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Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden goofed when he asked Sen. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, to stand up to be acknowledged by the crowd. Graham is confined to a wheelchair.

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  • I was at this event, and it is pointless to try to reason with the nit witted comments here. Biden simply had a list of names to recognize, had no idea and COULD NOT SEE that this man was in a wheel chair. Neither could I from where I was standing. It was an HONEST MISTAKE, a gaffe nonetheless, but he recovered nicely, and Im sure he felt bad when he said it.

  • Maybe he thought the "messiah" had already healed Chuck Graham.

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  • In Jesus voice:

    :"RISE my son , and take thee up from thine wheeled chariot and WAAAAALK to thine podium....BELIIIIIEEEEEVE in me my son and I shall heal thee....RIIIIISE"

  • Heh, reminds me when Bush told a guy to take off his shades. And it turned out the guy was blind.

  • @MuscleCar429

    Just let it go man. He's got at least 2 more years. He was elected fair and square. I think Joe's a great VP, with all due respect.

  • @DocRockk with all due respect, he's racked up lots of HONEST MISTAKES.

    still can't believe this guys is vice president..... I sure hope the president has a long and healthy life through out his presidency. biden, what a joke.

  • @RespectAndKindness the lesson is your an apologetic moron. If it was anyone else other than a liberal coddled by the drive by media they would be crucified, indited and ran through the mud. The lesson is this is not the first time this dickhead has said something stupid and the only reason he DID say that is becuase he is another clueless beltway elite

  • It was not a good year for Chuck. He was one of the few Democrats who lost his bid for re-election in what was otherwise a landslide year for his party.

  • • I think it’s fantastic that Joe Biden sees a person first for who he actually is, and sees past any physical disability.

    Joe Biden's point was to honor Chuck Graham, and he did so, forgetting any physical limitations he had.

    We could all take a lesson from this, and rethink the way we define, identify and refer to people with disabilities and limitations. How often we note a person's disability before we recognize him/her for the person they actually are.

  • classic

  • LOL

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