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Subscribe to RSSVice President Joe Biden earned ridicule from foes Saturday when he twice referred to the Democratic Virginia Senate candidate by the wrong first name.
Biden began his remarks to an enthusiastic crowd of about 1,500 at the Lynchburg Armory by praising former Gov. Tim Kaine with the correct name but later declared two times that he is "a big Tom Kaine fan."
Kaine is running against Republican George Allen for the seat vacated by Democrat Sen. Jim Webb, who is retiring.
The vice president went on to offer similar compliments for ex-Rep. Tom Perriello, whose first name is Tom.
A Mitt Romney campaign spokesman immediately highlighted the error.
“Vice President Biden forgot the name of his own Virginia Democratic Senate nominee and he wants voters to forget about President Obama’s failed economic policies and lack of a real agenda for a second term," Ryan Williams wrote in a campaign statement.
In Lynchburg, Biden also accused Republicans of hoping for lapses of memory.
"They're counting on the American people to have an overwhelming case of amnesia on November the 6th," he said.
Obama campaign spokesperson Lis Smith also responded.
"Once again, Mitt Romney’s campaign is showing their focus on the big things — like one letter in Tim Kaine's name," Smith said. "If they put as much time and effort into their policies, maybe we'd finally have an answer for how they'd pay for $5 trillion in tax cuts weighted to the very wealthy."
Kaine, the victim of the flub, responded in a tongue-in-cheeck tweet later Saturday.
"Thanks to the VPOTUS for the shout out today. I love Jay Biden!" he joshed via Twitter.
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That is minor compared to the horrible comment Biden made to the father of Tyrone Wood after Wood gave his life for our country. Biden should be muzzled. The thought he is one step away from being president is very scary. Seriously of concern. The man is clueless when it comes to class, tact, humanity, thoughtfulness and his big mouth.
You couldn't be more wrong within the confines of a single post if you tried.
Is Donald Rumsfeld going to join Bolton, Sununu, Cheney and Rice on the campaign trail with Mittens and Lyan too?? Lol, "George Bush and I are two very different people in two very different times.." ..er ..No.. Mittens, if you've got these neocons working with your ticket, you're not any different!!
Romney = Dubya 2.0
Use your heads America, and VOTE!
Who the hell would vote for Obozo, Liar-in-Thief?!? I'll tell you who....Illegal aliens, Welfare rats, and all your basic good for nothing a**wipe degenerates who contribute absolutely NOTHING to society! And if you do happen to actually work, and cast a vote for Obozo, then WTH is wrong with you, man??? Do you enoy paying $4.00/gal for gas, groceries going up all the time, electricity prices skyrocketing? Oh, it's been said the Prez can't do anything about gas prices, but it's ironic 2 weeks before Election day gas prices are tumbling down pretty fast. Hmmmmm....
And who would vote for Romney? Obviously over generalizing idiots like you. If you are the common denominator of Romney's supporters then I am not worried. You would not know reasonable if someone slapped you in the face with it.
breeze,
I'll tell you what I DO enjoy.....watching your candidate go down in flames.
Biden had an "I" instead of an "O" in Kaines name.............oh boy, eh?
Let's remember the only "O" on 11/6 that matters will be the "O" in O-H-I-O....the "O" that seals the election for Obama...
Enjoy GOP!
UH "O"...Obama is losing swing states seemingly every day. Once polls show Romney ahead in Ohio, the Obama campaign will have no more "firewalls"...
Bob lets see your polls so we can tell if you are just bull@!$%#ting like your side does daily or have some facts. Oh and by the way, one polls does not mean a thing, show us at least three that show that Obama is going down in any swings state besides NC ad Florida over the past week.
While you search frantically across the Internet for said non-existent polls take a trip over to the 538 blog to see a real, non-biased, statistical analysis of Romney's chances. Spoiler alert, they are in the crapper (26% chance for a Romney win).
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/author/nate-silver/
Now Bob, are you kidding me? Romney's averaged lead in NC, FL, and VA, the ONLY toss-up states where he leads, has fallen for three straight days. Check Real Clear Politics.
...and in CO Romney's lead has completely disappeared. CO is now a tie.
Rasmussen was the ONLY poll that got it right in 2008. The Times polls are skewed. So is the Times, that's why its going out of business.
Uh oh, Bob, according to Real Clear Politics late this afternoon, Romney's once large lead in VA has plummeted to that of a tie. Now what were you saying about Obama losing swing states?
Want The Truth,
Real Clear is NOT a New York Times poll, it is an AVERAGING firm of ALL polls.
Want,
Rasmussen's 2008 state polls were a mess. They have several swing states that were solid McCain pick ups by their numbers that went to Obama. Ras does much better on the national poll than they do the state ones. Unfortunately for them the national polls does mean jack, it is just a popularity contest.
The biggest gaffe is that Biden is in Virginia at all.
Done deal: Virginia will give its electoral votes to Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.
Send Uncle Joe to Las Vegas, since Nevada is a swing state Obama might actually win.
Bob,
if only your post had some factual merit.
From the 538 blog:
Virginia
FiveThirtyEight Projections Dem Rep Margin
Polling average
47.4
46.8
Obama +0.6
Adjusted polling average
47.2
47.1
Obama +0.1
State fundamentals
48.3
46.2
Obama +2.1
Now-cast
47.3
47.0
Obama +0.3
Projected vote share ±3.2
49.8
49.4
Obama +0.4
Chance of winning
54%
46%
Polls
Date Dem Rep Margin
Purple Strategies
10/25
47.0
47.0
Tie
Rasmussen
10/24
48.0
50.0
Romney +2.0
Fox News
10/24
44.0
46.0
Romney +2.0
PPP
10/24
51.0
46.0
Obama +5.0
Mellman
10/21
46.0
45.0
Obama +1.0
Bob -
Obama and company think Virginia is still in play. There are a number of other places they think are in play ane really aren't - especially since Libya.
Tammy,
not everyone is so obsessed with Libya. Most normal people realize that @!$%# happens and that the situation over there is no always clear. Personally while the deaths were tragic it is not enough, even if there were a conspiracy as you so claim, to move me on my positions. In the end four Americans cannot outweigh what is for the good of the country and a movement away from rampant individualism and staying away from Laissez-Faire economics, as well as removing religious overtures from our Government is the right direction.
This is a non story. This is a non story. This is a non story. This is a non story.
Please let election day get here. Oh Please.
I wonder if the Romney campaign sees something in the Va numbers that concerns them. Because considering the air of inevitablility they're trying to project, it's a little confusing why they would jump on a 70 year old man mixing up Tim and Tom. I've accidently called him Tom Kaine too and I'm 35. Strange campaign decision. Dont we have better issues to be debating?
Tim Kaine or Tom Kaine, doesnt matter , as the Democrat he will be called the loser in the US Senate race. Just as Obama will lose Virginia.
Kain screwed up the City of Richmond first as a councilman, then as Mayor. Then he screwed up the State of Virginia as Governor, then he screwed up the DNC as Chairman. The guy is a BIG loser - plain and simple.
leave it to the teatards to make a big deal out of this.
The Dan Quayle "potatoe" comment was headline news for months.
All the gaffes should be no surprise to anyone who is familiar with Biden's history dating back to his college days when he was known for being a fine athlete, but graduated at the bottom of his class.
When ever I need to remind myself why I consider myself an independent all I have to do is come on to these blogs and read. All the spin, BS and twisting of the truth comming from both sides makes me happy I am not associated with either party.
Let me guess. Everyone I know who calls themselves independent generally voted for Obama, Clinton and Gore.
Really is that all you got pathetic.
I don't even know why this is news. Of course Biden is a fool and should never have been selected as vice president, but his mistakes have no bearing on the future of the country. There are much more important things to discus.
But he can't do anything else - same for all the low life's in Congress.
So there is another guy named Tom there and this guy is named Tim. Mr. Biden called someone Tom instead of Tim when a Tom was there, too? I call my kids the wrong name half the time...that is supposed to be huge? Mr. Romney called a whole country the wrong name and not much was made of it http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/26/1114012/-Oops-Mitt-Calls-Country-He-s-Visiting-by-the-Wrong-Name
At this point they all are tired and have no clue who they are talking to..lol. Now if you have had a security guy who is close to you for ten years and don't know his name, that is a problem and says you aren't connected to people. If you forget which guy is Tom or Tim and you don't know them well or at all after several campaign stops, that means you are tired and human. We've seen Mr. Romney introduce Mr. Ryan as the next President http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/romney-ryan-next-president-united-states-134334441.html too...it happens. I think that slip probably means more than calling someone you don't know well a name one letter off, but we all are human.
And this is the looney you want for Vice President? God Help Us....
You couldn't be more STUPID,if you tried !!! This shouldn't even be news !!!! I live in Virginia and wasn't sure myself if it was Tim or Tom-And no,it is GOD help you to think this is an issue at all.
Like I said.The lefties are getting worried with ALL the polls showing Romney moving UP and Hussein moving DOWN.
Obama / Biden = Dumb and dumber
Tom Kaine is the name of the fictional character in the series "Boss". I guess Biden wants to bring Chicago style politics to the Old Dominion. Along with liberal slavery
America's nightmare.......not only would it be bad enough having Obama win a 2nd term, but imagine if the information that comes out about Bengazi, which already seems to be worse than what Nixon did, forces Obama to resign or be impeached. That would leave Joe Biden as president. There isn't anyone in politicis less capable of being president than Biden. That should give us nightmares.
Obama wouldn't have the sense to resign if he manages to get himself re-elected. Heck, Obama could be serving time in prison and he would still claim he was president.
I think obama picked Biden as his VP because the monkey wasn't available.
The liberal fools jump on Romney for days for using the term Binder but when one of their precious own gets ridiculed they go balistic. Epitomy of hypocracy.
Eric,
I'm puzzled about your mention of Romney's taking advantage of the "tax holiday". You do realize that the tax holiday was a reduction in the Social Security deductions from a salary, right? That's a pretty basic item to have a grasp of.
Romney's income is from bonds, capital gains and dividends from stock, etc. There's no FICA deductions there.
I appreciate the fact that you have a different point of view, and you're entitled to it ... but being so off base on that fact undermines your credibility
All of us would be better served by examing issues and asking questions. Repeating orthodoxy is not thought, just parroting political positions.
I'm sure Romney has flipped on issues. I'm also positive Obama has as well. While serving in the Senate, he said that raising the debt limit was not a good idea. Politicians change or "evolve" positions. So do most people.
I voted for Obama in 2008 ... for all the wrong reasons. To say that everyone in America can achieve anything they put their mind to ... and I voted for him because he was black (or mixed race would be more accurate I guess). I'm white. I have since retired and have had more time to read, research, "vet" etc.
He's a Marxist. I'm not. His father was a Marxist, his mentor in Hawaii (Frank Marshall Davis) was a Marxist, he was a Marxist in college, Valerie Jarrett's father in law was Marxist, his "green jobs"czar Van Jones was or is Marxist (not sure if he claims to be one now), Ezra Klein (former head of SEIU), the most frequent visitor to the White House has been quoted as saying "capitalism has been relegated to the ash heap of history."
If you're against capitalism, fine, welcome to the Democrat party.
Jim, very well articulated.
ty :)
Considering the pettiness of the campaign obama and the Media have tried to run I find it hilarious when they reveal their true stupidity.
Making an issue of something this stupid just shows how desperate and small minded the Republicans are. I even call my kids by the wrong name sometimes. Hell, I have even called my dog by daughter's name.
Let the stupid but predictable insults begin.
you mean like obama's desperate "romnesia", "bull@!$%#ter", murderer" comments. Talk about a childish fool for President. what is O'loser going to do next. Tell Romney he is not inviting him to his birthday party?
Amused....this isn't any different than 90% of the attacks from democrats towards republicans. If it wasn't Biden, then it wouldn't be an issue. The problem is that he does this daily.
In the first place Romnesia also gave FREE birth control with his health care as Governor.As for the polls,Romney is not up at all and he will have a very tough time on electoral votes,and he will not take Ohio.Also 12 million jobs in four years means about 100,000 monthly,which is about where we are now !!
Maria...I think you need to check your math. 100,000 a month over 4 years is 4.8 million. Where we are now is a very, very anemic economy. I don't think you grasp the issue at all about birth control. Your post is kind of senseless. No one cares on either side about that. It never was an issue.
Maria,
More people have gone on permanent disability during O's term than have gotten jobs.
You can debate the reason for this, but it's not kosher to call Obama a "job creator".
So Joe got a name wrong---big deal!
NITWITMITT can't get the truth right or doesn't know the truth.
So on balance, one ding for Joe, millions of dings for the MITNITWIT and his running mate who are best at telling the audience "of the moment" what they want to hear.
But more often than not, what they say are lies and the lies are told with a straight face.
They then count on their surrogates --- like the guys at the end of the parade with the big shovels poop scoopers and poop bags --- to follow up and tell what they REALLY meant to say.
"That lie was not meant to be a factual statement" per the Kyl ilk of lies, fibs and fables.
Let's count those "millions of dings" as votes for the smart guys in the race working for the majority of Americans, not just the few.
That's funny. You actually think that this is one ding on Biden. Do you pay attention at all? If you think Romney is lying, you should check out Obama and Biden. Both of them got hammered worse than Romney and Ryan when it came to fact checking after the debates. Please don't be so narrow minded and look at the facts.
try again
Obama's statements by ruling
Click on the ruling to see all of Obama's statements for that ruling.
22%)(99)
23%)(105)
27%)(119)
12%)(56)
14%)(63)
Romney's statements by ruling
Click on the ruling to see all of Romney's statements for that ruling.
15%)(30)
16%)(31)
27%)(54)
17%)(33)
16%)(32)
9%)(18)
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/elections/2012/us-president/
Obamas pants on fire was omited. should have read
Pants on Fire7 (
2%)
Really, how is this important in the world? The Republican Party is sinking in quick sand and all they can do is complain about the difference between Tim and Tom. They are the Tom and Jerry party aren't they?