Thursday, September 25, 2008

Roosevelt Was On TV????

"When the stock market crashed [in 1929], Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed, he said, 'Look, here's what happened.'"

     -  Joe Biden to Katie Couric in an interview this week.

I know this was probably just a brain-fart. He meant to say "radio," no doubt.  But if Bush, McCain, or Palin had made the gaffe, it would have been on every late night show, and the theme of front-page articles in dozens of major newspapers.  They would have been labeled "stupid," "old," or "ignorant." Biden, however, just said "television" when he meant to say "radio."

6 comments:

  1. This comment has been removed by the author.

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  2. Senator Biden, you didn't have to delete your comment! I can take it!

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  3. Also...Herbert Hoover was president in 1929.

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  4. Oh that's right...forgot that element.

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  5. I'm wondering when SNL will do a skit on Joe Biden. They seem to be stuck on making fun of McCain/Palin.

    Another Biden funny. Last week he was trying to acknowledge someone in the room and asked him to please stand up...the only problem...the guy was in a wheelchair.

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  6. Joe Biden is Joke Biden...it is no wonder he deleted his remarks.

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