Mittens says - Nobody will be ready to debate Joe Biden.

[jillan]

Posted August 26, 2008 7:15 PM

by Mark Silva

DENVER - Is Mitt Romney ready for Joe Biden?

The implicit suggestion is that John McCain will send the former governor of Massachusetts into that running mate's debate with the senator from Delaware.

"You know, Joe Biden is an impenetrable thicket of words,'' Romney replied, in an interview on CNN's The Situation Room. "I can't imagine anybody is ready to debate Joe Biden.''

This apparently is Romney's own line attack. He told the same thing to Neil Cavuto on the FOX Business Network: "Senator Biden seems to be an impenetrable thicket of words, so I can't imagine having to go up against him. I think that almost anybody that goes up against him would find themselves outspoken.''


http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/08/mitt_romney_nobody_ready_for_j.html

Thank you Mittens for reiterating what we already knew!

[jakem]

1. fair enough.

mittens is an impenetrable thicket of asshole.

[oldtime dfl_er]

2. or a talking point

that backfires, in my opinion.

Frankly, I can't even imagine Pawlenty trying to debate Biden. It woudl be embarrassing (for Pawlenty).

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

7. Pawlenty versus Biden would be

Bambi versus Godzilla all over again. Joe will pound Timmeh into mulch.

[1corona4u]

11. LOL...

Joe will make mush out of him..err, I mean..

[last1standing]

3. Lowering expectations

Same old repub bullshit.

[ellacott]

6. No, I think he had a legitimate reality check

The only way he'd win a debate is to lock Biden in another room.

[last1standing]

16. Remember bush* in 2000 and 2004 when faced with Gore and Kerry?

The repubs flooded the media with statements about how Gore and Kerry were such good debaters and that if bush* could just manage not to break into tears he would be the winner. The media, and the public, bought it then, we shouldn't buy it a third time.

[AspenRose]

4. Damn straight

God love ya, Joe! :loveya:

Take it to 'em! School's in session, suckas!

[jillan]

5. You are so bad!

That picture needs to be rated x :P

[AspenRose]

9. It's my favorite picture of him.

My absolute favorite. ;-)

[1corona4u]

12. AHAHAHAHAHAHA, hahahahaha, Pirhana....

get ur head out of.....well, you know...;-)

[jillan]

14. I try so hard not to look.

:)

[1corona4u]

17. LOL, yeahh riiigghhht....

now, where did I put that blindfold....;-)

[jeff30997]

8. My cat's name is Mittens.

[quantass]

13. Is Mittens neutered as well?

[jeff30997]

19. Yep!

No Balls.:)

[PermanentRevolution]

10. Impenetrable thicket = negative connotation

They're trying to make Biden's eloquence and speaking skills into a negative trait - portraying him as too wordy and overly-complex, much like they did to Kerry in '04. It's all part of the same old "elitist, Ivy-League" bullshit.

[JaneQPublic]

15. What's the opposite of "Impenetrable thicket" at a debate?

"It's hard work bein' preznut... HARD work!"

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

18. Is that his way of saying Biden talks too much? n/t