A flub...blooper...
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:30 pm
A gaff that even Joe Biden would be proud of:
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/09 ... en-mccain/Oops! Obama Supporter Introduces Biden as 'McCain'
Florida resident introduces Joe Biden as John McCain at rally, says he made an honest mistake
Freudian slip or honest mistake?
The Florida resident who introduced Joe Biden at a Tampa, Fla., rally Wednesday got one crucial detail wrong: the Democratic running mate's name.
He called him John, not Joe.
\"Are you ready for the change that we all need?\" Jim Piccillo asked, as he warmed up the Tampa crowd for Biden. \"Then no matter what your party, gender, or race or religion, help me today in welcoming the next vice president of the United States ... John McCain!\"
It's unclear whether anyone in the crowd could hear the flub. Biden greeted the audience and took the stage all the same. He didn't mention it in his speech.
Piccillo later told The Tampa Tribune he didn't even know he had said \"John McCain\" until he heard it on the radio driving home with his girlfriend.
\"I screamed, 'I can't believe I did that,'\" he told the Tribune.
Apparently, Piccillo is a registered Republican who was invited to introduce Biden after he was featured in a New York Times article for crossing over to support the Democratic nominee.
He said he had a \"human moment\" at the Biden rally -- not an attempt at sabotage.
McCain, though, had his own verbal blooper Wednesday. At one point, he mentioned the agenda he had set for \"my fellow prisoners\" when, according to his prepared remarks, he meant to say \"citizens.\"
