When Joe Biden campaigned in Palm Beach County, Florida in September he was interviewed by one Damon Weaver, a remarkably poised and charming 5th grader. Weaver's news segment on Biden's visit is highly entertaining and worth checking out. Make sure to watch to the end, when Weaver pronounces Biden his "homeboy."
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What a wonderful video. Great job Damon!
-Well, I know you lefties will not like to hear this but...; if that's what VP is expected to do.. then Palin was RIGHT! so lay off of her!!!
WTF???? i seem to remember old sarah saying she would be IN CHARGE of the senate.. big difference, dumb*ss.
You'll have to forgive the folks here, many of them are kinda fond of the Constitution.
She said the VP was "in charge" of the Senate, and could "get in there and make policy", which isn't true, and not at all what Biden said.
No, she said she'd be in charge of the Senate and that she would help MAKE laws. He said that he'd talk to those in Congress and try to convince them to help PASS laws. Difference. Also, Palin doesn't have the influence that Biden has so I can't see her successfully convincing those in Congress to work with her.
Let's just, for the sake of argument, say that both said the same thing (though Biden did not say he would be "in charge" of the Senate). The difference is stark. On the one hand, you have a Senator who has been there for over 30 years, a respected Senior Senator. On the other, you have an inexperienced ideologue from Wasilla, Alaska, who has no idea of how Congress works, except for all the pork that Stevens delivers to her state. Big difference there, fella.
Palin is on the RIGHT, but she never will be correct!!
Breaking
5th Grader more quailfied than Palin to be VP
Damon Weaver, future White House Press Secretary. Excellent job for ANY grade student! Impressive and forces you to smile.
I hate to get corny but look how far we've come. A young black man interviewing a vice presidential candidate. Enough to make you cry. We we just witnessed was America at her best.
And Biden was a class act. Explained it well enough for anybody to understand and kept the focus on something Warren and his fellow students could understand. He kept mentioning college which was awesome because he's already planting seeds of college in Warren's mind and all the kids that'll see Warren's report.
I can't say enough great things about this. Quite possibly the best interview of this election.
>>> Well, I can hope. I'm 65% sure that Obama/Biden won't disappoint me like Clinton did with his NAFTA ruling and some other Republican/Reganomics crap he allowed. Obama seems more genuine than Clinton was -- even though Bill C was a master of speech and "feeling our pain." Hopefully, Obama won't be listening to the Milton Friedman's of the world about economic policy.
"Best interview of this election." I second that. And be corny. Corny is cool
OMG! You are not corny, I JUST said those words to my son when I looked back at the screen and saw your post. And, I'm a girl, so I can admit that I actually did well up a bit.
Well, I think Damon has a great future.
Future? Put him on TV NOW! He can be the one who interviews bigwigs for the kids so they understand what's going on.
I'll take him over the entire FOX lineup!
Awesome job, Damon. They need you over at CNN.
That was too cute!!! :)
JOE THE GOOD GUY!
Damon Weaver is officially my new favorite news reporter. That was just the best thing I've seen this whole election and I think I love the reporter who gave him lessons.
Let me guess the rnc response...liberal black media right?
They've sent him cd's of Hannity and O'Reilly and have been text messaging him about B.ill A.yers all week.
OMG..that is too funny and I know they'll try to use it!
"Senator Biden is now my homeboy!"
Great job, Damon!
That was so adorable, so excellent.... Yay Damon!! Yay Joe Biden!! (Damon's homeboy)
Awesome.
What an exiting opportunity for a young person.
That was very touching.
What a great experience for Damon! He'll be able to look back on that forever and smile.
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First Posted: 10-26-08 12:07 PM | Updated: 11-26-08 05:12 AM