Seven Reasons Why John Shoulda Picked Joe (and we're up for more)

By Baxter

Now that John McCain has failed his first test as Commander-in-Chief — picking his Vice President — let's take a fond look back at What Might Have Been.

The New York Times reports today that Senator McCain's hair-trigger choice of Governor Sarah "Abstinence Only" Palin was a reaction to GOP push-back he received on his preferred "soul mate"— Joe Lieberman.

Ahhh, Joe Lieberman. Here's why he would have been even more fun than the gun-toting woman from Alaska and her nutty family:

The Republican base is more anti-Semitic than anti-choice. (Kinda makes your head spin, doesn't it?)

We could have called the Vice Presidential debate "Joe vs. Joe" or "The Joe Show." (And then imagine if both candidates had guested on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"!)

Lieberman would have gotten his Sunshine State clock cleaned by U.S. Representatives Robert Wexler and Debbie Wasserman Schultz and their troops in Broward and Palm Beach. Hey, Joe, you didn't win Florida for us last time, remember?

As an observant Orthodox Jew, Joe would have been out of commission from, say, midday Friday (to give him time to get home for the Sabbath) to early Sunday. And with the 72-year-old Senator McCain insisting on spending weekends in Sedona, the Republicans would have had both principals off the campaign trail two days out of seven.

Hadassah's D.C. lobbying activities would have been put under the microscope.

We would have seen countless pictures of Hadassah and Cindy McCain standing together and waving. (As if last night's shot of Cindy and Laura Bush wasn't weird enough...)

We could have watched Lieberman lose a second time.