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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1057154" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>If anyone else said "homeboy in the white house", there would be cries of racism all over the place !!!!!</p><p></p><p></p><p>ia <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/11/18/joe-biden-to-sandy-victims-youve-got-a-homeboy-who-gets-it/?wprss=rss_election-2012" target="_blank">WaPo</a>:<p style="margin-left: 20px">Seeking to reassure victims of Hurricane Sandy following a tour of the damaged boardwalk in Seaside Heights, N.J., Vice President Joe Biden told residents Sunday that he spent a lot of time on the New Jersey shore while growing up and that they’ve got a “homeboy” in the White House who “gets it.”</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Here are Biden’s remarks, from the pool report:</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">“If you’re not an Easterner it’s hard to understand that the ocean to us is the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park and everything else combined. It is a gigantic part of not only our economy but who we are. It’s a gigantic part of the culture as well.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">“And every time the rest of the country is in real trouble, New Jersey and Delaware and New York and Connecticut, et cetera, we respond, we respond. And it’s going to be a heavy lift. These are difficult times in terms of budgets but the president has made it clear that we are going to do everything we can to make sure that the Corps is fully funded, that FEMA has their needs and that all the programs that exist under the auspices of the federal government not only continue to exist but are funded so that we can make sure that this area of the country is fully fully fully restored.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>“So as the president said when he was up here with the governor, we’re not going anywhere. We’re not going anywhere. And you’ve got a homeboy in the deal who gets it.”</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1057154, member: 1246"] If anyone else said "homeboy in the white house", there would be cries of racism all over the place !!!!! ia [URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/11/18/joe-biden-to-sandy-victims-youve-got-a-homeboy-who-gets-it/?wprss=rss_election-2012"]WaPo[/URL]:[INDENT]Seeking to reassure victims of Hurricane Sandy following a tour of the damaged boardwalk in Seaside Heights, N.J., Vice President Joe Biden told residents Sunday that he spent a lot of time on the New Jersey shore while growing up and that they’ve got a “homeboy” in the White House who “gets it.” Here are Biden’s remarks, from the pool report: “If you’re not an Easterner it’s hard to understand that the ocean to us is the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park and everything else combined. It is a gigantic part of not only our economy but who we are. It’s a gigantic part of the culture as well. “And every time the rest of the country is in real trouble, New Jersey and Delaware and New York and Connecticut, et cetera, we respond, we respond. And it’s going to be a heavy lift. These are difficult times in terms of budgets but the president has made it clear that we are going to do everything we can to make sure that the Corps is fully funded, that FEMA has their needs and that all the programs that exist under the auspices of the federal government not only continue to exist but are funded so that we can make sure that this area of the country is fully fully fully restored. [B]“So as the president said when he was up here with the governor, we’re not going anywhere. We’re not going anywhere. And you’ve got a homeboy in the deal who gets it.”[/B] [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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