Bill Nelson as Veep? April's Fool in August.

This is from the Florida Trend magazine email I just received.

Senator Bill Nelson is a nice guy and all, but he was largely a cipher even to politically-savvy Floridians who were actually in Washington for some time when he was in the House and Senate. (Like me.)

He may've been one of the five most anonymous senators from the pont-of-view of visitors to the U.S. Capitol, more likely to be mistaken for a visiting realtor, golf coach or an agri-business lobbyist than anything else.

The fact that nobody seems willing to say publicly that even with Dems in charge, he still couldn't get some much-needed funding for long-range Hurricane satellite imagery(?) last year, should tell you something.

VP jokes aside, Bill Nelson going to a foreign funeral would induce nothing but sleepy people in uncomfortable chairs, and he certainly is not qualified to be president.
But then I've never thought Obama was, either, and I was in Chicago when he was there, too.

http://floridatrend.com/article.asp?aID=49607#link3

MIAMI: Obama's Big Veep Surprise: Bill Nelson?
So speculates the Times of London. "Expect the unexpected," the newspaper says. So, step forward Bill Nelson, who represents the swing state of Florida in the Senate where he sits on the armed services, foreign relations and intelligence committees." The story notes that bloggers typing "Obamanelson.com" earlier this week discovered they were redirected to Obama’s official campaign website. No such trick for Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, widely considered a top contender for the veep post. But as the Times notes, the computer situation could simply point to Nelson's "Nebraskan namesake, Senator Ben Nelson, ... Bill and Ben — the long shot men." [Source: Miami Herald] More on politics from Florida Trend:

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