The Obama campaign today downplayed reports that VP nominee Joe Biden had issued a veiled threat in support of gun rights, instead insisting that the audio was responsible for turning a discussion of hair care into a more serious threat against his running mate and presidential nominee Barack Obama.
 
"He said that he loved his barrette," said a spokeswoman for the campaign.  "It ties into his sleepover imagery of having a big slumber party to solve all of America's problems.  Joe Biden said that if anybody tried to take his shotgun dryer or his barrette, he'd be upset.  And the right-wing noise machine has turned it into this big thing, which it is so totally not."
 
For his part, Biden apologized if anyone misunderstood.  "That's just the way we talk where I'm from: loudly, with lots of non-sequiters, and very little forethought.  If anybody doesn't like that, they can vote McCain-Palin, since they think things through a hell of a lot more than we do.  Now, I'm gonna go kick my dog."
 
The campaign later clarified that Biden would not be available for further comments until July 2009.

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