Joe Biden: I Hate The Spaghetti-Bending Dagos, Too!

Warning: Headline may be slightly Dowdified.

Facing criticism, potential 2008 presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday defended his recent remark that "you cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent."

The Delaware senator said his words were taken out of context.

Taken out of context? How original.

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The senator said he has had an "incredibly strong" relationship with the Indian-American community in Delaware and that his comment was misinterpreted.

"I was making the point that up until now in my state, we've had a strong Indian community made up of leading scientists and researchers and engineers," Biden said. Lately, he said: "We're having middle- class people move to Delaware, take over Dunkin' Donuts, take over businesses, just like other immigrant groups have, and I was saying that ... they're growing, it's moving."

"I could have said that 40 years ago about walking into a delicatessen and saying an Italian accent in my state," Biden added.

He then added he was proud to see Indian-Americans advancing in the Slurpee and Slim-Jim dispensing industries, and that he really admired Indian heroes like the enforcer from Octopussy and Mola Ram from Temple of Doom.

"Soon, Kali-Mal will rule the world," the snazzy-collared blowhard Senator said. "And I'm not joking."

posted by Ace at 03:31 PM

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