Obama to pick Michael Phelps as running mate

This just in: Presumptive Democrat nominee Barack Obama will name Olympic swimmer and gold medal record holder Michael Phelps as his running mate, despite the fact that Phelps is still only in his twenties and therefore Consitutionally unqualified to to succeed to the presidency should that become necessary.

"The Consitution says you have to be at least thirty-five to become president," said an Obama campaign spokesman, speaking on condition of anonymity. "But it doesn't set a minimum age for the veep. So Phelps is our man, uh, I mean, our person."

Apparently the choice was made because the media adulation, indeed, deification, of both men:
























Yes, it's a match made in heaven.