tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000561.post-61169711206035282032008-06-01T16:34:00.003-05:002008-06-01T16:59:25.715-05:00<a href="http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/05/ixnay_on_the_ebbway.php#more">(The Other Jim[my]) Webb</a>? <a href="http://pandagon.net/index.php/site/comments/no_on_nunn/">Nunn</a>?<br /><br />I've said consistently that the only VP candidate who will cause my absentee ballot to be lost is Sibelius, but I had assumed that the Democratic leadership was sane. (All right, <a href="http://bayh.senate.gov/">SonOfaBirch</a> could make me lose the ballot, too, but that's because at that point I would assume their goal was to lose as many states as possible.)<br /><br />When the Republicans had an <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/">of-age deserter</a> as their candidate, they paired him with&mdash;<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/">an of-age evader</a>.<br /><br />Why would anyone pretend that a <a href="http://www.barackobama.com/splash/donate/donate.html">younger-than-the-draft candidate</a> needs a <span style="font-weight:bold;">70-year-old</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Nunn#Early_life">former Coast Guard Reservist</a> to shore up his bona fides against a 72-year-old who advocates for perpetual war?Ken Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01440837287933536370noreply@blogger.com