Biden is, if nothing more than his ability to do Foot in mouth & being one heart beat away from the top job. Cheney & Gore are prominent Ex V.P.s. Dan Quayle isn't. Geo. H W Bush wasn't exactly a political giant while VP, he needed a running mate that wouldn't be more prominent than himself, so he went with the obscure Quayle. When Bush 1 ran for reelection I thought that he should have dumped Quayle for someone else, like Cal. Gov Dukemajian. This time everyone knew Obama's qualifications were paper thin so he added "expierience" by going with Biden.
To be fair it is pretty hard to beat Quayle for foot in mouth quotes...
- It's wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.
- We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world.
- It's a very good historical book about history.
- What you guys want, I'm for.
- Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement.
- For NASA, space is still a high priority.
- Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins.
- I deserve respect for the things I did not do.
- I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.
- I understand the importance of bondage between parent and child.
- Japan is an important ally of ours. Japan and the United States of the Western industrialized capacity, 60 percent of the GNP, two countries. That's a statement in and of itself.
- My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will, never, never surrender to what is right.
- This President is going to lead us out of this recovery.