Biden a man of hyperbol and exaggerations

Politico:

During his first full day of solo campaigning, newly minted Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden showed some of the flashes of the hyperbole, exaggerations and quips that Republicans are hoping to use to paint him as a loose cannon.

In three sets of unscripted and sometimes rambling remarks Tuesday, Biden thanked God that one of his audiences was overwhelmingly female, called Michelle Obama’s convention speech “the most remarkable speech I have heard in my life” and predicted it would propel him and running mate Barack Obama to victory in the fall.

He also said he didn’t care about the press, that Obama has a “sixth sense” and Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner has “the most incredible story in American politics,” that he and Barack Obama had “the most incredible opportunity … since Franklin Roosevelt.” And he choked up a handful of times, once wiping away tears after proclaiming that having a chance to be vice president pales in comparison to representing Delaware in the Senate.

None of his assertions, in and of themselves, is likely to cause problems for the Democratic vice presidential candidate.

But the comments offer a harbinger of what to expect from Biden, a Delaware senator whose freewheeling stream of consciousness has gotten him into trouble.

Consider that Tuesday’s comments came in remarks totaling less than 30 minutes and that — as Biden himself declared midway through his address at a breakfast for the Delaware delegation — “there’s going to be so, so much to say the remainder of this campaign.”

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He is going to be fun to watch. I predict that Republicans will be collecting YouTube clips on his performance. Perhaps others in the mainstream media will join Politico in taking notice. His statements promise to be awesome, incredible, and remarkable whatever the subject. I think William Faulkner would have fun with a Biden character.