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pootypooty:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/23/biden.democrat.vp.candidate/index.html

 (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama has picked Delaware Sen. Joe Biden to be his running mate, multiple Democratic sources tell CNN.
Delaware Sen. Joe Biden is Sen. Barack Obama's choice to be his vice-presidential running mate.

Delaware Sen. Joe Biden is Sen. Barack Obama's choice to be his vice-presidential running mate.

The longtime Democratic senator was long considered a likely choice for vice president, but the buzz surrounding him intensified after he returned earlier this week from a two-day trip to the Republic of Georgia after Russian troops invaded.

Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, brings years of experience that could help counter GOP arguments that an Obama administration would be inexperienced on foreign policy.

Biden abandoned his own White House run after a poor showing in Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses. He also ran for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination but dropped out after charges of plagiarism in a stump speech.

The 65-year-old was first elected to the Senate in 1972. Shortly afterwards, his first wife and daughter were killed in a car accident. He considered resigning, but decided to continue with his political career.

Biden is currently serving out his sixth term, making him Delaware's longest-serving senator.

Biden is married and has three children. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware and got a law degree from Syracuse.
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In 1988, Biden suffered an aneurysm and nearly died but has recovered fully.

One of Biden's grandfathers was a Pennsylvania state senator, according to the Almanac of American Politics.

Biden will make his first big speech as the VP candidate on Wednesday, August 27 -- the third night of the Democratic convention.

The King:
Good pick, would've liked Bill Richardson more though. If Obama dies in office, Richardson will open the borders!

C-BLUE:

--- Quote from: The King of Mitt Romney's Fan Club on August 23, 2008, 12:57:30 AM ---Good pick, would've liked Bill Richardson more though. If Obama dies in office, Richardson will open the borders!

--- End quote ---

good picc?? isnt he part of the washington machine??..the very machine obama has been trying to distance himself from. And didn't he vote for the Iraq war?? and didn't he once say he'd be proud to serve as VP for John McCain???. That's three yesses cuzz. This picc absolutely makes no fuccin sense and Obama is not only contradicting himself for the sixth thousand time but he's makin himself look like he laccs some major judgment.

Kilo2:

--- Quote from: C-BLUE on August 23, 2008, 07:51:22 AM ---
--- Quote from: The King of Mitt Romney's Fan Club on August 23, 2008, 12:57:30 AM ---Good pick, would've liked Bill Richardson more though. If Obama dies in office, Richardson will open the borders!

--- End quote ---

good picc?? isnt he part of the washington machine??..the very machine obama has been trying to distance himself from. And didn't he vote for the Iraq war?? and didn't he once say he'd be proud to serve as VP for John McCain???. That's three yesses cuzz. This picc absolutely makes no fuccin sense and Obama is not only contradicting himself for the sixth thousand time but he's makin himself look like he laccs some major judgment.

--- End quote ---

Obama wants to look like the rest of them, but apparently he has some sort of underlying radical motives as soon as he touches office.

jeromechickenbone:
I still can't wait till Obama wins and not a goddamn thing changes. 

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