Sen Biden

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You gotta love Sen Biden...I have always liked this guy because he does some funny stuff.....

The first link is about him calling a Sen Obama ad about Sen McCain "terrible" and then later in the day (one would think after "consultation" with advisors) issuing a statement that said..oh well...never mind !

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080923/D93C985O0.html


The second one is about him touting how he was on a helicopter in Afghanistan, implying one thing....then we find out the helicopter was grounded by a snowstorm.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/the-story-behin.html

I really always like Sen Biden...he shoots from the hip, sometimes without thinking it through !!!

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I have been trying so hard to stay out of anything at all around here that is newsworthy.

But now that I think about it, what I am about to ask here really is not newsworthy. In fact, it is nothing more than rumor mongering.

And if this has already been thrown out there somewhere in the forum, I missed it. So please forgive me. Not for the rumor mongering. But for redundant rumor mongering.

Soooooo, here is the rumor, and you have probably already heard it, but. . .

Has anybody else heard the one about how Joe Biden will step down next week and Hillary will take his place?

You have to admit it is an interesting rumor.

Boomer the Rumor Monger

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More realistic rumor is Palin stepping down to be replaced by.......any real candidate..? Naw.

But, that might make it a little tougher for the other two opponents
who are both "real" candidates.

OB08
;)

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I have been trying so hard to stay out of anything at all around here that is newsworthy.

But now that I think about it, what I am about to ask here really is not newsworthy. In fact, it is nothing more than rumor mongering.

And if this has already been thrown out there somewhere in the forum, I missed it. So please forgive me. Not for the rumor mongering. But for redundant rumor mongering.

Soooooo, here is the rumor, and you have probably already heard it, but. . .

Has anybody else heard the one about how Joe Biden will step down next week and Hillary will take his place?

You have to admit it is an interesting rumor.

Boomer the Rumor Monger

Yeah, Boomer, I've heard the rumor. I understand Joe gets frequent text msgs from Tom Eagleton and there may be a Kennedy relative warming up in the bullpen --- no, it's not Mike Skakel.

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I have been trying so hard to stay out of anything at all around here that is newsworthy.

But now that I think about it, what I am about to ask here really is not newsworthy. In fact, it is nothing more than rumor mongering.

And if this has already been thrown out there somewhere in the forum, I missed it. So please forgive me. Not for the rumor mongering. But for redundant rumor mongering.

Soooooo, here is the rumor, and you have probably already heard it, but. . .

Has anybody else heard the one about how Joe Biden will step down next week and Hillary will take his place?

You have to admit it is an interesting rumor.

Boomer the Rumor Monger


OK rumor monger....I was going to stay out of it...but this KILLED ME!!!:a040:


I heard that too!!! But I have no idea who or where or when...LOL

Talk about Rumors...not like it was posted on huffington...OMG...I am IN some funny mood aren't I? I am sure the R's are getting ready to scream!

SO...I am not confirming your Rumor...just STATING that I heard it too! You have inspired me to come back out here....MORE THAN YOU KNOW!

Get ready for the groans and roars....I DON'T CARE AND I am CRACKING UP myself!!! Personally I think Bucco MISSED ME!
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Love ya!!!

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Snoops says this rumor is False.

BTW I agree with Tony.:a040:

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Palin couldn't handle Charlie Gibson, what makes you think she'll do better in a debate?

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Palin couldn't handle Charlie Gibson, what makes you think she'll do better in a debate?

A debate involves two people giving answers, not just one answering while the other questions and acts pompous.

Gov. Palin has been in this type of situation before, as Sen Biden. If nothing else, it will be good theater.

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A debate involves two people giving answers, not just one answering while the other questions and acts pompous.

Gov. Palin has been in this type of situation before, as Sen Biden. If nothing else, it will be good theater.

OMG...I laughed so hard when I read this!! Charlie Gibson acting POMPOUS!~!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? Does he even know how? :shocked::shocked:



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Rumor though it may be, don't you just know that it has to have crossed somebody's mind. This is the biggest game in the world. Surely somebody must be counting cards.

Boomer the Rumor Monger

(And now I will behave myself and I will not rumor monger anymore tonight.)

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Sen Biden did it again today !!!!

Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden says today's leaders should take a lesson from the history books and follow fellow Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt's response to a financial crisis.

"When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened,'" Barack Obama's running mate recently told the "CBS Evening News."

Except, Republican Herbert Hoover was in office when the stock market crashed in October 1929.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080923/ap_on_el_pr/biden_mistaken_history_1

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Sen Biden did it again today !!!!

Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden says today's leaders should take a lesson from the history books and follow fellow Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt's response to a financial crisis.

"When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened,'" Barack Obama's running mate recently told the "CBS Evening News."

Except, Republican Herbert Hoover was in office when the stock market crashed in October 1929.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080923/ap_on_el_pr/biden_mistaken_history_1

I know Bucco my friend will hate this...and there will be a lot of groans and etc...

BUT..........


I will start a new rumor......CHENEY is paying Biden to say these things!! LOL

Ok....you have to know I really dont think this...but I am sure it has crossed a few minds.:duck:

What a shame!! They really NEED Hillary don't they....or we....WE NEED HILLARY!!!!

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This probably will not make sense to you, but I think I may have been able to support Sen Clinton for President, liberal or not...but NEVER on a ticket with Sen Obama. She doesnt want any part of this guy in my opinion !

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That was probably because He thought she should have known the answers to those questions. She has not had any experience in live situations. McCain has seen to that. Not a single press conference!

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This probably will not make sense to you, but I think I may have been able to support Sen Clinton for President, liberal or not...but NEVER on a ticket with Sen Obama. She doesnt want any part of this guy in my opinion !

WOW....bucco....perhaps we are meant to be friends after all!!

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Doesn't mean I am not voting for him! Better option then Palin/McCain....oops....McCain/Palin....honest mistake...:shocked:

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It appears Joe Biden does seem to be having some problems...

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/09/23/biden-turns-on-the-gaffe-machine.aspx

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Thanks for the clip Peachie.....Sen Biden is probably THE guy I would like to have a beer with

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I know, Bucco, I somewhat felt sorry for him at this point.

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Thanks for the clip Peachie.....Sen Biden is probably THE guy I would like to have a beer with

I don't doubt that Biden would be a fun guy to have a beer with! But I think Obama may live to regret choosing Biden over Hillary.

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Barefoot, we are in full agreement. Biggest political mistake Mr. Obama could probably have made! :shocked:
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"I don't doubt that Biden would be a fun guy to have a beer with! But I think Obama may live to regret choosing Biden over Hillary."

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Peachie and Barefoot,

I am trying like all get out to quote what each of you just said here, but I cannot make it work. I still do not know my way around this software yet. I can get one of the quotes but not both. Oh well. You know what you just said.

And I know I just said that I would not rumor monger anymore tonight, but technically this is still the same rumor, not a new one.

And I just have to ask. . .

Don't you think that somebody has to be thinking, "Helloooooooo, Do-Over Time."

I am just talking strategy and theory here, of course, but I think that could win it. But what do I know.

Remember Thomas Paine who said, "These are the times that try men's souls."

And Boomer said, "And women's souls, too."

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OMG...I laughed so hard when I read this!! Charlie Gibson acting POMPOUS!~!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? Does he even know how? :shocked::shocked:



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It's a matter of perspective. He was very well staged to be "professorial" - camera angle, glasses, et cetera - so as to make the interview appear minimal and "talking down" to the interviewee. The difference in his technique versus what Tim Russert or others who don't make themselves the center being, but instead serve as the catalyst to information acquisition. It all seemed chauvanistic to me.

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Ok Steve I see your point...like I said weeks ago...I miss Tim Russert. It would be nice to hear his thoughts on this election.

I feel like we are now in a very tough spot. There are some very scary points to both candidates....and their respective VP choices...

I guess I am now feeling that perhaps we don't have a clear, solid choice.

I love Joe Biden...nice guy...good man....apparently a good Senator as well....HOWEVER....it is really scary when he says things like this....I feel bad for him too!

I also probably would sit down to have a beer with Palin as well...BUT completely disagree with her views on most everything...just a matter of opinion...but I am sure she is very nice....a good person...etc....

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Cassie...what is happening here ??? I agree with ALMOST your entire post....what I have been saying all along...pick the candidate that scares you the least :)

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That is the way i see it, both have their good points and both have issues. The VP's have issues, i think Palin may have bigger issues than Biden. The thing i have never understood is, we all want the same thing out of life, we all want the this country to have the stongest economy, health care,, jobs,, kids to have the best education, all that stuff. But why is it, that everyone thinks that the Demo's dont want that, but if you ask a demo, they say the Repub's dont want that. i have never got that.. My wife is a Reg Demo and me a Rep. But we both strive for the same and agree on how the country should go. i did my time in service to the grand ole USA. am i worng for thinking like that?????????????????

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That is the way i see it, both have their good points and both have issues. The VP's have issues, i think Palin may have bigger issues than Biden. The thing i have never understood is, we all want the same thing out of life, we all want the this country to have the stongest economy, health care,, jobs,, kids to have the best education, all that stuff. But why is it, that everyone thinks that the Demo's dont want that, but if you ask a demo, they say the Repub's dont want that. i have never got that.. My wife is a Reg Demo and me a Rep. But we both strive for the same and agree on how the country should go. i did my time in service to the grand ole USA. am i worng for thinking like that?????????????????


This is funny because my neighbor and I were just talking. He a lifetime Demo and I the opposite. We both agreed we don't have much of a choice this time around :shrug::shrug:

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I was listening to an interview with Michael Bloomberg the other day. Maybe he should have run for president!

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That is the way i see it, both have their good points and both have issues. The VP's have issues, i think Palin may have bigger issues than Biden. The thing i have never understood is, we all want the same thing out of life, we all want the this country to have the stongest economy, health care,, jobs,, kids to have the best education, all that stuff. But why is it, that everyone thinks that the Demo's dont want that, but if you ask a demo, they say the Repub's dont want that. i have never got that.. My wife is a Reg Demo and me a Rep. But we both strive for the same and agree on how the country should go. i did my time in service to the grand ole USA. am i worng for thinking like that?????????????????

We're in agreement that we all pretty much want the same - and may even agree that there are multiple paths to the same goal.

We're on different pages when it comes to Gov. Palin and Sen. Biden. Gov. Palin has been on the planet 20 fewer years, but has had to deal with decisions and their immediate effect on the populace, and having to live on a budget (public and private). Sen. Biden has spent his entire working life as a Senator - an environment which is more academic than pragmatic - and all of his decisions have the luxury of the companionship (and anonymity) of other voting senators, and the Senatorial world is less interested in budgets than they are on theoretics.

Sen. Biden is a very intelligent person who is issue-oriented, but has never had to get his hands dirtied with making unpopular decisions. When very controversial matters appear which may place a senator in an awkward stance publically, senators in general seem to find ways of abstaining from votes or just not being present when a vote is taken. Mayors and governors don't have the luxury of hiding from or avoiding a decision. That to me really levels the playing field between the "thinker" and the "doer."

My spouse and I have joked that when we got married we were political opposites After a couple of decades, we both find ourselves having swapped viewpoints on some issues and more middle-of-the-road on others. Talking does lead to understanding....

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Cassie...what is happening here ??? I agree with ALMOST your entire post....what I have been saying all along...pick the candidate that scares you the least :)

Ok...we AGREE....YAY!! We just re scared more by different things! LOL

You...Obama:shocked:....Me...Palin:shocked:


Oh Bucco....I am so happy! :a040:

We will end up just canceling each other out...