There's the "bucket of warm spit" factor to consider, too...

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There's the "bucket of warm spit" factor to consider, too...

Fox — 10/25/2006 3:26:19 AM (archived)

Coined (if I recall correctly) by one of FDR's VPs to describe the attractions of the job.

Who'd want it, other than as a (notoriously unreliable) springboard to the Presidency?

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Obama in '08? - azstrummer - 10/23/2006 1:23:09 PM
- My Powell poll (warning - offensive content) - E.P. - 10/23/2006 6:25:39 PM
  - You know people that use the "n" word? - Scott Evil - 10/24/2006 2:29:37 PM
    - Suppose... (offensive content) - E.P. - 10/25/2006 6:15:51 PM
      - Like I said...Its just not something you hear much around here... - Scott Evil - 10/26/2006 1:23:26 PM
- Why not Powell? - RobVG - 10/23/2006 6:09:17 PM
  - Not running on a Democratic ticket... - Mary Anne - 10/23/2006 6:52:43 PM
    - Powell - Lindy - 10/24/2006 3:01:33 PM
    - No, I don't - RobVG - 10/23/2006 8:54:58 PM
      - Oh come on! Obama is almost as qualified as Senator Quayle! - Scott Evil - 10/24/2006 2:37:08 PM
        
        Only a heartbeat away - Mary Anne - 10/24/2006 4:43:31 PM
        
        There's the "bucket of warm spit" factor to consider, too... - Fox - 10/25/2006 3:26:19 AM
        
        "I have not worked for the last four years - and I might consider being Vice President again..." - E.P. - 10/25/2006 6:24:07 PM
        
        Golf is the best reason to be VP. - Scott Evil - 10/26/2006 1:26:02 PM
    - He would be a great addition to a Democratic cabinet... - alcaray - 10/23/2006 8:10:32 PM
      - My Dream Team - Yeti - 10/23/2006 10:28:54 PM
        
        re: My Dream Team - Keith Olbermann/Jon Stewart - Laurie Street - 10/23/2006 10:35:34 PM
        
        LOL! This thread has been an unexpected treat! (n/t) - SDT1 - 10/23/2006 11:08:01 PM
- President Obama! - McFly - 10/23/2006 5:18:15 PM
  - Not yet. - Mary Anne - 10/24/2006 12:01:34 AM
    - re: Not yet. - azstrummer - 10/24/2006 7:38:48 PM
      - He's already cooked his own goose then. - Mary Anne - 10/25/2006 12:27:57 PM
        
        Maybe not - azstrummer - 10/25/2006 3:40:53 PM
- How about a Clinton/Obama ticket?--Kumbaya... (n/t) - ER - 10/23/2006 1:46:03 PM
  - No way. - Scott Evil - 10/23/2006 1:50:58 PM
    - Hillary IS........ - Lindy - 10/23/2006 3:42:52 PM
      - Not sure about Edwards - azstrummer - 10/23/2006 8:44:05 PM
        
        Values - Lindy - 10/24/2006 3:01:24 AM
        
        Scorpio - azstrummer - 10/24/2006 7:33:53 PM
        
        Body Armor? - Lindy - 10/24/2006 9:49:20 PM
    - Way! - ER - 10/23/2006 2:15:00 PM
- Not if Hillary Clinton can stop it. - Scott Evil - 10/23/2006 1:38:39 PM
  - Not if (the Fox News mythologised Medusa that is...) Hillary Clinton can stop it. (n/t) - et - 10/23/2006 3:39:24 PM

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