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Joe Biden: “I told my wife I needed a new organizer. She said, 'A new what?' I said, 'An organizer, you know, to organize my…”

On the recordAugust 24, 2011
I told my wife I needed a new organizer. She said, 'A new what?' I said, 'An organizer, you know, to organize my schedule.' She said, 'Joe, you need a wife, not an organizer.'
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Joke made by Biden during a speech at a campaign event in Virginia.

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