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Oh, That Joe! (No. 5 in a Series) -- Biden: Now is the Moment for me 'as a US Senator Running for President' to Put Aside Politics
September 01, 2008 5:13 PM
At a Scranton, Penn., Italian festival this afternoon, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del. standing on the side of a black Suburban, took the microphone to address the downtown crowd and explain why Hurricane Gustav precluded his campaigning today.
"I will be back, I'll be back to campaign in earnest," Biden said, "but today is not the moment for me to campaign. Today is the moment for me as a United States senator running for president to put aside the national politics and focus on what's happening down there" in the Gulf Coast.
Biden has still spent more time this election cycle campaigning for president than he has running for vice president.
-- Jake Tapper and Matt Jaffe
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I love Joe!
Perfect, no, but real and good and smart, yes. He's really real. Not pretending to be real. There's a big difference.
Posted by: Alaska First! | Sep 1, 2008 11:05:34 PM
Biden is a few bricks short of
a full load. Half a quart low.
Posted by: anon | Sep 1, 2008 10:27:33 PM
Seeing how the main job of the VP is to take over if the P goes down I think he is absolutely right.
Posted by: TurdBlossom | Sep 1, 2008 10:10:00 PM
Okay, so Obama has introduced Biden as the next president of the United States and now Biden seems to think he is running for that office. Makes sense to me. The guy with actual experience goes on the top of the ticket and the novice takes VP. Makes much more sense this way. Looks like the Repugs got the memo before the Dems though.
Posted by: Nancy | Sep 1, 2008 9:30:28 PM
The Dem Veep pick is a
scatterbrain.
Posted by: anon | Sep 1, 2008 9:06:09 PM
This guy needs to put
himself on a program
of self-improvement.
The first thing he has
to know is he's a nuisance
most of the time. He's
not funny.
Then gradually work upwards
from there.
Posted by: anon | Sep 1, 2008 9:01:06 PM
oh that joe...YOU SCREW BALL...I LUV YA BUT DO BE GOING ALL "JOHN MCCAIN " ON US!
ALASKA FIRST...ALASKA ALWAYS!
Posted by: mark | Sep 1, 2008 8:29:38 PM
Biden knows that he has one shot left to run for President. It would not be a surprise to see him run against Obama in four years, saying this guy Obama is so inexperienced, I have to keep him propped up, so Americans should vote for the real thing instead. The only problem is that the real thing is actually Hillary Clinton.
Posted by: WestCoastMessenger | Sep 1, 2008 8:05:08 PM
Hey Obama fans, still think Joe isn't a big doofus! lol,lol,lol!
Posted by: Beckie | Sep 1, 2008 7:55:13 PM
Either a Freudian slip or a senior moment! But Joe definitely has a point - he should be the top of that ticket. I have to agree with the slip!
Posted by: Beckie | Sep 1, 2008 7:49:42 PM
I love Biden, but good luck to Obama reining his mouth in. He loves to talk. There isn't a podium, microphone, megaphone or mirror the guy doesn't love.
Posted by: alpaig52 | Sep 1, 2008 7:31:56 PM
Okay Joe, settle down. You only get to be VP. I'm not going to the pearly gates before you, so don't get excited...Now eat your ice cream before it goes soft.
Posted by: irma | Sep 1, 2008 7:22:28 PM
Eviee,
Biden is certainly jealous he's on the bottom of the ticket. He was planning to retire soon, and thought he'd give the presidential run one more try. It didn't work out, and when he saw some know-nothing kid who has accomplished nothing but talks good game won, he got p'd.
Sometimes I feel Biden is doing this on purpose to undermine Barack out of spite. Perhaps not consciously. But there have been too many gaffes.
Posted by: JA | Sep 1, 2008 7:17:00 PM
Me thinks that Biden pulled a Jessie. He is a bit resentful because the ticket is backwards!
Posted by: eviee | Sep 1, 2008 7:15:30 PM
Isn't it spelled "dufus"?
Let's ask Joe, I'm sure he knows.
Posted by: JA | Sep 1, 2008 7:14:25 PM
Isn't it spelled "dufus"?
Let's ask Joe, I'm sure he knows.
Posted by: JA | Sep 1, 2008 7:14:24 PM
It must be nice for Obama & his team to know that the only mainstream news outlets this kind of thing will come out on is THIS blog. Therefore they have no reason to worry about anyone finding out these gaffes.
However, each slip o' the tongue of McCain AND Palin will be played on the nightly newscasts. And 24/7 on cable news.
Posted by: Jo | Sep 1, 2008 7:08:05 PM
Looks like Biden's big mouth wasn't vetted.
Posted by: Jo | Sep 1, 2008 7:03:50 PM
Has Obama not broken it to Biden yet that he's the VP candidate, not the top of the ticket.
Posted by: Jo | Sep 1, 2008 7:03:14 PM
"Palin was never vetted!!!"
Do you really believe that if you repeat that lie enough it will magically become true?
Posted by: Frank | Sep 1, 2008 7:00:25 PM
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