PA-Born Biden Cheers Phillies’ World Series Win
AP
WILLIAMSPORT, PA — After failing to mention the ongoing World Series during a three day swing through the Tampa Bay Rays’ home state this week, Democratic VP nominee Joe Biden finally gave a shout-out to his favorite baseball team, the Philadelphia Phillies, after their dramatic and controversial championship win last night.
“How about those Phillies?” Biden said as the crowd of 900 cheered wildly in the town that is the spiritual home of Little League Baseball.
While the Delaware Senator’s campaign duties kept him from seeing the big win in person, his wife made it through all of the deciding game 5 - both days of it.
“My wife Jill is from suburban Philadelphia. She is the most rabid Philly fan, most rabid Flyer fan, most rabid – any team in Philadelphia,” Biden said. “I’m on the campaign trail, she says ‘Joe I’m going to the series.’”
“So on Monday night in the rain, hair matted down, sitting outside soaking wet, she sat through the whole deal. And went back, she went back to the game last night and was there. And my, my wonderful wife, who has her doctorate in education, is a school teacher, is, looks like – I mean, you wouldn’t expect her to be a great fan.”
Mrs Biden even took a star turn on sports radio - and even gleaned some campaign advice from watching her beloved Phils. “I hear today, my wife is on WIP this morning on sports talk. And she’s talking about Brad Lidge,” said Biden, referring to the Phillies closer who didn’t blow a save in 48 tries all year. Addressing a nun in the audience, Biden joked “worries me a little, sister.”
“That must have given her an idea because when I called her to say look, she said Joe, you have to do what this campaign needs, what Brad did that night. Lights out tonight. Lights out. Lights out Lidge,” he continued. “Well let me tell you something I’m not going to be able to live up to that, but I tell you what — here we are in Pennsylvania, in a battleground state. And let me tell you this. The truth of the matter is this state is going to make the gigantic difference in who the next President of the United States of America is.”
Biden has professed allegiances to several football teams on the trail — from the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers to the New York Giants and the nearby Philadelphia Eagles. But he’s never backed away from his Phillies, who are now World Champions for the first time in 28 years.
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This series will be remembered for a very long time - no doubt about that… And congrats, Phillies
dont be so grumpy Fox, it wont make you look any better
Going pro Obama fox ??? jk, we can read the little print and your sublime messages..
Hey fox, why not report on the economy ?? and major job looses for this week ??
Go Jill! You’re a sweetheart! You’re a lucky man, Joe!
Celebration at Katey’s. See you guys there.
what about “deal cut by McCain worker”?
The reason Biden didn’t say anything is because he wasn’t sure they would win …..If the Rays won he would be hooping it up for them…..democrats are like that
The reason Biden didn’t mention anything is that he didn’t remember. He is not the sharpest pencil in the box. He, if given the chance at VP could get us into a World War III with his mouth! He says the strangest things, and it can’t be just shaken off like Obama tries to do, it is scary.
Amazing that Fox News would consider a candidate’s sport preference “news”. Its not like there are swing states up for grabs or anything. You are so transparently manipulative.
No way both the Phillies and Biden win. Hell freezes over if that happens
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While Jow cheered on the Phillies, Palin was snubbing the president of PSU. Nittony Lions fans are almost as bad as Philly fans. Ace in the hole, team McPalin, you’ve just offended more than a million PA residents who are loyal PSU alumni. Keep up the great work!
Hey Palin 2012 just read on the MSNBC web site that 23% of workers are turning down health insurance. Gee I wonder if your candidate will take that as a way of getting a few more bucks out of the economy before it completly tanks. He did say he would charge the companies not providing health care didn’t he?
I have to also ask myself is this just the working guy trying to say I’ll wait for the freebies?
At least Joe is learning…he waited until AFTER the Phillies won to give them his support and ’shout out’! Usually he endorses both before the final outcome!
I am informed, perhaps inaccurately, that the 2 arteries his brain that Biden had clipped served his frontal lobe. The frontal lobe is the “executive center” of the brain. It is the area responsible for judgement and the ability to deal with rapidly evolving complex tasks - like driving a car. If my informationis accurate, it explains a lot of Biden’s well known gaffs. It should also make us concerned about his ability to serve as president, if that need arose.
I am tired of the Pa born Biden. He grew up in Delaware and that was good enough until this election. Now Delaware is not good enough for Joe Biden. The tax payers of De have been good to Joe… shame he’s threw them under the Obama bus. Today he loves Pa when it’s time for re-election it will be candy and flowers for De taxpayers!
“The reason Biden didn’t say anything is because he wasn’t sure they would win …..If the Rays won he would be hooping it up for them…..democrats are like that”
Statements like these are fun AND easy to make. Here are two of my own:
1) The reason McCain says “Joe the Plumber is my hero” is because he wants to get in with Joe so he can molest his children and disembowel his parents…..republicans are like that.
2) The reason Diane said this is because she’s an ignorant, hate-filled moron……republicans are like that.
The reality is, baseless comments like Diane’s do not promote useful dialogue and do not advance her candidate’s arguments. All Diane’s comments really reveal is that her support for McCain, and her hatred for democrats, is completely devoid of anything resembling rational thought. She votes McCain because Biden cheers for his home baseball team (and doesn’t have to remind people in Tampa during the World Series).
I vote Obama because I believe extending the Bush tax cuts, which disproportionately benefit the wealthy, is a mistake and that tax cuts targeted at the middle class will be more effective. I vote Obama because I believe he will appoint people at the DOJ, SEC and FTC that will actually regulate companies and ensure that they don’t break the law at the expense of America. I vote Obama because I believe he will get us out of Iraq sooner and stop sending trillions of dollars we don’t have to pay for it. I could care less which baseball team McCain may or may not support.