Biden to step down?
I got the following email. I seriously doubt it’s true, and I didn’t want to email it to people. But, I also wanted to make sure that if it is true, that I had it documented in a verifiable place before it happened. So here it is:
This is the most recent unconfirmed report/rumor I have received about Biden stepping down from the ticket, and the first I’ve circulated. It’s crystal clear that Biden is a liability to the Democratic ticket, and Hillary would bring scorned radical feminists back into the Democratic fold. (I’d wager that Hillary & Co. would not vote for an Obama/Biden ticket, allowing McCain to win so Hillary can run on her own in 2012.)
The question would then be, if Hillary becomes the Democratic VP nominee, and Obama/Clinton win, does Obama suspect her plan to run against him in the 2012 Democratic primary?
Let me share some info with you that I have gotten from excellent sources within the DNC:
On or about October 5th, Biden will excuse himself from the ticket, citing health problems, and he will be replaced by Hillary. This is timed to occur after the VP debate on 10/2.
There have been talks all weekend about how to proceed with this info.  Generally, the feeling is that we should all go ahead and get it out there to as many blog sites and personal email lists as is possible. I have already seen a few short blurbs about this - the “health problem” cited in those articles was an aneurysm. Probably many of you have heard the same rumblings.
However, at this point, with this inside info from the DNC, it looks like this Obama strategy will be a go. Therefore, it seems that the best strategy is to get out in front of this Obama maneuver, spell it out in detail, and thereby expose it for the grand manipulation that it is.
So, let’s start mixing this one up and cut the Obamites off at the pass - send this info out to as many people as you can - post it on websites and blogs - etc etc
Lastly, I have put an excerpt from Rudy Giuliani’s speech at the 2008 RNC below - it seems to address this very issue:
“Well, I’ll tell you, if I were Joe Biden, I’d want to get that VEEP thing in writing!!! ” (How Prophetic)
Of course, let’s take this with a grain of salt. Either it’s true and the DNC will look bad, or people on my side of the political spectrum, who seriously believe this and circulate it as truth, are making the GOP look bad. I guess we’ll know October 5th.
September 19th, 2008 at 6:54 am
Snopes is keeping up with this…
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/vpchange.asp
October 8th, 2008 at 6:59 am
Well, it didn’t happen.
Can we stop making things up now please?
This link on the other hand appears (on the surface) to be accurate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiXwZI_YqHY
The widipedia link it references is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Reinvestment_Act#Regulatory_changes_1995