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solara

(3,836 posts)
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 12:06 PM Jul 2012

I just want to say how much I love Joe Biden

His speech to the NAACP was wonderful, inspiring and truthful. I love that he mentioned that he was "preaching to the choir" and truthfully, I think he was the right guy to speak to that organization on the day after the Romney speech.

He is just great. He is real. And he is fearless. We need more like him on the stump, especially now.

Way to go, Joe!!



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I just want to say how much I love Joe Biden (Original Post) solara Jul 2012 OP
I totally get it now why Biden was sent to deliver this speech instead of the President. jillan Jul 2012 #1
I get it too PatSeg Jul 2012 #9
Wherever Cenk Uygur is, he must be blushing rocktivity Jul 2012 #2
Joe was definitely the right choice eissa Jul 2012 #3
I'm with you solera. Greybnk48 Jul 2012 #4
I really hear you, Greybnk48 solara Jul 2012 #13
Joe is the real deal. He has never, ever had to hifiguy Jul 2012 #5
Actually he is an extraordinary "ordinary person" PatSeg Jul 2012 #8
Absolutely. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2012 #10
Yes PatSeg Jul 2012 #11
Kick katsy Jul 2012 #6
Picture Cheney----Picture Biden young_at_heart Jul 2012 #7
One uses an f-bomb to congratulate someone, the other uses an f-bomb to insult someone. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2012 #12
SUCH an underused asset! WinstonSmith4740 Jul 2012 #14
Some great pictures at this thread PatSeg Jul 2012 #15

jillan

(39,451 posts)
1. I totally get it now why Biden was sent to deliver this speech instead of the President.
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 12:11 PM
Jul 2012

As the VP Biden was able to go where President Obama would have been criticized.
The President would have to remain "presidential" where Biden could just let it rip....
and he did!!!

At first, I will confess, I thought by President Obama not going said that he was taking this vote for granted.
But now - I get it! They made the right decision.

Biden always speaks from the heart, and that's why he has mine.

rocktivity

(44,583 posts)
2. Wherever Cenk Uygur is, he must be blushing
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 12:13 PM
Jul 2012

after all that fuss he made about Obama "snubbing" the NAACP by not planning to show up. By sending Holder to talk about voter disenfranchisement as well as Biden to mop up after Mitt, the "Rope-A-Dope Kid" has struck again!


rocktivity

eissa

(4,238 posts)
3. Joe was definitely the right choice
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 12:14 PM
Jul 2012

Obama would have certainly received a warm welcome, to which the right would have replied with "well, of course THEY love him." The fact that Joe didn't get booed poo-poos the right's "well, Mitt only got booed because he's white!" crap that Rush and his ilk try to sell to their sheep.

Greybnk48

(10,178 posts)
4. I'm with you solera.
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 12:15 PM
Jul 2012

I'm in my 60's, and for the first time in my life I ADORE both the President and the Vice President!

I REALLY liked Clinton/Gore and stuck with them to the end. But I LOVE Obama/Biden.

I'm so proud that the Obama family is the first family--they're beautiful and joyful. And I have always loved Joe Biden. What an amazing man (and father!)

solara

(3,836 posts)
13. I really hear you, Greybnk48
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 03:11 PM
Jul 2012

President Obama and Vice President Biden both can bring tears to my eyes, just because of their sincerity alone.

How long has it been since we could actually take pride in our President and Vice President? I didn't think it could ever happen again.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
5. Joe is the real deal. He has never, ever had to
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 12:20 PM
Jul 2012
pretend to be an ordinary person. He has always been a regular guy and you can't fake that. And he is one hell of a stump speaker when he takes the bit between his teeth.

PatSeg

(47,691 posts)
8. Actually he is an extraordinary "ordinary person"
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 01:15 PM
Jul 2012

He really knows how to connect with people and that is a rare gift.

PatSeg

(47,691 posts)
11. Yes
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 01:32 PM
Jul 2012

I was thinking the same thing. You can't teach it. Either you have it or you don't. Romney doesn't and never will have it.

young_at_heart

(3,774 posts)
7. Picture Cheney----Picture Biden
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 01:10 PM
Jul 2012

Devil/Angel Devious/Truthful Evil/Caring Secrecy/Honesty

I'm sure there are other comparisons, but I'm SO much happier with our current VP!!!

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,224 posts)
12. One uses an f-bomb to congratulate someone, the other uses an f-bomb to insult someone.
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 01:43 PM
Jul 2012

That alone makes one of them fucking awesome, and the other one a fucking douchebag.

WinstonSmith4740

(3,059 posts)
14. SUCH an underused asset!
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 03:32 PM
Jul 2012

I just finally was able to watch this speech! All I could think of was, go get 'em, Joe!! He is so real, and that's what scares some Dem strategists...his "gaffes" are the stuff of legend. However, I think the average guy out there understands all that, it's actually part of what makes him human and real. Compare this speech to Rmoney's yesterday. Joe has passion about the things that he knows are important to the rest of us. Hell, he was damn near preaching! Rmoney looked like a wind-up doll who was reading a speech, aimed at another audience altogether.

And those pundits (are you listening, Wolf?) who knocked Obama for not going to this convention, are totally clueless. Obama couldn't have delivered this speech...the same pundits (are you listening now, Wolf?) would have blasted him for pandering. Just like they're praising Mitt for "going into the lion's den."

Are there any shots of the audience available? That I'd like to see, just for comparison reasons, of course!

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