Does Obama know what a VP's job is?

Question

He slects Biden because of Bidens' foriegn affairs knowledge.

But wait isn't that what the President has a Secratary of State for?

Answer 1

YES! obama is prob. one of the smartest people in washington! is don't play around and he knows hes stuff.

Answer 2

Obama is running for president. He has been in politics for 15 odd years. He is a Harvard law graduate. I'm pretty sure he knows what the VP's job is. Do you?

Answer 3

yes

Answer 4

The same could be said of McCain, he only went with this woman because he thought this would rock the house.  I don't know who and what house but it certainly did not rock mines.  

Answer 5

A vice president is available to advise the president.  Obama will find Biden's foreign affairs expertise invaluable in that respect.  Having VP's that are more advisors than successors is not uncommon.  That's why Bush picked Cheney as his VP, afterall.  Obama can still appoint someone else with strong foreign affairs experience to be the chief US diplomat.

Answer 6

No, but he doesn't know how to be a president either.  Obama lacks experience and does not have a good track record of following through on his promises.  Whatever happened to that park that he promised Chicago if they could raise 100,000 dollars?  He guaranteed them that he would deliver...Where is it?  Talk is cheap.  The proof is in the delivery and does McCain's VP pick have that!  Wow!  She moved into the Alaskan Governor's house and let the chef go, saying she could prepare the food for her family.  Then, she put the Governor's jet on ebay, depositing the sales right back into Alaska's piggy bank, saying she could drive for herself. She has eliminated the corruption in Alaska's Government while Obama just stands by The Chicago Crime Machine, doing whatever it takes for him to climb the political ladder.  Well, Palin has climbed it and she will soon be one step from the top.  She became President of the PTA, which led her into being Mayor of her City.  From that she stepped up to being the Governor of Alaska and all the time she maintains an 80% approval rating from both the Republicans and the Democrats in her state.  Talk about grabbing the moose by its horns and cleaning up Alaska of all its wasteful spending.  Compare Palin's 80% approval rating to the Democrat's approval rating of 9% of which Obama feels, according to his negative partisan speech that if we have Democratic one party rule, our problems will be solved.  No, Obama, they don't go away with the hot air taken from big, fancy words.  They require action and you simply do not have that....neither does our Democratic Congress.  Where are they now when we need to be solving major problems here...and I am simply stating fact.  Obviously, Obama does not understand what government is about period.  He has criticized her job as Mayor, saying it was too small and then not acknowledging her job,as the Governor of Alaska, which has a total land mass of 1/5 of all the land in The United States.   My guess is that Obama doesn't understand or want the public to see what a sorry candidate he be, especially since neither Biden or Obama have any executive experience.  A Mayor or a Governor make more decisions in one week than a Senator makes in a year.  Thank God John McCain never gave up and was able to look past gender to find the perfect VP to help him clean up Washington.  Washington is broken, but together they will fix it.

Answer 7

he selected biden because of his experience in government. he's a career civil servant with connections. and considering the importance that international relations will have in the next 4 years, why is this surprising? a VP's job is to replace the president if he is incapacitated; I'd rather have Biden than some nobody from Alaska.  

Answer 8

No......actually Common Sense dictates that the less-experienced Obama should be running for Vice-President(NOT President  ) & the more experienced Biden should be running for President ( NOT Vice-President ).

Obama's chances have been palin' since McCain picked Palin.

Answer 9

I think to do the job for him.

You got that right

Answer 10

Does McCain? He chooses someone whose a heart beat away from the presidency but is completely out of touch with reality aka creationist and knows nothing about the Iraq War. I mean what would happen if McCain died??????

Answer 11

Apparently not.  

Answer 12

Obama knows only what Mayor Daley tells him. So it is and will always be.

Answer 13

It is the president who need experience, not the vice president.  Biden does not make of for Obama's lack.

http://democrats-against-obama.org/

Answer 14

Why yes.. I believe you are right.. Oh wait the answer is NO Obama Doesn't seem to know what a VP's job is.. I wonder if he knows what a president's job is... I doubt it...

Answer 15

HECK YES !!!AND HE ALSO KNOWS HOW TO SPELL BECAUSE HE WAS A STRAIGHT A STUDENT AT HARVARD LAW SCHOOL OK!!!!

OBAMA/BIDEN '08!!!!!!!!!

Answer 16

clueless

Answer 17

yes and you're thinking or sarah palin who does not know what the vp's job is. Your question makes me think you are very young and have some learning still to do.  

Answer 18

Yes.

And according to Sarah Palin, just six weeks ago she said that she didn't know what a VP's job was.

Answer 19

And McCain selected a governor for a position that primarily involves being head of the senate. What's your point, you dumb ****?

Answer 20

He doesn't. He claims to have read (or maybe he just held one in his hands) the Constitution, however, he skipped the Article (Amendment) about Vice Presidents.

Answer 21

Having both a VP who knows foreign affairs and a secretary of state is actually a good thing.

McCains VP doesn't even know what her job would be, that concerns me far more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XSD_ua_0...

Answer 22

And the democratic process should be based on the free exchange of ideas.  The more knowledge the merrier!

Answer 23

does McCain know what a vp is because he surly shows a lack of knowledge in that field