Posted on 09/15/2008 9:23:42 AM PDT by NewMediaFan
Remarks by Senator Joe Biden--as prepared for delivery The Case for Change
Eight years ago, a man ran for President who claimed he was different, not a typical Republican. He called himself a reformer. He admitted that his Party, the Republican Party, had been wrong about things from time to time. He promised to work with Democrats and said he'd been doing that for a long time.
That candidate was George W. Bush. Remember that? Remember the promise to reach across the aisle? To change the tone? To restore honor and dignity to the White House?
We saw how that story ends. A record number of home foreclosures. Home values, tumbling. And the disturbing news that the crisis you've been facing on Main Street is now hitting Wall Street, taking down Lehman Brothers and threatening other financial institutions.
We've seen eight straight months of job losses. Nearly 46 million Americans without health insurance. Average incomes down, while the price of everything -- from gas to groceries -- has skyrocketed. A military stretched thin from two wars and multiple deployments.
A nation more polarized than I've ever seen in my career. And a culture in Washington where the very few wealthy and powerful have a seat at the table and everybody else is on the menu.
Eight years later, we have another Republican nominee who's telling us the exact same thing: This time it will be different, it really will. This time he's going to put country before party, to change the tone, reach across the aisle, change the Republican Party, change the way Washington works.
We've seen this movie before, folks. But as everyone knows, the sequel is always worse than the original.
If we forget this history...
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Well their latest ad calls McCain dishonorable. Really nasty ad. Definitely beyond the pale. I don’t think the majority of the American public will buy it.
There are two people at the core of the current housing and bank meltdown:
Bill Clinton
Henry Cisneros
Start there and find the facts. They pushed Congress for more open lending practices so the poor People could have their own houses.
I know “poos people” that don’t deserve to own their t-shirts.
McCain and Palin should ignor Biden to show how irrelevant he is........
I graduated from High School where he was speaking today. Funny, I don’t remember being forced to sit in on a political speech when I was in high school. They are certainly targeting the kids.
Your post makes no sense. It presents two conflicting views.
Bidens speech to hundreds of supporters at South Lake High School
After 35 years in the Senate, Biden is marked as an extreme political insider and the perfect example of the ultimate cradle to grave, liberal politician.
If things are soooooo bad... how come with his 30+ years in the Senate, they are sooooo bad? What was he doing to improve things????
thanks joe...really
now please go back to being irrelevant.
Can you believe it? This guy actually had the audacity of hope to show up for a Senate job after losing his wife in an accident with two small children in the early 70s? (Oh, you mean that’s OK for Democrat Parental Units...as long as he’s male...and a Democrat...and not on the current MSM slime list...or Feminist-Mongering List)
I was repeating Democrat talking points. Of course it makes no sense.
"Its been the Democrats in charge since 2006 and have a record of no accomplishment with an 8% approval rating."
“That candidate was George W. Bush. Remember that? Remember the promise to reach across the aisle? To change the tone? To restore honor and dignity to the White House?
We saw how that story ends. A record number of home foreclosures. Home values, tumbling. And the disturbing news that the crisis you’ve been facing on Main Street is now hitting Wall Street, taking down Lehman Brothers and threatening other financial institutions.
We’ve seen eight straight months of job losses. Nearly 46 million Americans without health insurance. Average incomes down, while the price of everything — from gas to groceries — has skyrocketed. A military stretched thin from two wars and multiple deployments.
A nation more polarized than I’ve ever seen in my career.”
This man is an idiot. The second part does not follow from the first. Who writes this stuff, seriously?
Well their latest ad calls McCain dishonorable. Really nasty ad. Definitely beyond the pale. I dont think the majority of the American public will buy it.
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Which is EXACTLY what the vermin on DU have been calling for, they’ll like it, most normal people won’t be as moved.
** STAND UP, CHUCK! **
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Here it is !! (video of the gaffe):
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=156_1221005987
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