Sen. Joe Biden has been criticized by some people for calling Barak Obama 'articulate', as it is perceived by some as racist.
No one has been criticized for calling George W. Bush 'articulate' as it is widely perceived as sarcasm.
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"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." Henry David Thoreau
His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
Jesus answered, "Neither he nor his parents sinned; it is so that the works of God might be made visible through him. "
John 9:2-3