"Are you joking? Is this a joke?"

Joe Biden sat down for an interview with Florida television anchor Barbara West Thursday and wonders how he has suddenly entered the No Spin Zone. You have to admire Biden's demeanor here. At least he laughs it off instead of really saying what was going through his mind. Which I imagine would be something along the lines of, "Does Sean Hannity have his hand up your butt right now?"

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Interviewer: "You may recognize this famous quote: "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." That's from Karl Marx. How is Senator Obama not being a Marxist if he intends to spread the wealth around?"

Biden: "Are you joking? Is this a joke?"

Interviewer: "No"

Biden: "Is that a real question?"

Interviewer: "That's a real question"

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