Examples of Joe Biden disease, Foot-In-The-Mouth Syndrome

"You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent... I'm not joking."
C-SPAN, June, 2006

"Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be vice president of the United States of America. Quite frankly, it might have been a better pick than me."
Town Hall Meeting, Nashua, NH, Sept 10, 2008

"A man I'm proud to call my friend. A man who will be the next President of the United States -- Barack America!"
Campaign Rally, Springfield, IL, Aug 23, 2008

"Look, John's last-minute economic plan does nothing to tacle the number-one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S, jobs."
Political Speech, Ohio, Oct 15, 2008

"An hour late, oh give me a fucking break."
Union Station March 13, 2009

"Stand up, Chuck, let 'em see ya."
Political Speech, Columbia MO, Sept 12, 2008 (Sen Chuchk Graham is wheelchair bound)

"When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened.'"
Interview with Katie Couric, Sept 22, 2008 (FDR Wasn't president and TVs were only experimental in 1929)

"Jill and I had the great honor of standing on that stage, looking across at one of the great justices, Justice Stewart."
Political Speech, Washington, D.C., Jan 20, 2009

"I have not bent the law, but I have let imagination take hold in some places where I think it's consistent with the spirit of the law. ... Is that the best way of saying that? Yes, ... I should stop."
Press Briefing, September 3, 2009

"I mean you got the first mainstream African-Amercian who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
New York Ovserver, Jan 31, 2007

"Since 1994 with the Gingrich revolution, just take a look at Iraq, Venezuela, Katrina, what's gone down at Virginia Tech, Darfur, Imus. Take a look. This didn't happen accidentally, all these things."
New York Speech, April 19, 2007

"I exaggerate when I'm angry, but I've never gone around telling people things that aren't true about me."
Responding to New York Times Report, Sept. 21, 1987

"I would tell members of my family -- and I have -- I wouldn't go anywhere in confined places now. It's not that it's going to Mexico. It's you're in a confined aircraft. When one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft."
Today Show, April 30, 2009

"You know, I'm embarrassed. Do you know the Web site number? I should have it in front of me and I don't. I'm actually embarrassed."
Early Show, Feb 25, 2009