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Biden tells New Hampshire crowd: 'Guys, I'm not running'
Associated Press ^ | Apr 30, 2017 9:08 PM EDT | Melanie Plenda

Posted on 04/30/2017 6:55:43 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Former Vice President Joe Biden insists he is not making another presidential bid in 2020, despite giving a rousing speech to New Hampshire Democrats about restoring dignity to politics and winning back working class voters.

Biden returned to the state on Sunday to honor the nation’s first all-female, all-Democratic congressional delegation at an annual state Democratic Party dinner. He was joined by U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan, and U.S. Reps. Annie Kuster and Carol Shea-Porter. “We know now you’ve finally earned the title Granite State, because you have four women running the show,” Biden told the crowd. “Amazing thing, I campaigned for all of them and they won in spite of it.”

Such an early post-election visit to New Hampshire fueled speculation about Biden’s presidential ambitions in the days leading up to the event. He quickly put those rumors to rest.

“When I got asked to speak, I knew it was going to cause speculation,” he said to big applause. “Guys, I’m not running.” …

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: New Hampshire
KEYWORDS: 2020election; biden; notrunning; plugs

1 posted on 04/30/2017 6:55:43 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

He’s running.


2 posted on 04/30/2017 6:59:12 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: Olog-hai

He’s a known serial liar so I don’t believe a word he says.


3 posted on 04/30/2017 7:00:51 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

NH is TRUMP Country.


4 posted on 04/30/2017 7:01:06 PM PDT by acapesket (all happy now?)
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To: Olog-hai

I wish he were running- from people with pitchforks


5 posted on 04/30/2017 7:03:42 PM PDT by brucedickinson
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Especially when he has to raise the issue specifically.


6 posted on 04/30/2017 7:03:55 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Texas Eagle

[He’s a known serial liar so I don’t believe a word he says.]

Well, it WAS a perfect resume enhancer to work alongside his pathological liar boss.


8 posted on 04/30/2017 7:09:29 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: SaveFerris

Zackly.


9 posted on 04/30/2017 7:11:36 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Texas Eagle

And 1/2 of our nation fell for it and thought they were great.

And almost the same thought Hillary was great.

Yeah, be afraid. Be very afraid of pervasive idiocy.


10 posted on 04/30/2017 7:14:45 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: Olog-hai

I bet he’ll run as Pocahontas’ VP ... he’s got that “step-n-fetch” routine down pat ... “yo boy, fetch me that paper and some coffee real quick now”.


11 posted on 04/30/2017 7:23:22 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Dan Rather, a 60 Minutes Investigative Reporter for CBS, invented "Fake News"-fake but accurate.)
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To: Olog-hai
“We know now you’ve finally earned the title Granite State, because you have four women running the show,” Biden told the crowd.

Is there some kind of pun in there? Metaphor? Local in-joke? Homonym wordplay? Double entendre? Single entendre? I don't see the connection.

12 posted on 04/30/2017 7:23:23 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: Olog-hai

A 78 year-old white guy?

He’s not running. He can’t win the nomination.


13 posted on 04/30/2017 7:49:04 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Ride To The Sound Of The Guns)
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To: dragone

Still trying to drag Cory Booger out,the magic Negro II ...


14 posted on 04/30/2017 8:38:41 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Taglines now subject to management approval)
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To: Olog-hai

darn it!


15 posted on 04/30/2017 8:39:16 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Olog-hai

To which the crowd yelled “Thank God you’re not”.


16 posted on 04/30/2017 9:43:39 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Olog-hai
Joe Biden....restoring dignity to politics?


17 posted on 04/30/2017 9:54:38 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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