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Slow Joe

Senator Joe Biden, that genius of our age, has once again put his foot in his giant-sized-but-slow-thinking mouth. He said the following about fellow Senator Barak Obama:

"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy," he told the New York Observer, a weekly. "I mean, that's a storybook, man."

The Senator now claims he called Obama and explained the comment. He also said it was taken out of context on the Drudge Report.

Really? How can you take that out of context? Am I missing something here? Of course, it doesn't matter. Since Biden is a liberal Democrat, this story will fade into the background by the end of the week. Does anyone remember Trent Lott? How about Jimmy the Greek?