Joe Biden the lasted racist Democrat to get a pass from the press

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Anybody hear the mainstream press calling for his removal from key Committees or censure?

 

I thought not.

 

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Biden Defends Remarks

Jul 07 5:40 PM US/Eastern

 

By LIZ SIDOTI Associated Press Writer

 

WASHINGTON

 

Facing criticism, potential 2008 presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday defended his recent remark that

"you cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent."

 

The Delaware senator said his words were taken out of context.

 

On a recent edition of the C-SPAN series "Road to the White House," Biden is shown in New Hampshire boasting about his support among Indian-Americans.

 

"I've had a great relationship. In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking," the senator said.

 

The clip made its way through cyberspace this week and caught fire in Washington, where Biden is known as one of the more long-winded senators.

 

Visiting troops and officials in Iraq this week, Biden was asked about the comment during an interview with CNN's "The Situation Room."

 

The senator said he has had an "incredibly strong" relationship with the Indian-American community in Delaware and that his comment was misinterpreted.

 

"I was making the point that up until now in my state, we've had a strong Indian community made up of leading scientists and researchers and engineers," Biden said. Lately, he said: "We're having middle- class people move to Delaware, take over Dunkin' Donuts, take over businesses, just like other immigrant groups have, and I was saying that ... they're growing, it's moving."

 

"I could have said that 40 years ago about walking into a delicatessen and saying an Italian accent in my state," Biden added.

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It is un-possible for Dems and blacks to be racists.

 

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Anybody hear the mainstream press calling for his removal from key Committees or censure?

 

I thought not.

 

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Biden Defends Remarks

Jul 07 5:40 PM US/Eastern

 

By LIZ SIDOTI Associated Press Writer

 

WASHINGTON

 

Facing criticism, potential 2008 presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday defended his recent remark that

"you cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent."

 

The Delaware senator said his words were taken out of context.

 

On a recent edition of the C-SPAN series "Road to the White House," Biden is shown in New Hampshire boasting about his support among Indian-Americans.

 

"I've had a great relationship. In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking," the senator said.

 

The clip made its way through cyberspace this week and caught fire in Washington, where Biden is known as one of the more long-winded senators.

 

Visiting troops and officials in Iraq this week, Biden was asked about the comment during an interview with CNN's "The Situation Room."

 

The senator said he has had an "incredibly strong" relationship with the Indian-American community in Delaware and that his comment was misinterpreted.

 

"I was making the point that up until now in my state, we've had a strong Indian community made up of leading scientists and researchers and engineers," Biden said. Lately, he said: "We're having middle- class people move to Delaware, take over Dunkin' Donuts, take over businesses, just like other immigrant groups have, and I was saying that ... they're growing, it's moving."

 

"I could have said that 40 years ago about walking into a delicatessen and saying an Italian accent in my state," Biden added.

What do you feel his context was and why should we be angry?

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Some things that are considered newsworthy amaze me.

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Ya mean things like one Senator saying a few nice things about another Senator on his 100th birthday?

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Ya mean things like one Senator saying a few nice things about another Senator on his 100th birthday?

 

Even though Trent Lott is a porkbareller extraordinare, he is 100x better than Bill Frist because he's his own man and is far more apt to make his own decisions. He's just as conservative but has far more class as majority leader.

 

I think in Biden's case, he didn't clearly state what he meant. Lott's mistake, on the other hand, was more like a brain fart.

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Neither is newsworthy, nor should they be contraversial. However, one became a the number 1 story for days until Lott resigned as Majority leader.

 

Biden will face no such pressure.

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He used to have one of the sweetest combovers, but now it looks like he got some plugs or transplants or somesuchshit

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Neither is newsworthy, nor should they be contraversial. However, one became a the number 1 story for days until Lott resigned as Majority leader.

 

Biden will face no such pressure.

 

My gut reaction was to blow up at Lott, Biden's error I saw through right away.

 

When I sat down to think about it, there's absolutly no way Lott was waxing nostalgic about the good ol' segregationist days. He just... didn't think. He'd worked arm-in-arm with Thurman alot in his career and thinks of him as a mentor and friend and Strom's segregationist dealings (I believe him when he says) weren't on his mind.

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