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Joe Biden update: He calls some fellow Democrats "turkeys"
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| Contributor | BILLYW |
| Last Edited | BILLYW Sep 25, 2009 11:12am |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Andrew Malcolm |
| News Date | Friday, September 25, 2009 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Vice President Joe Biden did not need Air Force Two Thursday night to travel across the Potomac River to McLean, Virginia to the home of former Democratic Virginia governor and senator Chuck Robb.
It was, of course, a fundraiser, designed to help finance three freshman Democratic House candidates -- Glenn Nye, Gerry Connelly and Tom Perriello -- in their challenging re-election races 13 months from now in what once was a predictably GOP state.
Robb himself did not speak at the event. His wife Lynda, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, introduced the trio of representatives.
But it looks like Joltin' Joe stepped in something again, rhetorically speaking.
About 100 supporters had paid $1,000 each to gather in the open-air pool house where Biden spoke.
"I don’t have to tell you that you’re in a very competitive state,” the vice president said, according to the press pool notes. “You got some tough votes coming up.”
Biden called the three men “independent minded” and “damn competent,” adding, however, that they were all united on core Democratic Party themes, including energy policy and health care.
“These guys are smart, "Biden asserted. "Some of the guys Chuck (Robb) and I have campaigned for are turkeys. Not all Democrats are created equal, while most Republicans are.”
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