Historically, have Vice Presidents contributed anything major when they were Vice Presidents?

When we have an old man with a history of cancer running for president and a religious fanatic who believes in theocracy as his VP, it matters NOW.

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"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty." Thomas Jefferson

Walter Mondale: "George Bush doesn't have the manhood to apologize." George Bush: "Well, on the manhood thing, I'll put mine up against his any time."

Yes, Gore did exactly that. On the other hand I would hate to call anything Cheney did a "contribution."

For republicans, VP serve to make the president impeachment proof. Take Palin for example, who's going to impeach McCain with her waiting in the woods?

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It depends on the administration. Chaney, And Humphrey were both Valued Advisers to the president. While Gore and Bush senior Kinda ran there own office. Doing political work and pushing pet projects through the Washington machine.

I am guessing that Biden is set up to be the former, while Sarah Pilan may be the latter.

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They matter when the 70+ president kicks the bucket. People need to think about this.

Cheney is Bush's neocon puppetmaster.

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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

So true.

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"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty." Thomas Jefferson

Walter Mondale: "George Bush doesn't have the manhood to apologize." George Bush: "Well, on the manhood thing, I'll put mine up against his any time."

They matter when they offer a new brand of politics that has energized a majority America.

They matter when they close off the possibility that a McCain presidency will end after 4 years... (and the plan was to KO obama so that you can run again as a Democrat in 4 years).