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		Here's a list of the nine worst running mates of all time, or, as it's more commonly known, Mitt Romney's short list (buzzfeed.com)		87
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netizencain		2012-07-10 12:10:45 PM

How is Joe Biden not on there?

JerseyTim		2012-07-10 12:47:58 PM

Adm. James Stockdale was a great American who went through things that would destroy most people. It's a shame he has to be remembered for that debate and for Phil Hartman's impersonation.

Sybarite		2012-07-10 12:48:08 PM

Hannibal Hamlin has to rank up there, what with whole Joseph Hooker debacle. Lincoln dropped him like a bad habit.

cubic_spleen		2012-07-10 01:29:12 PM

Short list for the short bus.

Philip Francis Queeg		2012-07-10 01:29:20 PM

No Curtis LeMay?

thurstonxhowell		2012-07-10 01:29:50 PM

netizencain: How is Joe Biden not on there?

Because Biden was an excellent choice for VP.

Jake Havechek		2012-07-10 01:30:11 PM

Quayle was the worst, but you lost IQ points simply listening to Sarah Palin talk.

Jubeebee		2012-07-10 01:31:00 PM

netizencain: How is Joe Biden not on there?

Biden is a bland, rust-belt policy wonk whose verbal mishaps aren't bad enough to overshadow his main purpose, which is to make blue collar whites more comfortable voting for a black guy. He's a perfectly adequate running mate.

Serious Black		2012-07-10 01:31:49 PM

I'd like to say Aaron Burr is easily the worst given that he actually killed a man as a result of his performance, but I have to put Calhoun number one solely because he developed a nonsense legal theory that still somehow survives today in the minds of lunatics and militia members.

quatchi		2012-07-10 01:31:59 PM

Love that Calhoun pic.

I wanna go back in time and party with that guy.

Jake Havechek		2012-07-10 01:33:38 PM

Joe Biden is a kindly old man, which is a pleasant change from that evil farking bastard Cheney.

Klippoklondike		2012-07-10 01:33:49 PM

Jake Havechek: Quayle was the worst, but you lost IQ points simply listening to Sarah Palin talk.

I love the SNL skit that has Dan Quayle (played by, I think, Michael J. Fox) at Bush's state of the union and he keeps standing up and clapping at the wrong times. Really simple and really funny.

Dear Jerk		2012-07-10 01:34:02 PM

csb- I used to live across the street from the grave of VP Charles Curtis -csb

ArkPanda		2012-07-10 01:34:23 PM

How about Rufus King? He died before he even got to Washington to be sworn in.

Pants full of macaroni!!		2012-07-10 01:34:43 PM

I think Brad Pitt's Mom should be Mitt's running mate.

wildcardjack		2012-07-10 01:37:32 PM

Either subby didn't read to the end or he thinks one of these people doesn't belong on the list.

Jubeebee		2012-07-10 01:38:51 PM

Philip Francis Queeg: No Curtis LeMay?

Wallace/LeMay '68: Nuke the Reds, Bomb the Blacks

Wallace/LeMay '68: Turning Tragedy into Statistics

Wallace/LeMay '68: Because fark the Future

sabreWulf07		2012-07-10 01:39:08 PM

JerseyTim: Adm. James Stockdale was a great American who went through things that would destroy most people. It's a shame he has to be remembered for that debate and for Phil Hartman's impersonation.

His opening line to America was, "Who am I? Why am I here?". It went downhill from there. He may well have been a great American, but he was a lousy orator and uninspiring politician.

phaseolus		2012-07-10 01:39:27 PM

"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. How true that is."

cram_hole		2012-07-10 01:40:31 PM

Disagrees with some of this list.

too-old		2012-07-10 01:41:32 PM

This is about as revealing as anything else Buzzfeed has published about politics

Solon Isonomia		2012-07-10 01:41:53 PM

cram_hole: Disagrees with some of this list.

RRRRRRRRRRRR!

monoski		2012-07-10 01:43:14 PM

thurstonxhowell: netizencain: How is Joe Biden not on there?

Because Biden was an excellent choice for VP.

His running mate got elected. How is Spiro Agnew on the list. He and Nixon slammed McGovern into the ground. He later turned out to be a scumbag but was not a drain on the campaign.

66dude		2012-07-10 01:44:00 PM

CNRTFA because it's blocked at work, but any love for Palin?

The_Sponge		2012-07-10 01:44:10 PM

Arrrrnnnn Brrrrr! Arrrrrnnn Brrrrr!!!

/Got milk?

The_Sponge		2012-07-10 01:46:55 PM

66dude: CNRTFA because it's blocked at work, but any love for Palin?

She made it.

EighthDay		2012-07-10 01:47:04 PM

66dude: CNRTFA because it's blocked at work, but any love for Palin?

She's #10

quatchi		2012-07-10 01:47:05 PM

66dude: CNRTFA because it's blocked at work, but any love for Palin?

Yes, like the bus she used to ride to school Sarah also made the short list.

Philip Francis Queeg		2012-07-10 01:47:19 PM

The list should also include Richard Nixon.

thurstonxhowell		2012-07-10 01:47:49 PM

monoski: How is Spiro Agnew on the list.

This is a good point. Agnew was an awful VP and person, but he was a great running mate during the elections.

Serious Black		2012-07-10 01:48:04 PM

sabreWulf07: JerseyTim: Adm. James Stockdale was a great American who went through things that would destroy most people. It's a shame he has to be remembered for that debate and for Phil Hartman's impersonation.

His opening line to America was, "Who am I? Why am I here?". It went downhill from there. He may well have been a great American, but he was a lousy orator and uninspiring politician.

Did you RTFA? He didn't even know he was going to be in the debate until a week beforehand, and the informal setting meant he had to be prepared for basically any possible topic that could come up. Even the best orators and politicians we've ever had would have performed miserably in that situation.

TommyDeuce		2012-07-10 01:48:41 PM

too-old: This is about as revealing as anything else Buzzfeed has published about politics

Maybe they should go back to labeling cat pictures?

Dr Dreidel		2012-07-10 01:48:55 PM

monoski: thurstonxhowell: netizencain: How is Joe Biden not on there?

Because Biden was an excellent choice for VP.

His running mate got elected. How is Spiro Agnew on the list. He and Nixon slammed McGovern into the ground. He later turned out to be a scumbag but was not a drain on the campaign.

...and Dick Cheney is not. Cheney headed up Bush's VP selection committee after he told George that he wouldn't put himself on the list, held secret meeting with oil/energy company execs, claimed to be under both the Executive and Legislative branches, shot a man, had questionable relationships with defense contractors (and perhaps used his office to enrich them), and was generally an asshole of every kind.

But his daughter's a lesbian and he's voiced (in muted tones, right up until he left the Naval Observatory) support of treating gay folks like people. So he's not 100% evil like that utter asshole Agnew, I guess?

Mikey1969		2012-07-10 01:49:46 PM

Buzzfeed is blocked here. Besides Palin, who else is on the list?

too-old		2012-07-10 01:50:57 PM

TommyDeuce: Maybe they should go back to labeling cat pictures?

About all they are good for

Lionel Mandrake		2012-07-10 01:51:45 PM

Nine?

Ayn Rand's Cervix		2012-07-10 01:52:33 PM

i dont like it when people bash Mondale/Ferraro for the sake of it. I mean, look at the presidental election results map of 1984. God and jesus could've run on the democrat ticket and they wouldn't have won either.

Gough		2012-07-10 01:52:42 PM

Philip Francis Queeg: The list should also include Richard Nixon.

I have a Senate Pass signed by Nixon when he was VP...

/Glad to see that Grandfather wasn't on this list.

regindyn		2012-07-10 01:52:54 PM

JerseyTim: Adm. James Stockdale was a great American who went through things that would destroy most people. It's a shame he has to be remembered for that debate and for Phil Hartman's impersonation.

Since I was 9 when he ran for VP and not much of a history buff, I'd never heard of him and hit up the Wikipedia...

/very dusty all of a sudden

FloydA		2012-07-10 01:56:23 PM

monoski: How is Spiro Agnew on the list.

Mainly because any time there was a problem, his first reaction was to call Batman.

But partly because his name is an anagram for "grow a penis."

WhoIsWillo		2012-07-10 01:56:34 PM

Mikey1969: Buzzfeed is blocked here. Besides Palin, who else is on the list?

1. Thomas Eagleton
2. John Edwards
3. John C. Calhoun
4. Geraldine Ferraro
5. Aaron Burr
6. William E. Miller
7. Dan Quayle
8. Adm. James Stockdale
9. Spiro Agnew
10. Sarah Palin

Though the article states they are in no order

bartink		2012-07-10 01:58:13 PM

netizencain: How is Joe Biden not on there?

Because he helped Obama win the election, for starters.

Serious Black		2012-07-10 01:59:36 PM

regindyn: JerseyTim: Adm. James Stockdale was a great American who went through things that would destroy most people. It's a shame he has to be remembered for that debate and for Phil Hartman's impersonation.

Since I was 9 when he ran for VP and not much of a history buff, I'd never heard of him and hit up the Wikipedia...

/very dusty all of a sudden

Yeah, he really got screwed by the situation with Perot kind of dropping out of the race but then returning. He deserved better, for sure.

TheBaldOneMpls		2012-07-10 02:00:01 PM

Mikey1969: Buzzfeed is blocked here. Besides Palin, who else is on the list?

#1 Thomas Eagleton
#2 John Edwards
#3 John C. Calhoun
#4 Geraldine Ferraro
#5 Arron Burr
#6 William E. Miller
#7 Dan Quayle
#8 Adm. James Stockdale
#9 Spiro Agnew
#10 Sarah Palin

patrick767		2012-07-10 02:05:28 PM

Ayn Rand's Cervix
God and jesus could've run on the democratic ticket and they wouldn't have won either.

To be fair, Jesus as represented in the Gospels would lose to the GOP this year too. He'd be scorned as a commie socialist Marxist fascist who wants to take away our freedoms.

topcon		2012-07-10 02:05:56 PM

omgrtfa		2012-07-10 02:06:17 PM

Serious Black: I'd like to say Aaron Burr is easily the worst given that he actually killed a man as a result of his performance, but I have to put Calhoun number one solely because he developed a nonsense legal theory that still somehow survives today in the minds of lunatics and militia members.

Wasn't Alexander Hamilton a monarchist?

Oldiron_79		2012-07-10 02:07:16 PM

Robot Nixon/Cthulhu '12, why settle for the lesser Evil?

Jake Havechek		2012-07-10 02:08:34 PM

Meh, Burr and Hamilton were just calling each other names, but they were both too manly to back down and eventually they had to duel. Burr didn't want to shoot the guy, but it happened.

Saiga410		2012-07-10 02:12:16 PM

Philip Francis Queeg: The list should also include Richard Nixon.

How so? You may hate the man but I cannot think of one issue that he did not squash that might have been a drag on Ike.

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