Joe Biden 'goofs' again on Jay Leno's show

Joe Biden.

Remember him? Been a senator since the Great Depression? Big expert on foreign affairs? Wanted to divvy Iraq up into three parts?

Well, he's still the vice presidential candidate on Barack Obama's Democratic ticket, even though he doesn't draw the news media and obscene T-shirts like Gov. Sarah Palin, who's gonna be on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" this weekend caricaturing Tina Fey.

And since David What's-his-name was busy tonight with his personal promotional vendetta against Sen. John McCain, Biden dropped in on Jay Leno's "Tonight Show" over in Burbank on NBC, which has more viewers anyway.

Biden easily lived up to his reputation as not being a laugh-riot. Even a walking gaffe-machine. But he was good-natured and went along at the show's start with poking fun at his gaffe-proneness.

Although America is theoretically falling asleep when these guys are on, we did learn a few things about Biden:

• He's a Phillies fan. Some of you Dodger fans may want to stop reading this right now.

• Biden was riding on Amtrak when he got the first call from Obama asking if he'd be interested in being considered as VP.

• His wife was getting a root canal when Obama called to offer the No. 2 spot to her waiting husband. But the couple had already had a couple of months to discuss the possibility and agreed that "Yes" would be the answer. (That means as early as June, Biden was under consideration.)

• Biden says Palin has "really captivated a large part of the American public" so he was only "a bit player" in their debate.

• He says given the ubiquity of cellphone cameras and recorders, he does nothing more than mumble anymore while shaking hands on rope lines.

• He mock-complained that Joe the Plumber and Joe Six-Pack are getting all the media attention. What about Joe Biden? "I hardly get any coverage. That's why I wanted to be on this show."

We're going to add a brief video of Biden's latest "gaffe" and the whole Leno-Biden interview transcript on the jump for those who want more. Just click on the Read more line below.

— Andrew Malcolm

Transcript of Sen. Joe Biden's visit to "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," Oct. 16, 2008.

JAY LENO:  My first guest is Sen. Barack Obama's vice presidential running mate.  From the great state of Delaware, please welcome Sen. Joe Biden.

Can I call you Joe?  Is that OK?

SEN. JOE BIDEN:  You can call me whatever the heck you want to call me.

JAY LENO:  Well, the big debate was last night. You've been here before, and I know you.  I know you're a Phillies fan.  Did you watch the debate, or were you switching back and forth?

BIDEN:  Well, I watched the debate when Barack was speaking, and I switched to the Phillies when John was speaking.

LENO:  Oh, I see.  Well, how did they do last night?  Obviously, you're a little biased.

BIDEN:  The Phillies did great.  The Phillies won.  Sorry, Los Angeles. I'm a Phillies fan.

LENO:  So that's a good sign for you.

BIDEN:  That's a real good sign.

LENO:  So tell us about last night with Barack and McCain.

BIDEN:  I thought what you saw last night was a clear distinction between how John thinks the economy should work and how Barack thinks.  John thinks that you take care of the top, things will
trickle down, all will get well. We think the middle class is the way you build an economy.

LENO:  Let me ask you, McCain has been here many times over the last 10 or 15 years, and you know him very well. I saw, last night, odd facial expressions I have never seen before.  I'm not being a wise guy. I mean, it seemed different.  Did he seem different to you?  You've known him a long time.

BIDEN:  I think John's -- look, the --I don't think John's comfortable with the negative stuff and the advertising that his campaign (unintelligible).  I think John is really sort of -- he seems a little more angry than he usually is.  I really do like John, and we do go back a long way, but I don't know. It just doesn't seem -- John doesn't seem comfortable right now.

LENO:  OK.  This Joe the plumber guy, I don't know --

BIDEN:  I didn't have many of those plumbers in my neighborhood.

LENO:  I think more people are afraid of plumbers than terrorists, actually.  If you have a plumber come to your house, "Oh, my God, how much is this going to cost?"  A terrorist, "No, you can't come in," because you don't have to let the terrorist in.  You have to let the plumber in your house.  But it seems awful convenient and all -- I'm a little suspicious, but that's me, you know, worried about taxes. Does it seem real?  Does that seem like a real --

BIDEN:  Let me put it this way:  I don't know -- the neighborhood I grew up, even the neighborhood I live in now, which is a really nice neighborhood, I don't know many plumbers who are making $250,000 a year and worried about it.  We're kind of worried about Joe the fireman, Joe the policeman, Joe the real plumber with a license.
                                                      
LENO:  That's right, exactly.  And you know who's really been overlooked? Joe Six-Pack.  What happened to him?

BIDEN:  Yeah, what happened to Joe Six-Pack?

LENO:  That's the real American.

BIDEN:  (pointing to himself) What about this Joe?

LENO:  That's right.  How about Joe the senator?

BIDEN:  I hardly get any coverage.  That's why I wanted to be on this show. Thank you so much.

LENO:  That's right. That's right.  Now, something interesting -- we've been following these campaigns for years and everything.  This is the first time in my lifetime I've seen negative ads have a negative effect.

BIDEN:  Yeah.

LENO:  Let's admit, they do work.  But for some reason this year, either they're particularly nasty -- and they're on both sides.  I'm not picking sides. But this year it seems like both candidates are going,
"Whoa, maybe we stepped" -- have negative ads stepped over the line?

BIDEN:  Jay, look, of all the campaigns I've been around -- and it's been pointed out I've been around about 200 years.  Only guy older than me is John.  But all kidding aside, I've never seen the public as focused -- it doesn't matter if I'm in Montana or Florida, California, Maine. Everybody is worried about those things they really are talking about round the kitchen table:  "Can we keep our insurance?  Can we keep the house?  Can we figure out how to send the kids back to college?" 

So I think in that environment, I've never seen as many people uncertain about their circumstance. And that circumstance, I don't think -- I think that's the reason why the negative stuff doesn't work.  This is large-bore stuff.  It's not the small stuff.

LENO:  But did it used to work because people just like gossip?

BIDEN:  I think it worked because it was much easier to distract people when things were doing well, when they were doing pretty will.  They felt good about their circumstance, their future, and so they were able to focus on things that were actually quite frankly, extraneous.  But right now it's really just serious.  No matter where you are, people want to know about what's going to happen.

LENO:  Now I want to show a negative ad with you in it, OK?  Because what they do is they take a positive ad, they use the same footage, and they make it negative.  Now, first show the positive Joe Biden ad. Take a look and show the positive.

         (Clip shown.)

Now, here's the exact same footage, exact same footage, and they manage to put a negative spin on it.  Take a look.

         (Clip shown.)

We don't want a squeezer or an leaner in the White House. We'll take a break.  More with Sen. Biden right after this.

         (Commercial break.)

Welcome back.  Talking with Sen. Joe Biden.  You know, we've joked about the verbal gaffes, and you've made a few. I do it, will all the time because I'm a little dyslexic.  And I wonder -- see, sometimes if you're dyslexic, it's because you're so incredibly intelligent that your mind is working faster and you get ahead. Is that your problem?  Because you had one yesterday, which was a good one. Can I show this one?
                                                      
BIDEN:  Sure.

LENO:  Take a look.

Now, are you aware of that as you say it or --

BIDEN:  I knew I shouldn't have had lunch with Dan Quayle. That was what happened.  I don't know what happened there. "The No. 1 problem, jobs," and then -- I was worried about my job.  I was only looking at one.

LENO:  Well, it must be more difficult -- when you started back in the '70s, they didn't cover it like they do.  It's, like, every --

BIDEN:  Had they covered it, I would have never gotten elected.

LENO:  You know what I mean.

BIDEN:  No, I do, I do.

LENO:  It's 24 hours a day.  It's every second. Every word you utter is on -- how do you --

BIDEN:  Well, hopefully, you don't make a gaffe that actually affects people's lives.  Hopefully, you don't make a gaffe in policy.  But, look, I've made many a gaffe in my life, and I suspect I'll make a whole lot more.  But you do worry.  You know, I was on a rope -- you go down what they call a rope line. You make a speech; there's 4, 5, 6,000 people, and they line up and you shake hands. 

And everybody has -- not everybody. A lot of people have cameras, and they have these little video phones and -- you know, and you just got -- so I learned to just go, "Mm mm mmmm," walk down the line.  I don't say anything anymore.

LENO:  Well, you were also the star of the highest-rated TV show of the year, with you and your costar, Sarah Palin.  Any more specials planned?

BIDEN:  No, I was the costar. They all showed up for Sarah, not for me.

LENO:  How nervous were you?  Because obviously, you're very knowledgeable.  You've been in the senate for years.  "Oh, he's got to be careful.  He doesn't want to look like a bully.  Doesn't want to look like you're beating up a woman."  How do you prepare for that?

BIDEN:  Well, the truth of the matter is I wasn't worried about it at all.  And -- because, you know, there's so many talented women that I've debated over the last 20 years. Just go to the senate right here in your state. You have Barbara Boxer, Diane Feinstein. Try debating them. So this is -- but I did -- I did have great help from the governor of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm.  And she used all the things that I'd expected Sarah Palin to use --

LENO:  Did she wink at you?

BIDEN:  Yeah, she winked at me.  No, I don't recall if she winked at me, but no, it really is a -- you just go out, and you try to make your case and not go after the other person.

LENO:  So what's your opinion of Sarah Palin?

BIDEN:  Well, look, I --

LENO:  See how you get her on this one.  Go ahead. Qualified?

BIDEN:  Well, look, that's for you all to make that decision.

LENO:  That's a great answer.

BIDEN:  I -- but you've got to admit, she has really captivated a large part of the American public.  So, you know, I just was the bit player in that debate.

LENO:  Let me ask you -- this is kind of a serious question. You've been in the senate for 35 years. You're a chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. Is vice president a step down powerwise?  I mean, do you -- no, seriously, do you --

BIDEN:  Well, look, I never auditioned for this job.  One of the reasons I decided to do this is that when Barack asked me to do it, you know, I asked him, "What do you expect me to do?"  He said he hoped I'd be there for all the important decisions and give him my best judgment. Look, I think Barack Obama is not only, obviously, going to make history as the first African American ever elected, but this guy has such incredible capacity to change the attitude of the country and, I think, change our station in the world.

And to be a part of that, just to be a part -- just to help in any way I can do that is much more important.

LENO:  So where do you get the call?  Is it like that prizewinning thing where the van pulls up with the big check and --

BIDEN:  You know, it was actually on Amtrak.

LENO:  You were on a train?

BIDEN:  I was on Amtrak, and then I said, "Would you willing to be considered, Joe?" And we had a little kind of discussion. And then a month or two later, I took my wife to the doctor -- to the dentist. She was getting a root canal. The phone rang. I said, "I gotta walk outside here." And it was Barack saying, "How about being vice president?"

LENO:  Now, did you accept before or after you asked your wife?

BIDEN:  I accepted after I asked my wife.

LENO:  Almost caught you there. You're good. Oooh, you're good.

BIDEN:  That's true, though. That's true. There's nothing close on that one. Actually, to be honest with you, we had decided that if he asked -- because that's what -- we spent a lot of time talking about it -- that I'd say yes. And I didn't know whether he would, obviously. So we'd already made that decision.

LENO:  Now, do you watch the polls daily?  Are you one of those guys --

BIDEN:  No, I don't.  I guess I've been hanging around too long.  I, honest to God, don't watch the polls because, look, this is -- three weeks is -- less than three weeks now is a lifetime in American politics here. And we're going to have to work awful hard to be able to win this election. You've all got to show up and vote.  You've got to --

LENO:  Now, do you think -- the economy is the big issue.  If all of a sudden some trick -- suddenly gas goes to a buck-fifty a gallon and the stock market goes to 20 grand or whatever it is, the whole thing turns around. People have short memories.

BIDEN:  If this can turn around in the next three weeks, that's what we Catholics would call an epiphany. This is going to be something special.

I'd be happy for the country if it turned around in three weeks, and I think we'd still have a clear shot of winning because, look, the economy is the thing that dominates everybody's life when they sit down and when they go home and they're sitting there trying to figure out how to get through the next day.

But I also still think, Jay, they understand that there's a lot at stake internationally.  We've still got a war going on. We're still spending 10 billion bucks a month on a war that we shouldn't be involved in right now.

LENO:  Speaking of that, your son Beau was here about a month ago.

BIDEN:  Yeah. You were nice to him. Thank you.

LENO:  Very nice.  And he's on his way to Iraq.

BIDEN:  Yeah, he's on his way to Iraq.

LENO:  That's got to be scary for you.

BIDEN:  Well, you know, I'm going to miss him a lot.  He's like tens of thousands of other folks out there.  He's doing his job. He's showing up. He'll do it well. I'm proud of him.

LENO:  Don't you have any pull?  Can't you get him out of that?

BIDEN:  I don't have any pull.

LENO:  You don't know anybody?  Come on.

BIDEN:  I don't know anybody, I tell you. I don't know nobody.

LENO:  Come on, Bush got out of it. How come you can't get him out of it?  Can't get him out of that? Man. Nice little (unintelligible).

BIDEN:  No. I think he had a shot -- he was an attorney general of the state of Delaware. I'm afraid to do anything. He may indict me.

LENO:  There you go. Well, senator, it's a pleasure to see you.  And the next time I see you, you might just be vice president of the United States. Thank you very much.  Sen. Joe Biden. I know you've got to go.

BIDEN:  Thank you. 

Comments

[jefflz]

Why waste all this time spinning our wheels with Biden, Obama, McCain?. I would like to make the immodest proposal that we join Joe the Plumber with Sarah Lipstick” Palin in holy matrimony and anoint them as the monarchy of the USA. This election business has gone way too far. Knowledge of the law or history are no longer required to govern. We want celebrities. Joe Plumber and Sarah Lipstick shared a meteoric rise to fame from obscurity and are now the beloved of the American people. We hate intellectuals and the Joe Six Pack/ Plumber Hockey/Soccer Mom couple can be made king and queen because they are just like us, common man and woman.Their former partners will just have to understand and accept the sacrifice. Joe the Plumber looks like he can kick Todd’s rear in any case. Sarah is considered presidential and she can pass her wisdom on to Joe the Plumber. This pair is the new American Idol Couple so just let them both rule the country. They are the salt of the earth. that’s all that counts. And by the way, lets get rid of the Constitution once and for all. Bush/Cheney already ignore it - too many words anyway.

[hagi]

for some strange reason I tear up when this guy (Biden) talks, there's something geniune in him that says 'I've suffered a great deal and I'm not whining about it'
sorry right-wing freaks, but I cannot explain it (also it has nothing to do with supporting either ticket)

[The Right Is Toast]

OOh McCain goes on Letterman and lies lies lies and that was fantastic? "I screwed up"? Nice try, worked for Keating, won't work now... Dave knew....He lied...didn't even go back to DC, he went to Couric. " I screwed up...I got caught for lying". Where is this shell of a husk of a corpse's honor? The fact that he hired Tucker Eschew, the complete BushCo scumbag that smeared McCain in 2000 with robocalls of illegitimate black children, tells you all you need to know about this republiCON Man McCain's integrity and honor.

Let's talk about unrepentant terrorist psychopath G Gordon Liddy, now that McCain acknowledges him.

I don't expect you to address these points, lying right wing sheep never think for themselves.

No wonder he is losing so bad with supporters like you.....

[Southern Gal]

I love Biden -- he was a great VP choice.

[Iris]

Really, comments about Acorn are the biggest lies perpetrated on the American people?? Are you 3 years old? How about "There are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq." "I am not a crook." or "There's a gap in the tape." or "We're not listening to private citizens' phone calls." Don't sell Republicans short, their lies have killed and undermined our democracy in fundamental ways. They're hard to top.

[Rasputyn]

US interest in Palin is the same as they have for the Playmate of the month in Playboy or any hollywood celebrity...who they sleep with and what they wear! It's a vulgar infatuation, that will pass with the curling of their cigarette smoke. And don't forget to add Joe Camel to Joe 6-pack.To have Knowledge of economics, the CONSTITUTION (that G-D piece of paper according to Bush) and other issues that require a brain, is considered unpatriotic. Just wrap themselves in the flag (That is made mostly in China...hahahaha).

[Kate Sykes]

Geez, what a stretch this article is. Can't squeeze blood from a stone and you can't twist Biden's appearance on Leno into something it wasn't. I can just hear ya crying now..."Sen. Biden didn't wink at me ONCE!" Good lord. He's a politician, you think he's boring, we get it. You're probably one of those idiots who votes for their president if they think they could sit down and have a beer with him. If "exciting" is what you look for, then vote your little heart away for Sarah "I'm an Embarrassment to Intelligent Women Everywhere" Palin. And have fun screwing up the country even more with another idiot in the office.

[I read propaganda sites, so I know all the facts]

Dear Alessandro "propaganda" Machi,
Do you read the news? I assume you do since you are here on this site, or its your lifetime goal to spread propaganda on every blog on the universe.

So how do you know it was a lie? You were there? A guy on fox news said so? Your propaganda is more real to you than real life?

The fbi has been investigating the "vote fraud" and so far has only been able to confirm exactly what obama said. Oh let me guess, the FBI is just "in the tank" for obama, right?

You know when you're walking down the street, and you see the greenpeace, care, etc people? Most of them aren't bad people, but they didn't get those jobs by working up the ranks. Its bottom of the barrel work. Those are the people that were registering voters at acorn. They were canvassing streets, but rather than do their job for their beer money, they filled in stupid names. C'mon, Mickey Mouse? Is Mickey Miouse REALLY gonna show up? OFFICIAL fraud occurs when someone tries to pass a BALLOT in a fake name. Registered names are just registered names. ACORN themselves were the ones that reported the fake ballots. And now THEY are the ones taking the heat.

I'm sorry, but the above makes SO much more sense than Obama singlehandedly, with the help of a organization of the worlds top super villians and terrorists, destroying america! MUA HA HA! BUT NEVER FEAR, SUPER PALIN IS HERE! Quit watching so many cartoons. Life isn't really like that.

[Honey Rogers]

I agree, maybe John can become a stand up comedian.
He certainly does not have the judgment or temperment to become president. If elected he doesn't have a support system to assist him with getting things done. Just think heis 1st big decision choosing a vice president, Sarah Unethical Abuse of Power Non-Reformist Palin. She's already in a scandal. The chose was a scandal. McSame could fill in for Dave while he's on vacation. Great job for an old man.

[joe the barber]

Obama for prez!!! Change can be scary, don't be afraid republicans...

[Steve]

Alessandro, re: "ACORN...all time big lies perpetrated by a politican on the american people"

You must be kidding. Where have you been the last 8 years?

If you were to research it, ACORN is in the right. Fraud was committed -against- ACORN by unscrupulous workers. ACORN turned them in, and turned in their bogus registrations, as they are required to by law. ACORN did exactly what they are supposed to to.

People worried about these side-issues should research them themselves rather than to expect candidates to waste time talking about them. There are more important things going on if you haven't noticed.

[serious voter]

Biden has a low IQ, Obama is a liar and the Democratic party is desperate to get the White House back, they don't really care. Voters must decide in November for their own good. McCain sounds like a better choice.

[Annemarie]

What is your point?
Joe Biden is a good, basically honest guy with good family values who has done his best to serve this country and its people since he was 29 years' old, served ably on US Senate's two most important committees - - Foreign Relations and Judiciary Affairs, sponsored key legislation

But you're right, he doesn't generate the same MSM coverage as the ex-beauty pageant winner and hate-mongering speech giver, Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin, who hired a PR flack in January 2008 to promote her in the national press so her VP ambition could be prematurely satisfied; who was Mayor of 6,000 people in Alaska, got elected with the help of her ties to and membership in the America-hating, terrorist secessionist group, AIP; left formerly debt-free Wasilla with $19,000,000 in long-term debt; who has lied and exagerated her achievements as Governor; who was the worst abuser of the "pork barrell spending" McCain rails about re Washington; who has two ethics investigations under way and lied about her accoiuntability and guilt of statutory violation of public trust over Troopergate; who with John McCain keeps lying about Obama's ties to Acorn, in order to cover up the real voter fraud - the GOP suppression of democrat minority votes; who actually relied heavily on Alaska Democrats for the reform she claims as hers. As Anchorage Daily News put it.."Only a few months ago, leading Republicans here were deriding Palin as a free-spending oil baron in the mold of Hugo Chavez...now she's their budget-cutting fiscal conservative". And "Democrat alliances with Palin led to her big legislative victories on oil taxes, the natural gas pipeline and ethics" - - to hear the Democrat-attacking pit bull now, you'd never know...and to listen to her speech, you'd think she did it all on her own.

So, what is your point? Why write a negative non-article about Biden when you could expose the United Nations Investigation into John McCain's human rights violation and genocide of the Arizona Navaho, or write a truthfully negative article about GOP celebrity, Palin? I guess because you're a partisan journalist whos in the tank for McCain-Palin? Perhaps you won't even approve my response?
http://www.acsa2000.net/cain2004.org/Dine-Navajo-PressRelease.htm (United Nations is Investigating John McCain's Human Rights Violation - Genocide of 7,000 Arizona Navaho Indians)
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/16/fact-check-was-doing-legal-work-obamas-only-involvement-with-acorn/ (CNN Fact Check on Obama-Acorn)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/10/four_pinocchios_for_palin.html (Fact Check on Palin Troopergate Lies)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/10/politics/washingtonpost/main4513011.shtml (PR Consultant Helped Palin Grab The Spotlight)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/04/politics/animal/main4414049.shtml (CBS News: Lies/Lack of Substance in Palin Acceptance Speech)
http://mediamatters.org/items/200802260009?f=h_latest (McCain Lobbyist Ties)
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/10/07/palins_unamerican/print.html (Palin Anti-American Terrorist)
http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/525499.html (Republicans Closing Ranks around Palin-Without Democrats She Would Have No Reformer Claim/Anchorage Daily News)
http://thepage.time.com/obama-camp-memo-on-relationship-with-ayers/ (Time Magazine - The Truth About Obama-Ayers)
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2008/10/11/20081011satlets114.html (McCain Running Smear Campaign When HE has Scandal in his past/Arizona Republic)

[Stacey Kelly]

To Alessandro,
Wow, are your priorities out of whack! To call Obama's comments on his involvement with acorn " one of the all time big lies perpetrated by a politican on the american people" is so sophomoric it belies intelligence. Do you know the ALL TIME biggest lie perpetrated by a politician on the American people? Try WMD and the need to invade Iraq. Just how many Americans died because of Obama's (in your opinion) lie? Now, how man American's died because of GWB? Do you see the difference? How dare you belittle those soldiers who have sacrificed all they have by saying Obama's comment on his ACORN connections is even close to the lie of GWB. I pity you.

[Sabrina]

Alessandro Machi, stop twisting things. Obama has nothing to do in ACORN fraud!!! that is what he implied.

everyone knows that the democratic party asked Acorn's help to register votes. but Acorn is independent...what they do has nothing to do with Obama...he is not their boss.

This guilt by association is becoming really ridiculous and insulting to people to be perfectly honest...

[Mi Mi]

I read this entire story and I don't see how Joe blew it. No gaffs.

[jn]

To Hagi - I do the same. I just love this guy. Having him on the ticket with Obama makes it an even sweeter deal. I cannot wait for them to be elected!

I love Joe Biden!

[Ann]

I love this guy!

He deserves an award just for keeping a straight face while Palin winked and gave a shout-out to a third grade class during the debate.

[Brain-dead-wanna-be]

Yep. Biden seems like a nice guy if he doesn't try to deal with anything important. But as soon as he does, it's evident that he's severely brain damaged. How is does that make him better qualified than anyone?
Gaff #1. How does he know what McCain did in the debate if he claims to have switched to watching the Phillies when McCain was speaking?
Gaff #2. These guys have never seen negative campaign ads before? Geesh.
Gaff #3. Do we want a change in attitude in the country? Another extreme is not the answer. Somebody that really does reach across the aisles to work to post-partisanship is. And that is not Obama.

[PulSamsara]

Why would America REWARD complete Republican failure ?

We wont.

[Response]

@Brain-dead-wanna-be

#1. Tivo
#2. He has. After all, he's been around 200 years.
#3. Sometimes culture change is needed. This is true in big businesses as well. Culture change needs to come from the top, from our leaders.

[Rodney]

Joe will make a great VP, and even President. Biden understands the responsibilites of the job. He will be VP unless the Bush-McCain machine is able to commit massive voter fraud and dis-infranchise voters using the corrupted Department of Justice.

[Cecil Beals]

As a Canadian who lived in the U.S. until just last year....god help you all if McCain and Birdbrain get into office.

[Kristin]

I was so excited when I found out Biden was going to be on The Tonight Show, and, like always, Joe Biden left me amazed. Sure, the guy is known for gaffes, but under a few verbal mistakes here and there, is a genuine, smart, and inspiring man. He was a great choice for VP.

[Kevin]

Unbelievable that the mention of IQ is brought up in comments.. W has the lowest IQ on record of any president tested.