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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: Chris_ on September 25, 2009, 07:58:27 AM
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Joe Biden update: He calls some fellow Democrats "turkeys"
Vice President Joe Biden did not need Air Force Two Thursday night to travel across the Potomac River to McLean, Virginia to the home of former Democratic Virginia governor and senator Chuck Robb.
It was, of course, a fundraiser, designed to help finance three freshman Democratic House candidates -- Glenn Nye, Gerry Connelly and Tom Perriello -- in their challenging re-election races 13 months from now in what once was a predictably GOP state.
Robb himself did not speak at the event. His wife Lynda, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, introduced the trio of representatives.
But it looks like Joltin' Joe stepped in something again, rhetorically speaking.
About 100 supporters had paid $1,000 each to gather in the open-air pool house where Biden spoke.
"I don’t have to tell you that you’re in a very competitive state,†the vice president said, according to the press pool notes. “You got some tough votes coming up.â€
Biden called the three men “independent minded†and “damn competent,†adding, however, that they were all united on core Democratic Party themes, including energy policy and health care.
“These guys are smart, "Biden asserted. "Some of the guys Chuck (Robb) and I have campaigned for are turkeys. Not all Democrats are created equal, while most Republicans are.â€
*snip*
GOP candidates may also have some fun in coming months speculating to partisan crowds which Democrats the vice president had in mind as small-minded birds.
Biden became a U.S. senator way back when the 48-year-old Obama was a sixth grader. And ran for the presidency himself twice. So he's campaigned with and for many Democratic politicians over all these years.
MORE (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/09/joe-biden-update-virginia-gaffe.html)
Let's see ya spin this one Joe.
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Joe never fails to amuse...
30 governors and 49 states (no Louisiana) on Vice President Joe Biden's conference call with governors today on the stimulus. One highlight, the back-and-forth between Missouri's Democratic governor, Jay Nixon, and VPOTUS, where pool reports:
"Nixon closed by telling VPOTUS 'I cannot tell you how much we appreciate your…interest.'
"'Pure self interest, Jay,' VPOTUS responded. 'If it fails, I’m dead.'"
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27557.html#ixzz0S7rPD4Nj
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“These guys are smart, "Biden asserted. "Some of the guys Chuck (Robb) and I have campaigned for are turkeys. Not all Democrats are created equal, while most Republicans are.â€
Weelllll.....Joe got it right for once, that some of the Dems he's campaigned for are turkeys.
However, he could also be saying that ALL Republicans ARE turkeys.....in which case, he will be lauded for the comment....