politico.com - 10/22/2008
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Joe Biden shifted things briefly onto what's thought to be McCain's turf at a Seattle fundraiser yesterday:
"It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We're about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of ...
nypost.com - 10/22/2008
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nypost.com —
Posted: 4:08 am October 22, 2008 Barack Obama
's choice of Joe Biden as his running mate...
prompted a small wave of warnings about Biden's propensity for gaffes. But no one imagined even in a worse-case scenario such a spectacular bomb as telling donors ...
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BIDEN'S BUNGLES: A BLATANT BIAS - New York Post
cbsnews.com - 10/22/2008
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cbsnews.com —
From CBS News' Ryan Corsaro: (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.)
- It might be surprising to some to learn...
that Sarah Palin is now talking to her national press corps more often than Joe Biden. While the once silent Palin has taken questions from reporters that ...
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Biden's Traveling Press Corps Finds Little Opportunity ...
blogs.suntimes.com - 10/21/2008
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blogs.suntimes.com —
WASHINGTON--John McCain is going after Joe Biden on
Tuesday for remarks Biden made Sunday at a Seattle...
fund-raiser about how Barack Obama, 47, will be tested by "the world" to see if he is tough enough. This off message message...
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Joe Biden at Seattle fund raiser transcript says Obama ...
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Biden's Epic Gaffe
Ross Douthat —
... , on the Dem veep's comments about Obama being greeted by "an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy": ...
Biden's Epic Gaffe, Cont.
Ross Douthat —
People keep emailing me to say that Biden's gaffe wasn't a gaffe at all, that he was just talking about how Barack Obama will be tested like any new President will be tested, etc. Daniel Larison makes a similar point, calling Biden's remarks "wholly unremarkable." But folks, God love you, it's just not so. Per Ben Smith, here's what Biden said: It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they
did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We're about to elect a
brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of ...
McCain campaign politicizes terrorism in new ad.
Think Progress —
... This morning, the McCain campaign released a new ad blasting Joe Biden for suggesting that our enemies will “test the mettle” of the new President. With ominous music, dark overtones, and images of potential conflict, the ad overtly states another potential attack “ ...
Relax, lefties!
Sister Toldjah —
... While I’d disagree with that assessment, I’d just like to remind the left to remain calm, and remember what Vice President-elect Joe Biden cautioned us about a couple of weeks before the election: ...
Follow-up thought...
Political Animal —
Follow-up thought... When Joe Biden warned us last October that, early on in Obama's presidency, there would be "a generated crisis to test the mettle of this guy," people thought immediately of rogues in Iran, Russia or North Korea. Who'd have guessed that the biggest test of mettle would come from rogues only 225 miles up I-95 and through the Holland Tunnel? — ...
Obama Should Shoot Down North Korea’s Missile
Pajamas Media —
The danger to America will multiply if Obama is perceived as weak and indecisive early on. [image] Vice President Biden once warned that the world would “test” Barack Obama. According to a multitude of reports, that slimy toad Kim Jong Il will be the first to take up the challenge. North Korea is ...
A Timeline Of Obama’s Limp-Wristed Response To North Korea
Say Anything —
... Heck, is there a point at which we’re going to have to admit that Obama’s Vice President Joe Biden was right when he said essentially the same thing? ...
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Wednesday he would consider a second economic stimulus package if he is elected president.
He attacked Barack Obama, his Democratic rival for the White House, ...
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Martin: GOP attacks show fear and desperation —
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