Politics

[urbpan]

I was looking back at my post of vicious lies about the presidential candidates, and to my astonishment, not only did I miss McCain (and owned up to it) but I also missed Joe Biden.  I guess he's just too clean and articulate to make fun of

Comments

[morrigandaughtr]

Actually, Joe Biden has run for president in 1988 and 2008 only. Pluses: He's the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, had a working class upbringing, and isn't afraid to shoot from the hip or throw a verbal punch.

[vampyrusgirl]

My favorite quote of Biden's was re: Guilaini - 'Every sentence out of his mouth is noun, verb, 911.' :)

[roaming]

I agree, and I hope you're wrong adn that it's not a detriment. Because if McCain wins, I AM moving to Canada. Or invading it, since they won't want the influx of panicked Americans.

Every time I hear (during elections) someone say they like a candidate because he seems like the sort of person they could sit down and have coffee with, I get nuts. I don't WANT to have coffee with my president! I want him/her/it (alien) to be too busy fighting for Truth, Justice, and the Amuracan way. ;-P I WANt him to be Much MUCH smarter than I am -- and much smarter than everyone else in politics he needs to outsmart to get good things done.

These days, though, it seems I'd settle for someone who doesn't make me embarrassed on levels I didn't think existed before.

[antarcticlust]

Actually, Biden has a history of making verbal gaffes, like saying that if you go into a 7-11 you have to have an Indian accent, and saying that Obama is the first articulate, clean-cut African American in the public eye. He's also been nailed for plagiarism in the past.

And Clinton had a reputation for being smart; maybe the southern accent threw some people off, but the guy is certainly not dumb.

My biggest issues about Biden are that he's a party insider (several decades in Washington), and he's old (he's only six years younger than McCain, which means we can't really play the age card anymore). It doesn't really fit with the whole "change" ticket.

[weofodthignen]

Yeah .... American short memories! I've heard him called "lying Joe Biden" so much, I was shocked by the choice.

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[buboniclou]

FTR, Delaware is one of the biggest chicken-producing states--aside from Wilmington and Dover, it's largely rural.

[heavenscalyx]

Dover's not rural?

*ducks, runs*