>Let me re-word that. It's a measure of the judgment of the presidential candidate whether the VP candidate he or she picks is qualified to be president. Helping get more votes is relevant, but better not be the only criterion.
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>Tamar
Oh, sure, beat up on poor Dan Quayle <g>
So Kerry picked Edwards, and of course JFK picked LBJ for that reason. And then there are FDR's choices ... ( and what a pleasant surprise Harry turned out to be - good thing he was the last one )
Reagan, Clinton and Bush II did well in picking people who could have taken over in a heartbeat.
Ike and JFK ... well, they did take over so I guess it isn't about ultimate outcome ...
My vote for best pick was Wm McKinley's pick of TR.
As to Nixon's first pick ... well, I don't want to be a nattering nabob of negitavism.
Charles Hankey
Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.
- Thomas Hardy
Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm-- but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.
-- T. S. Eliot
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Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.
- Ben Franklin
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