Comments on: Biden: Obama Clean, Articulate, Bright African-American

By: Art Kane

Art Kane — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:45:58 +0000

Yes, I agree - Jesse Jackson mainstream? No, not to midwest farmers, most white Southerners and other "red state" stereotypes. I think "clean" referred to a new model, straight out of the factor, something fresh and new (check out Google for "Obama breath of fresh air"); but if you were talking about "clean" as in "not dirty", William Jefferson and Carol Moseley-Braun both come to mind (Sharpton with Tawana Bradley isn't far from mind either). Trivia: the 15-year-old Lawrence Fishburne (credited as "Larry Fishburne" in Apocaplypse Now) was known as "Clean". Shame on Coppola.

By: Marta

Marta — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:59:16 +0000

A president must know when to keep his mouth shut. If that's how Biden talks about his own countryman, how would he talk about disgruntled Middle Easterners?? I shudder to think about it. A diplomat he is not. A president he will not be.

By: James Handley

James Handley — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:19:05 +0000

Joe Biden likes talk like the guy next to you at the corner bar. He's letting it "all hang out" with the 'regular guy' (and to a lesser extent, gal). He's no racist either-- his jaw practically hit the floor when Clarence Thomas called the confirmation hearing a "hi-tech lynching." Biden blurted out that the committee would confirm Thomas unless sexual harassment was shown "beyond a reasonable doubt." In so saying, Biden moved the goalpost from: Thomas much show he's worthy of become a Justice, (which is the Constitutional standard) to "You got the job unless we can convict you..." Joe engages mouth before brain. (I worked a little on his first (1972) campaign for the House. This was a problem even then.) After Colin Powell made his WMD speech to the UN (that contained nothing that amounted to evidence, let alone proof) Biden commented that the Administration had made a very compelling case for attacking Iraq. The worst thing about Joe Biden is that while he's well intentioned, he's apparently not too sharp.... He has a law degree but you'd never know it from those two goofs or his plagarism incidents. But no, I've followed his career for 34 years. He's no racist. Just the not-so-bright guy at the corner bar, try'in to be cool.

By: Staunton News

Staunton News — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:14:19 +0000

Biden: Obama Clean Articulate Bright African-American...

Well, the democrats have started destroying themselves already. Supposedly Biden made a racist comment towards Osama, I mean Obama, or at least a comment some think is racist. If this was a republican, he’d be strung up and hung in the city squar...

By: The Heretik : Byonara, Biden

The Heretik : Byonara, Biden — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:14:14 +0000

[...] Biden (D-MBNA) articulates in one word why he will not get any more chances to articulate his vision of America. It was a clean but short campaign, with not dirt cast about Biden stealing other people’s words this time. The inarticulate everywhere thank him for his short service. [...]

By: PoliBlog ™: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts » Joe Biden Never Ceases to Amaze (+Video Evidence of His Foot-in-Mouth Problems)

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:17:28 +0000

[...] Others have already parsed the sentence, but I will simply say that it is clear the Biden simply isn’t built for a lengthy national campaign. Given all that time and all those cameras, Heaven only knows what he might say. [...]

By: Mark Jaquith

Mark Jaquith — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:43:48 +0000

Harmless, in context. I'm with you, James. Even Obama took it the way it was intended.

By: Rico J. Halo

Rico J. Halo — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:18:13 +0000

I also think Bidens "clean" comment about Obama was meant as a compliment. Whether he gets called on it or not depends on whether he is perceived as a realistic opponent rather than for the content.

By: ThatPoliticalBlog

ThatPoliticalBlog — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:08:43 +0000

Joe Biden rips into Clinton, Obama and Edwards...

What a great piece this is from the New York Observer. This is such a very good read. Joe Biden has at times made me so angry I was gritting my teeth but all along I have still had a grudging respect for him. Sort of like you would for an honorable ene...

By: jpe

jpe — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:57:57 +0000

I didn't see anything objectionable - I read the "clean" ala Mr. Verdon. It may have been an ambiguous choice of words, but that's the kind of thing that could be cleared up. And that's what I like about Biden: he won't mince words calling out people that (not unreasonably, perhaps) misread him.

By: Michael Demmons

Michael Demmons — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:37:29 +0000

There is a difference between calling someone a macaca and slipping up in a phrase. Biden was trying, clumsily, to compliment Obama. Please.

By: Freedom Folks

Freedom Folks — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:17:08 +0000

UIC Anti-Marine Recruiting Protest...

I traveled to University Of Illinois Chicago today to see what the commie kids were up too. They had an advert up at Chicago Indymedia asking people to join them to protest those deliciously eeeeevil Reichwing Marines as they held down a recruiting t.....

By: Diary of the Mad Pigeon

Diary of the Mad Pigeon — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:09:43 +0000

Pigeontrack: "Let's Get It Done" at BLACKFIVE... MOGS found this gem over at BLACKFIVE. All I can say is... absolutely friggin' brilliant! Here a short excerpt from a letter written by a noncommission officer who's willing to call a spade a spade: I am tired of the...

By: just me

just me — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:02:45 +0000

I agree with Steve's update, I took it to mean "clean" as in he doesn't have any personal baggage. While I don't think he made a clearly understood comment, I didn't take it to imply racism. But then Biden seems to suffer from a bit of foot in mouth desease.

By: Conservative Outpost

Conservative Outpost — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:30:38 +0000

Joe Biden's take on Barak Obama... The Senator (who would be President) and who can't seem to get enough of the sound of his own voice is in the race (OK, it wasn't a secret)....and he's already toast. In the course of commenting on his opposition,......