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Is Senator Biden racist?
By Ned | February 1, 2007
I’ve never really made it a big secret that I’m no Biden fan. But is he a racist? It certainly appears that way.
You’ve probably already noticed this quote from Sen. Biden (D-DE) in which he manages to call either all previous African-American presidential candidates or possibly all other African-Americans in public life dumb, ugly and corrupt. The actual quote has him calling Sen. Obama (D-IL) “you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.”
It’s only fair to remember that only months ago we had Sen. Biden saying Indian-Americans were a veritable tribe of 7/11 owners. “You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.”
Let’s not forget that time when he showed his centrist credentials by reminding everyone that his home state of Delaware was a slave state. And let’s not forget when he did the same thing again several months later.
Of course, the quote could have been a simple gaffe on his part. But, as Kos points out, even if you give Biden the benefit of the doubt, it was still an unbelievably stupid thing to say.
Jesus. When I said I hoped Biden’s campaign tanked, I didn’t expect to have my wish granted so quickly.
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