Spoken Gems

Joe Biden comments on Joe Barton’s “apology to BP.

George W. Bush’s speech wasn’t the only farewell speech. Joe Biden also gave a farewell address on the floor of the U.S. Senate, telling stories from the past.
 

Found at CSPANJunkie.org

If you haven’t had enough, here is the list of speeches I promised earlier this week. If you don’t know with which to start, I would recommend the speeches from Joe Biden, Dick Durbin, Martin Luther King III, John Lewis, Claire McCaskill, Ted Kennedy, Maya Soetoro-Ng and Mark Warner.

• Madeleine Albright
• Tammy Baldwin
• Evan Bayh
• Joe Biden
  Joe Biden’s acceptance speech as VP candidate (see also the introduction by his son Beau)
• Tom Daschle
• Howard Dean
• Dick Durbin
  This is the introduction speech for Barack Obama.
• Susan Eisenhower
• Rahm Emanuel
• Martin Luther King III
  He gave this speech at the 45th anniversary of his father’s "I have a dream" speech.
• Ted Kennedy
  Terry Gault describes this speech as feisty and warm. The first part is an introduction by Caroline Kennedy, following a tribute to Edward M. Kennedy and finally the speech by Ted Kennedy himself.
• Tim Kaine
• John Kerry
• Jim Leach
• Patrick Leahy
• John Lewis
• Claire McCaskill
• Janet Napolitano
• Deval Patrick
• Nancy Pelosi
• Jack Reed
• Harry Reid
• Ed Rendell
  It’s clear: the only thing green in John McCain’s energy plan is the billions of dollars he’s promising in tax cuts for oil companies.
• Bill Richardson
  I have a question for you: Is anybody here going to miss Dick Cheney?
• Brian Schweitzer
• Kathleen Sebelius
• Maya Soetoro-Ng
  Maya Soetoro-Ng is the half-sister of Barack Obama. She talks about how she grew up with her older brother.
• Ted Strickland
• Mark Warner

Since you might be interested in the first appearance of Barack Obama and Joe Biden together after the announcement of Obama’s decision, I will include the full event (August 23, 2008 in Springfield, Illinois).

Part 1 and 2 of the recording is Sen. Obama’s introduction. The last minutes of Part 2 and Part 3 and 4 is the speech from Joe Biden.

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Part 4:

Huffington Post provides a transcript of the Joe Biden speech.

Now that Joe Biden is Barack Obama’s running mate, here’s one of his funny moments from the AARP Democratic presidential debate (Davenport, Iowa).