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Bayh, Bayh, Miss American Pie? : /p> p>Evan Bayh was also governor of great state of Indiana for eight mind-numbing years in which he did nothing but feed from the public trough. He is petrified of doing or saying anything to alienate any potential voter but, if forced to take a stand, will vote the Democrat party line every time. He is notorious for talking conservative at home but voting liberal in Washington. Good riddance if he is chosen by and subsequently elected. It may be the only good thing to come from an Obama presidency. br> -- David Heinekamp br> Indianapolis, Indiana /p>

Following in his father's footsteps, when Evan Bayh first appeared on the horizon, little did we expect that the newspapers and television news programs suddenly display a belief in feudal primogenitor How else could we explain how such a young man with little accomplishment becomes destined to climb with political ladder. Evan scarcely spent any time living in Indiana prior running for his first office as, being a son of a Senator; he actually grew up in Washington.

Still, Evan Bayh supposedly exuded that mysterious, indefinable quality referred to as "Hoosier values." To outsiders, all Hoosier values add up to hard work, integrity, honor and common sense. To those native to Indiana, however, their state's mysterious values suggest a little ineffable loftiness that comes from saunter about the sacred hills and dales in the land of the Indians. (OK. Maybe not. But my guess is as good as anybody's.)

The more sober political note takers watched Evan's rise and comment that, whatever the issue that would land on his desk, he would always do what was good for Evan Bayh. Once Evan rode into Congress, even the dense among them realized that Evan's promises of independence and levelheaded cooperation went out the door and D.C. Democrat marching orders came in. Again, Evan did what was good for Evan Bayh.

p>Whereas the Vice President's office is another rung up the ladder for Bayh, America will just get another professional politician. Bland. "Moderate." A practiced politician who has little to recommend or distinguish himself except a personal conviction that he is destined for higher office -- the office his father was unable to attain. As they say, some come to Washington to do something. Others come to Washington to be something. br> -- Mike Dooley /p>

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