Biden: Butch Cassidy and the Angel Gabriel

Timothy McNulty | October 24, 2008

Here's Biden in Charleston, W.Va., via Time/CNN:

Hello, Charleston! Hello, West Virginia! It is so good to be here. In the last debate, John McCain felt the need to declare that he's not President Bush. And just yesterday, John McCain actually went so far as to try to compare Barack Obama to George W. Bush. As my granddaughter says:  Hello? John McCain is now attacking the Bush budget and fiscal policies.   Folks, this is as crazy as the Sundance Kid attacking Butch Cassidy!  They were in this together.

. . . It's time we're all reminded that we are: One nation -- under God.  We are, indivisible. Great leaders have always reminded us of this.  And in West Virginia, you have one of the greatest.  Senator Robert C. Byrd.  Senator Byrd is a man who came up the hard way. He literally married a coal miner's daughter. He is the American dream. And he is a true friend. To learn about the ways of the Senate from Robert C. Byrd is like getting trumpet lessons from the Angel Gabriel.

UPDATE: Another Biden quote, via Fox:

"I know Halloween is coming, but John McCain as a candidate of change? Whoa, come on! John McCain and change? He needs a costume for that," Biden said.