Shhh: AP misquotes Biden’s latest dopey gaffe
posted at 6:49 pm on February 17, 2010 by Allahpundit
To cleanse the palate, a small but nifty little catch by Team Breitbart. Compare the vid to the AP rendering:
“I absolutely refuse to accept the notion that the United States of America is not going to lead the world economically throughout the 21st Century,” Biden said during remarks to supporters on the Delta campus.
He doesn’t say “absolutely” here either, which makes me think this is less a case of the AP deliberately changing his words to obscure a silly mistake than being lazy and quoting from a transcript of prepared remarks that was handed out beforehand. But you make the call! Intentional misquote to protect Slow Joe, or just good ol’ fashioned sloppiness?









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Joe “Do you know the website number?” Biden – the gift that keeps on giving.
NumberTwo on February 17, 2010 at 10:43 PM
Joe acted stupidly….he always acts stupidly.
And the tax payers pick up the 400 dollar per day tab for tickets back to Delaware.
dthorny on February 17, 2010 at 10:53 PM
OK, it’s one thing to occasionally write “2009″ on your checks only 6 weeks into 2010, but to misstate the current century, with that century already a decade along?
Joe, I think the fellas at Hair Club for Men implanted those horrendous plugs a wee bit too deep.
Solly on February 17, 2010 at 10:58 PM
FIFY!
Mini-14 on February 17, 2010 at 11:12 PM
Another “If he were a GOPer moment”
CWforFreedom on February 17, 2010 at 11:14 PM
The Associated Press: We Re-Write the News.
The AP is the reason I canceled my newspaper subscriptions last year.
TN Mom on February 18, 2010 at 12:00 AM
I bet he heard about on TV in 1928 from President Roosevelt.
Mallard T. Drake on February 18, 2010 at 12:01 AM
I bet he heard about it on TV in 1929 from President Roosevelt. *sorry*
Mallard T. Drake on February 18, 2010 at 12:02 AM
We need more of Joe Biden out there giving speeches and interviews.
albill on February 18, 2010 at 7:12 AM
Just good ole fashioned J-School knowhow.
MNHawk on February 18, 2010 at 7:47 AM
AP is covering up, the video just stumbled on absolutely… skipped beat…
this idiot must go along with his sharp-dressed closet homo boss.
max1 on February 18, 2010 at 9:44 AM
This is what happens when you break Barry’s teleprompter.
Stand up for, Chuck. Good love ya, pal!
cyclown on February 18, 2010 at 11:04 AM
Good = God
well played
cyclown on February 18, 2010 at 11:04 AM
Absolutely terminated in three years, 2012.
leftnomore on February 18, 2010 at 6:09 PM
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