Comments on: Joe Biden: The ‘Articulate’ and ‘Clean’ Man’s Choice

By: The Rhetorican

The Rhetorican — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:04:12 +0000

Reading LaShawn Barber’s blog has just reminded me (sorry, Ms. Barber, I’m a little late on the uptake): How did Obama come to pick Biden after this?

By: J

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:36:13 +0000

Don’t forget…Biden knows why Iowa’s youth perform better than Washington DC’s youth it is because Iowa has less black people. Keep in mind …I am the messenger….BIDEN said it.

By: J

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:32:04 +0000

Beth – and you know what he meant by “clean”…glad to hear it. Now could you explain away the rest of his racist points in that statement and the others he has made?

By: ToriM

ToriM — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:17:11 +0000

Comment #64- Your logic is breathtaking. Obama’s immediate ancestral home is Kenya and he is a citizen of the United States. This makes him far more deserving of the term African-American than Black-Americans who don’t have a clear sense of their heritage beyond America, just as a Theresa Heinz Kerry is more authentically “African-American” than a Black-American who has never stepped foot on the continent. The term ‘African-American’ as traditionally used is a silly PC affectation.

By: rawdawgbuffalo

rawdawgbuffalo — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:06:52 +0000

happy 45th yawl

By: Foxx

Foxx — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:05:14 +0000

Am I being too particular? Biden refers to Obama as African-American when even the AP is sensitive enough to refer to him as a Black American. African-American in the usual sense does denote black people whose families survived slavery in this country and managed to get through the Jim Crow era to create a new generation. If Obama’s black ancestors suffered at the hands of the white man, it was British colonialists, not Americans. Is AP and the MSM using “Black American” in order not to raise the issue that all of Obama’s understanding of the African-American experience is second-hand, and, frankly, gotten the easy way? He is half-African, half-American, and not authentically African-American in the usual sense that identifies a people who long suffered injustice in this country.

By: Gayle Miller

Gayle Miller — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:53:54 +0000

I lived (if you can call it that) in California for 20 years. Be careful out there, dear friend. There are a lot of really horrid people in that State. Then again, the traffic is marginally better than in the District! So that’s all to the good.

Keep us informed as the great move unfolds. And yes, books have a bad habit of reproducing at night when we’re asleep. It’s the only explanation! And what a pain they are to move!

As far as the Dem Convention is concerned – yawn!

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:02:42 +0000

Joe Biden……Hahaha Best thing about Joe going in as VP We as Delawareans get rid of him finally.

And those who forget, if you don’t think a VP is important,just remember if the unspeakable should happen and we lose our President we get stuck with that VP as our acting President, so your Presidential nominees VP’s choice should matter.

By: BETH

BETH — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:45:07 +0000

Sorry, I meant “compliment.”

By: BETH

BETH — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:19:10 +0000

He meant “clean cut.” That’s a complement, or at least it used to be.

By: THEBIGDODDY

THEBIGDODDY — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:26:27 +0000

You can read the views of other conservative believers regarding Michelle Obama’s speech right here:

http://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2008/08/26/michelle_obama_shows_her_husbands_personal_side?page=full&comments=true#comments

By: THEBIGDODDY

THEBIGDODDY — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:54:21 +0000

The image wasn’t that she was an angry LIBERAL, but she was an “angry BLACK woman”, according to the mainstream standard of how non-whites typically behave.

Her being a typical liberal, is just that-typical.

By: heliotrope

heliotrope — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:15:31 +0000

I watched Michelle Obama’s speech last night and I was impressed with her delivery, poise and grace. She certainly countered her image as an angry liberal who lets militant rhetoric fly. It was a well written and well delivered speech.

Next it will be Biden’s turn.

Then, it will be up to the voters. Will the speeches attract them or will they be moments of window dressing that soon fade in the memory? Most often what is said off the cuff has a greater impact than what is read off a teleprompter.

By: Creative Dude

Creative Dude — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:59:37 +0000

Biden hurts Obama, but not all that much. One more thing to point out the difference between what Obama says and does.

Sarah Palin though, does that not fall under the fresh young face with no experience, is enough time to have a track record to much to ask for?

By: Nikki Pratt

Nikki Pratt — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:24:00 +0000

Wait… You finally get gun rights in DC and now you’re moving to California?