Posted on 08/27/2006 4:49:47 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Biden not worried about Southern Dems
43 minutes ago
Sen. Joseph Biden (news, bio, voting record) says he can hold his own in a 2008 presidential primary against Democratic contenders from the South, noting that his home state of Delaware was a "slave state."
Biden dismissed the notion that he was a "Northeastern liberal" who would have a poor showing in the South against other likely contenders such as Virginia Gov. Mark Warner and former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, the 2004 Democratic vice presidential nominee.
"Better than anybody else," Biden said, when asked on "Fox News Sunday" to rate his chances of winning Southern states.
"You don't know my state," he said. "My state was a slave state. My state is a border state. My state has the eighth-largest black population in the country. My state is anything from a Northeast liberal state."
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"You don't know my state," he said. "My state was a slave state. My state is a border state. My state has the eighth-largest black population in the country. My state is anything from a Northeast liberal state."
So what point whas he trying to make?
I respect Trent Lott for all that he's done for my state,and I have forgiven him,but I will never forget that he caved to the drive-by media and the hypocritical Rats when he resigned as Majority Leader over a totally innocuous remark,when the Rats have had Robert Sheets Byrd sitting in the Senate on the Rat side of the aisle for decades.
I have always been a bit miffed that Delaware, a tiny state which consists of a NASCAR venue, the Hotel Dupont, and a none-too-attractive beach, has two Senators. I feel the same about Rhode Island, and they don't even have a dragstrip or a decent hotel. I propose that both of these states share 1 Senator, selected by myself. Now on the face of it, this may seem a trifle authoritarian, or even "unfair."
But let's give it a try. After all, I could hardly do worse than the 4 Clymers these benighted "tiny-state" people continually come up with. Biden, in particular, became Senator on the strenght of the Biden family vote, living and dead, and on the strength of a few stirring speeches a pal of his got from the Manchester Guardian after they had been delivered to Labour Party Conventions in England. He had to run to get medical coverage for a brain tumor and a hair transplant. (NOT MEDICALLY RELATED.)
Had anyone in Delaware been able to read the news, his election might have been more challenging. Hell, I am pleasantly surprised they finally heard they're not a slave state any more.
Of couse it would. After all, this is just fine with the leftist morons
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Since Joe is among the poorest,if not the poorest,of Democratic senators,isn't there something about old timers keeping "leftover"campaign contributions?
He knows that he could never win anywhere other than Delaware.
If Delaware was a slave state,why did the Delaware units,including my great-grandfather's,fight for the Union?
Follow the money!
Delaware is much more Northeastern than Southern today, so I don't understand his logic. I consider it a Northeast state.
DE was part of PA until 1704.
That's true. But everytime I think about it,I wish I could hold the lever of history just for a minute and make him go take it back. Of course,if I could have meomentary power over the lever of history,there's probably a couple of bigger things I'd bother with :)
This is the the stupidest thing I've ever heard. He's trying to show he's "in touch" with southern voters by comparing them to, or outright calling them, slaveowners because HIS state was once a slave state? That's just. . .offensive.
In this picture Mr. Mfume holds up 4 fingers when asked to guess how many illegitimate children he has fathered. The correct answer is 5 Frizzell, you Moron.
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BOTH are clueLESS!
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Sounds like Mr.Gray can at least carry Baltimore-he seems like their kind of guy.
>My state is a border state.<
Yes, and it is on the East (northern) side of the Mason-Dixon.
Whatever is the man's point???
He's a Rat,if he's drawing breath,he's either lying to or insulting someone. They can't help it.
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