Why the difference - Biden/Palin
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Why the difference - Biden/Palin
| Thu, 10-02-2008 - 11:53am |
Ok so Biden has said some stupid things over the course of time as has Palin. Why is Palin considered "stupid"? Does anyone else see a double standard or is it just me?

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>>Hillary gets a pass of course for her blatant lie about being shot at by sniper fire.
Goodness, she didn't get a pass. In fact, she admitted her mistake -- perhaps lamely. I was embarrassed for her in much the same way I was embarrassed for Palin during her Couric and Gibson interviews.
>>I feel you must have seen something either edited or taken way out of context.
And I think you should provide evidence of such claims. At any rate, word is Palin will be doing live interviews from now on. I suspect she will do just fine now, since she's been released of that wonkish demeanor the McCain campaign was trying to impose on her. But if she doesn't, no one can claim that the tape was edited badly.
Laura
Both interviews were heavily edited. It's how these things are done -- with all politicians. Gibson's was more obviously edited, because we could see the jumps. But rest assured, the clips that we saw of Couric and Palin were a fraction of the actual interview.
Complete, unedited transcripts of the Gibson interview are readily available in a google search. I was unable to find an unedited transcript of the Couric interviews, though. Anyone have one?
Laura
>>And also for trying to convert our health care system to be terrible and inefficient Canadian style but free of course.
http://www.barackobama.com/learn/meet_joe.php
Biography
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., age 65, was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on November 20, 1942, to Joseph Sr. and Jean Biden. He was the oldest of four children. In 1953, the Biden family moved from Pennsylvania to Claymont, Delaware. Biden attended parochial school at St. Helena’s School in Wilmington and the Archmere Academy in Claymont. Public service was part of the Biden family, with one of Joe's great grandfathers serving as a Pennsylvania state senator.
After graduating from the University of Delaware in 1965 and from law school at Syracuse University in 1968, Biden moved back to the Wilmington area and set up his own law firm. He practiced law until 1972.
In 1970, Biden – at age 27 – ran for New Castle County Council and won in a Republican district. At age 29, he launched an improbable bid to unseat two-term Republican U.S. Sen. J. Caleb Boggs. With very little help from the state establishment, and with his sister as his campaign manager, Biden defeated Boggs by 3,162 votes.
Just weeks after the election, Biden’s wife, Neilia, and their 1-year-old daughter, Naomi, were killed and their two young sons critically injured in an auto accident. Biden was sworn in at his son's hospital bedside and began commuting to Washington every day by train, a practice he has maintained throughout his career in the Senate.
In 1977, Biden married Jill Jacobs. Jill Biden, who holds a PhD in education, has been an educator for over two decades in Delaware's schools. Currently she is a professor at Delaware Technical Community College.
Senator Biden has three children: Beau, Hunter and Ashley. Beau currently serves as Delaware's Attorney General; a captain in the 261st Signal Brigade of the Delaware National Guard, he will be deployed to Iraq this October. Ashley is a social worker and Hunter is an attorney. Senator Biden also has five grandchildren: Naomi, Finnegan, Roberta Mabel, Natalie, and Robert Hunter.
In 1988, Biden suffered a cranial aneurysm and nearly died. He recovered by early 1989 after two surgeries and has enjoyed good health since then.
In addition to serving as U.S. Senator, Biden has been an adjunct professor at the Widener University School of Law since 1991, where he teaches a seminar on constitutional law.
Key Career Accomplishments
Biden became ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee in 1997 and served as chairman of the committee from 2001 to 2003 and from January 2007 to the present. He has served as chairman or ranking member of the Judiciary Committee for sixteen years. He is recognized as one of the nation's leading authorities on foreign policy, as well as one of its most influential voices on terrorism, drug policy, crime, and issues important to women. He has been a tireless advocate for working families and has reached across the aisle to work with Republicans on tackling some of the greatest challenges facing Americans.
Senator Biden has a proven record of bringing people together to get things done. From global warming to combating violence against women to confronting the challenges of the dangerous world in which we live, Joe Biden has fought every day over the course of his life in public service to improve the lives of middle class families.
Chrissy
mom to Aidan 8/21/03
Grayson Blaine 12/30/07
<<Who mentioned ignorant??
I didn't say she was stupid. Please show me where I did.
Her interviews
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