More to The Story???

[Vin DSL]

Than Meets The Eye...

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the...f_to_iraq.html

[Frank Broughton]

and what do you mean?

[the_ancient]

I dont really see the point? Who Cares if Joe Biden son is going to Iraq? What make him better than the 100's of 1000's that are going along side him or the one that fought there?

I just hope for Joe Jr's Sake his a alot smarter than his daddy....

[Pawel Kowalski]

I think it's stupid for these politicians to publicise something like this. There is a good chance his son will now become a target and endanger his entire unit.

[thecoalman]

Rofl..

more to the story???
Than meets the eye...

beau's deployment raises an interesting question: What will become of biden's senate seat if he gets the veep nods and obama wins the election? Delaware political observers (yes, they do exist) have long presumed that beau hoped to succeed his father.

The senator, who is seeking a seventh term this year, may remain on the november senate ballot, according to state election law. If biden wins both races, he can take the senate oath and then resign. The democratic governor, ruth ann minner, would then appoint a replacement who would serve until the next general election in 2010.

The law is unclear, however, as to whether beau biden could be named while serving in iraq.

[Spathiphyllum]

What does Vin mean? Doesn't the text after the headline give it away?

Beau's deployment raises an interesting question: What will become of Biden's Senate seat if he gets the veep nods and Obama wins the election? Delaware political observers (yes, they do exist) have long presumed that Beau hoped to succeed his father.

The senator, who is seeking a seventh term this year, may remain on the November Senate ballot, according to state election law. If Biden wins both races, he can take the Senate oath and then resign. The Democratic governor, Ruth Ann Minner, would then appoint a replacement who would serve until the next general election in 2010.

The law is unclear, however, as to whether Beau Biden could be named while serving in Iraq.

It could be a) a way for Biden to argue that his son not be assigned to Iraq and instead return home to fill his seat in Congress (even though he states that his son should go to Iraq to keep any grandkids from returning to Iraq at a future date), or more likely, b) that the story isn't that Beau goes to Iraq but that there are machinations to protect Biden's seat so that the governor can appoint a Democrat rather than have a truly open election for the seat.

The bottom line is that Beau will (must) serve his commitment and Joe Biden/Democrats will seek to optimize the situation to keep a Democrat as a replacement no matter what happens to Biden in the Presidential.

[Spathiphyllum]

thecoalman beats me by -><- that much.

[Vin DSL]

Sorry, I'm NOT spoon feeding you this time...

You're big boys - make up your own minds as to what I'm saying... or not!

Personally, I *think* the story speaks for itself...

[the_ancient]

Sorry, I'm NOT spoon feeding you this time...

You're big boys - make up your own minds as to what I'm saying... or not!

Personally, I *think* the story speaks for itself...

Unfortunately I don't have 5 voices in my head to explain things to me like you did, Sadly I only have 2 and 1 of us is rather psycho

[Vin DSL]

Unfortunately I don't have 5 voices in my head to explain things to me like you did, Sadly I only have 2 and 1 of us is rather psycho

Let me be perfectly clear...

I don't have ANY "voices in my head", and there are only 3 of 'us'... me, myself, and I...

Just like you and everyone else!

LoL!

After all these years, 'they' still haven't figured out the connection between 'you' and 'us'.

Kinda sad, actually!