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Hey, Joe Biden, the Blowhard Store Called...

On September 29, before the vice presidential candidates' debate, Sarah Palin tweaked Joe Biden. She said of the Delaware senator: “I’m looking forward to meeting him... I’ve never met him before, but I’ve been hearing about his Senate speeches since I was in, like, second grade.’’

Politico reports that yesterday, November 2, Joe Biden thought of a comeback--and let me tell you, it's quite a zinger:

Speaking at a rally of 1,500 people in Daytona Beach, Fla., Biden just said he wished he'd responded to Palin's jab that she was in second grade when Biden was elected to the Senate thusly:

“Governor, you were in sixth grade the last time John McCain had a good idea on the economy."

I haven't seen that great of a belated comeback since this memorable Seinfeld episode:

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