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Biden: Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail

By Anita Thompson

Joe Biden channeling Hunter at a rally in Florida:

"You know, the idea here that somehow these guys are once again injecting fear and loathing into this campaign is ... I think it's mildly dangerous," Biden said. "Here you have out there these kinds of, you know, incitements out there -- guy introducing Barack using his middle name as if it's some [epithet] or something,"

Biden, after taking two days off the campaign trail following the death of his mother-in-law, opened a campaign swing through Florida by attacking McCain for recent remarks from Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and other allies linking Obama to 1960s radical William Ayers. He called Palin's remarks "simply wrong" for a vice-presidential candidate, his first direct criticism of his counterpart on the GOP ticket.

"You know, the idea here that somehow these guys are once again injecting fear and loathing into this campaign is ... I think it's mildly dangerous," Biden said. "Here you have out there these kinds of, you know, incitements out there -- guy introducing Barack using his middle name as if it's some epitaph [meant epithet] or something,"

My friend and former Columbia teacher sent me the article from Washington Post. Yes, it is indeed true that fear and loathing on the campaign trail can be dangerous!

XXXAnita

p.s.Your comments on the debate were spot on. I couldn't agree more.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on October 08, 2008 (boomark / email).