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. *
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Ya gotta love Philly.
LOL!! THAT'S change you can believe in. I too am voting for "McCain and the lady."
Holy smokes!!!!! This story is real??????
If it is, Obama is is deep, deep, doo-doo.
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."Racists.
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Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment
Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”
Biggest.Lie.Ever!!!
He hates President Bush and has been planning his coup of the republican party for the last 8 years or more.
Am I the only one who feels this is a tasteless thing to say to senior citizens?
I thought this blog/forum might be of interest to see the backlash brewing against O’bama’prah:
http://weblogs.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/blog/2008/09/oprah_five_reasons_why_palin_s.html
I don’t think Newsday leans to the right. But, I could be wrong.
There seems to be a serious grassroots rally building for McCain/Palin.
I thought it would be an interesting story topic, but, I don’t know how to do that.
That vast experience of soooo many years in the Senate is really paying big dividends.
Executive decision: Meat loaf or Pot roast?
Meanwhile back in the real world, people are waiting hours to catch a glimpse of Sarah and hear her speak.
If he used Sarah as warm up, at least he would start out with a full house.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Look, I don’t live in Wonderland. There are Republicans and Democrats who will vote against him because of his race. Not most or even many but a small percentage will do just that. Of course many more will vote for Obama because he is black. It’s just the way things are.
Funny, he doesn't seem to mention that she was an atheist as well as a white girl. He also doesn't mention that an atheist mother and muslim father gave the baby a Hebrew name. (Obama's campaign has often pointed that "Barack" has some meaning in Hebrew; I don't know what it is.)
HAHAHA! That old lady was really funny!
I know lots more Dems like her who won’t vote for him.
Cheech’s mother said something similar: “I can’t vote for him. He’s not even an American.”
This is the viewpoint of many elderly ethnic ladies.
I suppose you will have to source others to find out.
I was just surprised he didn’t start his VP acceptance speach with: “Fourscore and twenty years ago we asked not what our country can do for us but asked if all we have to fear was fear itself of Sally in the garden sifting ciders lifting up her leg and farting like a man,the bursting of her bloomers breaking sixteen windows,the cheeks of her butt going...(whereupon Biden then claps his hands three times).
(Apologies to the late Kurt Vonnegut)
...I tell them he's half white and half black...
Ya gotta love Philly.
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