How touching was the JFPuffpiece on Papa Joe Biden where he recounts his spiritual stirring with Senator Stennis about civil rights.

And then he gets <a>caught on C-Span</a> saying about Indians (Ghandi, not Sitting Bull) to an Indian American the priceless quote.

I mean, what if Haley Barbour, while campaigning for President went to Delaware and met a black person and said, “You know what, we have a lawt of black fowks in Mississippi.  In fact, you can’t even go into a fried chicken place unless you speak Ebonics”.

Am I going crazy?  What the hell?  Where is the outrage?

Progressive.  REAL Progressive.

There was that one priceless “Oh (you know what)” moment in the video where he knew what he said was on tape.  He immediately then started to buddy up to the guy, who I am sure was telling ‘Papa’ Joe where he could put it under his breath.

Here’s the Biden clip.

Where’s the condemnation from the NAACP?  The Urban League? the ACLU? the Democratic leadership?

I bet he makes some mealy-mouthed apology.

Smooth move carnac.  Here is his video tap dance.

Here is his statement

Biden’s office said the senator admires, supports and respects the Indian-American community—and also sought to explain his gaff.

“The point Senator Biden was making is that there has been a vibrant Indian-American community in Delaware for decades. It has primarily been made up of engineers, scientists and physicians, but more recently, middle-class families are moving into Delaware and purchasing family-run small businesses,” said Margaret Aitken, a Biden spokeswoman.

I’m more outraged by the lack of decent Indian restaurants in Jackson.  The one place that had good food was turned into a sports bar.

I would much more assume that Biden just said, “Hey, I screwed up.” I’d probably let him off the hook then.  His tap dance, while predicatble, is pretty pathetic.  But it is more than a little juicy to pick apart the hypocrisy and the double standard of the “media” on the left (especially locally).

If Biden had an R by his name, he’d be in front of a firing squad by now.  Lott got much worse for much less.

And Biden is the cream of the crop for the Dems, right?  That makes me smile....

Out comes the JFP crowd with a tepid “below the fold” reaction on their boy, Biden.

Meanwhile, look at how they treated Lott in 02 calling for his ouster.

Hunting for hypocrisy there is like hunting for deer with a bazooka . . . too easy.

Just so you can see the “money quotes” side by side, here they are . . .

Lott in 2002 . . .

“I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We’re proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn’t have had all these problems over all these years, either.”

Biden in 2006 . . .

“I’ve had a great relationship. In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin’Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I’m not joking,”

Politicians like Biden depend on the short memories of the voters.

Biden was one of the group of political pygmies who ran for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination.

Unfortunately for Papa Joe, he was caught plagiarizing a speech by Neil Kinnock, the leader of the British Labour Party (who was much more liberal than Tony Blair is).  Poor Joe was forced to drop out of the race.

I hope the Dems do nominate Biden in 2008, as, in my view, he would be easy for the Republicans to defeat.

Joe Biden… the Prince of Plagiarism!