Joe Biden’s Gaffes
By SusanUnPC on September 23, 2008 at 9:45 PM in Joe Biden
Oh, Joe. We can hardly keep up with the misstatements. Even your junior, er senior partner had to correct you today. Well, I’ve been reading several articles about Biden’s many recent gaffes, but Brit Hume sums them up pithily in his show today, including this doozie:
Biden spoke of President Franklin Roosevelt’s having gone on television after the stock market crash of 1929. But Roosevelt was not president in 1929, and television was not present. …
Here’s more of Biden’s report:
While the focus has been on Sarah Palin since she was announced as John McCain’s running mate, Barack Obama’s number two has had quite a run. Joe Biden told CBS he thought an Obama campaign ad mocking John McCain as a computer illiterate was “terrible.” Later, after actually seeing the ad, Biden said it was OK.
Then, Biden spoke of President Franklin Roosevelt’s having gone on television after the stock market crash of 1929. But Roosevelt was not president in 1929, and television was not present.
Biden also said neither he nor Obama supports clean coal technology in America. But Obama does support clean coal. Obama also said of Biden’s instant criticism of the government’s big loan to insurance to AIG, “I think Joe should have waited …”
Earlier, Biden said Hillary Clinton may have been a better vice presidential pick than he and said that paying more taxes is the patriotic duty of the rich. And, he encouraged wheelchair-bound Missouri State Senator Chuck Graham to stand up at a campaign rally. …






















