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Strickland lauds Biden’s (relatively) humble roots
Ohio Gov., Ted Strickland, who knows a thing or two about humble roots, on Saturday, Aug. 23, applauded Joe Biden for having them.
Here’s a prepared statement from Strickland (pictured) about Biden’s selection as Barack Obama’s running mate.
“Joe Biden is an outstanding choice for vice president. His foreign policy knowledge is unparalleled, and his humble Pennsylvania roots give him a deep understanding of the challenges facing Ohio families.
Ohioans will have a clear choice this Fall—four more years of failed Bush economic policies under John McCain, or a new direction that will bring the the real change we need to Washington with an Obama-Biden ticket.”
Humble roots are a relative thing, apparently. Strickland grew up in Duck Run in southern Ohio in a house with an outside shower and plowed the fields behind horses.
Biden, according to “The Almanac of American Politics”, was born in Scranton, Pa. and grew up in the suburbs of Wilmington, Del., in a middle class home. His father was a car salesman and one grandfather was a state senator. Now 65, Biden has first was elected to the U.S. Senate when he was 29.
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By Savanation
August 24, 2008 12:01 PM | Link to this
So, Strickland won Ohio because “Taft and Montgomery, and a few others” acted exactly like Republicans have always acted. Hmmmm? Gee, I wonder who voted for Taft, and Montgomery and Bush? They obviously couldn’t have been too bright, could they? I mean since the “Republicans gave it away with a weak Taft, Montgomery, and a few others” the idiots who voted for those people must not have too many smarts. You know, they could also be the people who might vote for someone like McCain. After all if you were stupid enough to vote for Taft and Montgomery and Bush, you just might be stupid enough to vote for McCain. Socrates says so.By socrates
August 23, 2008 6:57 PM | Link to this
John McCain will win Ohio. Strickland did not win Ohio, the Republicans gave it away with a weak Taft, Montgomery, and a few others. My, lets paint Biden as a Hillary clone—-a working class type of guy. Strickland doesn’t have the pull to have Ohio move Democratic. The only strong hold is Cleveland for dems, and the blany about “humble” from two senators with no budgetary experience isn’t going to get it done in Ohio. Mcain carries Ohio, Mn, and Michigan, and of course, Indiana, maybe Wisconsin.