Posted on 09/06/2008 1:48:05 PM PDT by Chet 99
Posted on Sat, Sep. 6, 2008
Biden gets mixed welcome in Northeast Local Dem leaders say race is issue for many voters
By DAVE DAVIES Philadelphia Daily News
daviesd@phillynews.com 215-854-2595 DEMOCRATIC vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden went stumping for votes yesterday in Northeast Philadelphia, where Democrats need to earn the love of Democrats who voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama in the April primary.
He worked a diner, gave a rousing speech on bread-and-butter issues at a union hall, and reeled off a memorable line tying the Republican candidate to the unpopular team in the White House.
"My friend John McCain and George Bush are joined at the hip," Biden said. "And we need a hip replacement very, very badly."
So how is the ticket doing with the Northeast's white working and middle-class voters?
Mike McAleer, the veteran Democratic ward leader of the 66th ward in the far Northeast, said Obama and Biden haven't closed the deal yet.
"The Dunkin' Donut crowd tells me that we've got everything going for us but Obama," McAleer said. "They can't give me a direct answer. Do I have them right now in the 66th ward? No. But I got 60 days to get them."
Asked what the problem is with Obama, McAleer paused and said: "It's his color . . . I tell them he's half white and half black. He's got a better perspective for everything in this country."
Joe Dougherty, business manager for Ironworkers Local 401, which hosted Biden's morning event, also said race is an issue for many Democrats.
"I hear it in the neighborhood, and I hear it in the union," Dougherty said. "But I remind them (Obama's) mother was white. He sees all sides, and he could be just what we need to bring this country together."
Biden talked to the crowd of about 200 senior citizens and union members about lower taxes, trade agreements that protect American jobs, and ending what he called the Republicans' "war on unions."
Later, Biden and Gov. Rendell worked the lunchtime crowd at The Dining Car, a neighborhood spot on Frankford Avenue.
Biden smiled, laughed, shook hands and sometimes hugged diners or slid into booths next to them. Sometimes he felt the love coming back, and sometimes he didn't.
Charles Daukas said he'd vote for the Obama-Biden team.
"Put it this way, if Hillary was running I would have really went hard for it," Daukas said. "But I'm a Democrat."
In a corner booth, Biden sat down and, after a moment's conversation, planted a kiss on the forehead of Carolyn Bauer, age 89. Bauer explained afterward it wasn't such a friendly encounter.
"I told him I'm not going to vote for him," Bauer said. "Anybody who runs with a guy with a name like that is not going to get my vote. It'd be disgusting to get a man named Barack Obama as president of the United States. No way. I mean it . . . I'm going to vote for McCain and the lady."
"[Obama's] a Muslim," Bauer added. "He pretends to be a Christian, and he isn't, he's a Muslim."
Obama has attended Christian churches for years, and his children are baptized.
After his stops in Northeast Philadelphia, Biden attended a rally in Langhorne. *
Executive decision: Meat loaf or Pot roast?
neither..he said “present” and went to mickey d’s..:)
ok, then.
Point still stands.
Joe Dougherty, business manager for Ironworkers Local 401, which hosted Biden's morning event, also said race is an issue for many Democrats.
"I hear it in the neighborhood, and I hear it in the union," Dougherty said. "But I remind them (Obama's) mother was white. He sees all sides, and he could be just what we need to bring this country together."
OMG... It's possible that the Dems will be done in by racism - from within their own party! Priceless.
I hope that Republicans will stay above racial issues. We can’t say our party welcomes all if we perpetuate this. I agree that many will vote based on race but I think McCain’s comment that we are all Americans would be better heeded by our party if we want to attract average people. I simply will not accept that 95% of blacks will vote for Obama. I think 100% of ignorant liberals will. I find his beliefs disgusting-his race isn’t an issue.
'Twas an 89-year-old WOMAN, Carolyn Bauer.
Biden was in FL this past week. He went to Century Village with around 10,000 people living there. 800 people showed up!
“Hey, Joe Biden! If you want to get a big enthusiastic crowd out in the hustings... Next time just call Sarah Palin!”
Lol...
Letterman’s top 10 list from last night, for real:
Top 10 ways to make the US Open more exciting.
#10. Ten ball boys, 9 uniforms
........9, etc.
#1. Even though she has no experience put Sarah Palin in the finals.
I expected this. My family is mostly liberal democrats who are huge bigots. They will have a very hard time voting for a black president. Maybe a congressman or a senator but not the leader of the free world. They simply won’t do it.
You see all their life they believed that the blacks needed someone to take care of them and there will be no easy way for them to believe that a black man can handle the presidency.
So then you consider yourself more enlightened than the 90%-95% of Blacks that will vote for Barry because he is black?
“My friend John McCain and George Bush are joined at the hip,” Biden said. “And we need a hip replacement very, very badly.”
Yeesh, who writes this guy’s jokes - The Unknown Comic?
So this is why Obama was making those remarks about the Republicans trying to scare voters for his color or his “funny name.”
Problem is, it’s not Republicans who are making the racist remarks. It’s his fellow Democrats.
The MSM is just so full of it - at first they tried to tell us about Biden’s “blue collar roots” yeah, right!
It seems even the worst MSM has stopped spewing that nonsense about Biden.
let me tell you something NE philly is my old neighborhood (thankfully i left) & it will never go Obama I promise u that.
what a joke McCain got 50,000 yesterday.
what’s the deal, NE Philly is near the last white holdout neighborhood left. Outside of Rendell, they’ve had a black mayor for the last 25 years & a dem mayor for atleast the last 60 yrs as has chicago & numerous other cities & THAT CITY IS MOSTLY A CESSPOOL. Is that what we want for america??
Here is 1 question among many i have
Why is there no reporting about Mrs Obama’s salary tripiling just after her place of work received a $1,000,000 earmark?? Hell, i’d like a federal investigation.
Inquiring minds want to know
Hmmm... the unknown comic....
Did you hear about Biden in Philly today? Apparently, he contracted a severe case of “Bauercide” right in the eyes. Turns out he was looking for votes in all the wrong places.
Ouch. Can’t say for sure. But I could venture a guess based on everything I’ve read...
Sure. My only wish is to base it on something — anything— substantial.
Using this logic, Justice Thomas wouldn’t have had a chance.
Correction. If the majority had exhibited this logic, Justice Thomas woudn’t have had a chance.
The closest I can think of is “Baruch,” one of the Apocrypha. And since Apocrypha means “hidden,” that explains Nobama’s past very well.
“Anybody who runs with a guy with a name like that is not going to get my vote. It’d be disgusting to get a man named Barack Obama as president of the United States.”
There are HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of senior citizens who feel just like this lady.
I think McCain could even say he’s getting rid of SS, Medicare, etc. and they still will not vote for OB.
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