thenextright.com - 8/24/2008
—
This is the audio that is sure to come back to haunt Joe Biden in the coming days...
Here's some of what they were saying about this at the time (via James Joyner ).
Kos :
Really, if we live in a just world, this will be the end of Joe Biden’s political career.
Atrios :
The are more and less charitable readings of what Biden said, but there’s no way to read ...
Comments
Blog Reactions
So . . . Biden
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... drawn up of the President.
Four years ago, they nominated John Edwards for the Vice
Presidency--despite the fact that Edwards was and is no great shakes,
intellectually and substantively.
Now we get Biden. We are promised that when it comes to Biden,
things are different. But are they?
Come on. Look at
this stuff. Read all of
this (yes, I know I linked to it earlier. I am linking to it
again. It is important). Read this.
Listen to
this (and consider the desperate and fatuous excuses for
Biden's comments discussed ...
POLITICS: Biden in Plain Sight
Baseball Crank —
Two sets of thoughts on Obama's selection of Joe Biden as his running mate - more on this to follow:
1. Gaffe-Tastic! The initial gut reaction of essentially every Republican I know was giddiness. Biden's the most gaffe-prone politician I have ever seen, and if you think about the competition that is a truly impressive accolade. Others have spent more time cataloguing Biden's taste for his own shoes or the things he has said that are wholly inconsistent with Obama's message...one thing Obama has going for him, of course, is that it is absolutely impossible for Biden to lose Obama the support of African-American voters if he makes yet another of his famous ...
Related Content
Kristol: The Democrats' Glass Ceiling
weeklystandard.com 8/24/2008 — Denver
So Hillary Clinton gets about 18 million votes in 2008, and isn’t even considered for--she apparently isn’t even given the courtesy of being consulted--the vice presidential pick. Joe Biden manages to persuade a few thousand (if that) Iowans ...
Calling Captain America
justoneminute.typepad.com 8/24/2008 — Abbott and Costello Obama and Biden appeared together today and delivered a gaffe-fest: When introducing his running mate, Obama said, "So let me introduce to you the next president - the next vice president of the US of America, Joe...
Can Biden Out-Hillary Hillary?
fivethirtyeight.com 8/24/2008 — The principal rationale for selecting Hillary Clinton as Barack Obama's running mate is that she would have united Democrats behind their nominee at a time when they have a substantial advantage in party identification. John Kerry received 89 percent ...
John Kerry to take over Foreign Relations Committee?
politico.com 8/24/2008 — Sen. Barack Obama's decision to pick fellow Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) as his VP nominee could have some interesting fallout in the Senate if Democrats win the White House in November.
Biden chairs the Foreign Relations Committee, and is he becomes ...
Obama picks Biden
liberaloasis.com 8/24/2008 —
Back in February I had a contest to see who could give me a reasonable argument for a VP candidate. Kyle won the contest and I published his comment . We had many candidates including Senator Joe Biden. I didn't think that Joe Biden would be a good ...
Biden's Son, Brother Named in Two Suits —
Wash Post Elections 8/24/2008
A son and a brother of Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) are accused in two lawsuits of defrauding a former business partner and an investor of millions of dollars in a hedge fund deal that went sour, court records show.
Biden’s Memoir Suddenly a Best Seller —
FOXNews.com 8/24/2008
NEW YORK– A memoir by Sen. Joe Biden, once as forgotten as his presidential run, is now a best seller.
A day after Sen. Barack Obama chose Biden as his running mate for the Democratic ticket, Biden’s “Promises to Keep: On Life and ...