Biden Got Obama Call During Root Canal (Clinton Never Seriously Considered)

[Hissyspit]

Source: Associated Press

Biden got Obama call during root canal
By NEDRA PICKLER – 1 hour ago

DENVER (AP) — Joe Biden got the call from Barack Obama while undergoing a root canal. As he sat in a dental chair Thursday, Biden received word that Obama was on the line and interrupted the procedure to accept the presidential candidate's invitation to be his running mate.

It capped a six-week process of elimination that always pointed in Biden's direction even if the Delaware lawmaker couldn't believe he would actually be the pick. The Democratic ticket, revealed Saturday in Springfield, Ill., began to form when Obama approached Biden in July and asked him if he'd consider being a contender for vice president, according to two Biden associates.

Biden said he would and submitted the requisite paperwork to the vetting committee, but was skeptical that it would ever happen. A longtime friend who requested anonymity to speak freely said Biden wouldn't allow himself to believe he was in serious consideration because his hopes and expectations had been beaten down so much by such a miserable showing in the Democratic presidential race.

In the end, it came down to Biden, Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, said several people involved in the deliberations. Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius also was a strong contender, but dropped out of contention as Obama focused on the other three. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who ran so closely to Obama in the primary, was never seriously considered, said two officials involved with the search. She asked not to be vetted unless she was going to be picked, the two officials said, speaking on a condition of anonymity to describe the private discussions.

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[DesertFlower]

1. during a root canal?

:)

[rucognizant]

6. He isn't THAT old!

By the time I was 65 I had full dentures ( after many root canals & several sets of caps..)
Yes I had the first flouride treatments available when I was about 8 years old, at the dentist;s office before they started putting it the water & our toothpaste. DIdn't help my"English" teeth,or did it hasten their demise?

[DesertFlower]

7. hey i'm almost 67.

i have 10 implants in my mouth and most of my natural teeth have had root canal and a crown.

i had my first root canal at age 31. i was so scared. now it's not a big deal.

[goforit]

10. Is that why yah call yourself "SWEETS"?

[DesertFlower]

12. no. actually i have a friend

who likes to call me "sweet". that username was not available so i went with sweets. i rarely eat them.

my dental problems came from my mom not having money to send me to the dentist. then, i had some bad dental work -- fillings that decayed underneath, etc.

[Orrex]

2. For god's sake! I hope that Biden get an amalgam filling after his root canal! Think of the mercury!

:scared:

[DesertFlower]

8. i recently had a doctor tell me

that i might have to have all my root canal teeth extracted. i could have "cavitations". that's the new "mercury". well almost all my natural teeth have root canal. no way that i'm going to have them extracted. Jesus H. Christ.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. THAT explains his speach stumbles today.

post root canal? hah.

[struggle4progress]

4. See what can happen? That's why I never go to the dentist

[Arkana]

5. Ahahahaa I can only imagine how that phone call went.

*cell phone rings*

BIDEN: "AAAAAHHHAAAGGGOOOO?"

OBAMA: "Uh, hi...is this Senator Joe Biden?"

BIDEN: "UHHH HUHHHHGGGGGG"

OBAMA: "Oh! Great! Hi, Joe--it's Barack Obama! Anyway, I wanted to tell you that it's official! I've chosen you to be my vice presidential nominee!"

BIDEN: "IIGGGHHHH SEGIIIIIGGHHHHH"

OBAMA: "Uh, yeah. Um, what's going on there?"

BIDEN: "GEEGHHHHHSDHH AAAGGG WOOOGGHTHHT CAANNNNNAAAGGHHHLLL"

OBAMA: "What?"

BIDEN: "GEEGHHHHHSDHH AAAGGG WOOOGGHTHHT CAANNNNNAAAGGHHHLLL"

OBAMA: "Joe, what the hell are you doing?"

[Mz Pip]

17. That's funny.

I don't know how I would even answer a cell phone during a root canal. :rofl:

[Errrica]

19. Lolllz

:7

[mahatmakanejeeves]

26. BIDEN: "AAAAAHHHAAAGGGOOOO?"

Hahahaha.

I'm 57. I've had three root canals. I was a Crest kid. Other than the expense, root canals are no big deal. After all, they take away the pain, not add to it.

[leftrightwingnut]

9. Has anyone fact checked this? I don't trust Nedra Pickler. n/t

[Bette Noir]

22. She's the one who identified Lieberman as a p*ick.

I started to say "fingered," but "identified" sounded more ladylike.

She tells the truth, at least about Lieberman.

[IndianaGreen]

11. "Hillary asked not to be vetted unless she was going to be picked"

Hillary Rodham Clinton, who ran so closely to Obama in the primary, was never seriously considered, said two officials involved with the search. She asked not to be vetted unless she was going to be picked, the two officials said, speaking on a condition of anonymity to describe the private discussions.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-CVN-Veep-Tick-Tock.html

[jillan]

13. If he got the root canal on Thursday, he was still hurting today.

Unfortunately I've been there.

Wow.

[Maineman]

14. I read someplace that root canals are not good for

overall health. Make a specific effort to maintain your overall health if you have root canal(s).
And, mercury? Mercury (amalgam) fillings are banned in 3 or 4 European countries. Mercury is EXTREMELY toxic, you know.

[jasonberlin]

15. Maineman!

Just because of your name, I have to alert you to this comedy sketch I did with my friends:

http://web.me.com/jason.berlin/Site/Jason_Berlins_Sketch_Comedy_Podcast%21/Entries/2008/3/11_Mane_Man_-_Because_A_Man_Without_Hair_Is_A_Blister_On_The_Heart_Of_God_1.html

[kestrel91316]

16. Amalgamation is how mercury can be bound up for safe

disposal in the trash. UNamalgamated mercury is extremely toxic.

I guess the chemists don't know anything and you're the expert.........

[Tumbulu]

18. so is it better to pull the teeth rather than have a root canal?

I have about 11 of them and got most of them about 30 years ago.

[DesertFlower]

20. here's a link.

http://www.drshankland.com/root_canal.html


i've got about 8 or 10 root canals. i have chronic fatigue syndrome. a doctor recently told me that i might have to have my root canal teeth extracted because of cavitations. he wanted to send me to some special dentist to check for the problem. i told him i wasn't going to do that. i went to him for a consultation and he scared the hell out of me. can you imagine being told that you have to extract that many teeth? no thank you.

[Bette Noir]

21. Dayum.

Find out during a root canal that you're gonna be veep? That's gotta be the best, and the worst, at the same time.

[AlabamaBrightBlueDot]

23. Actually.... it was Biden's wife....

Who was getting the root canal.

http://tinyurl.com/4onl6w

(This version UPDATES lead to show that Biden's wife getting root canal, instead of Biden, to CORRECT earlier information provided by the Obama campaign.)

[judasdisney]

24. I wish I could afford a dentist

[No Elephants]

25. Elect Obama and you will be able to afford a dentist.