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Opinion: Why Would Biden Pick A Human Lightning Rod As VP?
By Dana Milbank
Last
October, former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice, now being mentioned
as a possible running mate for Joe Biden, was on the popular podcast “Pod Save
America,” when another former Obama administration official, Tommy Vietor,
shared his belief that high-ranking Republican Sen. Lindsey O. Graham of South
Carolina is a long-standing specimen of excrement.
“He’s been a
piece of s---,” Rice concurred. “I said it. I said it, finally, dammit. He’s a
piece of s---.” She smiled at the camera.
Ladies and
gentlemen, the vice president of the United States?
If Biden is
actually considering Rice for the job — I suspect the boomlet is more about
building her profile for another future post — it would be a costly mistake.
Don’t get me
wrong. Biden would b...