Corny Politicos
Posted: August 31, 2008
Democratic running mates Barack Obama and Joe Biden engaged in some corny banter during a quick campaign stop for sweet corn in Ohio on Saturday.
The Associated Press reported the exchange between Biden, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and Obama, with Senator Sherrod Brown and former senator John Glenn playing backup.
“I used to think the South Jersey corn is … the best corn,” said Biden, a U.S. senator from Delaware. “John Glenn says that’s not true.”
“Ohio is known nationwide,” said Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, standing with the group buying corn from the back of a box truck.
“Illinois has a little corn,” Obama said of his home state. “I just want to make sure you know that.”
“Ah, that’s for hogs,” Strickland chimed in with a chuckle.
“Sherrod Brown tells me the ice cream and the peaches and the corn are the best in Ohio. I didn’t know that,” Biden said, noting the U.S. senator also traveling with the campaign on a bus tour that in coming days will take the pair to Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan.
“Don’t let anybody in South Jersey know I’m buying this corn,” Biden said.
As he was departing, Biden reportedly got very possessive of his ears - which were the last dozen the stand had to offer. According to ABC’s Political Punch:
Before he left, Biden — brandishing his plastic bag of corn — told the crowd that, “I’m taking the corn and getting the hell out of here. I’m not giving anybody this corn!”