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Senator Joe Biden on Life and Politics
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Joe Biden has worked with Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton, and two Bushes during his tenure as US Senator from Delaware since 1973. He joins us today to explain why he thinks he should be the next President. In Promises to Keep, Senator Biden recalls his personal tragedies and political victories. We’ll also talk about the differences between him and the other Democratic candidates and his partition plan for Iraq.
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Leonard, thank you in advance for not letting Mr. Biden utlize the segment to rant and campaign rather than engaging in an informative interview.
That being said, can you ask Mr. Biden how he feels today, right now, about South Asians working in 7'Eleven's? His comments, and his subsequent support of those comments, a few years ago were especially repugnant. It'll be interesting to see how/if he attempts to weasel out of this one. I think he's a prejudiced bigot.
Leonard will you ask Senator Biden to explain his bigoted remarks (on South Asians/7-11s and on Obama being articulate and clean. I'd love to know waht he really thinks about women as well.
Lenny,
Can you ask Joe Biden why he never answered a question posed by widow of one of the deceased Sago miners and decided to chime in about Obama's comments on Pakistan? It was during the AFL-CIO candidates debate.
He was booed by the audience for not answering the question
The women asked for some assurance from the presidential contenders that workplace safety would be a higher priority than it’s been for the Bush Administration.
Here is the video:
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/08/08/bidens-macaca-moment/
Actually he did mention he would implement some report, but it really came across as being insensitive. It reminded me of when Dukakis answered the death penalty question.
please ask senator biden about his vigorous support of the bankruptcy bill, now law, and a law that is about to injure countless americans as the housing bubble bursts.
and why you're at it, why not ask why he was the only democratic candidate to not attend the largest gathering of democrats outside of the party convention last weekend in chicago (yearlyKos).
The guy is sharp. Would like to hear his take on poverty and whether he thinks Edwards is setting the standard on that subject.
Dear Mr. Lopate:
Good for you on your interview of Senator Biden!
You put the questions to him, let his obfuscations and double dealing shine and didn't let him get away with too much.
Double Dealing?
If the commenters on this program do not get the overall impression that Joe Biden is exquisitely human all the way through.....and a decent one at that..I don't think their observations are correct. Because of his major personal setbacks, his "get back up"attitude his ideologies on foreign policy are based on his understanding of people...real people....not fake people.
Yeah...Joe might make observations that are all candid but not dared spoken about in nice polite society. i.e. ...Middle Easterners owning 7 11's and Motels. Joe actually actually has the audacity to say it...this is not racist. This is pretty much the same picture I see also around America. Candor is Joe's strongpoint, not a weakness. Not being able to say "he's noticed" is like not being able to say "I've noticed 14 million illegal aliens floating around this country." It's absurd. There is no racism about it. It's true.
I find him delightfully refreshing.
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