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Rudy Giuliani: If Biden Were a Republican Making These Gaffes 'He'd Be Plastered All Over the Media'
NewsBusters.org ^ | August 19, 2012 | Noel Sheppard

Posted on 08/19/2012 10:52:16 AM PDT by Kaslin

Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani said something on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday that is such a metaphysical certitude it should be an embarrassment for all so-called journalists across the fruited plain.

"If [Joe Biden] were a Republican, if Sarah Palin made that level of mistakes, Dick Cheney, he'd be plastered all over the media" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

RudY

DAVID GREGORY, HOST: You mentioned the thrust and the parry of the campaign this week, and Vice President Biden raising a lot of eyebrows talking about how Romney/Ryan would “put y’all back in chains” was his quote. He went out of his way to say there was no racial implication in all that. You've been tough on Vice President Biden. You said he doesn't have the mental capacity should he become president, that he's not too bright. What's the impact of something like this this week?

RUDY GIULIANI: Well, I was astounded by his remarks. When I first heard it, I didn't see -- I didn't see the -- the tape. I just heard it. And I was really startled by it. I thought, “This is a really dumb remark.” And that's why I said he's not so bright, and you wonder. And it isn’t just that comment. I mean, Joe is, Joe is a laugh line on Jay Leno. He's not a vice president. I mean, he's a joke. You never know what he's going to say.

In one week he thought he was in the wrong state, he thought he was in the wrong century, he didn't know that Paul Ryan was a congressman, and of course he said this awful thing. The other three I don't know. Everybody makes mistakes, but Joe seems to make a disproportionate number of mistakes.

And I really do believe, and don't get offended because Republicans believe this, we all believe this, we believe we're treated more unfairly by the media than Democrats. I truly believe if that were a Republican, if Sarah Palin made that level of mistakes, Dick Cheney, he'd be plastered all over the media. The New York Times would go nuts. They'd be raising questions about is he smart enough, what's going on, how does a guy make so many mistakes? Is he fit to be president? That's really why I said it because I wanted to even up the score.

The fact is what Giuliani said was undeniable.

As such, exactly how do today's so-called journalists square this from a professional standpoint?

Or does that even matter anymore?


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1 posted on 08/19/2012 10:52:20 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Thank goodness Biden can spell POTATO otherwise the media would crucify him!


2 posted on 08/19/2012 10:59:49 AM PDT by golf lover (going)
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To: Kaslin
Democrats have always been able to say and do things that would get Republicans run out of town.

Can you imagine the outcry if Sarah Palin had ever said something this dumb?

3 posted on 08/19/2012 11:00:36 AM PDT by Carbonsteel
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To: Kaslin

Democrats never have to weigh their words. They know if they say something offensive, dumb or untrue their pals in the media will gloss over it, if they even cover it at all. Thanks to Rudy for telling it like it is.


4 posted on 08/19/2012 11:08:04 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: golf lover

Not to be a grammar Nazi but you meant “potatoe”, right?


5 posted on 08/19/2012 11:12:04 AM PDT by tsowellfan (Voting for Obama/Biden is like purposely swallowing two tapeworms)
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To: All

using the < / sarc just ruins the whole thing


6 posted on 08/19/2012 11:14:11 AM PDT by tsowellfan (Voting for Obama/Biden is like purposely swallowing two tapeworms)
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To: tsowellfan

>> Not to be a grammar Nazi but you meant “potatoe”, right?

Quayle spelled it -oe and caught hell for it.

As it turns out, EITHER spelling is technically correct, although -oe fell out of common usage about 20 years ago.

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/01/spelling-can-be-a-hot-potatoe/


7 posted on 08/19/2012 11:19:51 AM PDT by Nervous Tick ("You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.")
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To: Kaslin

Is Biden alcoholic? Or is it just an aging brain?


8 posted on 08/19/2012 11:27:58 AM PDT by Rapscallion (Hope and change has become meanness, lying, fraud, cover-ups, and vindictiveness.)
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To: golf lover

IIRC Biden has trouble spelling the three letter word JOBS


9 posted on 08/19/2012 11:39:20 AM PDT by JoanneSD
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To: Kaslin

Sounds to me like Joe Biden is just plain plastered!


10 posted on 08/19/2012 11:53:46 AM PDT by GoldwaterChick
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To: Kaslin
As such, exactly how do today's so-called journalists square this from a professional standpoint?

Or does that even matter anymore?

No. I think most of us already knew that many years ago.

FMCDH(BITS)

11 posted on 08/19/2012 12:00:29 PM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: Kaslin

I suspect Joe Biden will claim ill health and resign from Zero’s team in order to save the Dems the embarrassment of dropping him.


12 posted on 08/19/2012 12:10:18 PM PDT by kitkat
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To: kitkat

He is certainly mentally ill, so it would absolutely give some credibility to such reasoning.


13 posted on 08/19/2012 12:12:23 PM PDT by UKrepublican
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To: Kaslin

I mean they went nuts over the spelling of Potatos (or potatoes, both can be acceptable). Biden is doing the equivalent of setting people on fire and the media doesn’t do anything.

And SNL is just a shill for the DNC. Every opening skit they have reserved to bash on republicans. Thought they might have a new one on after the Olympics but they apparently ran an old one, but of course, it’s never Obama. Romney bashing. I’m not in love with the guy but it’s just so transparent. It’s free guerilla warfare. THey are Alinskying the republicans every opening skit, every week.

I swear the last skit poking any kind of fun at Obama was at least two years ago.


14 posted on 08/19/2012 12:14:20 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: kitkat

If you say Joe’s last name accenting the syllables, you can make it sound like you’re saying “Bye, then”.

Bi den.

And that is what might happen to ol’ Smoky Joe.


15 posted on 08/19/2012 12:17:14 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Kaslin
If Biden Were a Republican Making These Gaffes 'He'd Be Plastered All Over the Media'

If Biden were a Republican he'd have been out of a job years ago.

16 posted on 08/19/2012 1:01:51 PM PDT by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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To: Kaslin

Come on, the media still hasn’t figured out how stupid it was for Biden to say that when the stock market crashed FDR went on nationwide TV to reassure the public how he was going to fix things.


17 posted on 08/19/2012 1:36:15 PM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: Kaslin

I lived in Delaware for 18 years and met Joe a couple of times. He was not too bright then either, but I think he’s gotten worse. Maybe they drilled a little too deep whem he got his hair plugs.


18 posted on 08/19/2012 1:43:32 PM PDT by JeanLM (Obama proves melanin is not enough)
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To: golf lover

I doubt they would


19 posted on 08/19/2012 2:03:30 PM PDT by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: GoldwaterChick
The Drunk: Joe Biden drunk singing gaffe Obama vice president
20 posted on 08/19/2012 2:12:46 PM PDT by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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