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Jersey Devil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 01:20 AM
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Tomorrow's media catchword: "gravitas"
There is no one who could bring more of it to the ticket than Joe Biden.
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 01:25 AM
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1. Oh, I hope not! It's such an overused snoozer. nt
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 01:27 AM
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2. No one other than Phil Gramm
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 01:33 AM
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4. What's with you and the phil graham?? Credit card thingy??
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 01:35 AM
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5. Mortgage banking meltdown thingy
and the Savings & Loan meltdown before that.
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 01:36 AM
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6. I know about phil graham and the S&L, You mean Biden was part of that, too??
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 01:39 AM
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7. He voted for all of the things to make it happen
Look it up and see for yourself.
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 01:49 AM
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11. you're talking about the S&L scandal from the REAGAN administration??
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 02:01 AM
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14. Nope- pretty much every financial deregualtory effort- including this most salient one:
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.

In other words- what brought us the current financial meltdown:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramm-Leach-Bliley_Act

Yep. Joe "Biden is one of us" voted for that -just as he voted for the Bankruptcy bill.

And so, we're all supposed to just get on board with that?
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 11:29 AM
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16. Going to have to now.
I gotta read the rest of his record to see what is what.
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 01:27 AM
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3. Gravitas! is right!
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 01:40 AM
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8. Let's hope not. That was GOP speak for putting Cheney on Bush's ticket.
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Jersey Devil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 01:43 AM
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9. Who won that one?
Case closed.
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 01:46 AM
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10. The winner was Al Gore.
Case closed.
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wolverinez Donating Member (287 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 01:50 AM
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12. America want's tough leaders
you have to accept it. Biden is a tough guy and a great pick.
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 02:00 AM
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13. Missing the point. Intentionally? Saying BIden has "gravitas" implies Obama doesn't.
This was GOP speak for Cheney to make up for Bush being weak.

Obama isn't weak on international affairs. He was correct about Iraq and Biden was wrong.
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 02:03 AM
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15. Biden is tough? LOL. What world do you live in?
That guy's been pimping corporate interests at your expense probably since before you were born.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 11:30 AM
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17. It's a slap at Obama, implying HE has little to none. I think he has plenty of his own.
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