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I grabbed this from Digital Rules on Forbes....just too good not to share: Barry and Pervez...what a pair:
"I suspect that former Pakistani President Musharraf just resigned in anticipation of being tapped as Obama's Vice Presidential choice. Unlike Obama, Muchaffaf has nine years of executive experience, and served as a faithful ally standing shoulder to shoulder with the U.S. fighting the war on terrorism...in countries other than his own. Obama could certainly leverage those credentials in the general election. Even so, there are striking similarities between the two. Like Obama, Musharraf is a minority with a Muslim name, and he successfully held off a female rival for the Presidency. Obama could also make the sensitive argument that despite Mucharraf's undocumented status that he is still willing to offer this hard working immigrant a job."
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't Joe Biden the same one who withdrew from an earlier presidential campaign after being caught plagiarizing the speech of an obscure Irish politician?
Yes, and also the one who referred to Obama as "clean." God, I hope it's Biden - that guy is a gaffe machine and the humor quotient of this race will go up exponentially with him in it.
Whatever happened to Richardson in the running? Did he say he wasn't interested or something? I thought both parties said 2008 was the year to grab the Hispanic vote, but maybe that was only during the primaries.
I agree with RickN - you should have included some type of 'Don't care' button too (I think it might have gotten the most votes - as would happen with McCain too).
I did hear that Biden yelled at a bunch of reporters hanging out near his residence saying something to the effect that he wasn't the guy. Too bad, Biden is SUCH a pinhead and has put his foot in it SO many times it would be a riot.
The Neil Kinnock commercial did not lead to electoral success last May in Britain, but the 10-minute spot of the Labor Party leader's passionate speeches, against a cool soundtrack of Brahms, raised his approval rating by 19 points and became an instant classic.
On this side of the Atlantic, many Presidential campaign strategists of both parties greatly admired the way it portrayed Mr. Kinnock, who subsequently lost to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, as a man of character. Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, a Democratic hopeful, was particularly taken with it.
So taken, in fact, that he lifted Mr. Kinnock's closing speech with phrases, gestures and lyrical Welsh syntax intact for his own closing speech at a debate at the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 23 - without crediting Mr. Kinnock.
In the commercial, the Briton began, ''Why am I the first Kinnock in a thousand generations to be able to get to university?'' Then pointing to his wife in the audience, he continued: ''Why is Glenys the first woman in her family in a thousand generations to be able to get to university? Was it because all our predecessors were thick?''
Senator Biden began his remarks by saying the ideas had come to him spontaneously on the way to the debate. ''I started thinking as I was coming over here, why is it that Joe Biden is the first in his family ever to go to a university?'' he said. Then, pointing to his wife, he continued: ''Why is it that my wife who is sitting out there in the audience is the first in her family to ever go to college? Is it because our fathers and mothers were not bright? Is it because I'm the first Biden in a thousand generations to get a college and a graduate degree that I was smarter than the rest?''
Comments (10)
It's unanimous (for now).
Posted by Allan L. | August 19, 2008 8:10 AM
I grabbed this from Digital Rules on Forbes....just too good not to share: Barry and Pervez...what a pair:
"I suspect that former Pakistani President Musharraf just resigned in anticipation of being tapped as Obama's Vice Presidential choice. Unlike Obama, Muchaffaf has nine years of executive experience, and served as a faithful ally standing shoulder to shoulder with the U.S. fighting the war on terrorism...in countries other than his own. Obama could certainly leverage those credentials in the general election. Even so, there are striking similarities between the two. Like Obama, Musharraf is a minority with a Muslim name, and he successfully held off a female rival for the Presidency. Obama could also make the sensitive argument that despite Mucharraf's undocumented status that he is still willing to offer this hard working immigrant a job."
Posted by veiledorchid | August 19, 2008 9:04 AM
Tom Daschle.
Posted by none | August 19, 2008 10:13 AM
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't Joe Biden the same one who withdrew from an earlier presidential campaign after being caught plagiarizing the speech of an obscure Irish politician?
Posted by none | August 19, 2008 10:15 AM
Yes, and also the one who referred to Obama as "clean." God, I hope it's Biden - that guy is a gaffe machine and the humor quotient of this race will go up exponentially with him in it.
Posted by John Fairplay | August 19, 2008 11:00 AM
Whatever happened to Richardson in the running? Did he say he wasn't interested or something? I thought both parties said 2008 was the year to grab the Hispanic vote, but maybe that was only during the primaries.
Posted by Mike | August 19, 2008 12:05 PM
Richardson grew a "sports" beard and wears shorts.
Posted by brothers | August 19, 2008 5:41 PM
I agree with RickN - you should have included some type of 'Don't care' button too (I think it might have gotten the most votes - as would happen with McCain too).
Posted by native oregonian | August 19, 2008 7:56 PM
I did hear that Biden yelled at a bunch of reporters hanging out near his residence saying something to the effect that he wasn't the guy. Too bad, Biden is SUCH a pinhead and has put his foot in it SO many times it would be a riot.
Posted by native oregonian | August 19, 2008 8:36 PM
Biden wasn't smart enough to steal from an "obscure Irish politician." He appropriated a story from a fairly well-known (in political circles) commercial by then-leader of the British Labour Party, Neil Kinnock, which had been directed by the guy who did "Chariots of Fire."
Posted by darrelplant | August 21, 2008 1:29 PM