Posted on 09/25/2009 12:58:36 PM PDT by rdl6989
Vice President Joe Biden did not need Air Force Two Thursday night to travel across the Potomac River to McLean, Va., to the home of former Democratic Virginia Gov. and Sen. Chuck Robb.
It was, of course, a fundraiser, designed to help finance three freshman Democratic House candidates -- Glenn Nye, Gerry Connolly and Tom Perriello -- in their challenging reelection races 13 months from now in what once was a predictably GOP state.
Robb himself did not speak at the event. His wife, Lynda, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, introduced the trio of representatives.
But it looks like Joltin' Joe stepped in something again, rhetorically speaking.
About 100 supporters had paid $1,000 each to gather in the open-air pool house where Biden spoke.
"I don’t have to tell you that you’re in a very competitive state,” the vice president said, according to the press pool notes. “You got some tough votes coming up.”
Biden called the three men “independent minded” and “damn competent,” adding, however, that they were all united on core Democratic Party themes, including energy policy and healthcare.
“These guys are smart, "Biden asserted. "Some of the guys Chuck [Robb] and I have campaigned for are turkeys. Not all Democrats are created equal, while most Republicans are.”
The voluble Biden has a reputation for sometimes getting carried away in remarks, as refreshingly candid though they may be to some non-administration ears. Last fall at one gathering, a shirt-sleeved Biden paced the stage with a microphone and said Hillary Clinton would have been a better running-mate choice for Barack Obama to make, a gaffe that prompted the campaign to end most of Biden's media interviews then and there.
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“Stand up Chuck!”
Joe,Joe,Joe. I think it’s time to have your plugs adjusted.
It is so simple in this turkey’s care: it takes one to know one.
Better a turkey than a Jackass!
“As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly”
It takes one to know one, and turkey’s do not grow much bigger than Biden.
How do such piss poor writers get jobs?
Duh-versity, with emphasis on “duh”.
Can we have Les Nessman drop this turkey from a helicopter ?
If Biden ever succeeds to the White House I expect him to go all Martin Sheen from the Dead Zone.
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