Posted on 08/16/2012 10:25:57 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
White House says Obama will stick with Biden as running mate By Amie Parnes - 08/16/12 12:35 PM ET
President Obama has no intention of getting rid of Vice President Biden as his running mate, the White House said Thursday.
Republicans are being ridiculous and are trying to distract attention with their focus on Vice President Biden and his controversial comments earlier this week, White House press secretary Jay Carney said.
They know that what they're saying about this is ridiculous," Carney said at a briefing with reporters, adding that it's an obvious attempt to take attention away from policy issues.
Mitt Romneys presidential campaign lashed out at Biden and President Obama this week after the vice president in an address in Virginia said the Republicans approach to the financial industry would put yall back in chains. Biden made the remarks in front of a racially mixed audience.
Obamas campaign has repeatedly said Biden was simply talking about financial regulation.
The vice president was talking about Wall Street reform, Carney said Thursday. The vice president's intention was clear.
Asked if Obama regrets the choice of words Biden used, Carney, who served as communications director to Biden before taking the podium job, called it trivial, and said nobody took it as a reference to anything except those who are trying to "make something out of nothing.
Carney said it was an attempt to distract from the message because the other side is losing these policy debates pretty overwhelmingly.
The White House spokesman said Obama absolutely understands and knows what the vice president was talking about.
Asked if Obama was frustrated by the distraction over the last few days, Carney replied, Not that I saw.
Obama met this morning with Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) earlier this week said Obama would be better off replacing Biden with Clinton as his running mate. McCain said he did not expect that to happen, however. He said he thought Clinton hoped to run for president in 2016.
Asked about McCain's remarks Wednesday, Carney said: "One place I would not go for advice on presidential running mates is John McCain."
The correct headline should read “They are Stuck With Him”. Bet you won’t see much of him on the campaign trail and when you do he will stick to what the teleprompter tells him to say. They are going to manage him very closely for the next 2 and 1/2 months.
—— They are Stuck With Him——
Unpublished is the short list of possibilities that have declined to run for Ol’Joe’s job. Hillary is certainly on that list.
No rational person would put their political life on the line to run with the Messiah. Crucifixion is coming....... soon
Thank You Sarah Palin for releasing a strategic “Bless his heart” for Biden, suggesting the dems nominate Hillary - and therefore making such a plan impossible for them
The old goat McCain even fell for it and chimed in, too
Breitbart says the King offered Clinton the job two weeks ago. According to some in here, he was going to stick with Biden to the end and not toss him under the bus. Hmmm.
So we now know the King wants to dump Biden. If we can trust Clinton, and I don’t see any reason why we should, that she doesn’t want the VP spot, who could obama pick that would increase his chances? I would guess he would pick a woman.
Only because Hillary turned him down. LOL
She’s going for 2016 and is running as a Republican. /s
But I am a little worried about Joe's health. That brain thing is liable to flare up again, requiring more frontal lobe surgery, and many of the hair plugs are badly infected, causing hallucinations and bizarre speech patterns.
Joe has also expressed a desire in to "spend more time with the family" in his twilight years, and would like to explore other options.
But the rumors about Our Man from Mombasa asking Good Old Joe to withdraw from the ticket, much less throwing Joe under the bus, are just that: Racist Republican Lies!
Our Resident loves the man. You can take that to the bank if you can find one open.
What if the Clinton we’re thinking of is the ‘wrong’ Clinton?
Hussein wouldn’t be afraid of Bill and being next in line could become president again, and Hillary could take it from there.
They are pretty old tho.
Hah, Joe Stupido is insurance.
Well My Princess, he certainly ought to be! Because ....
The Resident would go from Marxist Poster Child to become another 'Foster' child.
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