McCain too short? To juxtapose or not to juxtapose, that is the Commission on Presidential Debate’s question.
“Candidate pimps are airing lies”
The 2008 presidential campaign has brought new heights to American absurdity. With faux candidate girls, a blender-poll, fake presidential hopefuls and new superhero powers to name a few, there has been a lot of campaign comedy on and off the White House trail.
Now in the fashion of Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues and the INXS mimic Meditate, comes a new political entry to the card-tossing tune: Presidential Campaign Diaries.
The hair might confuse you, but the video we all know well.
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Presidential Campaign Diaries
This style of video first reared its mimicked head during the ‘08 campaign at the CNN/YouTube Democratic Presidential debate as Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign-style video.
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Clinton CNN/YouTube Video: Zachary Goode’s “By the Numbers”
Dylan’s original cue card video wasn’t actually a music video but the opening sequence of the documentary film, “Don’t Look Back”, with poet Allen Ginsburg in the background.
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Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
INXS picked up the cue cards in 1987 at the peak of their popularity for Mediate, which played immediately after “Never Tear Us Apart” from the album Kick.
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INXS - Mediate
Copied endless amounts of times, Dylan’s cue card video will surely be imitated in perpetuity. With parodies, pundits, and well-scripted candidates abounding, this certainly won’t be the last time a cue card rears its political head in the ‘08 campaign.
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Bonus: Alternative versions of Subterranean Homesick Blues.
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Want a Democrat to win in 2008?
Speaking recently at the DNC, presidential aspirant Senator Joe Biden made a resounding case for his candidacy.
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(7:55)
“Folks, before a democrat can lead, he or she must win. You could all close your eyes right and you know what the Republican play book will be for the next general election: They are going to say we’re weak. They are going to play on people’s fear not on their hopes.
Ask yourself: Who do you want in the ring to take their best shots? to give it back to them, better, and harder, and faster then they deliver what you know is coming.?
Ladies and gentlemen they cannot attack me on Iraq. I’m still the only candidate that has proposed a political solution that will make it possible for our troops to come home without leaving chaos behind. They cannot attack me for not supporting our troops. I led the fight to put billions of dollars in that appropriation bill to build mine resistant vehicles that increase by 300% the survival rate of those young soldiers that are fighting.
(applause)
Ladies and gentlemen they cannot attack me because I, I voted to fund and protect those troops. Ladies and gentlemen they cannot attack me on terror for none of them, including–’God love em’ as my mother would say–Rudy, has done anything more mayor as much as I have to protect our ports, our trains, our tunnels, our chemical and nuclear plants from the attack that we must worry about.
Ladies and gentlemen I can’t wait for this fight, I cannot wait for it. I can’t wait to debate Romney, or Thompson, and I can hardly wait for Rudy. I can hardly wait for Rudy.
(applause)
I will eat him alive.
If they think they are getting into the ring someone that doesn’t know how to punch back they’ve got the wrong guy. Ladies and gentlemen we will eat these guys alive on national security, on domestic security, and on all those issues we have beaten them on, from health care to education to the environment.
But ladies and gentlemen I look forward to this fight with relish and I will win it.”
Want a Democrat to win in 2008? Joe’s your man.
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Huckabee, humor & the ‘08 campaign
With presidential campaigning beginning sooner than ever before, ‘08 presidential candidates are displaying their sensitivity to voter fatigue. Humor can be an excellent device for this purpose as long as it is done well.
First out of the gate was Sen. Barack Obama, combining the seriousness of presidential politics with humor in a video released before he officially announced his candidacy
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Obama’s teaser-announcement
Obama successfully used humor in this fake presidential campaign announcement to exacerbate speculation of his possible presidential run while simultaneously connecting with the sports-loving electorate.
As Walter Shapiro and Michael Scherer explained in Salon,
In the modern political debate, the humorist reigns supreme. Exhibit A, of course, is Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, who can deliver the hard facts of reality in a way that drops the pretension that politics is a serious matter that must be treated like a bris. They call out the BS when they see it, and instantly become more credible.
Taking your licks as a guest on the Daily Show (if you’re a front runner) or the Colbert Report (for the second tier) has now become a standard in presidential politics. Even independent voice Rep. Dennis Kucinich was not immune to Comedy Central’s siren call:
Rep. Dennis Kucinich on the Colbert Report.
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Video ad for Bible-thumper Mike Huckabee
Huckabee also landed an endorsement by tough-guy Chuck Norris and milked it. This is a prime example of how YouTube has altered the shape of presidential campaigns. With more and more information on candidates and issues available to the electorate, candidates need to stand out amongst the crowd now more than ever.[flv]http://garlinggauge.com/videos/huckabeehumor2.flv[/flv]
Huck Chuck Facts
Walter Shapiro and Michael Scherer:
Here is a serious candidate running for the most powerful post in the world — on the strength of Chuck Norris’ facial hair. “There is no chin behind Chuck Norris’ beard — only another fist,” Huckabee quips. “When Chuck Norris does a push-up, he isn’t lifting himself up. He is pushing the earth down.” And it’s damn funny. And it makes sound political sense. And here’s why: Most American voters care about politics, but they can’t stand the politicians or the politicking. They know how to spot a phony. At the same time, they are bored stiff…Humor cures both ills.
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Sen. George Allen’s derogatory “macaca” moment helped sink is reelection bid.
While scripted video can shape a candidate’s message, live video on the campaign trail has the demonstrated potential to harm a candidacy. George Allen learned this the hard way when his 2006 senatorial reelection bid sprung a leak through is own verbal slippage.
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Sen. John McCain jokes about bombing people
Another Republican senator, John McCain (who can still stand up), also learned the effects of loose lips. McCain was lambasted by many for his flippant comments about mass death. His response? “Get a life”.
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MoveOn.org criticized McCain
While live video on the campaign trail has the potential to harm a candidacy [See: Macaca. (Ref. Allen, George)], scripted campaign videos enable campaigns to control the image of their candidates and take risks they don’t take on television.
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Gov. Bill Richardson’s 2006 reelection campaign ad
Democratic Governor Bill Richardson is no stranger to using humor as a campaign device. In his 2006 New Mexico reelection advertisement he touted his accomplishments and state movie revenue by making a western of his own.
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Richardson ads: Job Interview & Tell Me
Richardson continued his humor+achievements theme into his 2008 presidential bid, this time by mocking his extensive government experience in a series of job interview ads.
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Another Richardson interview ad.
Sen. Hillary Clinton also jumped on the bandwagon issuing forth a well-executed web 2.0 challenge to voters with humor as a central theme.
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Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign theme song request
Governor Mitt Romney, however, failed miserably in his similar challenge, left only to be mocked by the tools he provided.
‘Way’, a wonderfully snide campaign video made for the Romney campaign by a praiseworthy democrat.
For some candidates, however, the use of humor as a campaign tactic falls decidedly flat.
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Sen. Chris Dodd’s humorless concoction, “White Hair”.
Some forms of campaign humor are unintentional. The latest promo of Rep. Ron Paul leads by example.
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Rep. Ron Paul’s newest ad has drawn some scrutiny from his own supporters
But the use of humor certainly doesn’t fade once a candidate wins the presidency. Thirteen U.S. presidents have attended the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with the most recent grinning and groaning their way through the newly traditional roast.
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Presidents often take part in their own mockery.
With our current president the comedy connects with sadness, as the real humor of George W. Bush lies in his own, non-scripted behavior.
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“Childrens do learn.” The President never fails to disappoint.
With humor becoming an ever more powerful force in presidential politics, the boundaries have worn thin on what is acceptable. Here the Daily Show pushes the limits on campaign coverage.
“FLILF”
Comedy Central’s influence has grown so strong that the wingman of political satire even announced his own bid for the presidency (even if it was only in one state).
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Stephen Colbert on the stump in South Carolina
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Stephen Colbert on the stump in South Carolina
Not wanting to jinx the ‘08 election the Democratic party quelled Colbert’s presidential aspiration before it could take hold.But presidential politics are not solely about humor. With a clever Chuck Norris ad in one hand, Huckabee also also knows how to play the other. In a recent debate Huckabee’s sweeping nationalistic pontification played to the hearts of many ignorant Republicans.[flv]http://garlinggauge.com/videos/huckabeehumor4.flv[/flv]
Ron Paul authentically debates Mike Huckabee while Huckabee plays to the audience with his rebuke.
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Huckabee admits he likes to be funny.
Turning humor on its head he declared: “There’s nothing funny about Hillary Clinton being president.”
Perhaps not, but a Huckabee presidency would be an absolute, humorless nightmare.
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Congressmen & presidential hopefuls Dennis Kucinich (D) & Ron Paul (R)
The Mavericks
In a recent interview Elizabeth Kucinich acknowledged her husband, liberal Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich, would consider libertarian Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul as his running mate.
For many a Kucinich vs. Paul presidential race would be a dream come true.
Unfortunately, most voters do not delve deep enough into election politics and U.S. policy to give these maverick presidential campaigners a chance. However, with a whopping $5 million in donations freshly dumped into the Paul campaign coffers and an expected $12 million in the fourth quarter, it’s possible the two mavericks might team up as a third party ticket.
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Elizabeth Kucinich at 2:36 in video. As a side note, the interviewer looks bored out of his mind with everyone except Mrs. Kucinich.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich & Elizabeth Kucinich
Elizabeth Kucinich on whether her husband, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, would consider Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul as a running mate:
“It’s a consideration; absolutely. I mean, Ron Paul he’s a great truth teller as well. He’s voted 100% right on the war…So I think there could be some bipartisan movements going on there.”
Either way, as opponents or under the same ticket, Kucinich and Paul could be quite the match.
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Kucinich & Paul on the Issues.
Interview with Elizabeth Kucinich:
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“I approve this message because someone needs to say it.”
In 1964 Lyndon Johnson unleashed a haunting political ad against Barry Goldwater known as ‘Daisy Girl‘. In the infamous ad a small girl counting daisy petals is replaced by a nuclear countdown and mushroom cloud explosion.
The girl miscounting the daisy petals elicits the same bumbling charm as Lindsay Sidney Greenbush running down a hill and falling flat on her face in the opening sequence of Little House on the Prairie.
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Little House On The Prairie Intro
Unlike Little House, however, Johnson’s ad doesn’t end in the peaceful allure of a small town.
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1964 Daisy Girl
“These are the stakes. To make a world in which all of God’s children can live, or to go into the dark. We must either love each other, or we must die.” “Vote for President Johnson on November 3. The stakes are too high for you to stay home.”
Forty-three years later Republican presidential hopeful Tom Tancredo has released his own version of the Daisy ad, focusing this time on his issue of choice: illegal immigration.
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Tancredo’s Xenophobic adventure
“Hi, I’m Tom Tancredo, and I approve this message because someone needs to say it.”
No Mr. Tancredo, you really didn’t need to say it.
If Tancredo was really concerned with illegal immigration he would have supported the holistic immigration plan shot down by Republicans in Congress. And a gentle reminder to those who had forgotten, the 9/11 terrorist hijackers and murderers came into the country legally.
So be vigilant America! Bombers are crossing the border for low-paying jobs and terrorists are now white guys wearing green hoodies.
Tancredo Treatens to Bomb Saudi Arabia as Terrorist Deterrent
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“Triangulating and poll driven positions…just won’t do.”
The leading Democratic presidential candidates paid their mandatory election cycle dues Saturday night at the Jackson Jefferson Dinner.
With an estimated 9,000 attending the dinner at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa, it was the final speaker of the evening that stole the show. “If we are really serious about winning this election we can’t be afraid of losing it” said presidential hopeful Barack Obama, capping the evening.
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Obama at a pre-Jackson Jefferson Dinner event (1 min)
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Obama’s acclaimed Jackson Jefferson Dinner speech (20 mins)
Obama’s trailing position behind front runner Hillary Clinton has been slowly shrinking over the last few weeks as perceived blunders by the Clinton campaign have been ratcheting down her perceived nomination inevitability. Her set piece is literally falling apart.
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Metaphor?
The political tide is apparently still precarious for Clinton, as one speech by Obama can spill enough inevitability blood in the water for the press sharks to go on a feeding frenzy. It was indeed a long night and the press could be growing restless with the stability of the Democratic field.
Craig Crawford of CQpolitics.com said on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann, “I think I need college credit listening to all the policy wonking.” Earlier on Hardball however, Chris Matthews compared Obama’s Saturday performance and style to that of Bobby Kennedy, noting how Obama is swinging for the fences while Hillary is going for a strategic bunt.
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Hillary Clinton ‘turning up the heat’ at the Jackson Jefferson Dinner (1 min)
On a side note, Clinton’s new ‘Turn Up The Heat’ slogon sounds alarmingly familiar to Obama’s ‘Fire It Up’.
Hmm.
If, as Howard Fineman described on the same program, Obama becomes the “Honest Abe candidate”, Clinton could be in trouble.
In an indirect swipe at Obama, Clinton said earlier Saturday evening that “Change is just a word if you don’t have the strength and experience to make it happen.” It is unclear, however, if the ‘lightweight’ attack on Obama will land any punches in the polls.
While politically less experienced than the former First Lady, Barack Obama, ironically, is preaching about wisdom, making the “bitter medicine argument” as described by Roger Simon of the Politico: You might not want to hear it but it’s good for you.
Former Senator John Edwards also had a good night, being the first bookend of the evening with a well-received speech.
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John Edwards at the Jackson Jefferson Dinner (21 mins)
But the clear winner according to the press was Obama.
“I don’t want to pit red America against blue America. I want to be the President of the United States of America” said Obama, adding, we need a candidate “led not by polls but by principles.”
Simon reports that the Clinton campaign was unimpressed by Obama’s support at the event:
At least two of Hillary Clinton’s upper-echelon advisers, Mandy Grunwald and Mark Penn, were decidedly unimpressed .
“Our people look like caucus-goers,” Grunwald said, “and his people look like they are 18. Penn said they look like Facebook.”
Barack Obama picture taken from Facebook
“America, our moment is now”, said Obama.
And for Obama, it just might be.
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Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi; you’re my only hope
While perusing the latest news on the Sen. Joe Biden vs. Rudy Giuliani saga, I stumbled upon a MSNBC post entitled, Rudy: Obama Plan ‘Naive, ”Irresponsible’ in which Giuliani further exposes his foreign policy ignorance.
What struck me about the article was not the article itself, but a well thought out comment posted at the bottom by TC, of Suffolk Virginia, arguing that presidential hopeful Bill Richardson is the best Democratic candidate to win the White House:
The Democrats need to reflect back on past elections and think about how they are are going to win in November of 2008. Examining the past and current demographics makes Governor Richardson the best choice in a national election for two reasons. First, he can make red Republican states competitive in the national election and he is more competitive as a Governor in the national election.
One persistent problem among Democratic supporters is that there is an assumption that the entire country thinks like the regions that are Democratic strongholds – such as the Northeast and California. This is not true of the South or West. Moreover, the Presidential Election is really not a national election, but a state by state election in which electoral votes are awarded to the winner. If Democrats want to win in 2008 they cannot surrender half the country as they did in 2000 and 2004. I am very doubtful of ability of all the Senators in this race to win one Southern state or even the states in the Rocky Mountain West. These Senators come from the North - there is painful list of losing Democratic candidates with the same background - Kerry, Dukakis, and Mondale. Even Al Gore, with his connections to Washington, was a Southerner only in name.
Again, the one thing I do know about Governor Richardson is that he will at least put Florida (27 electoral votes) and New Mexico (5) in play. That total - 32 electoral votes would have put Kerry over the top in 2004. The key is Governor Richardson is the Governor of a red state (New Mexico) and his Hispanic heritage will give him an advantage in Florida. If nothing else, Republicans would spend more resources in Florida than they would with any other candidate and maybe the Democrats will pick up some other contested state.
Richardson’s second strength is that he is a Governor. Right now, Americans are not only disappointed with Bush, but also the Congress - the poll numbers of both are low. When Americans want change in Washington they turn to Governors. A Senator has not been elected President in 47 years and only two Senators were elected in the last 100 years. 4 out of the last 5 Presidents were Governors. Americans are more likely to see electing a Republican Governor or Mayor as President as change in 2008 than electing a Senator from the Congress they are angry at as President.
If Democrats really want to win the White House they must think about the national electoral election now. President Bush is not running in 2008. Democrats must think about how to win over red states in the South and West and how to separate themselves from the Washington establishment. Governor Richardson provides answers on both counts.
Anonymous commentators aren’t alone in wanting Richardson at the top of the ticket. Richardson’s recent endorsement has some street cred:
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Lee Iacocca’s endorsement of Gov. Bill Richardson
The arguments for Richardson remind me of how deeply important the 2008 election truly is. After six years of a devastating Republican administration, it is desperately important that a Democratic president begin leading this nation.
The call for Richardson is also reminiscent of another plea from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
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Translation:
Governor Richardson: Years ago our founding fathers served in the Revolutionary War; now their spirit begs you to help our struggle against American Imperialism. I regret that I am unable to present our fathers’ request to you in person; but the Democratic Party has fallen under attack and I’m afraid our mission to the presidency might fail. I’ve placed information vital to the survival of the rebellion into the memory systems of this internet post. The voters will know how to retrieve it. You must see your presidential campaign safely delivered to the White House. This is our most desperate hour. Help me, Bill Richardson; you’re my only hope.
Obi-Wan certainly helped back then. It is now up to the voters to see if they want Richardson to help in this desperate hour.
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The contender
The presidential campaign for Senator Joe Biden has released a new video concerning current Republican frontrunner former mayor Rudy Giulani’s foreign policy experience. From the email to their supporters:
Round 3. Yesterday, Rudy Giuliani took another cheap swipe at Joe Biden in a morning press conference. But later in the day, Joe Biden again showed why he is far and away the best candidate to take on Republicans next year.
While casually walking down the street in New Hampshire and eating a sandwich, Senator Biden completely and utterly blew Giuliani’s national security credentials out of the water.
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“Rudy was saying that Clinton and Obama weren’t qualified on foreign policy. And here’s a man who several months ago said, in a public statement reported in the New York Times, ‘I don’t know who’s further ahead on nuclear weapons, Iran or Korea.’”
In case you missed the earlier rounds initiated by Biden at the Devil’s night Philidelphia Democratic presidential debate, let’s catch you up to speed.
Round 1:
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Round 1
Clearly the best line of the night.
Giuliani’s communications director, Katie Levinson, responded quickly with a statement. Round 2:
“Senator Biden’s comments were of particular interest. The good Senator is quite correct that there are many differences between Rudy and him. For starters, Rudy rarely reads prepared speeches and when he does he isn’t prone to ripping off the text from others. And, Senator Biden certainly falls in to the bucket of those on the stage tonight who have never had executive experience and have never run anything. Wait, I take that back, Senator Biden has never run anything but his mouth.
“Such a desperate attack from Senator Biden is to be expected considering I – Katie Levinson – have a better chance of becoming President than he does.”
When communication directors describe their opponent’s condemnations as a “desperate attack” it often means that the attack was a success. Biden clearly made a caricature out of the former New York mayor to the chagrin of the Giuliani camp.
With most of the post-devil’s night talk circling around Hillary Clinton’s supposed fumbled stance on illegal immigrants receiving driver’s licenses, sadly Biden’s praised performance and magical moment turned into the B-story of the debate.
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Democratic hopefuls dig into a chink in Sen. Hillary Clinton’s armor
With respect to Sen. Chris Dodd, Clinton did not say she agreed it made sense during her initial answer. Clinton described the reasoning behind New York Governor Elliot Spitzer’s plan. What she did say she believed in was refocusing on immigration reform. Only on the follow up question by moderator Tim Russert did she say “It makes a lot of sense”. But that’s all sematics.
And while some erroneously believe Clinton’s chances have lowered due to the scuffle, interestingly enough Clinton is now gaining in the polls following the debate.
The clear loser at the Democratic debate was Giuliani. And picking a fight with the GOP frontrunner bumps Biden toward the top tier, especially with the assault emanating from Biden’s strength against Giuliani’s clear weakness. The Democrats might be infighting and Clinton’s character might be a bit smudged, but Giuliani was clearly the clown of the evening.
It’s also clear that Giuliani is a joke as a policy wonk. Many times the man has no idea what he is talking about:
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Biden discussing Giuliani on Hardball with Chris Matthews
So come on, you know you want to watch it again:
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