Obama to Biden: Psst! Ixnay on the affegays, Joe!

My guest-post at HughHewitt.com on Wednesday noted that Obama is trying to cut down on his running-mate's "rhetorical flourishes," to the point that even CBS News notes how much more relatively accessible Gov. Palin now is to the press than Joe Biden.

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[Copied here for archival purposes on November 5, 2008, from the post linked above at HughHewitt.com.]

(Guest Post by Bill Dyer a/k/a Beldar)

This — from CBS News, no less! — cracks me up:

While the once silent Palin has taken questions from reporters that travel with her three times in the last week, Biden has not offered the same type of access to reporters who cover his every move on the campaign trail in almost two months.

As for comments that Biden made last weekend in Seattle about Obama facing an "international, generated crisis" in his first six months, Biden has said nothing more on the matter.

Republicans jumped at the chance to attack Biden for his words, saying it showed Barack Obama had yet to be tested with a major crisis, and the McCain campaign in particular vowed to make “a big deal” out of the remarks, which made their way to the top of the conservative leaning Drudge Report for most of Monday and, among others, have been dissected by columnist Bill Kristol and leading conservative voices.

Biden spokesperson David Wade said on Tuesday that Biden had no plans to revisit those statements. Obama, when asked today about Biden’s statement, called them “rhetorical flourishes.”

The One speaks, and The Number Two gets very, very quiet. The One passes his hand over the troubled waters, and lo! The international crises become rhetorical flourishes! These are not the droids you were looking for.

— Beldar