Democracy in America

Joe Biden: moron racist, or poorly transcribed?

We report, you decide

By The Economist | NEW YORK

IS JOE Biden a racist? Much of the leftish blogosphere (example) thinks so, because he apparently said this to the New York Observer, of Barack Obama:

I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man.

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