The choice of a buffoon like Joe Biden as vice president may have been a wise move by Barack Obama – after all, anything the new president says will look like sage wisdom by comparison to the sorts of things that regularly drip from the new veep’s mouth. But what is really scary is that Biden holds such an inflated opinion of himself, as demonstrated by his words here.

"I know as much or more than Cheney. I'm the most experienced vice president since anybody."

Now letÂ’s consider this for just a moment.

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Does Biden really want to argue that he is more experienced or prepared than two of the most important Founders?

But then again, maybe we get some insight into the workings of Biden’s mind when we recognize that he does concede that one many may have been better prepared – Lyndon Johnson (who went on to be one of the worst presidents in history). What do they have in common? An extended tenure in the Senate – with Johnson having also been Senate Majority Leader and therefore having a greater breadth of experience.

Aside from being a rather narrow definition of “experience”, Biden’s criteria would also argue that he was not the best qualified choice for VP – and I therefore urge him to step aside and allow Obama to appoint Senator Robert Byrd, a former majority leader, president pro tem and KKK Kleagle, as vice president.

Call it “Experience We Can Believe In.”

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