Obama VP Prediction: General James Jones

[oberliner]

Former Supreme Allied Commander in Europe.

Forty Years of decorated military service in the Marines.

Chaired Independent Congressional Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq.

Home state: Missouri.

Looks like one hell of a tough character.

[Cant trust em]

1. I love that title. Supreme Allied Commander.

It just sounds cool as hell.

[Zynx]

2. This is what he looks like:

[earthlover]

4. Another with similar title is Wes Clark

And he is quite progressive.

[Cant trust em]

6. I'm all about Wes Clark.

I like using big names instead of picking people from out of nowhere.

[Cha]

3. I think Obama will chose the best one for the job

..not the one the who is perceived to be the one.

If Obama thinks a General would be able to work with him the best to implement his plans for our country then he'll chose him. Having a General doesn't mean "war"..it could mean preventive.

[Thrill]

5. He has to be able to talk about Economic issues as well

especially in a debate. I like the Midwestern Roots with Obama. But its always dangerous adding an unknown to the ticket

[KittyWampus]

17. Oh, Wes Clark taught Economics!

[Jersey Devil]

7. Does he have a cool nickname like "Spike"?

That would be cool. Spike Jones for veep! Plenty of good foreign policy experience and good music too.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4vX8rqHj7S0

[nebula]

8. No thanks

a general would scare away the anti-war vote.

[oberliner]

10. Who are some candidates that you would prefer? nt

[nebula]

15. Brian Schweitzer hands down

[papau]

9. Chevron Oil Board/Chamber of Commerce sub President/ Health care Industry company board - yep -

sure beats the Hillary idea.

[oberliner]

11. Who do you think would be the best choice? nt

[CreekDog]

12. he has a really commanding voice

THIS IS CNN.

[99th_Monkey]

13. This guy's already in the pockets of Boeing and Chevron Corporations - thanks but no thanks

General Jones joined the Board of Directors of the Boeing Corporation on June 21, 2007. He serves on the company's Audit and Finance Committees. <10>

In March 2008, General Jones was nominated to the board of directors of Chevron Corporation. The vote on his nomination will occur at the May 28 annual stockholder's meeting.<11>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Jones

[FredScuttle]

14. "Jim" Jones?

er.....no thanks.

[oberliner]

16. Why make that comparison?

Isn't that the same as the people who "play around" with Obama's name?

[FredScuttle]

18. They guy doesn't look like any great shakes anyway

the name is just icing on the cake

But, by all means, let's put up General Jack D. Ripper

[wmbrew0206]

19. He is also supposedly good friends with McCain

They were congressional liaisons together when they were both O-6's.