August 18, 2008
Re: RUMOR: Obama Veep Choice Leaked – Evan Bayh?
Whether anyone really believed the obviously fake CNN article or not, this should serve as a reminder that the media are notoriously unreliable on VP selections. (And were people really talking about Cheney and Lieberman as mainstream choices, if at all? No way.)
http://race42008.com/2008/08/18/re-rumor-obama-veep-choice-leaked-evan-bayh/trackback/
August 18th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
I guess we aren’t alone in being wrong.
August 18th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
“Dewey Beats Truman”, “Kerry Picks Gephardt”. Got to love the great accuracy of the media.
August 18th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
[...] suggests that the photo has been edited. This could be – if it is a fake – the template they used. Alex Knepper points out that a similar event happened four years ago with John Kerry – so, at least we [...]
August 18th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
well, we’ve all been had…by who?
Let the speculation begin!
…of course, we’ll probably all agree that it is a hoax – only to wake up to find that he is the pick.
August 18th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
LOL!!!! I was waiting for this post from Alex! hahahaha!
August 18th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Good one Alex.
August 18th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Good for us that he didn’t pick Gephardt.
August 18th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
What if he had picked Gephardt?
August 18th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
What if he had picked Gephardt?
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shhhhh don’t give them any idea’s!
August 18th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
How many of us actually thought it was real? Looking through the comments, it was almost no one.
August 18th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Could Obama really select Kaine? I cannot believe it myself, but you never know. What a gift from God if this happen.
August 19th, 2008 at 12:17 am
Kaine would be the play for VA.. but talk about an underwhelming choice… though in the end doesn’t really matter if it can buy him VA.
August 19th, 2008 at 12:37 am
i saw kaine speak at a graduation.. he was good. but does obama really want to double down on the young/good speaker/no qualifications ticket?