posted October 09, 2008 11:43 AM            

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It seems Democrat VP candidate Joe Biden is so low-profile in comparison to the now world-famous Sarah Palin, that even his own rally hype-men can’t remember who he is.

Biden was introduced at a Democrat rally as “The next vice-president of the United States… John McCain!”

Earlier Biden had accused his more prominent Republican rival of "injecting fear and loathing" into an increasingly heated Whitehouse campaign, by suggesting Barack Obama had terrorist links.

Biden dismissedallegations of unsavoury ties between Obama and William Ayers, former leader of "The Weathermen," a domestic terror group.

"It's just malarkey - flat malarkey," Biden said.

"Barack Obama was eight years old when this guy was engaging in activities he was engaged in," said Biden.

"He is no part of our campaign. He will be no part of anything having to do with the White House."

Biden also struck out at a recent Republican rally where Obama’s middle name ‘Hussein’ had been used.

"I think it's mildly dangerous," he said.

"I mean, here you have out there these kinds of, you know, incitements out there -- a guy introducing Barack using his middle name as if it's some epitaph or something.

"This is over the top."