Sen. Joe Biden never stood a chance in the Democratic primary race mainly because the media never gave the one candidate with the most foreign policy experience a chance to tell his story. After pulling out of the race after the Iowa caucus, Biden lashed out at the media, and with just cause.
Joe Biden didn't lose--America did. That loss was aided and abetted by the lazy, star-struck, profit-driven "news" media. Joe's a class act, and he's right: the media is full of phonies.--Editor
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Delaware's Sen. Joe Biden knew the end of his latest presidential effort was near Thursday night as the Iowa caucus voting began. Biden has spent who knows how many days traveling Iowa and shaking hands and talking earnestly about serious subjects and inane subjects with people he'll never see again.
The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was visibly frustrated with how the long race had played out. The Times' Peter Wallsten asked the veteran senator why he and other candidates, such as Connecticut's Sen. Chris Dodd, with long records of government experience somehow could never find their way out of the bottom rungs of the Democratic race.
“This," said Biden, "is about celebrity. You’ve never given any of us a chance. You know in your heart I’m more qualified than any of these guys up top. I know you can’t say yes or no, but I know you know.”
He charged that The Times and other newspapers rarely mentioned him in political stories, ensuring his lackluster performance and obscurity. When a reporter suggested that Biden had a chance to make his case to Iowa voters, he shot back that it was a dishonest assertion.
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