Joe Biden questions Obama’s judgment
He means it. “Frankly” and “sincerely.” We believe you, Joe:
Transcript:
[MSNBC's] SEN. JOE BIDEN: Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more than I am to be vice president of the United States of America. She is say close personal friend and qualified to be president of the United States of America. She is easily qualified to be vice president of the United States of America and quite frankly it might have been a better pick than me, but she is first-rate. I mean that sincerely.
Yes, Joe Biden is questioning Barack Obama’s judgment out loud.
The Palin effect. Savor it.
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The VP pick is often more about chemistry with the top of the ticket than qualifications. That said, Biden is a nut. He’s at least as bad as Kemp in 1996. Biden’s mind wanders so much, there’s no way he can be an effective advocate for Obama in any realm, be it for his policies, character, anything.
No, Sandyb, Hillary is owed this job, needs it bad and will do anything to have it. She’s kept her mouth shut for 16 years for this. She can’t be humiliated, you know that.
She’s still IN IT TO WIN IT!!!
Maybe that new atom collider is having an effect that no one expected?
If he actually thinks this, then what is he doing on this ticket? Is he doing this to feed his ego? What the hell is going on here?
Chaps about to defend another empty suit in 3…2…1…
Oh me, oh my what did that man say?
I do I do.
Eagleton? Miss Hillary? Fort Marcy Park? Could there be trouble in Paradise?
Oh me, oh my
I guess Old Joe realized that if you can field dress a moose a weasel is not all that difficult.
Actually, Alaska appears to be #1 in rape (pwr 100,000 population) by an embarrassing margin. Click here.
According to Lt. Governor Sean Parnell:
“Unfortunately, there is another terrible side affect linked to substance abuse in our communities, and it is one of the leading causes of youth suicide: incest and sexual assault. Alaska is number one in the nation for child sexual abuse.”
If Biden is found shot 27 times in the head with a single shot, .44 Mag pistol in his ‘weak’ hand, sitting with a clean suicide note pinned to his back, in Ft. Marcy Park on a park bench with no blood on or around him, I think that Obama needs to “one-up” McCain and put a lesbian on the ticket. It might just be time for Oprah to “come out dat closet, girl”! Gayle could become the 1st, First Butch, since Eleanor Roosevelt.
No matter what happens, I just can’t see Hillary on the ticket with Obama. I mean, Barack would be afraid to eat or drink anything on the campaign trail or at the White House if they won, and might succomb to his sudden onset of anorexia. His disorder would most likely be rooted in a fear of poisoning, not a fear of looking fat.
The only reason Biden would have made such an outlandish comment (this was no mistake) is clear. The Obama campaign is trying to court Hillary’s base constituency. Of course, they flat-out deny that they’ve lost control of HRC’s supporters to McCain/Palin….but you’d have to be smoking crack to believe it!!
A favorite read of mine:
http://www.hillaryis44.org/
I never thought I’d ever find myself allied with a Democrat group…
Straight off the Daily Kos
Unfortunately it’s true according to crime statistics. However their rate of murder per 100,000 (5.4) is just a bit lower than gun controlled DC (33.5 per 100K), Alaska has 90.3 robberies per 100,000 people, DC has 658 per 100,000
In fact for most crimes Alaska is low, they’re ranked 48 over all. Thier only sore point is rape, and it always has been. With the rape statistics so high this appears to be a cultural thing
Looks like Biden was doing an intro for Hillary who’ll be doing campaigning for Obama up until election day.
The libs will tell you the way to solve this is have more online porn available to all men. Dead serious about that too.
I think Biden might be trying to get dumped from the ticket before he has to debate Palin. heh
But she lost. She lost every single one of the Caucus states, except Florida?
She’s in a better position to just wait things out till 2012 (even thought she’s not gonna win there either).
If she comes in now, and they lose, which they will……whatever last vestiges of leverage she has will be completely gone.
A Hillary/Palin catfight might be mildly interesting, although I don’t want to hear any more of her cackling.
OK, so what was Boxer’s point? Is the high rate of rape and incest in Alaska somehow Palin’s fault? If so, how about the high murder rate in Chicago? Do democrats think before they open their mouths? I think the MSM has been so soft on them they think they can say anything and not be held accountable, all the feet in mouths can’t possibly be helping them with Independents.
How many feet can Ol’Joe hold in is mouth?
Look for Biden to step down.
Boxer and Pelosi are SF looney toones.
I would support an initiative to split California in half: northern and southern. Then in LA all we’ll have to deal with are the Hollywodd freaks
Forget Chicago. What about Oakland, CA? The democrats have run Oakland for decades now and the murder rate keeps going up. And Boxer is from CA! What a maroon. According to 2006 statistics, Oakland is 6th on the list with a murder rate of 36.4 per 100k. Chicago is 20th with a 16.4 rate. Matthews needs to actually ask some hardball questions.
By the way, Cleveland and St. Louis are ahead of Anchorage in the rape rate. Both democrat strongholds.
Yeah, it must be them backwoods conservatives that do all thems rapins!
Boxer! Just another career politician with no ability to hold down a real job.
Slightly OT: Ob-uhm-uh had an interview with Letterman to be shown tonight.”Explaining” his comment, he said that Gov. Palin “was the lipstick” on the pig of the McCain policy/candidacy. Essentially saying that Palin is just a pretty face for appearance .This is just as bad as the original statement.This has to be the stupidest,scatter brained national politician in history.
Isn’t Joe Biden’s son Hunter, and his brother James under investigation for fraud? I know they are being sued for $100,000 Mil. for a shady hedge fund deal.
http://delawarewatch.blogspot.com/2007/01/hunter-and-james-biden-sued-for-100.html
So would I, and I live in CA. La-La land elects every statewide office. Win in LA and you win period. Boxer is originally from the same county as me, Marin. I got out when I realized it was Moron County. She was a county supervisor before becoming a US Rep and then Senator. The county had a chance to buy the old Hamilton AFB site for $1. Yes! As long as they used it for an airfield. Boxer put measures on the ballot to squash every possibility of using it for an airfield. The county is now in charge of most of the site and they paid a pretty penny for it.
I know Boxer’s history. She’s as looney as they come. By the way, she was also the biggest violator in the House banking scandal. Remember that?
I think he’s prepping people for a possible change in VPs since they see the polls tumbling with Biden.
They don’t realize that it’s both b. Hussein and Biden and the lunatic left themselves that are tanking them. This is interesting, to say the least.
rowsdower
Obama – O’Donnell!! Two big O’s! Of course, standing together, they would look like the number 10….
It wasn’t me!
Plugs out!!
Cankles in!!
When you only have one play in your playbook to play catch-up, you are in trouble if the play does not work. Their only tactic does not work against a likeable, perky woman.
The Dems have thrown so much crap at the barn trying to get something to stick, if they do manage to find anything it will be like the little boy who cried, “Wolf.”
In the meantime their tactics are driving more and more undecided voters to McCain. I am astonished at the utter lack of sophistication in their attacks. But if your opponent wants to saw the limb off that they are sitting on, help them keep the blade sharp.
Saw away.
Just put some lipstick on Joe….
Rats will jump off of a sinking ship, ya’know!
I’m not a betting man but 3 to 1 for Hillary to be on the ticket tomorrow.
ANY TAKERS?
I’ll take it.
Online porn is actually a big part of the problem. The government provides native villages with housing, schools, cable TV, and oil royalties. The work ethic has all but been destroyed among the Eskimo and turned many of them into lazy, porn addicted alcoholics. When you have money given to you, you don’t need to work. Without a job, there’s little reason to stay sober. And when parents are drunk, the children suffer neglect, abuse and incest.
I know someone who lives and teaches in a North Slope Eskimo village. She could give you endless accounts of neglected and abused women and children she has personally encountered there. It’s very sad. When everything is simply handed to people without them having to work for it, it destroys self-reliance and saps any motivation for self improvement. So, if you want to see what a liberal, nanny-state utopia looks like, go spend a winter in an Eskimo village in Alaska.
Maybe it is OBAMA who should step down…
Hillary/Biden ??
If it’s sore, they might want to put some ice on that.
–William Jefferson Clinton (Horndog-AR)
Seriously, Alaska’s reported incidence of rape is so high because Rusty calls 911 every time he doesn’t get paid (or in the terms of his rough trade, gets stiffed).
The irony here is just delicious.
The Dems originally thought they could “Eagleton” Palin.
(Thomas Eagleton was George McGovern’s first VP candidate. McGovern pressured him quit because Eagleton, he belatedly discovered, had a history of mental illness and was currently taking a powerful anti-psychotic medication obtained in his wife’s name. Talk about “a heartbeat from the presidency”!).
Barack;’s thugs hoped they could similarly force Palin off. AWAK the effort’s blown up in their faces.
Now, Barack’s own VP candidate seems to be offering himself up to be tossed off the ticket! He’s “Eagleton-ing” himself!!
But if Barack dumps Biden and then picks Hillary his judgment will rightly be questioned: why didn’t he get it right the first time!? Why are you so afraid of Palin?.
Worse, Hill and Bill will take away his power as a condition for standing with him, and he will be reduced to a nullity.
A great old cowboy movie (”Rio Bravo”) had Dean martin playing a drunk reduced to doing little dances in a saloon, for which cowboys would toss coins into a spittoon for him to fish out with his fingers.
If Hill’s on that ticket, politically (and as a MAN) that’s what Barack will be reduced to.
I hate listening to Joe Biden talk
but
I sure like it when he does.
This makes me wonder if Hillary has been offered and has accepted the VP spot. Did Biden say this as a set up to his resenation and Hillary’s replacement nomenation???
Remember how desperate Soros is, and how scared the dems are of Palin.
Now that I read some posts it seems some of you have the same thoughts on this that I do.
On a sidenote, anyone check out the BIAS at
Google 2008 US Election ? <—click
Not surprising, but pretty obvious.
Allrsn – If it’s not a prelude to Hillary as VP, Biden is the stupidest politician ever…
Yeah, I know he is… but this would be the final proof anyone could see… even the dimwitted Dems…
As frustrating as it is to feel like I don’t have a horse in this race, at least it is entertaining!
I need more popcorn!!!!!!!!!
Wow they make no attempt to hide it either.
Time for a new default search engine.
Joy, I have salted peanuts in the shell, grab a mitt full!
I like salted peanuts!
I would say that if this isn’t a prelude to Hillary it is THE biggest gaffe in the history of gaffes.
Hillarious!! (spelling pun intended)
They are gonna do it.
I asked this question a few days ago, what if Biden got really ’sick’ and they put Shillary in as veep.
Would she take it?
Billary is meeting with Zerobama tomorrow for lunch…other than barry offering $20 million dollars to the clinton clan for ‘favors’ , WHAT ELSE are they going to negotiate?
I can picture Bill now (with wads of cotton in his cheeks- ala the Godfather) chatting about barry and shillary’s future(s) in some Italian red/white table clothed restaurant.
For a uproarous laugh that has nothing to do with our election, Check THIS out.
Note, it is not real. It is a comedy skit, but one of the funniest I’ve ever seen. But I would liken Biden to the intelligence of this portrayed politician.
I can see the McCain ad now.
“How can America trust Obama’s judgement, when Obama doesn’t trust his OWN judgement?”
“I’m John McCain and I approve this message.”
Here’s the scenario; in exchange for Hillary agreeing to be number 2 on his ticket, Bill will negotiate a one-term Obamessiah Presidency. Should they win, Obamessiah will bow out after one term to ’spend more time with family’ or some such dreck. Of course that puts Hillary in the driver’s seat for 2012, where she wanted to be since she didn’t make the cut this year. However, this way, she pads her resume’ with 4 years of Veep experience, and everyone (at least on the Left side of the isle) is happy. Hmmmm. What do you all think?
I wanted to end my posting here tonight with a note to remember 9/11/01. I may not be able to post tomorrow on the anniversary.
In the heat of the day to day issues, we must never forget the tragedy that occurred that day.
I pray again for the lives lost and the loved ones of those that perished. May we never forget!
I’ve got to agree with a lot of the sentiment here regarding Biden’s inevitable concession as the Democrat VP nominee. I been suspecting this for a while now.
I’d give it better than a 50/50 chance we see an announcement by the end of this next week (9/19).
Hillary is dumb if she does. VP with Obama guarantees no Hillary POTUS in 2012. She needs Bama to lose now in order to have a shot at 2012.
Sad to see a guy emasculate himself before a national audience just to drum up a few votes.
As soon as Iid read and heard those silly comments by Biden, that is the first thought that came to mind.
A distant second was that BHO/Biden were lamely trying to court Hillary supporters.
But Biden’s comments sounded over-the-top too treacly and phony.
Rather than sounding crafted to win back supporters, his comments to me sounded more like fig-leaf cover for his gracious, unselfish, take-one-for-the-team bowing out of the race, and yielding the VP slot to…her.
Ugghhh!!!
If I had to bet, I’d bet that Biden is not long for the socialists’ ticket.
Our (my wife’s and my) feelings exactly.
Thank you for that post.
If any of you want a fly-on-the-wall perspective as to how the Obama/Don Clinteone meeting’s gonna go down tomorrow, go here:
http://theanchoressonline.com/2008/09/07/the-humbling-the-one-goes-to-don-clinton/
Hilarious!!!!
So, I’m a guy so I can get away with this. But, doesn’t Alaska have the highest male:female ratio of any State? I’d be curious to see correlation data between the m/f ratio and rape incidence. I don’t think B. Boxer or the Kossacks have much of a leg to stand on criticizing Palin for this.
Hey rusty,igm,nero,crapoutier!
Put you ear to the wind.
Hear that sound?
That’s the FAT Lady singing!
Obama should have made Clinton his VP candidate. If for no other reason than to unite the party. Not only that, but she has a better chance of attaining the Presidency than Biden. One should pick the VP to have a chance that the party dominates the White House, in the future. If Palin wins the VP, she has a good chance to continue on the the White House in 2012, if she watches herself, stays popular and impresses the party.
In the unlikely event Biden decided to bail out, I cannot believe Hillary would even consider the VP slot. There is too much bad blood and she has no interest in seeing him win. There is simply no reason for her to help out at this stage and will get to say “I told you so” when Obama gets crushed in Novenmber.
The only way she’ll be on this ticket is if it is changed toClinton-Biden
He’s less qualified than Hillary Clinton and that’s not saying much since she isn’t qualified to be President. This is the first thing he said in this campaign that I agree with.
Hey Senator…If Hillary is a better choice for you for the VP slot (as well as President), why were you running against her in the Primaries?
A good leader, KNOWING that she’s more qualified than you would/should step down, correct?
Hesus Christmas we’d all better fervently pray for Biden’s continued good health over the next two months.
If he (sadly but *conveniently*) suffers another aneurism, then the October Surprise that would doom McCain/Palin is Shrillary stepping in as Biden’s replacement.
If he’s smart, he’s hiring extra body guards too.
Gorebot… I wouldn’t worry too much about that.
First, if Shillary smells blood, she’d even vote for McCain herself and then run in 2012. She won’t take the #2 seat now.
And keep in mind, she’s the most hated politician alive today. The people who would vote for Palin are not likely to pull the lever for Shillary.
And keep in mind how much the Kossack hate Hillary.
It still spells a dem defeat.
– LC
You know, my co-worker has what sounds like an outlandish hypothesis, but based on the sheer number of gaffes from the Obama machine lately, I’m no longer sure.
He thinks Obama is trying (for some reason) to throw the race.
Errah I can now start my siesta if Amtrak Joe is talking, errah.
Sen Biden was responding to a question, and yes, as is his MO, he might have gone on tad long.
But, it would have been nice to hear the question that was asked.