Joe Biden's Mouth
Posted at 1:47am on May 24, 2008 A Possible Political Memo Of The Day
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
TO: Joe Biden
FROM: Barack Obama
RE: I need a favor
Dear Joe:
Thanks!
Best,
Barack.
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Posted at 4:11pm on Nov. 1, 2007 You Say "Macaca," I Say "Jimmy The Greek," Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
I Guess They Are Not The Clean and Articulate Kind
By Dan McLaughlin
Joe Biden's arch-nemesis - his own mouth - has struck again, according to a one-day story on Page A7 of the Washington Post:
Biden also stumbled through a discourse on race and education, leaving the impression that he believes one reason that so many District of Columbia schools fail is the city's high minority population. His campaign quickly issued a statement saying he meant to indicate that the disadvantages were based on economic status, not race.
After a lengthy critique of Bush administration education policies, Biden attempted to explain why some schools perform better than others -- in Iowa, for instance, compared with the District. "There's less than 1 percent of the population of Iowa that is African American. There is probably less than 4 or 5 percent that are minorities. What is in Washington? So look, it goes back to what you start off with, what you're dealing with," Biden said. He went on to discuss the importance of parental involvement in reading to children and how "half this education gap exists before the kid steps foot in the classroom."
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