WHICH ONE WAS IT, RACIALLY INSENSITIVE OR RACIST? [+] ballot by Barbara_Baby_Cakes created Wed Jan 31, 07 Sen. Joe Biden spent his first day as an official presidential candidate explaining why he had described Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama as "clean," and why he had dissed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards. The six-term Delaware lawmaker, who has said for months he'd be a candidate in 2008, formally establish his presidential committee Wednesday and launched a campaign Web site. It's the second presidential bid for Biden, who pursued the White House in 1988. But in a conference call with reporters to discuss his candidacy, Biden was peppered with questions about remarks he made to the New York Observer, a weekly newspaper. In the article, published Wednesday, Biden harshly criticized Clinton and Edwards for their proposals to end the Iraq war. He also questioned the credentials of another leading candidate, first-term Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, while calling him "a mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean." Biden told reporters that he'd used the word "clean" to describe Obama as "fresh and new," and that the choice of words was not meant to disparage other black candidates who'd run for president in the past, such as civil rights leaders Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. "Senator Obama said that he didn't take the comment personally," spokesman Tommy Vietor said. But in a statement, CBS News correspondent Gloria Borger reports, Obama defended previous African-American presidential candidates. "Jesse Jackson, Shirley Chisolm, Carol Moseley Braun and Al Sharpton gave a voice to many important issues ... And no one would call them inarticulate," the statement said. Joe Biden has made other comments that could be perceived as racially insensitive or even racist towards other ethnic minorities. Joe Biden has "biden the political dust," too many times and should be treated with the same degree of disdain as previous politicians no matter their political affiliation... Yes/No, were Biden's comments racially insensitive or racist? Racially insensitive Racist Here are my thoughts... Neither racially insensitive or racist Ballot #111801 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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