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Sorry this is fragmented but these were things that Biden said today that made the strongest impression on me. I think this might be of interest to DU.
(following questions about Palin, Debates)
I've debated and awful lot of tough, smart women ... There's alot of tough smart women in the US Senate, who i debate every day. In that sense its nothing new. What is new is i don't know what any of her policies are. I assume they are the same as John's, but I just don't know.
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Its kind of ... demeaning to suggest that all women are going to vote for a woman because she's a woman even though she is diametrically opposed to everything Hillary stands for. There's all this talk about you know she didn't pick up any Hillary voters. Well, I haven't heard one single policy position one single position that she has in common with Hillary. I just think all folks will be more discriminating than just looking at whether its the same sex, or same ethnicity, or whatever. We'll see. The truth is, I don't know.
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Look she has a great speech. But her silence on the issues was deafening. She didn't mention a word about healthcare, a word about the environment, a word about the middle class. I mean, they never parted her lips. So, I don't know where she is on these things.
(following questions about Campaigning, Town Halls)
Hopefully you're not going to be a position where you're gonna be recounting anything
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People are focused, man.
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We think we can win Montana.
(following a question about The Surge)
Whether or not the surge worked is almost irrelevant now. We're in a new deal. What is the administration doing? They're doing what Barack Obama has suggested over 14 months ago. Turn responsibility over, AND draw down our troops. ... The only person out of step on this is John McCain.
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The bottom line is we can argue about whether the surge was good, bad, or indifferent. Let's assume it was all good. ... what do we do now? What's John McCain gonna do as president? He's said he's not going to sign on to the timeline, number one. Number two he has no ideas, no proposals for what to do about any of the neighbors... (this part is paraphrased. sorry.)
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This talk about how this has been such a great success. Look who we are now, in the Middle East. You now have a Shia government, close to Iran. What's Maliki do when Ahmadinejad comes and kisses him on both cheek and seeks permission? Gimme a break about how this is such a great political success.
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John does not view this in terms of the region. I've never heard him speak about it.
(following a question about Lieberman)
... Every time I see Joe these days, I walk up to him and I say, "Say it ain't so, Joe, say it ain't so." ... Joe has made a judgment, and he's going to have to make a tougher judgment when this election is over.
(On Change)
I don't want to personalize this election. Like I said, I heard Sarah Palin and John McCain talk about change. Tell me one single thing they're gonna do. on the economy, foreign policy, that is going to be change. Name me ONE. This is such malarkey. 90% of the time, John votes with the president. ... He jumps on his taxes ... He jumps on his foreign policy, which has been a complete and utter failure. ... he jumps on how to deal with healthcare, which is to TAX , John wants to TAX healthcare benefits for people who get their healthcare benefits from their employers. Tell me where the change is. My goodness. He may change on how he deals with A lobbyist, but the idea on the economy, healthcare, education, Same outfit. Same deal. No change.
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