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Personal comments he made about another White House hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, recorded by a reporter for the New York Observer.

"I mean, you've got the first sort of mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a story-book, man," Biden said.

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late Wednesday, Obama released a statement seizing on Biden's use of the word "articulate."

"I didn't take Sen. Biden's comments personally, but obviously they were historically inaccurate," Obama said. "African-American presidential candidates like Jesse Jackson, Shirley Chisholm, Carol Moseley Braun and Al Sharpton gave a voice to many important issues through their campaigns, and no one would call them inarticulate."

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Biden, who admits he has a tendency to bloviate, has made indelicate remarks before. Last year, speaking about Indian-Americans, he said, "You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. It's a point. I'm not joking!"

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Originally posted by Mavourneen:
I would taken Biden on his word, that he meant no direspect nor was it disparaging to Obama's ethnicity ..but his history shows this is not the first racially insensitive thing he's said.

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I would taken Biden on his word, that he meant no direspect nor was it disparaging to Obama's ethnicity ..but his history shows this is not the first racially insensitive thing he's said.

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Biden, who admits he has a tendency to bloviate, has made indelicate remarks before. Last year, speaking about Indian-Americans, he said, "You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. It's a point. I'm not joking!"

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
I got cussed out in KLINGON once, in Ann Arbor, wouldja believe it ?

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Please tell me you laughed at the sad Trekkie. Please?

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Originally posted by Fletch2:
No matter how hard their handlers try they still manage to say the dumbest things. John Kerry managed to go from "potential canidate for President in '08" to zero in less than a dozen words.

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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
The media is just mesmerized by the idea of an African-American candidate for the presidency, and if what Biden said was racist or elitist, then surely the media is just as, I would think.

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Originally posted by Hero:
Please. He's a Democrat. That means he's not a racist no matter how many black folk he insults.

The headline should be, 'Biden Makes Racist Comment, Republican Senators Asked to Resign'.

Life is good on that side of the aisle. Say what you want, have sex with subordinates, obstruct justice, undermine the war, leak national security secrets, travel on military planes, always happy to give you the shirt off of someone else's back, be a racist, be a sexist, be a traitor...its all good with the big (D).

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
I grew up in a somewhat racist family, mind you, and for whatever reason it didn't take with me, I thought it idiotic then, and even more so now, especially with the advent of the internet, and yet...

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The closer to to poverty you live, the less this kinda thing matters, that's absolutely a fact, and racial mockery is no more an offense down there than mocking someones big ears or bad hairstyle.

What they DO take offense at is being mocked in that fashion by someone higher in the social scale, they're not "part of the club", you might say.

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
I still think he took a dive for his fellow bonesman.

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I would taken Biden on his word, that he meant no direspect nor was it disparaging to Obama's ethnicity ..but his history shows this is not the first racially insensitive thing he's said.

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Please. He's a Democrat. That means he's not a racist no matter how many black folk he insults.

The headline should be, 'Biden Makes Racist Comment, Republican Senators Asked to Resign'.

Life is good on that side of the aisle. Say what you want, have sex with subordinates, obstruct justice, undermine the war, leak national security secrets, travel on military planes, always happy to give you the shirt off of someone else's back, be a racist, be a sexist, be a traitor...its all good with the big (D).

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