Posted on 09/10/2008 7:07:12 PM PDT by CometBaby
ABC News' Matthew Jaffe reports: Sen. Barack Obama's, D-Ill., vice presidential nominee, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., Wednesday said that Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., might have been a better pick for the position than him.
At a rally in Nashua, N.H., a man in the audience told Biden how glad he was that Obama picked him over Hillary, "not because she's a woman, but because, look at the things she did in the past."
"Make no mistake about this," Biden responded. "Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be vice president of the United States of America. Lets get that straight. Shes a truly close personal friend, she is qualified to be president of the United States of America, shes easily qualified to be vice president of the United States of America, and quite frankly, it might have been a better pick than me. But shes first rate, I mean that sincerely, shes first rate, so lets get that straight."
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This was a MAJOR gaffe by Biden. He just wrote an add for McCain/Palin that says Obamas first big decision was the wrong one and his VP confirms it.
DOH! ! !
You've hit the proverbial nail on the head!
Does ayone really think that PIAPS in gonna be #2 to ANYONE, let alone Bambi? All this talk of her replacing Biden is bunk—she’d never go for it. The Clinton crew saw the writing on the wall long ago, and to think that America’s “smartest” woman is gonna go down with the sinking S.S. Nobama is misguided, at best. “Birth-hips” Clinton is waiting until ‘12 to make her move; Barry and Plugs will fight it out until the bloody end.
Why do I get the strange feeling that Biden will bow out for health reasons?
Here’s something to think about. No presidential candidate who ever switched VP running mates has ever won an election. Obama would seal his fate if he switched away from Biden now.
Yup, I think it’s in the works....Hillary may get her chance....they will have to do it soon....
If the polls dont improve, there a switch would not surprise me at all. Some lame excuse will surface, so it will seem like Bidens fault, not Obamas. The fly in the ointment? Hillary may just leave Change-boy twisting in the wind. At this stage, she might rather see him destroyed and pick up the pieces in 2012, with 4 years for her & Bill to say I told ya so.
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Why would not Hillary have the leverage to ask for the top spot?
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Nope nope my son and I just thought of it...Bambi has that little citizenship issue........
Oh my, I had almost forgotten that!
I’m glad Rudy put that little tidbit in his speech.
Hillary would have been a “better pick” than the boy messiah!
Joe is definitely putting in a plug for Hillary.
Suddenly, Biden is going to have heart trouble or the asthma that kept him out of the Vietnam War will return.
Truer words were never spake. But, then, my Aunt Sally's black cat would have been a better vp pick.
America, outside of DE, has been rejecting biden since 1988.
I dont think they can do that. It is too close to the election.
I have been trying to check this out.
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