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**ketNavatutt** · 10-25-2010, 08:20 AM

Wow! I knew GOP fundraising was going well, but not THIS well...

Joe Biden must stay on the ticket for 2012. Not only did he slip once here...he did it twice...in the same interview. The guy is priceless.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2.../?ref=politics

$200 Billion in Ads, Mr. Biden? That’s Real Money

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR

Conservative groups have not dumped $200 billion in political ads on the heads of Democratic candidates.

It evidently just feels that way to the White House.

In an interview with Al Hunt of Bloomberg News scheduled to be shown Friday night, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. commented on the need for disclosure when corporate interests contribute to political groups.

“I was amazed at the amount of money, this $200 billion of money that is — where there’s no accountability,” he said. “When I say accountability, we don’t know where it’s coming from. There’s no disclosure, so the folks watching the ad can’t make a judgment based upon motive when you say it’s paid for by so-and-so.”

Mr. Biden clearly meant “million” with an “M,” not “billion” with a “B.”

But his tongue slipped again a moment later. “So it really — I’ve never seen this before, so the only caveat I’d put in terms of the House is how much impact this $200 billion are going to mean.”

Mr. Biden was elected to the United States Senate, representing Delaware, a few years after the departure of Everett Dirksen, the Republican Senate minority leader for more than a decade, who died in 1969. It was Mr. Dirksen, from Illinois, who once said, “A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon, you’re talking real money.” .

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ketNavatutt Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 512 Senior Member	Joe Biden: GOP spending $200 Billion on Ads Wow! I knew GOP fundraising was going well, but not THIS well... Joe Biden must stay on the ticket for 2012. Not only did he slip once here...he did it twice...in the same interview. The guy is priceless. http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2.../?ref=politics $200 Billion in Ads, Mr. Biden? That’s Real Money By MICHAEL D. SHEAR Conservative groups have not dumped $200 billion in political ads on the heads of Democratic candidates. It evidently just feels that way to the White House. In an interview with Al Hunt of Bloomberg News scheduled to be shown Friday night, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. commented on the need for disclosure when corporate interests contribute to political groups. “I was amazed at the amount of money, this $200 billion of money that is — where there’s no accountability,” he said. “When I say accountability, we don’t know where it’s coming from. There’s no disclosure, so the folks watching the ad can’t make a judgment based upon motive when you say it’s paid for by so-and-so.” Mr. Biden clearly meant “million” with an “M,” not “billion” with a “B.” But his tongue slipped again a moment later. “So it really — I’ve never seen this before, so the only caveat I’d put in terms of the House is how much impact this $200 billion are going to mean.” Mr. Biden was elected to the United States Senate, representing Delaware, a few years after the departure of Everett Dirksen, the Republican Senate minority leader for more than a decade, who died in 1969. It was Mr. Dirksen, from Illinois, who once said, “A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon, you’re talking real money.” .
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