Joe Biden: Farewell speech
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
Speeches from the DNC
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
Joe Biden: Introduction as VP running mate in Springfield, IL
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.
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Part 3:
Part 4:
Huffington Post provides a transcript of the Joe Biden speech.
Joe Biden: “Secretary of State”
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).