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October 20th, 2008 at 8:46 pm

Video & Photos: Joe Biden Ellen DeGeneres Show Interview 10-20-08

Joe Biden on Ellen DeGeneres Show, October 20, 2008

Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Senator Joe Biden made an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on October 20, 2008. “Can I call you Joe?” Ellen DeGeneres asked, mimicking Republican VP candidate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in the Vice Presidential debate, as the two candidates met for the first time on debate night. “Yeah, as long as you wink at me,” Biden replied.

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Speaking about becoming Democratic Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama’s VP running mate, Biden conceded that he had not wanted to be VP but welcomed the “incredible opportunity” to serve with Obama whom he said had the potential to “become a transformative figure in American politics” and would make a great President.

Biden’s conversation with Ellen included much of his rhetoric from the stump. As he has done repeatedly in recent weeks, he reiterated his disappointment with the campaign tactics of his Senate colleague Sen. John McCain, calling recent robo-calls “over the top” and “out of character”.

Biden also hit out at Plain for turning down an offer for a second vice presidential debate.

“Gov. Palin said she’d like to debate me more,” Biden said. “Coincidentally, we’d been asked by a national police group if we’d each appear in a debate and I agreed to do that and she decided not to do that.”

Biden also told DeGeneres, who recently married actress Portia de Rossi, that he opposed Proposition 8, an amendment on California’s November ballot which would amend the state constitution to define marriage as solely between one man and one woman.

“If I lived in California, I’d clearly vote against Prop 8,” Biden said.

Source: Biden Appears on Ellen, Says He’d Vote Against CA Amendment Banning Same-Sex Marriage

After the interview, Biden took part in throwing balls at a dunk tank with actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus to raise money for support of breast cancer research.

Here are beyond the scenes photos of Joe Biden on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Via – An Unbalanced America — Road Blog Rewind: Joe Biden on the Campaign Trail

Joe Biden Ellen DeGeneres interview part 1

Interview part 2

Julia Louis-Dreyfuss dunk tank video

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