Obama has officially lost my vote

[howeird]

I have nothing against Joe Biden. Obama has lost my vote by naming a running mate before he has officially been nominated. On top of his arrogant European tour and elitist Hawaiian vacation, this is just too much.

I'm a stickler for people following their own rules, which is why I don't read a lot of fantasy novels - most fantasy authors keep making up rules and exceptions to them as they go, and that's cheating. I like sci-fi because once the nature of the broken rule is established (warp drive, time machine, silicon life forms, etc.) the author stays within that framework.

The rules for Obama were simple:
1. There's an election by the delegates at the convention. No matter what the pundits and second-guessers say the vote total will be, it's not over till the delegates vote.

2. You don't get to choose a running mate until you are the official candidate.

It's called democracy. Obama apparently prefers the Chicago-style version.

Comments

[bovil.livejournal.com]

So you're saying you're going to vote for McCain, or that you're not going to vote for President (or are you going to vote third-party, not that there's any difference)?

There's no rule saying that Obama can't pick his running mate, it's just meaningless (officially) until the convention ratifies his nomination (and that's what it is, he's likely got the delegates, the hold-the-line Hillary crowd even knows it) and his selection.

[howeird]

I don't think I'm going to vote for president.

As for the Veep choice, as yourbob points out it's been the thing to do ever since I stopped paying attention to conventions, but I still don't like it.

I just plain don't trust Obama, and can't see putting another Republican in office.

Something to think about: If you cast your mind back to four years ago, John Kerry announced his choice for running mate was between McCain and Edwards. Joe Biden endorsed the Kerry-McCain ticket.

[bovil.livejournal.com]

It's the prerogative of Democrats to admit they're wrong and change their minds. Only consistency fetishists Republicans have to stay the course and never admit they were wrong.