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Y! MyWebBiden says nation needs more than a good soldier
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Denver — Joe Biden was nominated for vice president Wednesday night, Aug. 27, and declared that the challenges America faces require "more than a good soldier" in the White House, hailing Barack Obama as a wise leader who can deliver the change the nation needs.
In a single sentence, Obama's new running mate complimented John McCain's years of military service and slapped his claim on the presidency.
The Democratic National Convention approved Obama's chosen running mate by acclamation. Biden accepted with a summons to voters to elect Obama, formally nominated for president earlier in the day, as the nation's 44th president. Obama traveled to the convention arena, making an unscheduled and unscripted appearance to join the party in celebrating his historic presidential nomination. He joined Biden on the platform and they hugged and applauded each other and the convention delegates.
Obama told the roaring crowd that he wants people to understand why he is proud to have "the whole Biden family on this journey with me to take America back."
Biden told the convention he'd learned a lot about Obama by campaigning against him for the party's presidential nomination. Biden was an early dropout in that campaign, quitting after he managed only 1 percent of the vote in Iowa's opening caucuses.
"The choice in this election is clear," he said. "These times require more than a good soldier, they require a wise leader. A leader who can deliver ... the change everybody knows we need. Barack Obama will deliver that change."
Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that "our country is less secure and more isolated than at any time in recent history.
"The Bush-McCain foreign policy has dug us into a very deep hole with very few friends to help us climb out," Biden said.
On a timelined withdrawal from the war in Iraq, which McCain rejects, he was wrong and Obama was right, Biden said.
"After six long years, the Bush administration and the Iraqi government are on the verge of setting a date to bring our troops home," he said.
