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Vice President Biden attends soggy Labor Day parade
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | September 8, 2009 | James O'Toole

Posted on 09/07/2009 3:14:39 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

Under a rainy sky, Vice President Joe Biden appeared at today's annual Pittsburgh Labor Day parade, joined by U.S. Sen Arlen Specter and Jack Shea, president of the Allegheny County Labor Council.

Mr. Biden joked that the parade organizers would never invite him back, noting that his appearance last year was also weather-challenged -- then with the threat to the Gulf Coast of Hurricane Gustav, which prompted him to cancel his visit.

While noting that "people are hurting" across the country, he boasted of the effects of the administration's economic stimulus package. Mr. Biden praised Mr. Specter's role in supporting that measure.

The two were headed later today to an appearance outside Philadelphia in another demonstration of the Obama administration's support for the newly Democratic senator.

Mr. Specter was introduced by Pennsylvania AFL-CIO president Bill George, who called him a friend of labor. The veteran senator recited a roster of his pro-union votes on issues including the minimum wage and promised that Congress would deliver a health care bill with "a robust public option."

(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: arlenspecter; biden; laborday; pa2010; pittsburgh; vpbiden

1 posted on 09/07/2009 3:14:39 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Did his weave get wet?

LLS


2 posted on 09/07/2009 3:21:48 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (hussama will never be my president... NEVER!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Biden, Specter and Shea — The Three Stooges!
3 posted on 09/07/2009 3:28:53 PM PDT by immadashell
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

gosh, i would hate to “rain on his parade”, ;)


4 posted on 09/07/2009 3:57:08 PM PDT by machogirl
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
The cool, drizzly weather appeared to thin the parade crowd considerably.

Would anyone actually have been there on a clear sunny day to watch Joe Biden and Arlen Specter ride by? LOL!

5 posted on 09/07/2009 4:18:56 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

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6 posted on 09/07/2009 5:05:08 PM PDT by HonestConservative (Drive the Fight to the Right!)
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