Posted on 07/08/2006 5:39:29 PM PDT by mathprof
Facing criticism, potential 2008 presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday defended his recent remark that "you cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent."
The Delaware senator said his words were taken out of context.
On a recent edition of the C-SPAN series "Road to the White House," Biden is shown in New Hampshire boasting about his support among Indian-Americans.
"I've had a great relationship. In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking," the senator said.
The clip made its way through cyberspace this week and caught fire in Washington, where Biden is known as one of the more long-winded senators.
Visiting troops and officials in Iraq this week, Biden was asked about the comment during an interview with CNN's "The Situation Room."
The senator said he has had an "incredibly strong" relationship with the Indian-American community in Delaware and that his comment was misinterpreted.
"I was making the point that up until now in my state, we've had a strong Indian community made up of leading scientists and researchers and engineers," Biden said. Lately, he said: "We're having middle- class people move to Delaware, take over Dunkin' Donuts, take over businesses, just like other immigrant groups have, and I was saying that ... they're growing, it's moving."
"I could have said that 40 years ago about walking into a delicatessen and saying an Italian accent in my state," Biden added.
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I love it when they continue to dig.
Nothing about his darky friends though? sigh
Not a scripted comment; not an Hindustani Indian.
hair plugs too deep = dumbest man in the senate
I love it when they continue to dig.
Me, too
He was SOOOOOOOO misunderstood.
That's why he replaced one bigotted remark with another.
"I could have said that 40 years ago about walking into a delicatessen and saying an Italian accent in my state," Biden added."
It's just my opinion of course but I think Hillary is the dumbest man in the senate.
Ya beat me. But I had to use the spell checker ya know!
:0)
Joe was just making fun of the way they talked....
The vicious backstabbing little guttersnipe. Has he NO sensitivity?
Joey would rather be at home making love to his donut.
He would do better if he stuck to plagiarism. He wouldn't expose himself as the *sshole he is.
Does anyone understand what he's saying? His grammar is pathetic.
I guess I'll walk into the office and saying an American accent in my state.
Poooooor Joe...he can't hep it....he was born with a hair plug in his mouth!
They don't call him "Slow Joe" for nothing!!
Who writes Biden's stuff?
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