Blog of Adam Daifallah -- author, journalist, law student. Lover of politics, writing, golf, curling, fitness, fashion, bacon and maple products -- not necessarily (but probably) in that order. Partisan of the Anglosphere. Contact me via email at adam@daifallah.com.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Update, Biden, etc.
Sorry that this blog has been so inactive of late. I am currently in bar school and it is taking up all my time. I regret to say I can't promise the amount of posting will increase either, at least not until after Christmas.
On Joe Biden -- somewhat surprising, but it makes sense when you consider what he brings. I find him a bit hard to like; he reeks arrogance in the same way Obama does. When I worked in Washington, he was considered one of the biggest egomaniacs on Capitol Hill, and probably still is. Notice the number of times Obama mentioned Biden's Catholic faith? He is everything Obama isn't. He also brings a decent amount of foreign policy gravitas to the Democratic ticket, which will be useful given Obama's weak credentials in that area. Now we await McCain's pick ... will it be Mitt Romney? I can just see the Democratic attack ads now, replaying all of the negative things Romney said about McCain during the primaries (far worse than anything Biden said about Obama.)
And then there's the story of the poor, embattled mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick. He's facing a bunch of charges, including perjury. No matter what you think of Kwame and his fight to stay on as Motor City mayor, you have to admit that his mother, Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, makes some solid points here in her son's defence:
