Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, who announced his candidacy on Wednesday with the hope that he could ride his foreign policy expertise into contention for the Democratic nomination, instead spent the day struggling to explain his description of Senator Barack Obama, the Illinois Democrat running for president, as “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.”
This was probably just poor phrasing, rather than racism, but...damn. Before saying something I usually give it an internal trial run just to hear in my own head how it's going to come out.
This is not the first time something controversial escaped past his lips.
Mr. Biden’s comments also focused new attention on remarks he made about Indians last year, when he said, “you cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I’m not joking.”
Al Sharpton assured Biden that Barama isn't alone. “I told him I take a bath every day.”
Sharpton is pretty bright and articulate as well. So now it seems there's at least two of 'em out there.
Meanwhile, the inarticulate Biden might want to reconsider that White House bid.
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