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Title: Biden Compares Obama to Lincoln, Jefferson -- Not Marx
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URL Source: http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/1 ... -obama-lincoln-jefferson-marx/
Published: Oct 27, 2008
Author: unattributed
Post Date: 2008-10-27 16:30:06 by christine
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Views: 317
Comments: 14

Joe Biden on Monday compared Barack Obama to Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt, and he said a less savory comparison to Karl Marx is completely off the mark.

Biden, whose comments on Marx referenced an uncomfortable interview with a Florida anchorwoman last week, stressed that his Obama is a genuine force for change. As proof, Democratic vice presidential candidate pointed to the kind of attacks that have historically been directed at new leaders with new ideas.

"The defenders of the status quo have always tried to tear down those who would change our nation for the better," Biden said. "They said Thomas Jefferson wasn't ... a real Christian. That was the essence of the campaign against him. Well, does that sound familiar?" he said.

"Ladies and gentlemen, they said Abraham Lincoln ... wanted to take away individual rights. Ladies and gentlemen, they said Franklin Roosevelt would destroy the American system of life. Sound familiar? And ladies and gentlemen, they said that John F. Kennedy was, quote, 'a dangerous choice in difficult times.' ... Sound familiar?"

The Delaware senator spoke to a crowd in Greenville, N.C., as the Democratic ticket begins to make its closing argument in the presidential race.

Biden said the attacks are "built on lies which are the last resort of those who have nothing new to offer. And that's where we find ourselves."

Biden attempted to shore up his point by mentioning the interview he gave with Orlando-based WFTV on Thursday. Anchorwoman Barbara West quoted Marx and asked Biden how Obama's claim that he wants to "spread the wealth" wasn't Marxist.

Biden asked West if she was joking. Afterward, the Obama campaign cut off interviews with the station, canceling an appearance by Biden's wife, Jill.

On Monday Biden took another shot at the station.

"I was on a television station the other day doing a satellite feed to a major network in Florida, and the anchor quotes Karl Marx, and says in a sense, 'Isn't Barack Obama Karl Marx?'" Biden said. "You know, I mean, folks, this stuff you're hearing, this stuff you're hearing in this campaign, some of it's pretty ugly. And some of the innuendo is pretty ugly."

John McCain has used the charge that Obama wants to spread wealth rather than create it as a centerpiece of his campaign in its closing days.

Obama on Monday rejected those charges.

The Illinois senator, however, made a few references to his brushes with socialist activists during his early days in his autobiography, "Dreams From My Father. "

Describing his time at Occidental College, he wrote: "To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists."

Writing about his time at Columbia University, he wrote that he went to the East Village for "the socialist conferences I sometimes attended at Cooper Union."

Obama said Monday his economic philosophy today centers on protecting and empowering American workers.

"John McCain calls this socialism. I call it opportunity, and there's nothing more American than that," Obama said.

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#9. To: christine (#0)

Biden said the attacks are "built on lies which are the last resort of those who have nothing new to offer. And that's where we find ourselves."

This same dumb@$$ (Biden) said that Roosevelt went on TV when the stock market crashed back in the Depression. Stupid cs. Is it a requirement to "serve" in the Senate to be so stupid that normal people wonder how you find your way to "work"?

James Deffenbach  posted on  2008-10-27   17:52:44 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: James Deffenbach (#9)

James...

Are you inferring Bidet may not be qualified to be President????

Cynicom  posted on  2008-10-27   17:54:30 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#11. To: Cynicom (#10)

Well yeah, he MAY not be--and it is pretty certain that Obummer isn't because if there was no problem with his birth certificate he would have produced it a month ago (or longer). So, on the D side you have a guy who is most likely a citizen of Kenya, a moron who thinks that Federal Deficit Russianvelt got on a non existent TV to explain the stock market crash to people. On the R side you have a Manchurian candidate in McCain and a nice looking woman who MIGHT be a good candidate for VP IF she was on the ticket with a real American, someone like Ron Paul. I am afraid her association with McCain and his ilk will ruin her if she wasn't already ruined when he picked her. But have you ever seen it look any worse? An election where the best person running (Chuck Baldwin) has as much chance of winning as I do--and of the ones who the establishment has chosen, not even one of them would make a good President, or so it seems. Makes me sick to think about it.

James Deffenbach  posted on  2008-10-27 18:03:40 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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