Americans must ready themselves for a serious international test, if Barack Obama is elected, said Sen. Joe Biden, Obama’s running mate.

Says Biden, warning of some coming “international incident:”

“It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We’re about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here if you don’t remember anything else I said. Watch, we’re gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy.”

What do you think the test will be?

1) 9/11 or Pearl Harbor -style sneak attack against the United States?

2) Russia initiating Cold War II, complete with a kung fu Putin and sidekick lion cub?

3) Attack against Israel?

4) OPEC oil embargo a la the 1970s, complete with gas lines and shortages?

5) Rwanda / Congo style mass chaos and violence after the US pulls out of Iraq?

6) All of the above?

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Get ready for a new form of political campaign this fall — a street-level, in-your-face confrontation from neighbors and others who want to convert the non-believers.

Barack Obama: I want you to argue with them and get into their face.

Sounds appealing, doesn’t it?

Says Barack Obama: ”I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face.”

Arguments and face-to-face confrontations — I’m not sure that is the key to winning over new supporters.  Maybe a softer approach will do wonders for getting people involved and convincing them to change their positions?  We’ve had too many years of people yelling, bumper stickers filled with hate and other examples of our baser side on display in an attempt to win over converts.

What we need in politics is less in-your-face bitter partisan battles and more common sense from both sides.  What about a little more love?  How about a hug, instead of an argument?

I’m willing to listen to most anyone’s viewpoint and might even be persuaded, as long as you are not going to yell and get into my face.

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