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This guy has to be Obama's VP (REC THIS, its a good idea)

Sun Feb 17, 2008 at 03:10:03 PM PDT

So, I know some people see this as planning too far ahead in the future. The fate of Texas and Ohio is in question. Some think she'll fight this till the convention and hope to persuade superdelegates to win the nomination. How about we forget this for 5 minutes and assume he's the nominee. His Vice President should be the former Republican Senator from Rhode Island, Lincoln Chafee!

Now hear me out for a second. I know the initial reaction is probably negative, because he's a, well, Republican. But if you look at the record, he's a better Democrat than most Democrats.

He was against the war in Iraq from the beginning. (sorry Clinton-Edwards)
He's pro-choice, pro gay-rights, and pro-environment.
He opposed the Bush tax cuts and wanted to increase taxes on the upper income bracket.

This would be a fitting choice for Chafee because you could say he's a "unity" candidate, but in actuality, he is very liberal.

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