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Sen. Obama's gaffe factory
Waterbury Republican-American ^ | August 25, 2008 | Editorial

Posted on 08/26/2008 11:09:37 AM PDT by Graybeard58

"My friends, I don't have to tell you, this election year the choice is clear. One man stands ready to deliver change we desperately need. A man I'm proud to call my friend. A man who will be the next president of the United States: Barack America!" — Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., Aug. 23, 2008.

But give credit where credit is due. Sen. Biden is much more than just a gaffe machine, the consummate Washington insider, a verbose defender of the status quo and now Sen. Barack Obama's running mate.

Sen. Biden is a racist, plagiarizing, tax-and-spend liar who helped Ted Kennedy introduce "bork" to the lexicon in 1987. And as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2001-03, he abetted in the resurgence of anti-U.S. socialism in Latin America by letting Sen. Christopher Dodd block the confirmation of key State Department diplomats because they were staunch anti-communists.

For the further edification of the 51 percent of Americans who say they've never heard of Sen. Biden:

He plagiarized a law-school term paper and later a speech by a British politician.

He cultivates a moderate image, but was graded the third most liberal senator by the National Journal. Who's No. 1? Sen. Obama.

While being drubbed by the Dukakis machine in the 1988 Democratic presidential sweepstakes, Sen. Biden falsely claimed to have graduated in the top half of his law-school class when he barely made it out of the bottom 10 percent. He also said he attended law school on a full scholarship, also a lie.

In 2006, he was caught on tape saying Delaware's "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." Trying to ingratiate himself with South Carolina Democrats, he said Delaware was a "slave state that fought beside the North. That's only because we couldn't figure out how to get to the South."

n Until Saturday, he held Sen. Obama in low esteem, as summarized by his campaign ad: "When this campaign is over, political slogans like 'experience' and 'change' will mean absolutely nothing." In January, he condescendingly called Sen. Obama "the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean."

There's so much more, but suffice it to say, Sen. McCain almost couldn't have picked a better running mate for Sen. Obama because in the coming weeks, his opponent will have to spend an inordinate amount of time and energy dislodging Sen. Biden's foot from his mouth.


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008dncconvention; biden; cleanandarticulate; doublestandard; gaffe; gaffemachine; nobama; obama

1 posted on 08/26/2008 11:09:37 AM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: pinkpanther111; BlessedBeGod; KosmicKitty; ballplayer; warsaw44; Grizzled Bear; Tunehead54; ...

Ping to a Republican-American Editorial.

If you want on or off this list, let me know.


2 posted on 08/26/2008 11:10:22 AM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: Graybeard58
Did someone say Barack America?


3 posted on 08/26/2008 11:13:31 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote (NOBAMA!)
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To: Graybeard58

Seen elsewhere in FR: Obama and Biden = Smug and Slug


4 posted on 08/26/2008 11:13:31 AM PDT by hsalaw
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To: Graybeard58

“Sen. McCain almost couldn’t have picked a better running mate for Sen. Obama....”

I totally agree! Biden was the best liberal clown money could buy!...


5 posted on 08/26/2008 11:15:46 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Graybeard58

“Howard Dean” minus “caffeine” equals “Joe Biden”


6 posted on 08/26/2008 11:18:59 AM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (Vigilantism will arise where the justice system is viewed as overly lenient and/or ineffective.)
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To: Graybeard58

Actually, Barack America sounds cooler than Barack Obama. Like maybe he’ll dress in a cape and fight crime.


7 posted on 08/26/2008 11:21:55 AM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (DRILL HERE. DRILL NOW. PAY LESS!)
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To: Hegemony Cricket

BTTT for 51%


8 posted on 08/26/2008 11:23:51 AM PDT by litehaus (A memory tooooo long)
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To: Question Liberal Authority

That’s funny...I had visions of him in a photoshopped diaper.
A photo of BO in a diaper would say everything about him...a picture worth a million words.


9 posted on 08/26/2008 11:26:04 AM PDT by Stayfree (***************************************IF IT IS LEFT, IT CAN'T BE RIGHT!!)
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To: Graybeard58

Wasn’t Caroline Kennedy heading the BO VP search team? Is she working for McCain now? Or the Hilldabeast?
Let’s just hope Johnny Mac picks his right(so to speak)


10 posted on 08/26/2008 11:27:54 AM PDT by bossmechanic (If all else fails, hit it with a hammer)
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To: Question Liberal Authority
Like maybe he’ll dress in a cape and fight crime.

You mean like these guys????

I find it very interesting that Obama bin Biden are ranked # 1 and # 3 on the most liberal senator list.

And if you recall - just four years ago - Kerry was # 1 and Edwards was # 4.

Dumocrats just don't seem to know that extreme liberalsim is not gonna win them any elections.

Having said that... maybe they can't take solace in knowing that a moderate liberal will in fact win.

11 posted on 08/26/2008 11:34:01 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Yo prometo lealtad a la bandera de los Estados Unidos de America, y a la Republica que representa...)
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To: hsalaw

I liked the one another Freeper posted: Ears/Plugs


12 posted on 08/26/2008 11:39:29 AM PDT by pbear8 (Prayers for the people of Georgia)
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To: Graybeard58

The unlovely and ungracious michelle said that their mission was to make the world a better place.

How is it that Barak could not send one dollar of his many millions to help his own brother.


13 posted on 08/26/2008 11:55:37 AM PDT by Carley
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To: Carley
How is it that Barak could not send one dollar of his many millions to help his own brother.

You have to remember how 'Rats view the world. It isn't their obligation to use their own money for anything. They use government to tax us and then use our money for the things they want to do. Same thing here. The Obamination won't spend a dime of his own money for his own brother, but will tax the h*ll out of the rest of us so he can send massive amounts of foreign aid (cash payoffs) to other countries.

14 posted on 08/26/2008 12:02:27 PM PDT by chimera
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To: hsalaw

Obama-Biden is an anagram of Nabob Media. Pass it on...


15 posted on 08/26/2008 12:04:21 PM PDT by weegee (The higher taxes that Obama demands of Americans are 'Above my Pay Grade'.)
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To: hsalaw

16 posted on 08/26/2008 12:07:35 PM PDT by Islander7 ("Common sense and common decency are uncommon virtues among America's left.")
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To: hsalaw

Smug ‘n’ Plugs


17 posted on 08/26/2008 12:22:38 PM PDT by visualops (portraits.artlife.us or visit my freeper page)
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