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Biden smells “victory” in the air for Obama
reuters ^ | 11/2/08 | Sue Pleming

Posted on 11/02/2008 10:12:01 PM PST by melt

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Just two days before the U.S. presidential election, Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden smells victory for Barack Obama.

Speaking at Florida State University in Tallahassee, his first in a three-stop swing through the battleground state of Florida on Sunday, Biden pointed to a dramatic bronze statue entitled “Unconquered” outside the university’s stadium.

“This is a great place to have this rally in front of the ‘Seminole Unconquered’. I tell you, I don’t think you ever approach this stadium without smelling victory in the air,” Biden said.

The statue depicts a spear-brandishing Seminole Indian astride a rearing horse and was designed to “capture the indomitable spirit” of the Seminole people, says the university’s website.

With polls showing Obama ahead of Republican John McCain, Florida Sen. Bill Nelson was also in an upbeat mood when he introduced Biden.

“Do you smell victory in the air?,” Nelson said. “I suspect on Tuesday night we are going to be singing ‘happy days are here again’,” he told about 2,000 enthusiastic supporters.

A small group of protesters shouted anti-Obama slogans on the outskirts of the rally and Biden had a message for them and other McCain supporters who were criticizing Obama.

“Not only will we, but they in the parking lot (the protesters), they will be calling Barack Obama something else. They will call him President Obama — President Barack Obama, commander-in-chief of the United States of America.”

Biden, who became a senator in 1972, poked fun at a skit on NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ this weekend when McCain tried to sell a talking doll in the image of the Delaware senator.

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; obama; overconfidence
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Breaking News!

Missing senior found wandering aimlessly around in Botox Clinic, muttering "I smell victory!"--- then falling off to sleep.

Returned unharmed to Democratic campaign in Tallahassee...

1 posted on 11/02/2008 10:12:01 PM PST by melt
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To: melt
LOL!
2 posted on 11/02/2008 10:13:36 PM PST by T Lady (Palin-Jindal 2012)
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To: melt

The only thing Biden smells is his own flatulence.


3 posted on 11/02/2008 10:13:51 PM PST by DarthVader (Liberal Democrats are the party of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
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To: melt

The only thing this shmuck smells is his hemorrhoid ointment


4 posted on 11/02/2008 10:13:51 PM PST by sofaman (Moses dragged us through the desert for 40 years to the one place in the ME with no oil - Golda Meir)
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To: melt

That’s funny - I smell horse $hit.


5 posted on 11/02/2008 10:13:56 PM PST by GnuHere
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To: melt

Just think. This guy could be only a “blow” away from the presidency.


6 posted on 11/02/2008 10:14:15 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (I'm voting for McCain/Palin so I can look my grandchildren in the eyes when I tell them I'm sorry.)
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To: melt

Biden is so corny.


7 posted on 11/02/2008 10:14:32 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: melt
“Do you smell victory in the air?

Perhaps the stadium is down-wind from a pig farm.

8 posted on 11/02/2008 10:15:13 PM PST by smokinleroy (Eccl. 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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To: melt

Is that what he stepped in?


9 posted on 11/02/2008 10:16:20 PM PST by jps098
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To: melt
What a throwback old school classic Democratic demagogue liar Biden is.

If guys like him weren't so damn destructive you'd have to really feel sorry for him---to have sold his soul so long ago he doesn't even miss it.

10 posted on 11/02/2008 10:16:46 PM PST by TheClintons-STILLAnti-American
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To: melt
Slow Joe smells it? If victory was really in the bag, he'd wait until he knew for sure. Another gaffe there!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

11 posted on 11/02/2008 10:16:57 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: melt

Is there anything the guy doesn't plagiarize?

12 posted on 11/02/2008 10:17:12 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: melt
I know Halloween is over but this is pretty scary

The little marxist crypto muslim foreign born trial lawyer with the "BOSS" and the equine faced Sarah Jessica Parker

Almost looks like he's sporting a Mao Jacket.




Bruce Springsteen and his wife Patti Scialfa watched as Obama spoke



Obama meets Sam



Bruce meets Sasha





Sarah Jessica Parker..this is a beautiful thing to see




Yes We Can



13 posted on 11/02/2008 10:19:47 PM PST by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: melt
I smell BO and it stinks!


14 posted on 11/02/2008 10:20:25 PM PST by ari-freedom (Paint your finger purple on Tuesday!)
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To: melt

Sounds like a version of Phil Collins Syndrome.


15 posted on 11/02/2008 10:20:29 PM PST by LukeL (Yasser Arafat: "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize")
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To: melt

What does Victory smell like Joe? Just wonderin’.


16 posted on 11/02/2008 10:21:59 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, Call 'em what you will, they ALL have Fairies livin' in their Trees.)
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To: goldstategop

Biden smells victory?
Probably the smell of sulphur.
That never has a good ending.


17 posted on 11/02/2008 10:24:28 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Rome2000

I apologize-— but I’m going to “steal” your fotos for later use. OK? : )


18 posted on 11/02/2008 10:24:53 PM PST by melt
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To: melt

Biden’s been snorting...


19 posted on 11/02/2008 10:25:17 PM PST by citizencon
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To: melt

considering Biden’s track record on predictions, this could be a good omen.


20 posted on 11/02/2008 10:25:34 PM PST by jz638
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