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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 03:44 PM Original message |
NYT - BIDEN: Nobody, including the president, has a firmer grasp of international affairs. |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. The president's "grasp of international affairs" is a pretty low bar. |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The piece was not just referring to the President. |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I know, i'm just sayin. I like biden, and i know he has a good grasp |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Fortunately Biden can be favorably compared to more |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thus far the comments are all very positive |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. I saw him on CSPAN last week working a room (in Iowa I think) . . . |
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Think82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. that reputation is really a mischaracterization |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 08:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. You got that right. He blew my socks off . . . |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. That's what drew me to him initially - he's so "real". Sounds trite, but you |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. You can't fake that kind of "real" |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. "As articulate as Clinton the First" |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Short version - Biden needs a coach to tell him when it's time to wrap it up? |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Once the media puts a tag on someone |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 10:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. It is the political ploy of attacking a politician's strengths |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Now knowing Bidden as a former stutterer |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. And he really has a LOT to say! |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. If there were any fairness in the way we chose candidates, this race would be |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I am optimistic that we can change that |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. how about Richardson, Biden and Dodd |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. Agreed, Dodd doesn't get nearly enough credit |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. I agree - and I'd throw in Chris Dodd, too. Compared to Obama and Clinton, |
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Imalittleteapot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm thinking positively for Biden. Remember - |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. That's what keeps me going. |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. And Howard Dean was the front runner |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
15. Joe is no slouch on domestic policy either... |
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murbley40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. kicking for Joe!! |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. And few people realize how our disastrous foreign policy |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
17. To be fair - my cats have a firmer grasp on international affairs than that dimwit in the white hous |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. That's why we need someone who knows what s/he's doing. Does your cat |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. True true! The only *firm grasp* that our Dear Leader has ... |
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Martin Eden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
24. Biden must have learned a lot in the last 5 years ... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. I think he DID learn a lot since then. Part of his reasoning for voting against |
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Martin Eden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. You're more forgiving than I am. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I believe he admitted it was a mistake. |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
30. So, the IWR vote? |
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Think82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Go to the Meet The Press website and watch his interview from March |
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Martin Eden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. I found this transcript of Biden on Meet The Press (not sure if it's the one) |
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murbley40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
32. kick |
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demommom (532 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
39. Go Joe! |
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murbley40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
40. kick |
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