So the blogosphere says Joe Biden just ended the shortest presidential run in history with this quote from an interview released today: regarding Obama, Biden says “I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”
Joe Biden, 1942-2007.
UPDATE: Obama replies: “I didn’t take Senator Biden’s comments personally, but obviously they are historically inaccurate. After all, we’ve had presidential candidates like Jesse Jackson, Shirley Chisholm, Carol Mosely Braun and Al Sharpton. They gave a voice to many important issues through their campaigns and no one would call them inarticulate.”
UPDATE Deuce: Biden was slated to be the guest on tonight’s Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Should be an interesting episode, if JB hasn’t canceled…
This article appears in January 26 • 2007.