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Meanwhile, the other No. 2 keeps on punching (Biden)
The New York Times ^ | 9/19/2008 | MARK LEIBOVICH

Posted on 09/19/2008 11:59:34 PM PDT by GVnana

FLAT ROCK, Mich. — As the economy reels, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. — the Other Running Mate — has been absolutely butchering Senator John McCain across the Rust Belt this week. It is not clear who has noticed.

“John is so out of touch, he just has no idea,” charged Mr. Biden, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, who called his “old, dear friend” someone who “just doesn’t think,” who is behaving in a repugnant manner and who is peddling “Republican garbage,” and malarkey.

The older woman who introduced him at a rally here called Mr. Biden’s Republican counterpart, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, a “bucket of fluff,” and he rewarded the woman as he took the microphone with an “I love you” and a gentle kiss on the head.

“If I sound angry, it’s because I am angry,” Mr. Biden told a few hundred people gathered at a high school football field. Yes, he sounds angry, yelling through his stump speeches, flailing his arms and telling a (supportive) member of the audience to “Shush up, will you?” (“I’m kidding,” he added, but did not sound it.)

But the reality for Mr. Biden is that while running mates are second-fiddlers by definition, the phenomenon of Ms. Palin has rendered him something of a fourth or fifth fiddle. It is not like last month, when reporters swarmed Mr. Biden’s Delaware home and delegates swooned at the Democratic convention. He is now trailed by just a few national reporters, and struggling to break through in a race marked by historic firsts, political celebrities and charismatic newcomers — none named Joe Biden.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: biden; mi2008; obama; obamabiden; swingstates
Biden and Palin will make quite a contrast on stage.
1 posted on 09/19/2008 11:59:34 PM PDT by GVnana
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To: GVnana

I don’t think there are many people that care much what Biden has to say about anything. Other then a gaff for a laugh.


2 posted on 09/20/2008 12:08:27 AM PDT by Names Ash Housewares
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To: GVnana
Biden and Palin will make quite a contrast on stage.

That super nova you see on your screen across from Palin will be Joe Biden's head reflecting the studio lights, blinding the viewing audience.

3 posted on 09/20/2008 12:09:41 AM PDT by Darkwolf377 (I can't stop making bald jokes about Joe Biden!)
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To: GVnana

Who?.....


4 posted on 09/20/2008 12:13:43 AM PDT by Uriah_lost (Obama just woke up with a moose head in his bed....)
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To: Names Ash Housewares

“Stand up Charlie!!!”


5 posted on 09/20/2008 12:27:27 AM PDT by KoRn (Barack Obama Must Be Stopped!!!)
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To: KoRn

I like this one. Tells a reporter, “You need to work on your pecs.”


6 posted on 09/20/2008 12:39:33 AM PDT by GVnana ("I once dressed as Tina Fey for Halloween." - Sarah Palin)
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To: GVnana
someone who “just doesn’t think

Joe Biden is always the smartest person in the room. And he'll tell anyone there that's the case, over and over again.

Mark

7 posted on 09/20/2008 1:08:05 AM PDT by MarkL (Al Gore: The Greenhouse Gasbag! (heard on Bob Brinker's Money Talk))
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To: GVnana

TWO QUOTES:

‘My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you’ll join with me as we try to change it.’
— Barrack Obama

‘’Life’s tough.....it’s even tougher if you’re stupid.’’
— John Wayne


8 posted on 09/20/2008 1:52:14 AM PDT by television is just wrong (The Democrats have lost cabin pressure and the oxygen masks have dropped.)
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To: Darkwolf377
I wonder how much hair he will grow and how much grey he will lose before those debates.

I also wonder if he will put on some lipstick and maybe a Man-Kilt to show off some leg.

Biden cannot keep his yap shut, have a guy at work, a big conservative but in no way PC, we have a sign we made him though, “Speak Before you Think” he is not arrogant he just does not care, Biden on the other hand is one of the MOST arrogant people on the planet.

9 posted on 09/20/2008 1:56:36 AM PDT by Michael121 (An old soldier knows the truth. Only a Dead Soldier knows peace.)
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To: GVnana

I think ole Joe better keep his eyes on his wife, because whenever his back is turned, Obama is kissing her on the lips!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMqrc3k4kPQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzQg9U4BDrE&feature=related


10 posted on 09/20/2008 2:17:26 AM PDT by tuckrdout (~ 'Those who hammer their guns into plows, will plow for those who don't.' ~)
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To: tuckrdout

Eeeew. Way too much smoochie face going on there.


11 posted on 09/20/2008 2:25:21 AM PDT by GVnana ("I once dressed as Tina Fey for Halloween." - Sarah Palin)
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To: Names Ash Housewares
I don’t think there are many people that care much what Biden has to say about anything. Other then a gaff for a laugh.

That's actually not good. The Republicans have to give more respect to him and make it as if Biden is an important player in this election for two reasons: (1) so that he is not dropped and replaced by Hillary, and (2) so that his gaffes mean something. If nobody listen to him, nobody realize how scary his comment on tax-is-patriotic-thing is.

12 posted on 09/20/2008 2:53:38 AM PDT by paudio (Nobody cried 'racism' when Swann, Blackwell, and Steele lost to white guys in 2006)
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To: GVnana
Yep, just keeps punching along:


13 posted on 09/20/2008 4:00:47 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople
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To: GVnana

Biden is a walking, talking gaffe machine. Every time he opens his mouth the rats lose votes. God bless ya Joe, keep up the good work!


14 posted on 09/20/2008 4:29:06 AM PDT by RU88 (The false messiah can not change water into wine any more than he can get unity from diversity.)
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To: GVnana

Biden forms his own circular firing squad.


15 posted on 09/20/2008 6:48:46 AM PDT by Malesherbes
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To: GVnana

Can we just call him NUMBER 2?

It simplifies everything.


16 posted on 09/20/2008 6:53:58 AM PDT by keving (We get the government we vote for)
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To: tuckrdout

YUK! I would kill someone who tried to kiss me on the lips other than my husband.


17 posted on 09/20/2008 6:56:54 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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