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August 25, 2008
Biden's Foot in Mouth Disease as an Asset
It can't be easy, spinning the selection of Joe Biden as anything but a boneheaded mistake. But Democrat hacks have a talking point for everything. Here's John Harwood of CNBC and the New York Times, explaining why Biden's racially insensitive gaffes — which would have ended his career long ago if he were a Republican — are actually a positive quality:
He is not somebody who is infused with political correctness, the verbal equivalent of putting his pinky up when he opens his mouth. So this is what, the way ordinary voters are as well. They're not always worried about sort of calibrating every single word by "ooh, is this racially insensitive?" That's something that Joe Biden brings as an asset to the ticket. The gaffes actually show one of his strengths.
Here the ever tactful Biden demonstrates his strength:
Meanwhile, George Allen is still trying to get his head around the fact that his promising career is over because he called some punk a macaca.
On tips from Byron and Oaio.
Posted by Van Helsing at August 25, 2008 8:03 AM
Comments
In other words, Biden's overt racism makes closet racists more comfortable with voting for Obama.
Posted by: V the K at August 25, 2008 8:27 AM
Dimocrits, the party of the KKK.
Posted by: Oiao at August 25, 2008 8:30 AM
