John and John

It's official, John Kerry and John Edwards are the Democratic ticket this year.



John Kerry kept a tight lid on his choice for running mate until this morning, when he announced his decision via email to his supporters. Amazingly, the Bush campaign began running an ad this morning criticizing the choice of Edwards. Since this ad was produced before they even knew who had been selected, I wonder how much money they wasted on multiple ads for all of the possible choices, just so they wouldn't have to wait a day or two to cast a negative shadow on the final selection. I guess you can't expect them to handle campaign money any better than the national economy. It's too bad that after all the country's money is spent and gone, too many Americans are jobless and have lost their unemployment benefits, are sick and cannot afford health care, are children receiving a substandard education, are young adults who can't afford college, or are seniors who can't get the prescription drugs they need. Invading Iraq must have been really important. See an animation from Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream that breaks it down into dollars and cents, or Oreo Cookies.

It will be interesting to see debates between Kerry and Bush, Edwards and Cheney. Isn't it going to be a little awkward for Bush and Cheney to start showing concern for the American public, since they have been ignoring us for 3 1/2 years? Aren't people going to think "Oh, I see. Now I exist because you need my vote?" Of course, I keep forgetting these are the same people who took office without winning an election.