Joe Biden Update - Virginia Gaffe
Top of the Ticket
September 25, 2009
Democrat vice president Joe Biden either getting on or off of Air Force Two somewhere
Vice President Joe Biden did not need Air Force Two Thursday night to travel across the Potomac River to McLean, Va., to the home of former Democratic Virginia Gov. and Sen. Chuck Robb.
It was, of course, a fundraiser, designed to help finance three freshman Democratic House candidates -- Glenn Nye, Gerry Connolly and Tom Perriello -- in their challenging reelection races 13 months from now in what once was a predictably GOP state.
Robb himself did not speak at the event. His wife, Lynda, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, introduced the trio of representatives.
But it looks like Joltin' Joe stepped in something again, rhetorically speaking.
About 100 supporters had paid $1,000 each to gather in the open-air pool house where Biden spoke.
"I don’t have to tell you that you’re in a very competitive state,” the vice president said, according to the press pool notes. “You got some tough votes coming up.”
Biden called the three men “independent minded” and “damn competent,” adding, however, that they were all united on core Democratic Party themes, including energy policy and healthcare.
“These guys are smart, "Biden asserted. "Some of the guys Chuck [Robb] and I have campaigned for are turkeys. Not all Democrats are created equal, while most Republicans are.”
The voluble Biden has a reputation for sometimes getting carried away in remarks, as refreshingly candid though they may be to some non-administration ears. Last fall at one gathering, a shirt-sleeved Biden paced the stage with a microphone and said Hillary Clinton would have been a better running-mate choice for Barack Obama to make, a gaffe that prompted the campaign to end most of Biden's media interviews then and there.
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-- Andrew Malcolm
September 25, 2009
Democrat vice president Joe Biden either getting on or off of Air Force Two somewhere
Vice President Joe Biden did not need Air Force Two Thursday night to travel across the Potomac River to McLean, Va., to the home of former Democratic Virginia Gov. and Sen. Chuck Robb.
It was, of course, a fundraiser, designed to help finance three freshman Democratic House candidates -- Glenn Nye, Gerry Connolly and Tom Perriello -- in their challenging reelection races 13 months from now in what once was a predictably GOP state.
Robb himself did not speak at the event. His wife, Lynda, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, introduced the trio of representatives.
But it looks like Joltin' Joe stepped in something again, rhetorically speaking.
About 100 supporters had paid $1,000 each to gather in the open-air pool house where Biden spoke.
"I don’t have to tell you that you’re in a very competitive state,” the vice president said, according to the press pool notes. “You got some tough votes coming up.”
Biden called the three men “independent minded” and “damn competent,” adding, however, that they were all united on core Democratic Party themes, including energy policy and healthcare.
“These guys are smart, "Biden asserted. "Some of the guys Chuck [Robb] and I have campaigned for are turkeys. Not all Democrats are created equal, while most Republicans are.”
The voluble Biden has a reputation for sometimes getting carried away in remarks, as refreshingly candid though they may be to some non-administration ears. Last fall at one gathering, a shirt-sleeved Biden paced the stage with a microphone and said Hillary Clinton would have been a better running-mate choice for Barack Obama to make, a gaffe that prompted the campaign to end most of Biden's media interviews then and there.
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-- Andrew Malcolm
This post certainly lightens the mood. Thanks for that. Honestly, I am grateful to Joe Biden for that small favor this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteOld Joe will get taken to the woodshed yet again.
ReplyDeleteI think we all know that Palin was so brutally terrorized in part to keep focus off of Biden and his proclivity for goofin' it up every second he's awake.
ReplyDeleteThis was the main reason that people insisted on comparing Palin head-to-head with Obama, instead of with Biden like it should have been.
It was very telling that Biden was never used to promote the ticket. It was all Obama all the time.
His own party doesn't have faith in him. And they certainly didn't want a competent politician around Obama, possibly stealing his thunder.
Obama's at his finest when compared to good ol' Joe.
Our politicians today, both right and left (more on the left, though) are proof that Americans haven't been paying close enough attention.
Yikes.
Speaking of turkeys, I think this Thanksgiving it might be Joe who's asking for a pardon.
ReplyDeleteThis one combined with his recent comments about how the stimulus is doing "better than expected" can't be winning him brownie points with Obama right now.
Or.. knowing Obama.. Biden's on a purposeful foot-in-mouth campaign right now to take attention off of other things... hmmm...
Opie:
ReplyDeleteI needed a break. Have a great weekend.
Matt:
ReplyDeleteJoe is the comic relief. I heard this week that Michelle Obama talked Barack out of picking Hillary as VP.
Josh:
ReplyDeleteBiden is a dufus. He might be a nice man, but he can't lead himself out of a paper bag. No comparison to Palin.
Sol:
Obama supposedly chose Biden for his "foreign policy" experience. I think poor ole Joe is going to be the "fall guy" when the foreign policy blows up in Obama's face.