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October 30, 2008
Joe Biden "prohibited from holding news conferences"
Well well. Senator Biden's verbal missteps have gotten so bad that he's not allowed to speak to the press anymore. Don't take it from me, though. Dana Milbank of The Washington Post has the story:
Biden, who once scolded Sarah Palin for ducking reporters, hasn't given a news conference since Sept. 7.....Now even Palin takes questions from reporters on her campaign plane. But the wordiest man in Washington has to make his remarks short, sweet and canned....Prohibited from holding news conferences, Biden must satisfy his urges in one-on-one interviews with local TV stations. But this, too, carries danger. He got in a tiff with an Orlando reporter who suggested that Obama is a Marxist. Then came an interview in which Biden said Obama's tax cut should go to "people making under $150,000 a year." That didn't match Obama's policy, so McCain pounced, and Biden's spokesman clarified. During satellite television interviews on Tuesday, Biden himself had to explain this and his "gird your loins" mishap.
So much for the benefits of experience. And to think that some people say that John McCain made the wrong choice in a running mate.
So why has Biden been muzzled? Here's one clue:
Here's who he thinks was president when the stock market crashed in 1929:
I'm sure that his "Mark My Words, We Will Face A Major International Crisis" had a lot to do with it:
Here's him telling Joe to "stand up!"
He's had some things to say about who works at 7-11 stores too:
Maybe they're just afraid he'll say this again
"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy"
I have to admit, though; having Biden as VP for four years could be an awful lot of fun.
Posted by Tom at October 30, 2008 8:58 PM
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