Prayin' Joe: Biden Claims 3x in FNC Interview To Be 'Praying'

Fox News Sunday/NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

by Mark Finkelstein

August 27, 2006 - 13:49

If once is an aberration, and twice a trend, what's three times?

The first time Joe Biden told Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace that he was "praying," it got my attention. By the third time - using the variant "I pray to God" - I was thoroughly curious. Then something happened at the end of the interview that might explain Joe's sudden bout of religiosity.

By the way, Biden claimed to be 'praying' in response to various pieces of evidence that Wallace confronted him with suggesting that, at long last, the security situation in Iraq might be improving. Biden repeatedly claimed to be 'praying' that Wallace was right, all the time suggesting that in fact there was no real reason for optimism.

So, what provided the clue? As the interview started to draw to a close, Wallace alluded to the fact that Biden was conducting the interview from . . . South Carolina, where he is laying the groundwork for his eventual Dem presidential primary run.

That Biden needs an image alteration was brought home by Wallace's question, as to how a "Northeast liberal" like Biden could compete in a primary with southerners like Mark Warner in a conservative southern state like South Carolina. I have a feeling Biden figured letting people know he's doing a whole lot of prayin' might be a good start.

An aside: to further distance himself from the "Northeast liberal" millstone that Wallace hung around his neck, Biden took pains to point out that not only had his home state of Delaware been a border state, but indeed "a slave state." Seemed a strange way for Joe to establish his southern street cred.

[spinestein]

[...to further distance himself from the "Northeast liberal" millstone that Wallace hung around his neck, Biden took pains to point out that not only had his home state of Delaware been a border state, but indeed "a slave state." Seemed a strange way for Joe to establish his southern street cred.]



Who can be surprised by this? Many Northeast (and Northwest and Northern) snobs think of the South as nothing but gap-toothed, shotgun-totin', moonshine-swillin', longin'-for-the-good-ol'-days-of-slavery hillbillies.

Though I'm from the North myself, I'd much prefer the warm company and genuine hospitality of the typical southern citizen than to spend any time with the pure arrogance emanating from most of the denizens of the halls of Congress.

[PJ-Comix]

Okay, boys and girls. Here is a homework assignment from ol' PJ here. See, if you can find the video of Joe Biden going BONKERS while questioning then Sec. of State, George Schultz years ago. It was an AMAZING piece of video showing Biden basically having a nervous breakdown on camera. If that video shows up online it will SINK the Biden presidential bid instatantly. I've searched for that video but could not find it. Thus this homework assignment.

[spinestein]

Dressing up in costume and passing among the natives of "flyover country" is one of the distasteful, but necessary, tasks of those seeking elected office. A perfect illustration of this is Senator Kerry in the months before the 2004 presidential election making campaign speeches from the pulpit and preaching stories from the Bible and telling everyone about how God guides his beliefs and actions in everything he does. And then after church he would get dressed up in camouflage and go to the bait shop and ask, "Ken I git me a hunting license, here?" and then go out and shoot goose and deer.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40595-2004Oct17.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50527-2004Oct21.html

[governsleastgovernsbest]

"Ken I git me a hunting license, here?"

No. And stop calling me Shirley ;-)

[Wicket]

You forgot the barf alert.

[PGalt]

Outstanding analysis of the irrational, plagiarist turned chameleon. Thanks for your great work, Mark!

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Thanks, PG. As a poster over at NewsBusters has pointed out, Biden's comment about Delaware being a 'slave state' might be even more newsworthy than his claim to be 'praying' over this and that.

[Prost1]

A boder state and slave state....

Is that what Biden is associating himself with - Slavery?

Is Biden adopting Senator Byrd as his favorite Uncle?

What an enormous fool and hollow person!

[PGalt]

So true. Insight into an irrational, narcissistic mind.

[USS Alaska]

Insight into an irrational, narcissistic mind.

So true. What kind of drugs do these senators use that make them think {even dream} that they could become the President. I have a better chance than biden of becoming President. Such an arrogant asshole.

[demkicker]

I'm praying the good people of South Carolina can see right through the offensive transparent politician, Joe Biden, who is proving he'll use religion to get votes.

[SC Swamp Fox]

This is a double-ping to both threads about Joe Biden's comments from SC this morning.

Biden not worried about Southern Dems [his home state of Delaware was a "slave state."....]

South Carolina Ping

Add me to the list. | Remove me from the list.

[Perdogg]

The thought of a President Biden makes me want to pray too.

[Tench_Coxe]

Shouldn't the word be: "preying"?

[stand watie]

joe biden is a DUNCE!

free dixie,sw

[Bullish]

Biden's presidential hopes are not even a "flash in the pan".

I "pray" he wastes a lot of money on it.

[okie01]

Seemed a strange way for Joe to establish his southern street cred.

Nobody ever claimed that Senator Biden was smart...

[Cuttnhorse]

Great interview by Chris Wallace...he had Biden squirming on several occasions.

[Republican Wildcat]

"I'll shove my rosary beads down their throat!!!" - Joe Biden

[upchuck]

Why is Biden, or any other RAT for that matter, even thinking about 2008. The Hildabeaste has that tied up so tight it squeaks!