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Oh, That Joe! (No. 40 in a Series) -- Oh, That Jill!
October 31, 2008 10:06 PM
Friday afternoon in Kettering, Ohio, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., took the stage on the heels of a Halloween prank sprung on him by his wife Jill.
"I tell ya what, some things never change," the Democratic vice-presidential nominee said to start off his rally in this battleground Buckeye State.
"I probably shouldn't let the press know this, but you know, Jill walked back up here a moment ago," he said.
"You know what she did?" he asked the crowd of 2,000.
"She put a little rat on the thing here," said Biden, referring to the lectern and holding up a small black plastic rat.
"Everything's Halloween with this lady," quipped the loquacious Blue Hen. "Happy Halloween," he told the audience.
And turning back to his spouse, the Delaware lawmaker scolded jokingly, "You are bad, you are bad!"
-- Matt Jaffe and Jake Tapper
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I am a woman and I love Biden. Sarah Palin scares me. Joe does not. Plus, the socialism stuff is pathetic. I guess Reagan was a socialist too then as the top marginal rate when he was in office for 6 years was guess what...wait for it...50%! Yes, 50%. So Obama and Biden want to move the rate back up to 39% like it was under Clinton and that is "socialism". Maybe none of these Republicans took a simple goverment class. Karl Marx, if alive, would be laughing at this.
Posted by: Jenn | Nov 1, 2008 6:53:24 PM
True real people the Bidens are not fake and phony dog show like the Mccains/palins/joe the plumbers!
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Yeah.
A son and a brother of Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) are accused
in two lawsuits of defrauding a former business partner and an
investor of millions of dollars in a hedge fund deal that went sour,
court records show.
Bidens son Hunter, is a lobbyist.
Posted by: Jeanie | Nov 1, 2008 1:25:34 PM
What is so appealing about Biden to women, other than his record of supporting/protecting women, is his love and admiration for his wife, Jill.
Posted by: Paige | Nov 1, 2008 12:53:19 PM
One thing we can count on if Obama/Biden are elected--Joe will have to remain hidden away.
If not he will be a constant embarrassment to the administration.
His ego will always win out over logic.
Posted by: sam | Nov 1, 2008 9:50:29 AM
I think Obama came untied from the teleprompter when he called people selfish for not wanting to spread the wealth.
Have you looked at your paycheck lately to see how much the gov't takes?
And Obama wants to take more and give it to who he wants?
Posted by: bailey | Nov 1, 2008 9:47:14 AM
True real people the Bidens are not fake and phony dog show like the Mccains/palins/joe the plumbers!
Posted by: Angie | Nov 1, 2008 9:46:48 AM
Way too cute!! These two are real people!!
Posted by: Sharonklim | Nov 1, 2008 9:14:49 AM
THE MORE THE REPUBS OPEN THEIR MOUTHS THE BLUER THE MAP GETS ----GO REPUBLICANS----ARNOLD IS CAMPAIGNING WITH MCCAIN ---MUST BE SHOWING HIM HOW TO BANKRUPT THE COUNTRY LIKE CALIFORNIA----JUST ANOTHER FAILURE.
Posted by: rodney | Nov 1, 2008 8:49:06 AM
Jake your constant mockery of Sen Biden is unbecoming. You pick out 5 seconds of a speech and report it as if it is the sum total of his remarks.
Posted by: Ed | Nov 1, 2008 8:19:12 AM
The obvious question about judgement on truly important issues falls to McCain.
McCain picked Palin as his VP candidate - an obviously reckless choice for the country.
McCain put his campaign and his ambition ahead of his country.
This is a reckless and suspect judgement made at a presidential level.
Posted by: pefros | Nov 1, 2008 4:02:27 AM
Obama and Hillary believe in the same thing...
Posted by: akskimo | Oct 31, 2008 11:06:51 PM
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Have you been in the hole in the past year to understand the difference?
0bama lacks fundamental judgment on key issues, as he has exhibited in the past year.
He had no clue about the crisis of the economy that already was at the brink of collapse one year ago - he pushed for Bush's money giveaways and ridiculed Hillary Clinton's plan to use that $300 billion to target banking, mortgage and financing sectors, which was the correct diagnose and is still today.
0bama promised to vote against FISA when he needed your votes in the primaries. He immediately breaks his promise when he does not need your votes in the party, voting for giving Bush the power to spy on you, taking your constitution right away. Senator Clinton voted against the FISA bill, AS PROMISED, so did John McCain.
0bama promised to use public financing before he knew he was going to get so much un-identified money. He immediately breaks his promise when he faces a critical decision. John McCain kept his promise.
Mr. 0bama lied to you that he was against giving the big oil tax credits, while his opponents were for giving the tax credits. In reality, he voted for the Bush/Cheney bill giving the largest tax credits to the big oils in history. McCain voted against his party line, against to give the big oil tax credit.
Mr. 0bama has been race-baiting, implying his opponents to be racists, including his running-mate Joe Biden on the very day that he announced his candidacy, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, geraldine Ferraro, and McCain. He sold out his fellow democrats, equating the Clinton administration to be the same as that of Bush's.
0bama is simply not to be trusted.
Posted by: skinny dog | Nov 1, 2008 3:32:16 AM
To quote a great American from Massachusetts, "I feel CHANGE in the air!"
It's going to be a tough weekend, koolaid drinkers.
Posted by: jcarob | Nov 1, 2008 3:09:11 AM
The only faint hope the Republicans think they have is to portray Senator Obama and the Democrats as demons - communists, terrorists, racist, america haters.
It's such a transparent and pathetic strategy, and it is the worst of American politics.
My advice to the Republican right wing is - you deserve to lose after the last 8 disastrous years in power - try to lose with a little dignity.
Posted by: pefros | Nov 1, 2008 3:01:28 AM
another hillary supporter here that will absolutely vote for mccain/palin.
Posted by: sonia trevino | Nov 1, 2008 2:53:48 AM
When it comes to the economy, when it comes to the central issue of this election, the plain truth is John McCain has stood with President Bush every step of the way," Obama said.
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Mr. 0bama will use Class Struggle to correct it:
The ideal of sharing wealth, equalizing class divide has been so powerful, sweeping half a Europe and Asia and South America in the first half of the 20th Century.
The ideals of Marxism are not necessarily wrong; in fact, they are extremely appealing, and the history of the 20th century is a proof.
Yet, none of the practitioners have achieved their noble causes, each has left millions dead, in smaller places like Vietnam and Cambodia, and 10s of millions in larger states. The only major survivor of this practice is China, who has adopted Capitalism by all means except some certain rights that we enjoy here as granted - which is a different topic.
Socialism, a precursor of Communism, has never had a chance being practiced in the US. Few really know what socialism is, but what 0bama wants to do IS socialism.
0bama is masterfully adopting the classic class divide of Karl Marx, playing one class - the 95% of the poor - against another class - the rich, the 5% to achieve his ambition.
It is not progressive taxation that makes 0bama a socialist.
It is the Class Struggle that makes 0bama a Socialist!
Posted by: d0 | Nov 1, 2008 2:36:52 AM
Please you guys it's not over ...I heard today that the young voters are not turning out like they thought..come on youngins make sure you vote Barack needs you ...Don't let us down you are the future...
Posted by: amv | Nov 1, 2008 2:32:53 AM
pefros,
Too bad. Yes, we will - will defeat 0bama.
Posted by: d0 | Nov 1, 2008 2:31:31 AM
pefros,
Too bad. Yes, we will - will defeat 0bama.
Posted by: d0 | Nov 1, 2008 2:28:16 AM
K anyone who says they would actually vote for McCain's Republicans out of spite for Clinton not winning the nomination . . . is politically suspect.
Posted by: pefros | Nov 1, 2008 1:27:34 AM
PUMAS will roar into the voting booths on Tuesday and let it be known to the nation, we say NOBAMA!
It's McCain 08 and our Hillary 2012!
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
UNITY? HELL NO.
18 MILLION STRONG AND GROWING!
Country first, party second!
"No self respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party that ignores her sex" Susan B. Anthony
Posted by: K | Nov 1, 2008 1:08:34 AM
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