Biden got Obama call during root canal.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

Ow!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080823/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_veep_tick_tock

DENVER - Joe Biden got the call from Barack Obama while undergoing a root canal.

As he sat in a dental chair Thursday, Biden received word that Obama was on the line and interrupted the procedure to accept the presidential candidate's invitation to be his running mate.

...Not much more ...

[TexasLady]

1. Glad he was keepin those pearly whites, pearly white!

Those two smiles are just TOO purdee.

[annabanana]

2. that's funny

It goes in the movie. . .

[Muttocracy]

3. :-D

[blondeatlast]

5. Can we put "Pre-Flop" McCain in it too? Loved that... LOL! nt

[Barack_America]

4. I wonder, how was he able to say "yes"?

With his mouth all numb? lol

[DevonRex]

7. Or if Obama could understand him like the dentist always can

when you try to answer his questions when your tongue is all numb and he has all those sharp little instruments in your mouth, along with half his fingers.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

14. Or if the dentist asked Biden if he needed more novocaine

just as Obama asked him to be Veep, and Biden says, "No, thanks."
The root canal that changed history.

[DevonRex]

15. LOL. Or gave him laughing gas and Biden just giggled when

Obama called. :)

[lamp_shade]

6. Now we know who the leaker was n/t

[ruggerson]

29. it's always the dentist

[napi21]

8. IF that's true, he deserves our congrats for just being able to appear

today and TALK clearly! I've had a RC and it's not a very fun thing! It takes a few days to recover!!!!!

[gateley]

20. And painkillers. For me, anyway. nt

[goodgd_yall]

24. Probably accounts for the "ObamaAmerica" slip n/t

[panader0]

9. Damn! I need a root canal, but alas, no money

Howza about some free health care guys? Can that be on the agenda?

[eShirl]

10. Hillary "asked not to be vetted unless she was going to be picked"

kind of odd, unless she didn't want to be considered for VP in the first place

[A-Schwarzenegger]

11. This thread is about root canals and saying "Yeff."

[eShirl]

12. sorry, it was tucked in the article linked in the OP

[A-Schwarzenegger]

13. I was just pulling your

tooth. :)

[DevonRex]

16. I always say yech not yeff. nt

[Ino]

27. Just like she said she'd turn over her financial records

AFTER she became the nominee. Not odd at all... for Hilliary.

[BklynChick]

17. interesting!!! wonder if that's a metaphor....

[elleng]

18. Thought I saw him gesture[?] to a tooth,

during speeches; hope he's OK!

[Kire]

19. If it were 3 AM...

..well, I'm pretty sure Biden would be okay.

[Cha]

21. Biden said, "I'm not the guy"..

how appropriate this time that the VP is not the one who came in 2nd.

[gateley]

22. Quelle homme! nt

[Olney Blue]

23. Proves that Joe can multi-task!

[JerseygirlCT]

25. Oh man! Timing is everything, huh?

That's a real pain... But worth it!

[MiniMe]

26. So the endodontist knew too

[Renew Deal]

28. I'm surprised the dentist didn't leak it.

[oberliner]

30. Biden was not getting a root canal, his wife was (according to Newsweek)

When Obama called Biden, his veep pick was at the dentist with his wife who was having root canal work.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/155140

[A-Schwarzenegger]

31. Historical Revisionism!

:*

[davidpdx]

32. In that case, he probably walked into the office where his wife

was getting her dental work done and said, "honey, I think I need some laughing gas". LOL

[greguganus]

33. Hopefully soon we can all afford dental care. n/t

[Eurobabe]

34. Bidenites knew on Weds. evening, we could read Joe's

grin in the car, when they leaned in to ask him more questions. I said then and there to our group: It's JOE. I feel it. :loveya:

From the story "Biden clearly was the leading contender by Wednesday night, when he told reporters staked outside his house, "I'm not the guy." Biden's associates said he knew at that point that he would probably be the pick, but said that because he hadn't gotten the word yet."