Joe Biden (briefly) follows his conscience
The tenor of the presidential race almost turned back toward the positive last night. Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden went off the reservation in an interview with CBS anchor Katie Couric. The subject was a recent Obama campaign ad mocking Senator John McCain for his inability to use a computer. Biden had this to say:

Bravo, Senator, thank you for the breath of fresh air.

Unfortunately, his conscience was overruled by the zealots running Obama's campaign. They took Joe out behind the woodshed for the progressive equivalent of a "come to Jesus" meeting. Within an hour of giving the interview he had issued a "clarification" via Obama's official press office:

So much for taking the high road. It's the same old politics of personal destruction, relabeled as "change". To paraphrase his rediscovered verbosity, Biden is essentially saying Obama's attacks on McCain are OK because they believe McCain's attacks on Obama are even worse. Or to be more blunt, they're going to keep lying about McCain because McCain's ads may have exaggerated some of their policy positions.

For the briefest of moments Senator Biden followed his conscience. For his trouble he was reminded that he had already sold his soul, and there are no refunds.

Posted at 12:07 by Chris   [/election]   | | | Email | del.icio.us | Digg | Stumble It! | Reddit | Link