Oops: Biden Asks Politician In Wheelchair To "Stand Up"

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch:

Sen. Joe Biden offered a good example today of the difficulty of a national presidential campaign. Candidates are rushed from site to site (Biden left Columbia for St. Louis), often hitting more than one state per day. And while mostly sticking to their stump speeches, they try to recognize local politicians and sprinkle their speeches with local references.

Biden slipped a bit during the introductions, through no fault of his own. In introducing local elected officials, from Ninth District Congressional candidate Judy Baker to former Gov. Roger Wilson, Biden tried to give a special recognition to Sen. Chuck Graham of Columbia.

"Chuck, stand up, let the people see you," Biden says. He was a bit chagrined when he realized that Graham uses a wheelchair. He recovered quickly and told the crowd to "stand up for Chuck." The crowd responded with a standing cheer for Graham.

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Comments

[LizM]

06:27 AM on 09/24/2008

Why does HP hate Joe Biden?

[Jacob77030]

05:49 AM on 09/13/2008

Reminds me of Bush ordering a blind journalist­s to remove his dark glasses.

[Jacob77030]

05:38 AM on 09/13/2008

They do this kinda crap at Palin's church all the time. Except they first invoke the name of the "holy ghost."

[Phil123]

03:55 PM on 09/11/2008

What a Doofus.

Can you imagine the furor if McCain or Palin had done this?

[twhjohnson]

07:57 PM on 10/02/2008

Actually McCain once reportedly shoved someone in a wheelchair­. A lot worse than a verbal faux pas if you ask me. http://www­.huffingto­npost.com/­2008/09/07­/report-mc­cain-pushe­d-woma_n_1­24615.html

[jump24]

02:20 PM on 09/10/2008

Gee, I wonder if the "media" would have been so forgiving if a Republican said what Biden did to a wheelchair bound person. No, I don't. I know that they would not have been. You can't put lipstick on a Biden but it doesn't give him a brain.

[lboucher]

03:44 AM on 09/10/2008

Biden, won 3% of the popular vote in the Democratic presidenti­al primary in his home state of Delaware, and 1% or less in every other contest he entered, is ballot-box poison.

[PeaceCzar]

10:45 AM on 09/10/2008

Passive-ag­gressivene­ss, the ugliest of the electoral season behaviors.

If you're trying to say something, say it. Don't be a sissy about it.

[obamaluv]

04:50 PM on 09/10/2008

I will say it. Again. Replace Biden with Hill and win this election. There must be some plausible excuse that can be given.

[BarakOhYoMama]

10:05 PM on 09/10/2008

OK, I think Obama being elected would be the end of America as we know it. In the not too distant future we would very much resemble a third world country.

[donkat]

10:59 AM on 09/10/2008

All your post says is this - O picked the person he felt most qualified to do the job, not some novelty act with high approval ratings who is totally unqualifie­d. Mc says "country first"? His choice makes it clear that that was also a lie. Country doesn't matter much at all. Winning at any cost is the only thing that does. The man has no principles­, no integrity. Just ambition.

[DallasMike]

01:52 PM on 09/10/2008

And you guys are puting someone who is equally unqualifie­d to be the POTUS