Joe Bidens just a barrel of gaffes
By Jonathan Chait
The LA Times
February 04, 2007 in print edition M-4
EXCERPT:
DELAWARE Sen. Joe Biden has been telling people for months that hes going to run for president, as if nobody could actually believe it. Even when he formally announced last week, I still didnt believe it. In fact, Im not quite sure what it would take to make me believe it. If I turned on the television and watched Biden formally accepting the nomination at the Democratic National Convention, I might believe it then. (On the other hand, Id probably figure I was suffering some hallucinatory episode and check myself into a hospital.)
Im not saying Biden shouldnt be president. I have tons of respect for him, and I think hed do a terrific job if he could get it. I just find it amusing that he thinks theres some chance he could actually become president. Its a case study of that bizarre mental affliction that strikes so many senators. They see younger, less-experienced Senate colleagues who are far less esteemed than they are running for president, and theyre offended. If the 100 senators were the only ones who could vote, Biden would probably beat Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. Unfortunately for Biden, thats not how it works.
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Biden looks as if hes the product of a laboratory experiment designed to create the worlds worst presidential candidate. If the Obama gaffe doesnt knock him out of the race, something else will. I doubt he makes it to Iowa.
Yes, Bidens very knowledgeable and dedicated. But to win the presidency, you actually have to be good at mass politics. Why is Biden not smart enough to recognize that?
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Interesting reading.
The laboratory experiment line is devastating.
By Jonathan Chait
The LA Times
February 04, 2007 in print edition M-4
EXCERPT:
DELAWARE Sen. Joe Biden has been telling people for months that hes going to run for president, as if nobody could actually believe it. Even when he formally announced last week, I still didnt believe it. In fact, Im not quite sure what it would take to make me believe it. If I turned on the television and watched Biden formally accepting the nomination at the Democratic National Convention, I might believe it then. (On the other hand, Id probably figure I was suffering some hallucinatory episode and check myself into a hospital.)
Im not saying Biden shouldnt be president. I have tons of respect for him, and I think hed do a terrific job if he could get it. I just find it amusing that he thinks theres some chance he could actually become president. Its a case study of that bizarre mental affliction that strikes so many senators. They see younger, less-experienced Senate colleagues who are far less esteemed than they are running for president, and theyre offended. If the 100 senators were the only ones who could vote, Biden would probably beat Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. Unfortunately for Biden, thats not how it works.
(((SNIP)))
Biden looks as if hes the product of a laboratory experiment designed to create the worlds worst presidential candidate. If the Obama gaffe doesnt knock him out of the race, something else will. I doubt he makes it to Iowa.
Yes, Bidens very knowledgeable and dedicated. But to win the presidency, you actually have to be good at mass politics. Why is Biden not smart enough to recognize that?
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Interesting reading.
The laboratory experiment line is devastating.
