Biden's History Lesson to Fourth-Graders

[PatSeg]

A little lighter story:

<CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The words were a bit simpler but the answers none the shorter when Joe Biden, who has a reputation for being verbose, faced an audience of fourth-graders Thursday.

The Democratic presidential candidate encountered the group in the lobby of the New Hampshire statehouse on his way to filing his candidacy with the secretary of state's office.>

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<He also gave a detailed answer to a question adults don't often ask candidates: How did the war in Iraq start? Biden compared the war in Iraq with the invasion of Afghanistan.>

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<"..........the president, I think, he got a little confused," he continued. "I think he thought the folks in another country, way, way far away, far from here, it's also far from Afghanistan, called Iraq. He said, 'The guy in Iraq he helped bin Laden do bad things to us,' and he didn't. He wasn't a good guy, but he didn't help. So we used that kind of as an excuse to attack Iraq."

Biden also asked the children a few questions, including the names of the past two presidents. He especially liked the answer he got when he asked them to predict the next president.>

"You!"


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[ruggerson]

1. great story

thanks!

[PatSeg]

3. I wish there had been pictures

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

2. Beautiful! "How to talk to children about evil dictators"

"...the president, I think, he got a little confused."

[awoke_in_2003]

6. ""...the president, I think, he got a little confused."

Sounds like Pres. Merkin Muffley explaining the actions of Gen. Jack D. Ripper to Premier Kissov :)

on edit: This isn't a shot at Biden. He did a good job of explaining that the president is bat-shit crazy without scaring his target audience.

[ellacott]

4. That's cute. n/t

[Vickers]

5. Perhaps Biden should tutor Bush and the rest of the criminal gang.

ALthough I'm not entirely sure Idiot George can grasp 4th grade concepts.

[youthere]

7. Kicking for Joe...

If he can make fourth graders understand why Iraq is wrong, then he might have a shot convincing the 24 percenters. LOL!

[murbley40]

8. Even Fourth graders can understand our man, Biden!!

Priceless!!

[murbley40]

9. K&R