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Biden and Mikulski Make Bid for Women Voters
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ABC News’ Matthew Jaffe Reports: In an attempt to offset Republican gains among female voters after John McCain picked Sarah Palin as his running mate, Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden ripped into McCain's record on women's issues at a Friday rally in Sterling, Virginia.
But before Biden could even get started, his fellow Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., urged supporters not to be swayed by Palin's presence on the ticket.
"What we don't need to get is four more years of a George Bush soundalike," she said of McCain and Palin. "And we don't need another George Bush in earrings being the number two slot."
"Democratic women," she pointed out, "we wear lipstick, too."
Mikulski's fiery comments were nothing new to Biden.
"They asked me could I handle Sarah Palin?" Biden remarked after her introduction. "I said try debating Barbara Mikulski."
The Delaware lawmaker was flanked on-stage by many of the Biden family's females, such as his wife Jill, his sister Valerie Owens, his daughters-in-law Hallie and Kathleen, his niece Missy Owens, and his granddaughter Finnegan, as he described how the nation's economic woes have been felt most among women.
"The most devastating aspect of what this economy has done," Biden said, "is the impact on women."
"When the economy goes south," he continued, "who are the first people who get hurt the most? It’s women, it’s women."
"Part of the solution is ending the cowboy mentality, the cowboy mentality of the Bush and McCain era," Biden said. "These guys ripped away, they ripped away the consumer protections were designed to help you and your investment."
"These guys have worshipped, they have worshipped at the shrine of deregulation," he added.
Biden also hit out at McCain for voting against the Violence Against Women Act and proposing to privatize social security.
"Imagine if John McCain's proposal to privatize and put the money in the market were in the bin today," he told the crowd of 700. "Literally tens of thousands of elderly woman – women -- would be in a desperate situation. More desperate than they already are."
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Good job Joe.Continue to hit them hard,because they put us and the rest of the world in this mess.Imagine! The best is yet to come.We are solidly behind you. Ride on the winning team.OBAMA/BIDEN 2008&2012
Posted by: mike | Sep 19, 2008 3:34:58 PM
Hi,
I wanted to draw your attention to this important petition that I recently signed:
"Impeach Senator Barack Obama"
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/obamaimpeachment?e ...
I really think this is an important cause, and I'd like to encourage you to add your signature, too. It's free and takes less than a minute of your time.
Thanks!............
Posted by: WillNotBeFooledByObamaNATION | Sep 19, 2008 3:35:33 PM
I'm a conservative Republican who voted for Sen. Clinton during the primary. I'm now a registered Independent now. I'm voting Obama. I was on fence until this week. The economy is my number one issue and McCain has demonstrated he has no plan for our economy.
Posted by: Anna | Sep 19, 2008 3:37:21 PM
Joe Biden has given 54 interviews and press conferences since he was named VP. Palin has given one an only under "her conditions". I don't count Hannity as a "legit" interview. How long is the MSM going to tolerate this?
Posted by: Paige | Sep 19, 2008 3:45:30 PM
Joe Biden is a straight talker. John McCain's record has been as anti-women as any person currently in the Senate.
Take his opposition to the LILLY LEDBETTTER FAIR PAY ACT for example.
If you think deliberate, proven, sexual discrimination lawsuits should be dismissed because the evidence of discrimination has been hidden by the offender, then you should vote for John McCain.
Posted by: John | Sep 19, 2008 3:45:51 PM
Joe Biden is fine but Hillary deserved the VP spot.
Posted by: ch | Sep 19, 2008 3:45:52 PM
you already want to impeach him?
where is the outrage against bush lol
wont impeach a war criminal who lied to the public and has caused the mess taht america is in today
but obama has got to go man!!!
lol
palin has used drugs should we get another impeachment petition for her too?
what about her ethics scandal? are you calling for a continuation of this controversy or asking for her to actually cooperate with the investigation like she said she would?
should we impeach her for all of her lies she has told on the campaign trail already?
should we impeach palin for not answering what branch of government the vp is in? biden says executive and yes thats the right answer, but they wouldnt say, ask cheney that same question, his answer will be eerily like palins
oh no though those are ok by you, those things arent very important to you, whats important is stopping this horrible horrible terrible man named obama
my god this obama guy is bad news he has GOT TO GO
pathetic republicans
go peach john mccain for being a terrible ineffective leader of the economic crisis and his inability to pick a vp that americans feel safe with and who isnt riddled full of scandal adn deception
Posted by: Bhrandon | Sep 19, 2008 3:53:31 PM
Someone should tell Biden don't bother pandering to women now! We already know what you and your running mate are all about and we ran as fast as we could the other way.
McCain/Palin '08
Posted by: Sparky | Sep 19, 2008 3:56:20 PM
what a great guy! I love Joe Biden.
Posted by: hang | Sep 19, 2008 3:57:05 PM
Plugs Biden thinks paying taxes is a patriotic duty. So, Charles Rangel skipped pay his taxes he is therefor unpatriotic.
Democrats are such jackasses!
Posted by: Norman | Sep 19, 2008 3:58:12 PM
republicans think that the government should stay out of regulating the market
were in a financial crisis because of the deregulation
republicans are such jackasses
Posted by: Bhrandon | Sep 19, 2008 4:00:43 PM
it continues to gall me that the GOP had the run of the table for 6 years and put us in the tank and are now claiming that it has been the democrats all along that are at fault for everything from 9/11 to this credit crisis. BTW this is an example of what happens in the free market the GOP advocates.
Posted by: Jason | Sep 19, 2008 4:02:14 PM
Oh - that impeach post -- hilarious! Those people are such a hoot!
Posted by: hang | Sep 19, 2008 4:03:35 PM
Joe blowhard and nasty Barabra Milkulski -who fled Baltimore after getting mugged.
Posted by: geevill | Sep 19, 2008 4:04:29 PM
Hey "willnotbefooled..." I think the correct term or process you are looking for is "recall" which is usually unsuccessful so good luck trying to get the House to bring that up for debate. Anyway, so your petition is stupid and you wasted your time. Bush was and is still worse in terms of his "lies and deception", personal family connection to the Saudi Family, an oil man from Tx, lying to us about WMD...should I go on? For god's sake he can't even read from a teleprompter, yet he's still hanging around. Lets say all of the allegations against Barack are true? I'd take that over any Republican led White House. And really - drugs...c'mon so what if Barack used drugs, who hasn't? And what kind of drugs? Pot, nose candy? Who cares. I like a Politician with an edgy side. Wouldn't that make him just like any other regular American? Like Palin, who's a hockey mom?
Posted by: kyle | Sep 19, 2008 4:05:42 PM
I cannot believe some bimbo is promoting impeaching Obama. Obama didn't get us into a war that has cost the lives of over 4,000 soldiers and destroyed the lives of 10,000+ more. Obama didn't break the treasury and bankrupt the country. Obama never called us a "nation of winers" because we were loosing our houses. Obama didn't pick some bimbo from Alaska who was already under an ethics investigation for his VP. Obama has a brain, ethics and far more morality than anything I've seen from the McCain/Bush/Cheney/Palin camp.
Posted by: algwriter | Sep 19, 2008 4:07:14 PM
I'm voting for Obama because he is intelligent, level-headed, and has a better grasp of our current economic crisis. Joe Biden was an excellent choice for VP based on his foreign policy experience. McCain and Palin have no clear plan for our economy and have lied numerous times throughout their campaign. I'm not interested in another 8 years of the "Bush" mentality.
Posted by: HowAboutImpeachBushandHisFollowers | Sep 19, 2008 4:08:24 PM
McCain and Palin definitely belong together on the same ticket.
McCain voted against the Violence Against Women Act.
Palin forced the Wasilla Police Department to start charging women for rape test kits.
McCain does not support equal pay for equal work.
Posted by: Juanita | Sep 19, 2008 4:10:01 PM
Did you notice how many Obama supporters have tried to discredit Gov. Palin on ABC News blogs BECAUSE SHE IS A WOMAN? Palin served in more government capacities than Obama and has more relevant experience (8 years executive experience), but they say she doesn't know what she is talking about?!
Obama supporters are saying in effect: "Oh don't worry your pretty little head about these issues, Honey. Why don't you go home and fix dinner for Todd and the kids."
I guess the feminist supporters of Obama and the Democrats who are spewing this message believe women aren't cabable of serving as president or vice president fo the U.S.
Posted by: Pretty Little Thing | Sep 19, 2008 4:13:25 PM
"How long is the MSM going to tolerate this"
How about asking how long the American people are going to have to tolerate the MSM's BIASED coverage during this presidential election???
How about when the media stops treating one candidate as if they're better than the other, and then practically mocking and speaking condescendingly about the other?
Why should the candidates be any more fair to the MSM than the MSM has been to them?
Posted by: SandyB | Sep 19, 2008 4:16:57 PM
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