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October 22, 2008
"I think Joe sometimes engages in rhetorical flourishes."
You think? Here's how the Washington Post reports it.
Democrat Barack Obama said today there is no reason to believe that he is more likely to be tested by an international crisis if elected than if rival John McCain is, and said the important question is how the next president responds.. . .
He was responding to a question about an assertion by his running mate, Joe Biden, over the weekend. "Mark my words," Biden had said. "It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking."
McCain's campaign has used the statement to imply that Obama is not ready to lead in a dangerous world.
Even though Biden's words suggested that Obama would be singled out for the test, Obama brushed the comment off, saying, "I think Joe sometimes engages in rhetorical flourishes."
Posted by CrankyProfessor at October 22, 2008 4:04 PM