Mark Halperin Blows Obama VP Story, Then Covers It Up

Hey, kids! Late yesterday evening, Mark Halperin, who writes "The Page" for Time Magazine - which is like a comic book, full of listicles for children - had up on "The Page" a post that, in his Halperin-y way, suggested or spitballed that Obama had chosen his Veep, and that Veep was Dick Lugar. It was titled "Hoosier Values" and read:

What is Barack Obama looking for in a running mate?

Obama tells TIME he wants someone who is "not about ego, self-aggrandizement, getting their name in the press" and tells CBS News he wants someone he would "feel comfortable with."

Obama at Saddleback: "There are people like ... Dick Lugar, a Republican, who I'd listen to on foreign policy."

On CNN this past Sunday: BLITZER: "Do you agree with Senator Lieberman that Senator Obama has not put the country first?"

LUGAR: "No. I think that was clearly a partisan statement at a rally. I respect everybody their opinions in a political campaign, but that's all that was."

To see what the future could look like, click here. [The link led to a photo of Lugar and Obama.]

Dick Lugar, of course, has endorsed John McCain for President. A brief amount of time passed, and then Halperin took the confounding post down, and there has been no mention of it since then. No update, no correction.

As long as Halperin is pulling the stupid stuff down off of his website, why not continue and pull this silliness down also? It's really hard to believe that a grown up wrote this, or that a room full of grown ups said, "Hey, let's actually pay for this." I find it hard to believe that a grown up would even read it, but I did, and now LOOK! Grey matter is dribbling out of my nose and now everything is going black and swoony. Damn you, Mark Halperin.

Comments

[Nicky6571]

Halperin is one of the WORST journalists walking around ... WHY is he still employed!!!

[lboucher]

If Obama doesn’t announce his pick soon, the pundits are going to start floating Rosie O’Donnell and Whoppie Goldberg as the next possible dark horse. It’s gone past entertaining into the stupid zone!

[stickshift]

he's waiting for the Olympics to wind down; no need to overshadow the young Americans now on the stage; the announcement is just a formality anyway; we all know it's . . .

[CharlesJ]

You must be kidding, he is going to select Paris Hilton. Mr McCain put her on the ticket for president with his last little stupid game, and Obama is going to make him eat his words. LOL. He had considered Spears, but decided that she had too much baggage and the shaved head thing would not go over well with the voting public. ROFLMAO

[kellygrrrl]

I thought she was married to mkkain -- oh wait. you mean those blonde heirheads are two different people?

[Whinger]

Patience children, the "fat" lady is fixing to sing!

[Bob66106]

Mr. Halpren is totally useless. I have no idea how he maintains his various positions. Chuck Todd runs a very close second. Talking Heads, chattering class in the worst sense of those phrases.

[marc1antony]

he is becoming Bill Kristol's sidekick.

[Bob66106]

Marc, you are right on the money. He has that George Bush smirk, sickining.

[CharlesJ]

Halpren is league with Rush and Lou in the sense they are all three worthless.

[aOsO]

Mark Halperin is D o u c h e.

[Scarllatti]

No Mark is a TOAD!!!

[BatedBreath]

Reporters are bored waiting for something really big to happen so in the meantime they make things up. See also Slate's take on pepsi cola and obama. There are too many reporters chasing too few stories. It's not that more and more important stories don't exist, the reporters are just hellbent on going after the same one.

[Kenji]

Maybe they should fill their days by actually working for a living. The whole press corps has become a gaggle of turkey-like pundits. Investigate much?

[tbone99]

Lugar was floated as a possible cabinet member in the summer. I'll be sitting out this elction before my only choice is between two Repug A or Repug B , tho'

[booksnmore4you]

This article is a waste of bandwidth.

[cungar]

The waste of bandwidth smartass reply died about a decade ago. Bandwidth is no longer at a premium.

[dr d00m]

hence the remark that it is a waste.

in layman's terms:

this is so stupid that it isn't even worth the 3kb that it takes up on the "internets"

obama/biden 08

[mlaiuppa]

In what way would Mark Halperin have exclusive privy-ness to who it's going to be? Like he's trustworthy to keep his mouth shut?

[honeydiva]

halprin is a (fill in the blank) he's ridiculous and a b s artist.

[ibsteve2u]

Halperin might be right about Chet Edwards, though....­Edwards is a fighter (and some), is politically pragmatic when he needs to be, and he would give Texas a chance to redeem itself for inflicting Bush upon America and the world.

[SaltySaltillo]

As a Texan, I would be shocked by this. Chet doesn't bring new voters in, doesn't put TX in play, is not that much of a fighter, and has no executive experience. And why would Chet do his kick-off campaigning in Indiana tomorrow?

[ibsteve2u]

lolll...an­y Democrat who survived the Republican "redistricting" (awesome name for stacking the deck, don't you think?) of Texas is a fighter...

[Dari]

My take exactly on much posted there.

Thanks for the Sunday funny on Friday, Jason!

[jcwill7]

Agreed. Halperin is the worst

[4wehttam]

Correction, Halperin is one of the worst. There are plenty more where he came from.

[SaltySaltillo]

Wow, Halperin has a job predicting names like Lugar? I could do that... where do I send my resume.

[JackND]

If O'bama has in fact made his choice, continuing to not announce it only grows increasingly cloying.

[4wehttam]

It's keeping us suspenseful. I love that he's doing this. People are sitting at the edge of their desk dying to know who it is. When was the last time we wanted to know who the VP was sooooooooo bad??!!!

[tbone99]

The higher the high - the farther to fall- especially if it is a repug like Lugar , or Hagel