VP Advice for Kerry

[richlevy]

Already had my first discussion of the nomination with a diehard Bush supporter at work.

He mentioned that McCain is publicly supporting Bush and that Kerry is already on record as saying that Edwards doesn't have the experience to be VP. There was also the obligatory "Carter was a wimp" and "Reagan single-handedly whupped the Russians" sidebar.

I mentioned McCain has already also publicly criticized Bush and that a VP doesn't have to have as much experience as a President. I then asked a question and got the answer that is on my Top 10 Signs It's Time to Stop Debating a Conservative

I asked him "So, do you think Dan Quayle was qualified to be President of the United States when he became Vice President?"

He looked at me, and I could see his desire to maintain party loyalty and discipline warring with his instinct to tell the truth. It took him 5 seconds to say "Yes".

At that point I said the discussion was over.

Top 10 Signs It's Time to Stop Debating a Conservative

1. "Dan Quayle would have been a great President".
2. He pulls out a tinfoil hat and asks you to wait until the black helicopter stops circling.
3. He hands you a sex education pamphlet with a Cabbage Patch Kid on the cover.
4. He tells you that life begins before conception and that masturbation is genocide.