Well I had pretty much hoped that John Kerry would pick John Edwards as his vice presidential nominee. As I pointed out on March 3rd, Kerry would have to pick a conservative Southerner. And that is who he gets with Edwards. Republicans will try to paint them both as liberals, but Edwards is much more conservative though he has an large degree of Populism in his speeches. I am pleased that the choice has been made and we can stop this whole John McCain talk. The way that the media ate that up and kept it boiling is just beyond me. Anyone with enough sense to keep a toaster out of the bathtub could have seen that it was just talk and would never have happened.
John McCain is a good and decent man, a bit gruff at times, but very Republican. And with his rise in name recognition he wouldn't stoop to becoming a vice-president to a Democrat. It would make no political sense.
The news media are so consumed with ratings and spin that they just can't let go of the little things. And Michael Moore is right to call the news media onto the carpet for not asking more questions about Bush/Iraq. But what do we expect when huge corporations own the major news outlets. As mergers and FCC regulations governing ownership of media are loosened it is no surprise that this country is slowly losing it's "free press." The one thought that keeps me from despair over this is the growth of Blogs and other online ventures that allow anybody to speak out. And more people are speaking out each day to a wider audience. Of course if GE or CBS offered to buy me out for a vast sum of money, maybe I'd be more than happy to worry about Lindsay Lohan's dad getting arrested instead of wondering what Bush will do to keep his promise to fight AIDS in Africa.
But that's a big maybe, and even then I don't think I would want to have someone else dictate what I can or can't say.