What's Wrong with Unconditional Obama-Love?

Grain o' Salt Time:

According to the Politico (snigger), Obama's VeeP-Finding Team is desperately trying to find a Republican for him to run with. Makes sense to me. And why NOT Ann Venneman, ex-corporate lobbyist and Bush's first Sec of Agriculture?

Obama's vice presidential search team has floated the name of a former member of President Bush's first-term cabinet, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, as Obama's running mate. Photo: AP Barack Obama's vice presidential search team has floated the name of a member of President Bush's first-term Cabinet, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, as Obama's running mate. The search committee, now led by Caroline Kennedy and Eric Holder, raised Veneman's name — among others — in discussions with members of Congress, said two Democrats familiar with the conversations. The mention of Veneman's name surprised Democratic lawmakers. The low-profile Republican was close to food and agriculture industries but clashed with farm-state Democrats and environmentalists during her tenure, which lasted from 2001 to 2004.

She clashed with the environmentalists because she was a Bushie who saw the environment as a nuisance that got in the way of making profits. But never mind, b's & g's. She's a Good Fit.

The selection of a Republican could bolster Obama's unifying message, a Capitol Hill Democrat familiar with the discussion said.

"You select a strong independent woman who appeals to Republicans and independents, and so that's hard to beat," the Hill source said, explaining the logic of the possible choice. "Choosing someone like [Veneman] doesn't hurt you with the Democrats. It just doesn't hurt you. But it helps you with Independents and Republicans."

(emphasis added)

That's a remarkable sentence I bolded, wouldn't you agree? Really? Choosing a Republican corporate stooge with an itch to destroy the environment "doesn't hurt you with Democrats. It just doesn't hurt you."? Is that really the party you imagine you belong to, Dems? Is that the party you want to belong to?

I put a warning up front to be skeptical of this item. It's the Politico and they make shit up. On the other hand, they don't always and the more i think about it, the more I think Obama would want it to be known that he's open to considering cheap suits like Venneman. Lets the Wall Street Right know they got nothing to worry about from him.

And they don't. Sad, sad what the Donkeys have come to. They could win without doing any of this pandering (if that's what it is), and might lose because they're identifying themselves with a party the country HATES.

Sad, that's what it is. Sad and pathetic.

(Via The American Street)