Former Texas Rep. Charlie Wilson — yes, that Charlie Wilson — was speaking at an anti-war rally when he, um, flubbed a line:

“We should be led by Osama bin Laden,” he said, then quickly corrected himself. “I mean Obama and Biden.”

Meanwhile over at the Democratic convention in Denver, Biden is proving himself to be a formidable opponent for the Republicans.

In three sets of unscripted and sometimes rambling remarks Tuesday, Biden thanked God that one of his audiences was overwhelmingly female, called Michelle Obama’s convention speech “the most remarkable speech I have heard in my life” and predicted it would propel him and running mate Barack Obama to victory in the fall.

He also said he didn’t care about the press, that Obama has a “sixth sense” and Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner has “the most incredible story in American politics,” that he and Barack Obama had “the most incredible opportunity … since Franklin Roosevelt.” And he choked up a handful of times, once wiping away tears after proclaiming that having a chance to be vice president pales in comparison to representing Delaware in the Senate.

Yep, those Republicans must have been devastated to hear Obama had chosen Biden as his running mate.
Biden himself must be relieved to have been chosen by a ‘black man’ who is, to use his own words, “articulate and bright and clean” and most importantly, not Indian, [ “You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I’m not joking.”]
Former president Bill Clinton also had a few words to say;

Bill Clinton appeared to undermine Sen. Barack Obama again Tuesday.

The former president, speaking in Denver, posed a hypothetical question in which he seemed to suggest that that the Democratic Party was making a mistake in choosing Obama as its presidential nominee.

He said: “Suppose you’re a voter, and you’ve got candidate X and candidate Y. Candidate X agrees with you on everything, but you don’t think that candidate can deliver on anything at all. Candidate Y you agree with on about half the issues, but he can deliver. Which candidate are you going to vote for?”

Then, perhaps mindful of how his off-the-cuff remarks might be taken, Clinton added after a pause: “This has nothing to do with what’s going on now.”

And Obama proved once again that he is prepared to exploit his own children, to achieve his dream of being president.