Let The Games Begin!

The history of Biden’s gaffes shows the risks of naming him to the Obummer ticket. He was forced out of the 1988 race for President after Michael Dukakis' campaign leaked evidence that Biden had plagiarized a speech from British Labor Party leader Neil Kinnock by misrepresenting his own class background— he grew up in a middle-class family in suburban Pennsylvania and Delaware.

In June of 2006, Biden offended Indian-Americans when he claimed a great relationship with them thanks to the fact that in Delaware, "You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent." A scant six months later, he made the now notorious comment about Obama's cleanliness by saying that Barack Obama is the "first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy."