"But if you listen to the clips, Biden pauses significantly between 'African-American' and 'who.' So he could have meant (and almost certainly did): 'I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American, who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.'"
Ms. Perlman says she and Dean Mills "have had frequent run-ins over the serial comma, which he fervently believes in and I don't. But this time, I'm on his side."
POLITICOS GONE WILD
Just in time for the Democratic National Convention hosted by his city, Denver author Kim Long, who has published The American Forecaster Almanac annually since 1984, brings readers the Almanac of Political Corruption, Scandals & Dirty Politics.
All told, he recalls 300 years of political wrongdoing, era-defining misdeeds and indiscretions, from Teapot Dome to Monica Lewinsky.
We've leafed through the book, which goes on sale next Tuesday, to sadly discover that the current decade is as ripe with monkey business as any before.