Biden-Giuliani Smackdown Enlivens Campaign Trail

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Source: New York Times


--Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. shaking hands Tuesday with a costumed Senator Chuck Hagel, a day after Mr. Biden ridiculed Rudolph W. Giuliani for his frequent mentions of Sept. 11.



"In addition to the headline-grabbing Edwards-Obama-Dodd tag-team match with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Democratic debate Tuesday night in Philadelphia had a pretty lively undercard: Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. vs. Rudolph W. Giuliani.

It began when Mr. Biden, a Delaware Democrat, proclaimed Mr. Giuliani, a New York Republican, “genuinely not qualified to be president” and declared, to some of the biggest laughs of the night, that “there’s only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun and a verb and 9/11.”



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/us/politics/01biden.html?ref=politics

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Joe sure put smiles on democratic faces today!

Way to go Joe!

[Frances]

1. Thanks for the picture

Joe put a smile on my face!

[bluestateguy]

2. Giuliani is a fool for this

Getting into a pissing match with a candidate who is polling at 1% is a pointless exercise. But if he wants to go down this road, then I'm not going to try and correct him.

[emilyg]

3. Thanks.

[Vinca]

4. Biden's had the single best line of the campaign so far. nt