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09-23-2015, 07:42 AM
Since it appears that Joe Biden may be the democratic nominee for President, I stumbled upon a piece from 2004 on MSNBC.
It is about his gaffes and not the funny ones, but the serious ones. I suppose, understanding MSNBC's role with the Democratic party they will need to keep these kind of things quieter from here on.
"Vice President Joe Biden wants to be taken more seriously. He doesn’t appreciate his popular image as goof-ball “Uncle Joe” who is always putting his foot in his mouth. “The vice president thing… Isn’t that a bitch?” he said last week to a Harvard senior who introduced himself as the student government vice president.
But Biden’s other comments late last week didn’t do him any favors, either. He spoke out about Arab countries allegedly funding the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, including that Turkey had allowed jihadists across its border into Syria – comments for which he was forced to apologize immediately."
Why Joe Biden's gaffes matter | MSNBC (http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/why-joe-bidens-gaffes-matter)
"t’s one thing for Biden to use an antiquated word or get out ahead of the president on marriage equality. Those gaffes are funny at best and politically inconvenient a worst.
But it’s entirely different for the sitting vice president of the United States to alienate key allies in a fragile coalition helping to fight America’s latest war."
It is about his gaffes and not the funny ones, but the serious ones. I suppose, understanding MSNBC's role with the Democratic party they will need to keep these kind of things quieter from here on.
"Vice President Joe Biden wants to be taken more seriously. He doesn’t appreciate his popular image as goof-ball “Uncle Joe” who is always putting his foot in his mouth. “The vice president thing… Isn’t that a bitch?” he said last week to a Harvard senior who introduced himself as the student government vice president.
But Biden’s other comments late last week didn’t do him any favors, either. He spoke out about Arab countries allegedly funding the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, including that Turkey had allowed jihadists across its border into Syria – comments for which he was forced to apologize immediately."
Why Joe Biden's gaffes matter | MSNBC (http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/why-joe-bidens-gaffes-matter)
"t’s one thing for Biden to use an antiquated word or get out ahead of the president on marriage equality. Those gaffes are funny at best and politically inconvenient a worst.
But it’s entirely different for the sitting vice president of the United States to alienate key allies in a fragile coalition helping to fight America’s latest war."