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Joe Biden steps up for Obama

The energized vice-presidential candidate uses Saturday's rally to chain John McCain to George W. Bush and propel the Democratic ticket toward the convention.
By Mike Madden

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  • Saturday, August 23, 2008 06:54 PM

    Voting for Iraq not a sin

    Remember, please, back then, that we all felt at least somewhat obliged to support our president...

    And we (we includes Biden) did not know yet what an evil over-the-top lying, unconcerned killer our president was. At that time, nobody imagined that any president ever could be so irrational in such an evil way.

    We did not believe any president would lie so flagrantly, so that we tended to believe him at the time. And afterward, we could not imagine how little any president might care about the truth, his victims, and us.

    W. Bush still skates away, far ahead, on our drop-jawed incredulity. Biden is no worse than we are. Is he any better?

    —timbuktom Read timbuktom's other letters

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