Seriously? Joe Biden Mixes Up Depression History

Biden may need a refresher course in American history

By U.S. News Staff

September 23, 2008 RSS Feed Print

"When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened.' "

—Joe Biden to Katie Couric on CBS Evening News

(In 1929, the television was still in experimental stages and Herbert Hoover was president.)

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Singles mecklenburg vorpommern of 1:37AM March 31, 2010

I am a Republican and I can tell you that this attack on the VP is complete garbage. J. Biden used the "stock market crash" as a general reference to the great depression, which was at it's peak in 1933-1934 when nearly half of the banks in the USA closed down. FDR's new deal saved America and he took office right in the middle of it (not unlike Obama today), and his comment about the "TV" was the only slip of the tongue, which was an obvious "contemporary reference" to the media anyhow (they used movie cameras then you geniuses). The comments that “Joe Biden is uneducated or stupid” were made by people who are not qualified to shine this man’s shoes! Get real.

TWN of FL 9:20AM November 22, 2009

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