Another day, another Biden gaffe

By Michelle Malkin  •  June 9, 2009 11:03 AM

Bozo the VP is at it again. The chief overseer and watchdog of your federal stimulus dollars doesn’t have a clue about the largest stimulus project in the country.

Bidenrrhea of the mouth:

That new tunnel? The one NJ Transit has been touting for years? That the Federal Transit Administration made a huge commitment to on Monday?

It’s for cars.

Or so Vice President Biden apparently thinks.

Biden had just finished telling reporters on a conference call Monday that federal stimulus money might have gone out slower in the past few months than some people liked because, “We don’t end up with any major glitches.”

Then The Record had a chance to ask about an environmental group’s complaint that Amtrak would not be able to use the new Hudson River tunnel – which is benefitting from a provision of the stimulus bill increasing the Federal Transit Administration’s debt limit — because it doesn’t go to Penn Station.

Biden said Amtrak was getting its share of stimulus money and more projects would be announced in a few days. Then he offered this:

“Look, this is designed, this totally new tunnel, is designed to provide for automobile traffic,” Biden said. “It’s something, as you know, up your way, that’s been in the works and people have been clamoring for for a long time.”

For the record, the tunnel is for trains, and its completion would allow for more NJ Transit trains during peak hours and “one-seat” rides into Midtown Manhattan on lines serving Bergen and Passaic counties. Currently riders on those lines must switch trains.

Biden’s office did not immediately respond to a request to clarify his comments.

Joe Biden’s mouth: The gift that keeps on giving and giving and giving

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  1. #1
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:06 am, plymouthacclaim said:

    LOL

  2. #2
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:10 am, Paul Revere said:

    Bidenrrhea of the mouth:

    Heh!

  3. #3
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:12 am, sonofdy said:

    Planes trains and automobiles

  4. #4
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:13 am, sonofdy said:

    Seriously, how long before the WON fires this guy, or locks him in a room somewhere and gives him toys to play with till 2012

  5. #5
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:15 am, Dexter Alarius said:

    Gibbs: “What he MEANT to say was… “

  6. #6
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:17 am, ErinF said:

    I’m awestruck how the dolts who voted for Biden for VP had the “audacity” to believe Palin is stupid.

    Did everyone catch Palin on Hannity last night?

  7. #7
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:18 am, Jet Jaguar said:

    a heartbeat away…

  8. #8
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:22 am, BlameAmericaLast said:

    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:17 am, ErinF said:

    I’m awestruck how the dolts who voted for Biden for VP had the “audacity” to believe Palin is stupid.

    Did everyone catch Palin on Hannity last night?

    Yeah, no kidding. I did watch Hannity. Palin was right on every front about this ridiculous spending, etc.

    On another note, all teh BOGUS hate-Palin charges were dropped yesterday, but you wouldn’t know it by the MSM covering that inconvenient fact. They all hyperventilated when the charges were brought about, but NOTHING when all the phony charges were dropped.

    The accusations made news, but with another dismissal of an ethics charge last week against Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the former Republican vice-presidential nominee has quietly been cleared of every ethics complaint filed since the torrent of allegations began in 2008.

    Hmmm, let’s see. The torrent were all Democrat-driven, no?

  9. #9
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:25 am, NJ-Aviator said:

    ErinF, that irk’s me as well. I don’t believe Sarah Palin had become accustomed to dealing with a hostile media. Though she came around at the VP debate.

    Biden is truly just an arrogant dope.

    As Mr. Levin says, he is the dumbest man in the senate.

  10. #10
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:27 am, spaceycakes said:

    If Biden wants to drive his Buick through the tunnel, I say let ‘im.

  11. #11
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:31 am, RogersUmp said:

    When Biden is asked a question now shouldn’t it be started with,”Is this your final answer or are we going to need clarification later?”

  12. #12
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:31 am, b-cat said:

    You know what they say about seeing the light at the end of the tunnel…

  13. #13
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:36 am, norm1111 said:

    I am a little concerned that the gaffer is a heartbeat from the Presidency; but on the other side….humor is really good for the soul….and this idiot is good for a least one laugh a day.

  14. #14
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:37 am, tiredofit08 said:

    you’d think he’d know the difference since he used to ride trains…guess the kool aid is too much for him…

  15. #15
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:37 am, Ragspierre said:

    The Secret Service code name for Biden…

    “Life insurance”

  16. #16
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:37 am, tre said:

    Biden has to be the first Congressman to have a negative IQ.

    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:27 am, spaceycakes said:
    If Biden wants to drive his Buick through the tunnel, I say let ‘im.

    But, Spaceycakes, that could damage a perfectly good car. Especially if the Buick is a Regal Grand National GNX.

  17. #17
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:38 am, rambler said:

    We have BHO as TOTUS, Biden 2nd and Pelosi 3rd in line for the Presidency. What a pathetic group! And now we a reaping the rewards of their leadership. It seems that the dems have more in common with jihadis; they destroy things in the name of some warped goal. We have one heck of a mess to clean up.

  18. #18
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:39 am, JohnnyD said:

    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:13 am, sonofdy said:
    Seriously, how long before the WON fires this guy, or locks him in a room somewhere and gives him toys to play with till 2012

    Obama:
    Hey Joe, I’d like you to try out that new bunker we had built for you. Just step on in there…that’s right…now stand there a minute…[door slams shut]…[Obama shouts] Joe, how ya doing in there? What? No. No. Don’t worry, we’ll let you out!!

    *************

    Gee, what a great idea sonodfy!

  19. #19
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:43 am, scituate_tgr said:

    “Nobody gets past Joe”

    My guess, if push came to shove, is a third grader could get past Joe.

  20. #20
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:43 am, jsmiddleton4 said:

    I believe Joe has already been locked in the room but he keeps talking anyway.

    So this is the guy we are suppose to believe over Cheney? Something about VP Biden leads one to have confidence that HE is telling the truth and everyone in the Bush administration is/was lying?

    How’s that?

    Want to buy this bridge I have for sale. Its cheap and I take PayPal.

  21. #21
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:44 am, sonofdy said:

    johnyd: The best protection against some nutcase shooting obama….

    President Joe Biden…

    SSSHHHIIIVVVEEERRRR

  22. #22
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:44 am, jsmiddleton4 said:

    I guess lgm has a lot of teaching to do for his VP.

  23. #23
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:44 am, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Another infuriating OT:

    SWORDLESS SAILORS

    Graduating midshipmen of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis are being told in writing to leave at home or in their vehicles all “ceremonial swords” and anything else “that might be considered a weapon or a threat by screeners” for Friday’s outdoor commencement ceremonies featuring an address by President Barack Obama.

    Inside the Beltway has obtained the academy’s list of prohibited items for this year’s graduation exercises, which, besides ceremonial swords, includes umbrellas.

    Firsst time in history folks. Paranoid Obama at it again. So now he’s afraid that someone from the US Naval Academy is going to assassinate him with a ceremonial sword? How utterly pathetic.

    Link here:

  24. #24
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:45 am, jsmiddleton4 said:

    Actually sono the bottom line is Joe would have to find the Whitehouse in order to do anything in it. Looks like he can’t find his you know what from his you know where.

    Whatever happened to the investigation of Biden’s security leak?

  25. #25
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:47 am, John Deaux said:

    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:27 am, spaceycakes said:
    If Biden wants to drive his Buick through the tunnel, I say let ‘im.

    I hear it’s the fastest way to Katie’s Diner.

  26. #26
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:49 am, Ragspierre said:

    I hear it’s the fastest way to Katie’s Diner.

    And the Home Depot…which Mr. Biden now understands has nothing to do with trains…

    shazaam!

  27. #27
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:50 am, b-cat said:

    Inside the Beltway has obtained the academy’s list of prohibited items for this year’s graduation exercises, which, besides ceremonial swords, includes umbrellas.

    What, is he worried about The Penguin?

  28. #28
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:53 am, spaceycakes said:

    d’oh! tre

  29. #29
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:53 am, RobM1981 said:

    Joe Biden: Lobotomy-Ready

  30. #30
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:53 am, sonofdy said:

    Paranoid Obama at it again. So now he’s afraid that someone from the US Naval Academy is going to assassinate him with a ceremonial sword? How utterly pathetic.

    The military will not assasinate a sitting president unless it has a really damn good reason. Even obama has not provided anything close to that. yet. And then they have far better was to do it than a sword.

    sigh…

  31. #31
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:56 am, JohnnyD said:

    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:44 am, sonofdy said:

    Yeah, ironically funny isn’t it? Cheney probably served the same purpose in the Lefist’s mind. Although, the only non-verbal attack they could muster against Bush was a pair of shoes! :)

  32. #32
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:59 am, Ragspierre said:

    Joe Biden: Lobotomy-Ready Already

  33. #33
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:01 pm, bradley said:

    As stupid as Biden was in this statement, there’s some truth to what he said in Seattle, home of liberal policies. The city paid billions of dollars (city, county, state, federal) to design and build a new light-rail urban train system for Seattle, involving building multiple tunnels. Once it was finished, the city realized they’d run out of money, and couldn’t afford to buy any trains, engines or passenger cars. So now electric/diesel buses use the tunnels, riding over the underground rails on electric power, then changing to diesel once above ground. Idiotic and horribly wasteful of taxpayer’s money, but it’s a liberal city so they just go along with it and hop the buses without a second thought.

  34. #34
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:17 pm, taylork said:

    When I think of “gaffes” I think of people who misspeak and immediately correct themselves.

    Biden doesn’t misspeak, he just makes things up. These aren’t gaffes, these are intentional misstatements of fact that he makes to pretend that knows what he’s talking about.

  35. #35
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:20 pm, Living in the PSRK said:

    Gov. Palin says: “I told you so” about Obama and his policies…

  36. #36
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:25 pm, willie peter said:

    Sad thing is that Biden, despite being a world class airhead, would be a considerable improvement over the jamoke that’s running the show right now.

  37. #37
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:29 pm, RobM1981 said:

    Joe Biden: when you care enough to give the very craziest.

  38. #38
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:30 pm, twofoot said:

    Starting to wonder if Biden doesn’t post on here under an alias. Lgm? I hate my country?

  39. #39
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:44 pm, BOB said:

    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:27 am, spaceycakes said:
    If Biden wants to drive his Buick through the tunnel, I say let ‘im

    Don’t know if he has a Buick, but I hope he doesn’t try to drive his 67 427 Corvette, one of the coolest cars ever made, through the tunnel. I’d hate to see it ruined.

  40. #40
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:46 pm, dominigan said:

    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:38 am, rambler said:

    We have BHO as TOTUS, Biden 2nd and Pelosi 3rd in line for the Presidency. What a pathetic group! And now we a reaping the rewards of their leadership. It seems that the dems have more in common with jihadis; they destroy things in the name of some warped goal. We have one heck of a mess to clean up.

    It reminds me of the scene at the beginning of “King Ralph” when the entire British Royal line is killed off in a freak photography/electrocution accident.

    Oh, if only that could happen here…

  41. #41
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:47 pm, dominigan said:

    Uhmmm… err… what I meant to say was… they should all get together for a group photograph. Yeah… that’s it…

    [knock, knock...]

  42. #42
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:47 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    McMurphy: Who’s the head bull-goose loony around here?

    McMurphy: Get out of my way son, you’re usin’ my oxygen.

  43. #43
    On June 9th, 2009 at 1:23 pm, Laree said:

    My husband thinks these gaffes are intentional, he thinks Biden is doing this on purpose to make Obama look bad…it isn’t like Obama can fire him :)

  44. #44
    On June 9th, 2009 at 1:25 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:39 am, JohnnyD said:
    Obama:
    Hey Joe, I’d like you to try out that new bunker we had built for you. Just step on in there…that’s right…now stand there a minute…[door slams shut]…[Obama shouts] Joe, how ya doing in there? What? No. No. Don’t worry, we’ll let you out!!

    I’d prefer PBO were locked in that vault! First, he’d do a lot less damage. Second, it would be less likely something would happen to him and leave Slow Joe as POTUS!

  45. #45
    On June 9th, 2009 at 1:35 pm, prendad said:

    Watching this adminstration is like going to the movies and finding out there is nothing but cartoons and they forgot to ship the main feature.

  46. #46
    On June 9th, 2009 at 1:41 pm, Laree said:

    More TEA PARTYS planned for 4th of July, two pages just for Texas alone so far. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate my freedoms on the 4th of July.

    http://www.teapartyday.com/

  47. #47
    On June 9th, 2009 at 1:48 pm, dan708 said:

    “Look, this is designed, this totally new tunnel, is designed to provide for automobile traffic,” Biden said. “It’s something, as you know, up your way, that’s been in the works and people have been clamoring for for a long time.”

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
    I seriously wonder if BarryO has made any secret phone calls to Cheney to ask him to take Biden on a hunting trip!

  48. #48
    On June 9th, 2009 at 1:52 pm, prendad said:

    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:44 am, BlameAmericaLast said:
    Another infuriating OT:

    SWORDLESS SAILORS

    Graduating midshipmen of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis are being told in writing to leave at home or in their vehicles all “ceremonial swords” and anything else “that might be considered a weapon or a threat by screeners” for Friday’s outdoor commencement ceremonies featuring an address by President Barack Obama.
    Inside the Beltway has obtained the academy’s list of prohibited items for this year’s graduation exercises, which, besides ceremonial swords, includes umbrellas.

    When I saw this pile of journalistic horsedump yesterday I could not believe it. Just when you think you have seen the MOST IDIOTIC, RIDICULOUS, MORONIC thing this administration can come up with, they turn around and outdo themselves again. Since the Continental Navy in 1775, Naval officers have been wearing swords. Now, for the first time in 234 years, some IDIOT throws Naval Uniform Regulations into the fire (on top of the constitution which is already burning). And WHY? Is somebody afraid of a terrorist sword attack? Talk about phobias breaking out all over.

  49. #49
    On June 9th, 2009 at 1:54 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    As Mr. Levin says, he is the dumbest man in the senate.

    Mr. Levin, meet Dan Akaka. Nice guy, not so sharp.

  50. #50
    On June 9th, 2009 at 1:55 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Graduating midshipmen of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis are being told in writing to leave at home or in their vehicles all “ceremonial swords” and anything else “that might be considered a weapon or a threat by screeners” for Friday’s outdoor commencement ceremonies featuring an address by President Barack Obama.

    Is there some reason the CIC doesn’t trust his troops?

  51. #51
    On June 9th, 2009 at 2:02 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Is there some reason the CIC doesn’t trust his troops?

    I don’t know, maybe someone should ask him that question. But then again, he blow that one off too.

  52. #52
    On June 9th, 2009 at 2:10 pm, docflash said:

    Give the guy a break,he was a Senator for ONLY 30 years.All he knows is making deals to steal.He didn’t have time to learn anything else.

  53. #53
    On June 9th, 2009 at 2:19 pm, PKAmmoTroop said:

    Almost as much fun as that other mental giant, Al Gore’s, attempt to save the Texas Eagle.

  54. #54
    On June 9th, 2009 at 2:20 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    Is there some reason the CIC doesn’t trust his troops?

    I guess he won’t be visiting Iraq or Afghanistan anytime soon.

  55. #55
    On June 9th, 2009 at 2:31 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On June 9th, 2009 at 2:20 pm, Dexter Alarius said:
    Is there some reason the CIC doesn’t trust his troops?
    I guess he won’t be visiting Iraq or Afghanistan anytime soon.

    Biden: Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes?
    Obama: Asps. Very dangerous. You go first.

  56. #56
    On June 9th, 2009 at 2:48 pm, conservative in europe said:

    Why is it the term “doo doo head” applies to so many people in the current administration?

    Oh yes, I remember – they are Democrats.

  57. #57
    On June 9th, 2009 at 4:55 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Is there some reason the CIC doesn’t trust his troops?

    There is no ‘CIC’–only the ‘TIC’.

  58. #58
    On June 9th, 2009 at 5:20 pm, GraniteMan said:

    If something would happen to Zero this guy is president? How did we get in this mess? Let’s all wwork hard to get a Republican congress so we can at least have a little check on Zero.

  59. #59
    On June 9th, 2009 at 6:48 pm, T-Bone said:

    Republican: I’m voting for Sarah Palin for President.

    Democrat: How could you say that? She has no experience, has ethics problems, and isn’t very smart.

    Republican (laughing all the way to the voting booth): You mean like Obama & Biden? You voted for those 2 braniacs didn’t you? Tell me another good one. Ha Ha.

  60. #60
    On June 9th, 2009 at 6:49 pm, bayou22 said:

    Somewhere Dan Quayle is laughing like Dr. Evil from the Austin Powers movies…

    (Quick! someone ask Joe to spell more words!)

  61. #61
    On June 9th, 2009 at 7:50 pm, T-Bone said:

    I’m getting ready to go nuklear, nukeler, nucleary, crazy on you.

    As soon as I come up with a good strategery.

    But these are only bad if your a republican. Fair and balanced? Only on Fox channel. Joe Biden is a moron but the people love him! Right.

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