Biden’s NASCAR Talk Hits The Wall In North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, NC — Give Joe Biden credit for trying.
In the heart of NASCAR country, the Delaware Senator’s attempt to speak the lingo fell flat like one of Kyle Busch’s tires.
“We’ve got a big NASCAR track up in my state at Dover Downs. But here in Charlotte you know racing a lot better than anybody in the country. I know that. So I’ll talk a little bit in terms of racing terms,” Biden told the young crowd at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte.
“Right now, our campaigns are trading a little paint. But, uh, what worries me most is the McCain campaign seems to have gotten a little loose.”
Crickets.
“Um, and, uh I can tell you — not a lot of NASCAR fans in here,” Biden said.
That didn’t stop him from keeping the metaphor going. “You know that term getting a little loose on the, you know, when you’re out there going 185 miles an hour, getting a little loose? Well John’s getting a little loose. He doesn’t have much of a steady hand these days.”
“And now, and now’s the time, now’s the time we most need a steady hand.”
The RNC responded with a garbled metaphor of its own. “Joe Biden is being loose with his ‘rhetorical flourishes’ again,” said spokesman Alex Conant. “If the campaigns are ‘trading paint’ as Biden said, let’s remember that Obama struck first and ran the most negative ads.”
“To offer a more accurate NASCAR analogy than Biden did: If Obama wins, he will raise taxes and our economy will go from a yellow to red flag.”
Biden may have been trying to reach out to the rural Nascar fans that have made this state red for most previous presidential elections — a strategy that might work better outside North Carolina’s urban centers. Biden will finish the day in Raleigh and Winston-Salem, and may want to avoid reaching for sports analogies — since even without them, the Obama-Biden campaign holds a slim lead in the state.
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Keep your politics away from our NASCAR!
Can’t we just separate NASCAR an politics?
B. H. Obama made a great pick, didn’t he?
Would someone serve him up something besides his feet like maybe defeat.
Obama made a great pick, don’t you think?
JUST SAY IT ISN’T SO, JOE —NOT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Biden is not very smart.. he might have been born in Scranton and spent 10 years there before moving to Deleware, but he knows nothing about the good people of Pennsylvania or how to talk to connect with rural people who love nascar.
Biden received five student draft deferments during the Vietnam War with the first coming in late 1963 and the last in early 1968, at the peak of the Vietnam War. In April 1968, he was reclassified by the Selective Service System as not available for service due to having had asthma as a teenager. Biden was not a part of the anti-Vietnam War movement; he would later say that at the time he was preoccupied with marriage and law school, and that he “wore sports coats … not tie-dyed”.
While John McCain was serving his country and being held as a prisoner of war with broken bones and being kept from his family.. Biden was going to school and suffering from asthma.
Biden attended the University of Delaware in Newark. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in history and political science in 1965, ranked 506th of 688 in his class.
Smart guy! 506th in a class of 688
He went on to receive his Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law in 1968, where by his own description he underperformed. During his first year there, he was accused of having plagiarized 5 of 15 pages of a law review article. Biden said it was inadvertent due to his not knowing the proper rules of citation, and he was permitted to retake the course after receiving a grade of F, which was subsequently dropped from his record. He was admitted to the Delaware Bar in 1969.
I hope Biden doesn’t plan on underperforming as VP. It seems his problems of plagiarizing started long before he started giving speeches while running for President. Just what we need a VP who got “F’s”. Oh yeah I can see he is a smart one.
He is a dope!
Please KEEP talking Joe!!
Well, he was wasting his time with those racist people at NASCAR!! NASCAR has a history of racism and sexism and you can read about that almost anywhere. Mauricia Grant was a black female official (only black official) and I believed she inspected the cars. She was subjected to all sorts of racial slurs, belittling, and she filed a lawsuit. She was fired when she had the nerve to stick up for herself and complain! I don’t know what became of it but I hope she won!! NASCAR is a Klan rally on wheels!
I work here at UNC-Charlotte - we have over 23,000 students and 3,000 employees, but only 1,500 people showed up to Joe Biden’s “rally.” Last week Sarah Palin was at Elon University, a small college in a small town, and there were over 7,000 in attendance. Say it aint’ so, Joe!!! What a loser.
Joe the idiot.
If Palin said anything remotely similar the media would eat her alive.
People think Palin is an idiot. I think Joe wins. It cracks me up that people are afraid if Palin is “one heart beat away” - I’m more freightened by Joe. What if he starts talking to some world learder from one of those countries that don’t like us very much (Iran) and he says something stupid that could start WWIII.
I say keep him talking for now he is so funny. He may just gaff McCain/Palin into the Whitehouse.
SNL needs to parody Biden on stuff like this…way funnier!
I can say another metaphore. If Biden have said that the campaings are “trading paint”, that is because he admitts this is a very tight race…
I am still looking for BO to verify the $3,300,000 in overseas donations, did some it come from hamas and iran??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
I love Joe Biden.
I also love the smell of desperation.
Try, try, try as hard as you can Fox. Grasp for those pitiful straws. Heres something to work on for tomorrow…..OBAMA IS A SPACE AILEN. A SOCIALIST, SPACE ALIEN!! hahahahahahahahahaha!
Its almost over, kids. Change is coming!!!!!
NO WAY, NO HOW, NO MCCAIN/palin
OBAMA/BIDEN 08
This just in to Fox News……
Joe The Plumber Outwits Joe The Dumber.
Take that to the bank Barack. (if your bank is still in business)
klan on wheels, funny stuff, considering that nascar is largest spectator sport in america. GAC
Cher be careful about throwing everyone into one big bucket and labeling it. I watch Nascar and my best friend is a black cajun so I take great offense to your ignorance. What a few people may be guilty of does not mean everyone is of the same opinion.
Barack Obama chose Joe Biden because he knew this would happen but I don’t think even the ONE knew it would be this bad. Obama did not want a running mate who would outshine him or he would have considered Hillary in spite of the vetting spin. The RNC has spent 150,000 on Sarah Palin’s outfits so it might be time for the DNC to spend $6.95 for a muzzle for Senator Joe. If he can’t handle a crowd in North Carolina what would Biden do at the UN or across the table from Putin. It should be remembered that this guy could not get arrested in two Presidential campaigns and now if Obama wins he is only a gaffe away from the White House….
Say it ain’t so Joe!!!! You did it again!!!!! MCCAIN/PALIN 2008
When it comes to saying a few dumb things…Joe gets the checkered flag.
ok all you Obamite’s….should anything happen to the president if…(god help us) Obama should win the election….how comfortable would you sleep at night with Joe Biden at the helm…hmm???
Joe Biden is the village idiot! Normal people don’t like him!
MCCAIN/PALIN 2008!!!!!
And McCain graduated 894 out of 899th in his naval class. Only 5 people worse. All while Obama was coming out top of his class. Since we last had the Rhodes Scholar Clinton oversee the economy, we seem to remain bent on digging our leaders from the low end of the smartness pool even while it leaves us bailout out our entire economy.
Keep talking big mouth Joe. I think his botox is starting to affect his brain….hahahahaha!
Biden’s into the wall in turn 1. . . again. . .
NOBAMA! RAISE-CAIN!
And they say this DUFF (Joe the Biden) is ready to be just one heart beat away from president. Are these DEMs so blind that they can’t see? Or is it that they can see but are just so blind?
“There are none so blind but refuse to see.”
Ouch, Biden hit the wall in turn 1. . . again . . .
Hey Richter. I guess your including OL Abe Lincoln in that pool too. Tell me how many lawyers have you ever met that really had your best interest at heart?
Gayle, be careful what you wish for, you just might get it!
HE DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING WRONG, TELL A LIE, AND HE DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING STUPID (unlike Palin or McCain). He simply used a metaphor (i know that’s a big word for some of you so pull your dictionary out) that a lot of people didn’t understand. How desperate are you republicans going to get? Accept the fact that McCain and Palin are losing.
What a nit-wit. If Obama thinks McCain is not in touch with America, he should look at his own running mate. The closest Biden has been to racing is seeing the decals and stickers on the back of my truck. Biden probably can’t even spell NASCAR. Oh, and by the way Joe, if you’re going to try it’s spelled with 6 letters, not 5.
I agree with JACK KIMBERLY….WHERE IS THAT OBAMA’S MONEY DONATIONS COME FROM?…OVERSEAS FROM HIS FRIENDS FROM MIDDLEEAST?…WE NEED AN EXPLANATION, WE NEED TRANSPARENCY……..I am sure that if NOBAMA gets elected his advisor will be BILL AYERS
J Richter - At least McCain attended the Naval Academy and graduated. A liberal like you would have been booted the first week.
Somebody throw the black flag! Joe’s got loose lug nuts!
If this were NASCAR, Biden would be black flagged. He obviously has loose lug nuts!
What is loose is Joe’s lug nuts! Drop the black flag and put this guy in the pits.
This just in to Fox News….
Straight Talk Express Nips Obamamobile In Photo Finish. Biden Forgets To Fill Tank On Last Lap!
And people rip on Palin!?!?
The Scariest Thought Ever……..
Ayers as Secretary of Defense.
Might be the first SOD to call a strike on his own country!
Coming down out of turn 4 and down to the checkered flag, Biden looses his lug nuts and spins out the field. Ron Paul, currently running dead last takes the checker.
We still love ya, Joe!
Obama/Biden 2008!!!
Why won’t Obama release his LSAT scores?
Does Biden take a huge whiff of raw ether before his speeches? Because he sure behaves like the village drunkard in an early Irish novel. Nobody this dumb should be anywhere close to the White House.
You would get a “Joe the Biden” if you crossed George W. with an ass. Obama, what were you really thinking? He is your foreign policy expert? He’d be the idiot that accidentally tips off Pakistan right before you invade their country. Oh wait, did I spill the beans? Oh well. I’m Joe Biden and everyone already thinks I’m idiot.
I mean, I loved to drink a beer with him - he is a barrel of laughs. But that could be said of W too.
Republicans keeps saying Biden would be a worse vice president than Palin, but I haven’t heard a single reason why not. I don’t think you all have an actual reason. Just grasping at straws….At least Democrats have valid concerns about Palin’s stupidity. She’s also unprofessional (giving shoutouts during a debate and winking is not professional) and an evangelical freak. God, at least Joe is normal!
I’d sleep better at night with him in the White House then Palin!
The Chicago politics motto has always been if you can’t buy the election steal it and if you
can’t steal it buy it. I have lived here all my life (long life) and its always been this
way. Come on America get out and vote don’t let the dems and Obama steal of buy this
great Country
Comment by J. Richter
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:55 pm
And McCain graduated 894 out of 899th in his naval class. Only 5 people worse. All while Obama was coming out top of his class. Since we last had the Rhodes Scholar Clinton oversee the economy, we seem to remain bent on digging our leaders from the low end of the smartness pool even while it leaves us bailout out our entire economy.
And McCain still comes up with a better plan on taxes, job, economy..
Joe, why don’t you go into the heart of a ghetto, say South Central Los Angeles, and offer your rendition of ebonics to relate with the inner-city black culture. That should be a laughable one for the books.
joe is a flop. They should make him run beside one nascar driver, of North Carolina’s choice, for 1 lap around charlotte speedway. Then, make him work the pit of a nascar driver, North Carolina’s choice, for 1 race by himself.
mccain/palin 08
If Palin made a foolish commetn like that they would of ripped her. To bad Biden doesnt get the same treatment.
susan,
If you are voting for McCain/Palin then Joe Biden is surely smarter than you are!
And just what is so dishonorable about being classified unfit for service because of asthma?
I guess you’ve never had asthma so it must be a bogus condition in your opinion, huh?
crash and burn biden.
How much did our “hockey” mom pay for her house to be built? I know the same peopel that built her darling little hockey rink ( that left the town she was mayor of 20,000,000.00 in debt) built it. Oh yeah that is right she passed a law stating you don’t have to pull permits of any sort anymore so no one will be able to see how much it cost her. Wonder if something is fishy with that. Or maybe it is what’s between her legs that is so fishy!!
The average IQ of Republicans is below 90. That explains Fox News. What happened to the rest of you? John McCain is going down faster than his bomber did over Hanoi. Enjoy the ride! *GRIN* OBAMA RULES!
Biden better(BIDE) his time, cuz I don’t think he’s a getting anywhere close to that there White House………. Whew… GO>>>>>>>MCCAIN/PALIN
I believe Joe is just a (biden ) his time…….no VP for him…. he’s a scary one to have in there.
You gotta love Joe for trying. Bless his heart, he means well. 30 year civil servants don’t get out in the real world a lot. Usually Joe is on a short leash because of his gaffs. Maybe that is why we did not hear that this message approved by “Obama!”
THE ABSURDITY OF THE OBAMA CANIDACY
Ask yourself a few questions:
1) Have you, your family or friends, or anyone you know, respect, and trust ever needed the financial assistance from a convicted felon to purchase the home you live in?
2) Have you, your family or friends, or anyone you know, respect, and trust ever maintained and cut the grass of an empty lot next door to your home that is owned by a convicted felon?
3) Have you, your family or friends, or anyone you know, respect, and trust ever bought a piece of property directly next door to your home from a convicted felon?
Obama has ….. and this is only one set of facts, from just one of the many relationships Obama has with horrible people.
NASCAR is not the klan on wheels. They have had a major drive for diversity, and work harder at that than any other sport. They are also the most kind hearted, dedicated humanitarians you can possibly find. Kyle Petty has a camp called Victory Junction in North Carolina that hosts terminally ill children at no cost. While the kids are there all medical bills are taken care of including their prescriptions. Its available to all kids regardless of color, creed, religion or ethnicity. Jeff Gordon raises and contributes millions of dollars a year, he sponsors a hospital wing in NC, and another in MA, for children with cancer. He and the entire Hendricks teams are the leading crusaders for bone marrow registry and Rick Hendrick works tirelessly for the cause of leukemia, and he does NOT ask what your skin color is before he offers to help. Ryan Newman works on behalf of homeless and abused animals. Every single driver in Nascar works tirelessly to help people in their community. Both Jimmy Johnson and Jeff Gordon also work and raise money for Habitat for Humanity. Jimmy Johnson last year donated his winnings to the people who were burned out of their homes in CA. Kyle Bush did the same thing to help the victims of Katrina. So before you go spouting off your mouth about being the Klan on wheels, do some homework. You have to be an Obamabutt, because it is only the Obamabutts who go around screaming racism over things they don’t even know the first bit of information about.
of course more people are seeing palin, just like people slow down on the freeway/interstate to see a car wreck. my god, i can’t stand the idiot but i’d love to see her and the freak show. you gotta know your enemy.
Biden is a FOOL big time!!! thats why NObama picked him– he wanted a VP just like himself.
The Biden strikes again…..black flag him and send him to the garage!
they said the same things about bill clinton when he went against bush senior and bill did a fine job, in fact he had the same sex drive as a black man so he must be part black… outstanding
You know if Obama - Biden fail Biden might be out of the senate because he isn’t campaigning for that as he should be. If he is jobless after this is over I think Biden should do stand up comedy!
Joe is doing a great job. He has courage to speak at these places, knowing he will not be well received. He has been talking non stop for a long time in this election and he has done a remarkable job. As far as the “test” comment, we all know what he means.
And, he is right about trading paint and of course McCain’s campaign is going to say its Obama’s fault. The problem with McCain’s campaign is that everything that is wrong is some one else’ fault. Everything they think is right is their success. They are going to lose this election in a way that has never been recorded in modern history.
Because they just don’t get it.
Surprised Obama’s Biden did not tell you that you who follow Nascar are clingling to your racing too much, so give up this up and stop clingling to your bibles and guns, too. Don’t forget to vote McCain/Palin and remind your familiy and friends to go and vote. We don’t want another 9/11 soon if Obama is elected as Biden predicted. Obama just could not handle something like that!!!!! He would want to go sit down and talk with the people responsible for bombing us.
It seems that the Obama exspress is continuously getting free rides like the “Lucky Dog” who is a lap down. It shows that from comments here and every where else, if you do not support Obama you are racist.
I was at the Biden speech today and to be perfectly honest, the majority of these quotes are fabricated:
““Um, and, uh I can tell you — not a lot of NASCAR fans in here,” Biden said.
That didn’t stop him from keeping the metaphor going. “You know that term getting a little loose on the, you know, when you’re out there going 185 miles an hour, getting a little loose? Well John’s getting a little loose. He doesn’t have much of a steady hand these days.””
That entire excerpt is made up, he never said “not a lot of NASCAR fans in here” and he never mentioned anything about the speed whatsoever, so that entire sentence is made up. Was this writer even there today?
Also, his joke did get laughs, even though I am completely uninterested in racing and this joke does nothing for me, but there was definitely not a silence in the crowd.
Edited to realize he probably used the same line at different speeches, I was jumping the gun on that one, I was at the afternoon speech where it probably went over differently
Another Fox News slur on a Democrate!
Fox News is like a GoodYear Nascar Tire, they blow out alot.
You are a tired looking man Biden. The Botex has made you look worse.
Hey dems, go read your own web sites if Fox bothers you so much!!
I believe what foot in the mouth Joe was trying to convey was that McCain is drafting so close to Obama and getting ready to pass him and that in doing that McCain has pushed Obama so out of shape that his true inexperience is being shown. That Obama’s crew chief Joe should try eating some thing other then his own foot. Maybe Gaffing Joe should go back and find his roots at that nice little closed down family restraint he so enjoys talking about like he go’s there every chance he gets but he forgets it has been closed for years . It just shows how out of touch gaffing Joe and promise em any thing Obama really are! , they think we are so dang dumb that we will believe any thing that say with no question. Well we got a news flash for you two the yellow flag is out your blowing smoke and oil and your about to get passed. so if the paint is being rubbed it is because the democrats got a radical loving, ACORN election stealing nut trying to run with the big dogs and now that there tired of playing with him there setting him up for the good old boy sling shot pass and all Obama can do then is hope to stay off the wall and take a good look at the back side of the winner as he passes then listen to him self saying o please say it ant so Joe pleases say it ant so.
But then again the Obama lovers out there never look, read, or research the facts they only repeat the talking points they have down like good little parrots. I wonder if they are the same ones that believed they could by a Champaign home on a beer income?
That’s brilliant!!
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