalin this past week would drop the spunky little hockey mom in a heartbeat for Hillary. . . .
"And then Obama will ride in on his magical unicorn and give all the voters ice cream! We'll have peace, love, and fluffy bunnies!"

The HuffPo commenters are not nearly so enthusiastic:

McCain picked Palin as a gimmick. So now you think Obama should drop Biden??? THAT is ridiculous! It's not going to happen. Obama would be raked over the coals as indicisive and rightfully so. If I were Hillary, I wouldn't take it at this point. This article is counterproductive. I have supported Obama since Jan 2007 when he announced he was running. I could have accepted Hillary as VP if he picked her first. If he dropped Biden now, that would be the death knell for his campaign. Picking Hillary now would probably be the only thing that he could do to lose my support. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN !!! GIVE IT A REST !!!

Andy Ostroy is coward for writing such a ridiculous article. Stop promoting division.

Did you not hear about the plane that Hillary loaned Obama and it almost crashed? Have you not paid attention to many of the Clinton opponents who have gone down in plane crashes? Don't you remember the Bobby Kennedy comment? Are you aware of the Clinton's legal troubles that they have been avoiding for years and the only way they can continue to avoid them is running and winning office? Did you know about them being fined for fraud? Did you read her Machiavelli type college thesis? Are you aware of her comment, "I'll do anything to win?" Did you hear about her getting fired for pursuing a strategy against Nixon which she knew was patently false? Don't make me bring up the paper shredding after somebody died? The claim of combat experience, such as "sniper fire", which again was untrue would get anybody kicked out of the military, and you want her to be second to commander in chief?

Posted by: Mike 2008-09-15
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=250059