Grandma Blames “Obama-Biden” on Edwards August 25, 2008

After spending a warm, sunny summer weekend with my family in Northern Wisconsin (notice how we capitalize the N on northern), I ran into one individual who falls into the 18% of Hillary voters who will be backing the “old man” on November 4th.

My 74 year old Grandma.  Don’t worry, this picture of an obviously senile old woman, isn’t the real Grandma.

After numerous political conversations that led to a very upset Grandma- who has always voted Democrat-her dissatisfaction grew to outrage with the latest Saturday morning news  of Obama picking Joe Biden as his “Veep-mate.”  That cute old Grandma, a staunch Clinton Democrat, is now a stick of dynamite with an even shorter fuse.  Let’s just say she’s not as lethal as Wisconsin’s McCain Democratic Delegate  but she’s still potent and came to a brilliant revelation to extinguish her dissatisfaction.

She blames Edwards.

More precisely, the “lyin, no-good-cheatin, John Edwards and his ‘Cronies’.”  And she’s somewhat correct.  If the news on Edwards and his campaign-videographer gone mistress  would have broke in early January, maybe it would have ended as a late Christmas present for Hillary.  She would have maybe pulled off Iowa and the daunting news on Edwards would have taken away from the glamorous Obama who captivated Democratic voters during the following weeks.  Her extended victories or near misses would have energized even more of her voters to turn out or at the very least given more money so Clinton’s debt wouldn’t be where it is today.

But the Grandma revelation is clearly a “what if” situation.  The reality is that Obama, even with his white haired, more experienced Joe Biden will have a difficult time in Wisconsin with Blue Collar, white voters.

Because of this, we give the Milk to McCain right now and the Cheese, well, Grandma’s serving that to O’Biden.