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August 26, 2008
Bidenisms
arack and Biden. B&B. Word is, by picking Biden for VP Barack is admitting his weaknesses.
Uh-huh...
I think by picking Biden, Barack is showing his severe lack of political judgment. Here are just a few of the many gaffs Joe Biden has committed over the year. (Nevermind Biden's well-known vanity and obsessive need to talk waaayyyyy past the sale.) And also remember, this is the guy who dropped out of the 1988 White House race after the media disclosed that he copied parts of a speech from England's Lord Kinnock without acknowledging him.
From The New Republic:
At the Tuesday-morning meeting with committee staffers, Biden launches into a stream-of-consciousness monologue about what his committee should be doing, before he finally admits the obvious: "I'm groping here." Then he hits on an idea: America needs to show the Arab world that we're not bent on its destruction. "Seems to me this would be a good time to send, no strings attached, a check for $200 million to Iran," Biden declares. He surveys the table with raised eyebrows, a How do ya like that? look on his face.
Of course, Iran is not an Arab country. (They are in fact supremely anti-Arab.)
From the Chicago Tribune (the link has recently been removed...hmmm...so here's an alternate source):
Three years ago, during Senate Judiciary Committee questioning of Supreme Court nominee John Roberts, Biden memorably warned Roberts to give "short answers," then filibustered into the cameras for 12 of his assigned 20 minutes. Lest anyone miss his superiority to Roberts, Biden added theatrics The Washington Post described as "the full Al Gore: While Roberts spoke, Biden shook his head, put his face in his hand, pouted and glared disgustedly."
Then there is this classic from The New York Observer:
"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy," he said. "I mean, that's a storybook, man."
And another from The Washington Post:
Asked about failing schools, Mr. Biden seemed to suggest that one reason so many of the District's schools fail is the city's large minority population and contrasted D.C. schools with those in Iowa. "There's less than 1 percent of the population in Iowa that is African American," Mr. Biden said. "There is probably less than 4 or 5 percent that are minorities. What is in Washington? So look, it goes back to what you start off with, what you're dealing with." The Biden campaign quickly issued a statement asserting that the candidate was referring to socioeconomic status, not racial differences.
And this racist classic that you can see on YouTube:
"You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.... I'm not joking."
And let's not forget that it was Biden who Borked Bork and slammed Clarence Thomas. Here's some things Biden said in a 1991 interview with Charles Ogletree:
BIDEN: Thomas was the one in my view engaging in racism, and I not only mean racism in terms of playing the race card, but racism in trying to reinforce the stereotypical notion about black women. That was the sin I don't forgive the guy for and those who were making his case.BIDEN: "I think that the only reason Clarence Thomas is on the Court is because he is black. I don't believe he could have won had he been white. And the reason is, I think it was a cynical ploy by President Bush."
Read Clarence Thomas's autobiography to see the kinds of games Biden played. Thomas has a clear history of integrity.
For a dose of Biden's patented long-windedness in defense of his gaff-making, check out this YouTube video.
And no, I'm not voting for McCain. I will no longer vote for the lesser of two evils when voting for President. I will only make a positive vote. The one and only time that happened was Ronald Reagan. (I would be, in popular parlance, a Reagan Democrat, even though I was never a Democrat.) And even then, I thought Reagan should resign if he truly meant it when he said he took full responsibility for the Marines getting bombed in Lebanon.
Posted by witnit at August 26, 2008 11:25 AM
Comments
I think that Reagan meant he took responsibility in the sense that, as Commander in Chief, it was his decision to put the Marines there in the middle of what was essentially a civil war.
Posted by: Joe at August 27, 2008 3:21 PM
Reagan made decisions that left the marines defenseless. For that he should have done more than just mouth words.
IMO
Posted by: WitNit at August 28, 2008 9:26 AM
I can see your point. Do you hold Clinton and crew to the same standard for the attack on the USS Cole?
PS - Just picking nits, but we're a bit fussy about this: It's "Marines" with an "M".
Good blog.
Semper Fi
Posted by: Joe at August 28, 2008 1:38 PM
Oh God yes! Clinton is the model for everything a Commander in Chief shouldn't be.
Yes, my typo with the "M"
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