U.S. History Analogies

They're not at all the same thing though.

I thought Biden was Obama's last name.

Harry Truman was Roosevelt's VP and successor; Andrew Johnson was Lincoln's VP and successor.

With that username...?

For sure, the campaign became about Palin and what an unqualified sideshow she was, but the McCain camp knew that Obama was a juggernaut. He was really charismatic (in contrast to McCain's staid approach), young, biracial, and especially articulate and inspiring to a new generation of voters. McCain needed to shake things up with something unexpected, so the campaign picked a beautiful woman with an "aw, shucks" demeanor in an attempt to siphon off some of the attention Obama was getting. In retrospect, it was a disaster, and I'm sure McCain wishes he had picked Lieberman or any one of experienced and qualified statesmen and women instead, but I don't think there was any way he was winning that election anyway, against the enthusiasm Obama generated and coming off the heels of the 2008 financial crisis, which happened under a Republican administration. McCain for sure deserved better though. He was a worthy candidate, and a devoted public servant.

I suppose when you put it that way the selection makes sense. I wasn't necessarily saying that McCain would've won with Joe Lieberman, but it would've been less of an embarrassment at least.

And I definitely agree with your last statement. John McCain is one of my favorite politicians (and I say that as a pretty liberal Democrat!). It's a pity he didn't win in the 2000 primaries--he would have been a better President than Bush.

Adams was the second president. Washington was the first. Aldrin was the second man to walk on the moon. Armstrong was the first.

yeah I don't count him or any other steroid users in anything. To me, Judge has the single season homerun record and Aaron's 755 still stands

But was she known as Elizabeth I when Virginia was colonized, long before Elizabeth II came along? Kinda like WWI wasn't called as such before WWII.