perfidy

Fafnir does some Monday-morning quarterbacking of Kerry's VP pick.

It's a great idea... Fafnir's choice is strong on defense, stands up for the little guy, and a successful businessman to boot. Who is it?

A Kerry-Batman ticket would be sure to win everybody but hardcore social conservatives and superstitious and cowardly lots. Batman brings his tough-on-crime stance a lot of bipartisan credentials and a surprisingly strong Latino support, plus he has some innovative ideas on tort reform. With his years of opposition to the evil Ra's al Ghul Batman has a lot of counterterrorism experience, plus his tenure with the Justice League makes him an ideal internationalist. Now I know the big drawbacks to Batman are always (1) he is a big Republican (2) he is kind of a crazy hawk an (3) he doesnt exist but I really think Kerry coulda made it work if he threw him somethin in the platform like extra funding for security in Arkham Asylum which we totally need anyway, what is up with that place the Joker escapes like once a month.

Well, I've always kind of thought that Dan Quayle didn't exist, and that worked out fine for Bush The Elderest, not to mention that asylum issues seem to actually help VPs-- Spiro Agnew, John C. Calhoun, and Hannibal Hamlin all were asylum escapees, and Cheney currently runs an asylum. Fafnir's problems with Batman aside, I don't think I could in good conscience vote a Kerry/Batman ticket. I've always been something of a Marvel man, myself.