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Originally Posted by CrackerBarrel
Her calling Biden "Joe" was the exact same thing as Obama calling McCain "John" last week while McCain said "Senator Obama" or "the senator" the whole time. In fact it wouldn't entirely surprise me if that had something to do with why they had Palin call him "Joe".
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You could hear on her live mic when they came on stage that Palin greeted Biden by saying: "Nice to meet you" and "Can I call you Joe?" Interesting point about why she might have been calling him Joe, although I chalked it up more to the Hockey Mom persona she wants to foster.
I dunno, maybe it's just me, and maybe I'm a little old fashioned when it comes to things like this. I see a difference in Obama calling McCain "John," since they already know each other and are collegues in the Senate and peers, as it were. It sounds a little different to me coming from Palin, when they don't already know each other (as evidenced by the fact that they both commented that it was nice to finally meet) and don't have that pre-existing, collegial relationship.
But yeah, Biden needed to come up with a different way to refer to everybody.
And WarEagle07 . . . priceless!
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