“I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy”
I bet 2 bucks on this and lost. I thought it was going to be Sebellius.
It’s spectacular news for the Republicans though – Joe Biden is the opponent of your dreams. National Review put together a collection of Biden quotes on McCain, Obama, and Iraq that should illustrate why this is so:
Biden, on a post-debate appearance on MSNBC, October 30, 2007: “The only guy on the other side who’s qualified is John McCain.”
Biden appearing on The Daily Show, August 2, 2005: “John McCain is a personal friend, a great friend, and I would be honored to run with or against John McCain, because I think the country would be better off, be well off no matter who…”
Speaking to the New York Observer: Biden was equally skeptical — albeit in a slightly more backhanded way — about Mr. Obama. “I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,” he said. “I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”
December 11, 2007: “If Iowans believe campaign funds and celebrity will fix the debacle in Iraq, put the economy on track, and provide health care and education for America’s children, they should support another candidate,” said Biden for President Campaign Manager Luis Navarro. “But I’m confident that Iowans know what I know: our problems will require experience and leadership from Day One. Empty slogans will be no match for proven action on caucus night.”
Also that night, Biden said in a campaign ad, “When this campaign is over, political slogans like ‘experience’ and ‘change’ will mean absolutely nothing. The next president has to act.”
Biden on Meet the Press in 2007, on Hussein’s WMDs: “Well, the point is, it turned out they didn’t, but everyone in the world thought he had them. The weapons inspectors said he had them. He catalogued — they catalogued them. This was not some, some Cheney, you know, pipe dream. This was, in fact, catalogued.”
Biden to the Brookings Institution in 2005: “We can call it quits and withdraw from Iraq. I think that would be a gigantic mistake. Or we can set a deadline for pulling out, which I fear will only encourage our enemies to wait us out — equally a mistake.”
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One of the most amusing rhetorical manoeuvers in political “discussion” in these sorry times is the “God, How Could They Choose THAT Candidate Of All People!”
When it seemed that Hillary Clinton was a cert, Republican bloggers proclaimed her the worst possible choice for America. Until Obama surged ahead, of course, at which point, he suddenly became The Worst Possible Choice. Now the same mock incredulity for Biden, and no doubt from the Democratic side from McCain’s choice.
Not that this is limited to the US. I recall Conservative bloggers hedging their bets about whether Ignatieff or Ray was the Worst Possible Choice For Canada, with Dion usually portrayed as a saner alternative (only because he appeared to pose no threat to the other two.)
What the McCain campaign forgot was the full, very embarrassing context of the quote.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=125441&title=Joe-Biden-Pt,-2
…basically, Biden told the Daily Show back in 2005 that he urged John McCain to switch parties and run as John Kerry’s
running mate!
To make matters worse for McCain, he denied this fact initially when asked by the NY Times, only to completely blow up at a NYT
reporter, when confronted on his lie, finally admitting it, and claiming that it was common knowledge!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg2NxBCFr84
The video of this is very embarrassing for McCain, and reenforces a lot of the negative perceptions people have about
him.
More info below, with the interview transcript, supporting links, etc. Feel free to yoink at your leisure…
http://insomnia.livejournal.com/823964.html
Curiously, in the United States, the Democratic candidates who are Catholics (Ferraro in 1984, Kerry in 2004 or now Biden in 2008) are pro abortion. The only improvement of the right to life of the unborn has taken a non-Catholic, George Bush. This president has undeniable flaws but banned one type of abortion more bloody, the partial birth abortion. Regards, Santiago Chiva, Granada (Spain)
http://opinionciudadano.blogspot.com/
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