Who's Joe Biden?

So, let's analyze the situation. Reportedly, there are millions of young, tech-savvy, first-time voters prepared to watch the changiness and hopiness become reality when their candidate, Barack Obama, becomes President of the United States. Excitement abounds. Obama has been received and revered as a rock star, a true American idol and a Messiah.

Last night, with tingly anticipation, the millions of followers waited nervously to be the first to know who Obama picked for a running mate. They were special, an integral part of the Obama campaign, and they would be treated special by receiving a personal text message to make sure they knew first.

Well, that didn't happen. Officially, the announcement of Obama's running mate didn't go out until about 3AM, considerably after the mainstream media had the story. Interestingly, the broadcast and cable channels were all abuzz a little after midnight about the impending announcement, while those waiting for text messages had to suffer delays due to heavy telecommunications traffic. So, despite assurances that they would be the first to know of Obama's pick, the tech-savvy hope and change crowd were likely the last.

Hey, but no big deal. The Obama supporters are young, vibrant and they are not easily besmirched. Of course, they were understandably puzzled by Obama's selection of Sen. Joe Biden. Being mildly speculative, it's reasonable for people, believing a rock star would make a good political leader, to ask, "Who's Joe Biden?" Naturally, this compounded the texting traffic problem as Obama's faithful queried their friends.

In the end, Obama's reported millions (the number is a secret) of followers saw the chosen running mate as the MSM flooded the Internet and TV. It's unknown what percentage of the hope and change crowd remarked, "Damn, that guy looks like my grandfather."

Somehow, hope and change seems to disappear when grandpa enters the room.

Also: The Jawa Report