# What Bizzaro World Does Joe Biden Inhabit?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 24, 2008, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bizzaro-world-does-joe-biden-inhabit/464966 "2008-09-24T12:16:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bizzaro-world-does-joe-biden-inhabit/464966/21 "2008-09-24T21:29:05Z")

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John McCain never would’ve made this bonehead mistake because John McCain is old enough to have actually listened to FDR’s fireside chats.

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**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bizzaro-world-does-joe-biden-inhabit/464966/22 "2008-09-25T00:29:22Z")

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> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#):
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> Quite obviously, Biden was making reference to the Fireside Chats on the radio which were very well received during the Depression. The fact that Biden accdentally said “television” rather than “radio” was a trivial verbal mistake which no intelligent person could possibly think is important.

I actually agree with this. And I’m sick and tired of either side flying into a Tasmanian frenzy every time the opposing candidates cough up a mistake.

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**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bizzaro-world-does-joe-biden-inhabit/464966/23 "2008-09-25T02:15:59Z")

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There’s a difference between misspeaking and revealing unacceptable ignorance.

Misstating the difference between Shiite and Sunni is not a big deal. Not _knowing_ the difference truly does matter. All policy makers should know that Al Quada and Saudi Arabia are Sunni, Iran is Shiite and Iraq has a majority Shiite population, though Saddam was of the Sunni minority.  
Here’s one way of distinguishing the two. Those who mis-speak generally don’t do so more than once or a couple of times, at least in the same way. Though ever politician will commit some sort of verbal miscue at one time or another.

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