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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBiden just got booed speaking to the NAACP!
He said he was going to wrap up his speech.
He is awesome!! And the crowd is loving him.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)uponit7771
(90,370 posts)seabeyond
(110,159 posts)cal04
(41,505 posts)malaise
(269,246 posts)Missed him -will watch later
jillan
(39,451 posts)sending him instead of the President.
Biden was able to say things that the President shouldn't as President.
panader0
(25,816 posts)I think that Biden could beat Rmoney at this point.
uponit7771
(90,370 posts)SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)They only boo white guys
(Just getting ahead of the Rush/Drudge/Freeper/Teabagger/GOP spin machine)
GoCubsGo
(32,099 posts)I turned on NPR this morning, and tuned in midway through some show that had Cross-Eyed Ronnie Christie as a guest. I knew who was talking immediately, without even having heard them announce who was speaking. He was spewing pretty much the same thing, only he was serious. He claimed that white Democrats could come in and say anything they wanted and get away with it, while repugs would get booed for saying the same thing. Which we all know is complete, unmitigated bullshit. He essentially said that the members of the NAACP are brainless puppets of the Democratic Party.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Or was it allowed to float into the ethers and infect public discourse?
GoCubsGo
(32,099 posts)But, the commentator didn't press him that much. It was maddening.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)on the drive home.
They were talking about the Bain scandal.
I could NOT STAND how they were doing some of that goddammed false equivocating so popular in M$M (and really, how far from M$M is NPR? Really?)
While reporting on rMoney's time discrepancies they maintained an air of uncertainty about it. Was he really involved in decisions or just there in name only? They made much of his time managing the Olympics, and statements from rMoney campaign employees insisting that he was too busy there to have been actively involved in anything else.
They also made sure to cast the Obama campaign in a negative light, making SPECULATIONS that Obama(campaign) MIGHT be jumping to UNFOUNDED conclusions, IF this FUZZY ISSUE MIGHT prove to be OVERBLOWN.
Am I losing my mind?????????
bongbong
(5,436 posts)I heard the same thing. "The Takeaway" is the most Faux-Lite of all the NPR shows.
Sometimes it goes so far wingnut that I wonder if the dog didn't change the radio station to OxyRush.
tclambert
(11,087 posts)(It's rude.)
freshwest
(53,661 posts)hlthe2b
(102,472 posts)LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)LynneSin
(95,337 posts)The man is a born speaker!
senseandsensibility
(17,197 posts)I missed it.
Chisox08
(1,898 posts)Digital Puppy
(496 posts)fishwax
(29,149 posts)eaglesfanintn
(82 posts)Can't wait to watch this.
senseandsensibility
(17,197 posts)SunSeeker
(51,777 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)At what point is Biden speaking?
Chisox08
(1,898 posts)HarveyDarkey
(9,077 posts)GardeningGal
(2,211 posts)Everyone here who pisses on Obama should watch this speech to get another frame of reference.
emulatorloo
(44,257 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,224 posts)Avuncular means, "suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality."
That's always how Joe Biden has struck me. He's like that uncle you see at family functions who's always good for a laugh or humorous story. Maybe he'll occassionally get a little off-color, but that makes him all the more likeable. His down-to-earthness and unpretentiousness is endearing. In the end, you are probably glad he's your uncle and not your dad, but that's just because if he were your dad you probably just wouldn't like him as much.
CBHagman
(16,992 posts)The man has warmth. He's garrulous and quirky and flawed, but he certainly comes across as having his heart in the right place.
mulsh
(2,959 posts)Mr. Biden's speech was inclusive and very short on pronouns like "I' & "me". Lots of "ours" and "we". It probably helped him that he was able to call out and point to member from the Delaware group. I know he sure as hell impressed me & I'm from California.
JitterbugPerfume
(18,183 posts)LOL
Isn't he just the best? How could anyone not love him?
SunSeeker
(51,777 posts)fishwax
(29,149 posts)stlsaxman
(9,236 posts)to make a run in 2016.
Biden/Warren - my dream ticket!
tru
(237 posts)but not Hillary, we have enough stupid useless wars.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,507 posts)vi5
(13,305 posts)Wasn't dissapointed.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,507 posts)I was the first.
jillan
(39,451 posts)LaPera
(6,486 posts)snacker
(3,619 posts)Totally awesome speech!
mercymechap
(579 posts)up already! He was awesome. Take that Repubs!
whopis01
(3,529 posts)jillan
(39,451 posts)Haha - Biden probably loved that
patrice
(47,992 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)craigmatic
(4,510 posts)Incitatus
(5,317 posts)Riley18
(1,127 posts)so I can take notes! My union needs volunteers to call voters, and I like how Joe spells it out clearly and concisely