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Biden Continues South Florida Assault on McCain
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ABC News' Matthew Jaffe reports: Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden continued his rip-roaring return to the campaign trial Friday with more attacks in Florida on the Republican ticket's ties to the Bush administration and their diversionary tactics.
"They hurt every single American, these false and baseless charges," Biden said. "These accusations are merely an attempt to get you to take your eye off the ball, not focus on what’s actually going on in this country. Look, beyond the attacks, what is John McCain really offering in this campaign? Well the truth is, what about the last eight years?"
Biden, who has repeatedly dubbed McCain “Bush 44”, then referenced Bush 42 in his evening address to a raucous crowd of 4,000 packed into the gymnasium at Ft. Myers' Florida Gulf Coast University.
“Ladies and gentlemen, look at me. To quote an elder Bush, read my lips, we will end this war. We will end this war!" he exclaimed as the audience rose to their feet.
The Delaware lawmaker, mirroring his remarks this morning in Tampa, focused on the economy, saying that many Americans have been "in an economic hell" during the Bush administration.
“You've gotta know where you've been in order to know where you're going," he said. "And for an awful lot of people, they've been in an economic hell for the past eight years. An awful lot of people are in real trouble. And as Barack says, it's not enough just to get us out of this economic crisis. We need a wholesale, fundamental change in our economic philosophy. The last eight years have been an abject failure. An abject failure!”
As he has done repeatedly in recent weeks, Biden attacked McCain’s healthcare plan, citing the Republican nominee's recent article in “Contingencies”, leading to a Bidenesque ad-lib when a baby in the crowd started crying.
“He said, quote, “Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done in the last decade in banking, would provide more choices for innovative products and less burden by the worst excesses of state-based regulation", said Biden, before then stopping to acknowledge a crying baby in the crowd.
"I don't blame that baby for crying, I don't blame that baby for crying because I'm crying," Biden pointed out. "That child knows what he's crying about.”
The senator put an exclamation point on his argument that McCain’s healthcare plan is “cockamamie” by emphasizing that the president of the Business Roundtable even criticized it, a group "not traditionally…the biggest fans of Democrats."
“It’s not just Democrats and Independents who think that John's healthcare plan, to use my grandfather's word, is cockamamie," the senator stated. "Even business leaders, they don't love this plan either. They're worried that the private marketplace isn't ready and that John's plans will in fact hurt what they refer to as their workers."
"And I’m quoting, “One of the things we don't want to do is jeopardize 175 million Americans who get insurance through their employers"," Biden said. "And that's not coming from me, that's coming from the CEOs of the largest corporations in America about John's plan."
"John, take a look at your plan," Biden pleaded. "Take a look at your plan. Even your own guys ain't crazy about it, John.”
October 8, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (144)
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Uh, Senator Dufus (D-MBNA). Bush got re-elected. Apparently the economny was ok until Pelosi and Reid took over.
Swear on the life of your sons that Obama is more qualified to be President than MCCain. Biden can't do it.
Posted by: geevill | Oct 8, 2008 9:40:41 PM
hey joe you and obama are bigger liars then billy bj. obama, chuckie scummer, chris dope, waters, reid, peloski, barney frank all democrats are 90% responsible for the freddie, fannie scandel. thank a democrat in NOV VOTE NO NO obama-obiden take a long walk off a short pier holding hands
Posted by: jake | Oct 8, 2008 9:42:11 PM
Joe, JOe, Joe, a great vp.
Posted by: jon, texas | Oct 8, 2008 9:42:34 PM
Cry all you want McCain supporters. Your candidate is getting owned. He is completely out-classed and falls farther and farther behind everytime he or Palin opens their mouths.
Posted by: Solider in Iraq | Oct 8, 2008 9:43:13 PM
I don't like to call people out personally, but "Maria" (Oct 8, 2008 9:22:02 PM) do you have any brains in that head of yours at all?
Your "argument" is nothing but a bunch of contradictions strung together absurdly. I am so tired--and I think many people are--of you seething Republicans who care only about "winning" and not at all about what the country needs.
Posted by: Sportin' Life | Oct 8, 2008 9:45:42 PM
Nat Turner imposter... your desperation is desperately showing...will the REAL Nat Turner please stand up?
haw!
btw, fyi , the loan companies LIED AND DECEIVED the gullible public to take on loans they knew would probably or likely have problems ,and the scam was to repackage the bad loans and sell them to the financial sector.
all of this was UNREGULATED TO A LARGE DEGREE ,MOSTLY BECAUSE OF REPUBLICAN MAJORITY LED LEGISLATION THAT WAS RAMMED DOWN THE THROAT OF THE AMERICAN CITIZEN FOR YEARS ,SINCE REAGAN AT LEAST.
its pretty clear to most objective observers that republicans are true scum ,and about as low as a snakes belly in a wagon rut. their agenda is pathetic and blatantly aligned to serve the rich and elite ,and they themselves are generally dangerously unstable (eg;esp. palin..shudder!) and untrustworthy ,politically AND socially.
in a word...LOSERS!
Posted by: bah | Oct 8, 2008 9:47:32 PM
Who the hell would watch New Christine?
Posted by: HolySmoke | Oct 8, 2008 9:48:30 PM
Palin and McCain are beyond pathetic. What's worse are the people who are supporting them. Eveyone has a right to support whomever they choose but the republican ticket is a joke. Vote with your head people. Brarack Obama and the Democrats didn't put us in this mess, Bush/McCain and those neo-con nut jobs did. You need to ask yourself "what the he** happened"?
Posted by: s jones | Oct 8, 2008 9:49:25 PM
I would so swallow Joe Biden's cum in order to end the economic crisis. JOE HOW ABOUT ITM??? My lights are off due to the economic hardships (SCANDAL) that plagues US Americans. Also, I have no hot water to bathe in. Stifle the grief (or joy, after this is a mother-in-law) and hit the campaign trail and rip Pallin a new ass-hole. BUT....please choose the time to attack carefully. Palin is like Hitler: unpredictable, scarily influential, etc. All the bad things that good politicians fear. Ia any case, "rotsa ruck."
Posted by: T-Bone | Oct 8, 2008 9:50:10 PM
Sarah Palin likes to refer to herself as a pitbull. A pitbull is not a naturally agressive dog, they have to be trained to be that way, just as Palin is saying what she is told to say.
Posted by: Gay Watson | Oct 8, 2008 9:50:47 PM
Give me a break. You can't possibly want a continuation of the past horrible 8 years. McBush is merely repeating the crazy lines that dimwitted Bushlite has been throwing out to us since 2001. The guy is 72 years old. Doesn't have the energy to engage in a competitive game of checkers. I'm not thrilled about the other option of Obama but between the two I don't think you have any choice but to go for Obama. I believe the country is screwed no matter who we place in the White House.
Posted by: David | Oct 8, 2008 9:52:23 PM
Right on Joe! Stick it to these lying scumbags and their hate filled speeches used to cover their utter lack of ANYTHING TO SELL. Their pathetic plans tossed like so many dice from McSame's pocket, trying to pick up some points as he lies his way to the top.
They can say all they want about Ayers and Wright, but those two people don't scare me a bit! What scares me and millions of other Americans is even the thought, of this angry little warmonger, and the taliban woman getting anywhere NEAR the White House.
Keep fighting the good fight Joe. I would have voted for you for President. With Barack Obama, you are definitely a formidable team, and all of US are behind you.
Posted by: John | Oct 8, 2008 9:53:58 PM
give 'em 'ell JOE!!
send the Ice Princess back to the frozen tundra!
Posted by: Gus | Oct 8, 2008 9:54:14 PM
The great GOP brainwashed crowd like Nat Turner are hilarious. No matter what goes wrong its Obama and the Dems to be blamed.
Reminds me of the McCain ad at the beginning of the campaign where he blamed Obama for high oil prices.
Turn off the Fox News and think for yourself....if that is even possible!
Posted by: politicaleye | Oct 8, 2008 9:55:36 PM
Obama was wrong when he said energy is the highest priority. More Americans are going bankrupt and foreclosing due to high healthcare costs. Obama has a lousy healthcare plan, too.. maybe he realizes it, and didn't want to talk about it. McCains response that we need to fix all the top issues simultaneously, not one at a time, was
very astute, as well.
Posted by: ohiopolitico | Oct 8, 2008 9:55:57 PM
Wait Republicans are cool they are Mavericks. The C student in the White House. The old guy who graduated at the bottom of his class, crashed a handful of planes, got himself captured, pee'd his pants, left his wife. The hot broad from Alaska, with the brain of a slug, that likes to kill stuff, raised a teenage whore, and a drug adict. These are some fine folks
Posted by: HolySmoke | Oct 8, 2008 9:56:35 PM
It's good to have Joe Biden back to counter the negative attacks by both McCain and Palin. McCain is a desperate 72 year old who knows this is his last shot...he is now running exactly the type campaign that he previously despised.
Posted by: 1943Tom | Oct 8, 2008 9:58:11 PM
ohiopolitico....yeah and he's gonna buy me a house McCain 08
Posted by: HolySmoke | Oct 8, 2008 9:58:51 PM
hey ,just to note...that was a fake Nat Turner ...the real Nat is a flaming socialistic liberal...like me!
Posted by: bah | Oct 8, 2008 9:59:27 PM
Wait the Republicans are the best what's going on?
Posted by: HolySmoke | Oct 8, 2008 10:00:50 PM
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