Amidst all the commotion over pigs wearing makeup, bridges to nowhere, and teen pregnancy, it seems that one little fact has been lost in the shuffle:
Barack Obama also has a running mate.
His name is Joe Biden. Remember him? He's the guy who called Barack Obama "the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy". This is a big deal, because, as Joe Biden put it, "that's a story book, man."
Indeed, Joe Biden is an awesome person, and not just because he says hilariously inappropriate things. For starters, he's old and white -- just like McCain! He also sits on a bunch of Senate committees, and can often be seen talking about important stuff on C-span.
In other words, he's a part of what Obama likes to call "the broken Washington system".
But don't worry: Biden is a good part of the bad system. As a Democrat, Joe Biden is clearly free of the tainted politics of the past. Partisanship is a Republican invention, created by the neo-con overlords to hide their diabolical schemes from the eyes of the American people.
Democrats, including our beloved Joe Biden, never bought into it for a second.
Instead, they've spent their years in congress fighting for down-to-earth blue collar folks who live in trailers and work in coal mines and/or toothpaste factories. Those are the hard working Americans that lie at the heart of our nation; the people you sometimes see in National Geographic photo essays on the American spirit.
Those are the people that raised Joe Biden.
Unlike John McCain, who was born into a life of luxury, Joe Biden started life as a wretched Irish kid in Scranton PA. Yes, that Scranton. Throughout Biden's childhood, his hard-working parents instilled sturdy American values into his young mind. He would never forget his mother's creed:
"No one is better than you. Everyone is your equal, and everyone is equal to you."
These are the redundant words that drive Joe Biden to fight for equality, people being equal, and everyone being treated the same. And you can bet your weight in rusty quarters that Vice President Biden will bring this good fight to the highest corridors of power.
No, Joe Biden isn't a woman, and has never field dressed a moose.
Yes, most people don't seem to care that he's on Barack's ticket.
But that doesn't make Joe Biden any less of a winner.
He may not have Sarah Palin's "buzz". He may not draw Sarah Palin's crowds. But he has something that she'll never have:
Verily, the true meaning of the American dream.
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