To all who wanted the President to drop Joe Biden: How do you like him now? Love the

[mfcorey1]

President for not listening to the echoes.

[hfojvt]

1. probably no point to asking

but why am I supposed to like Traitor Joe now?

For myself, I understand that he was the jackweasel that negotiated both extensions of the Bush tax cuts.

So he's pretty high on my shit list.

[mfcorey1]

2. Very low on mine. There will always be someone who does not like outcomes. In the next four years,

he might piss you off again. The alternatives for office will probably cause your head to explode.

[ZombieHorde]

3. As long as he doesn't make me wear fall colors during spring, we're cool. nt

[green for victory]

4. If you love the Drug War, you love Joey Biden

can't forgive or forget, what about the ruined lives? Few care apparently

Joe Biden's Awful Record on Drug Policy

Biden has sponsored more damaging drug war legislation than any Democrat in Congress. Hate the way federal prosecutors use RICO laws to take aim at drug offenders? Thank Biden. How about the abomination that is federal asset forfeiture laws? Thank Biden. Think federal prosecutors have too much power in drug cases? Thank Biden. Think the title of a “Drug Czar” is sanctimonious and silly? Thank Biden, who helped create the position (and still considers it an accomplishment worth boasting about).

Tired of the ridiculous steroids hearings in Congress? Thank Biden, who led the effort to make steroids a Schedule 3 drug, and has been among the blowhardiest of the blowhards when it comes to sports and performance enhancing drugs. Biden voted in favor of using international development aid for drug control (think plan Columbia, plan Afghanistan, and other meddling anti-drug efforts that have only fostered loathing of America, backlash, and unintended consequences). Oh, and he was also the chief sponsor of 2004?s horrendous RAVE Act.

Biden’s record on other criminal justice and civil liberties issues is just as bad. Opponents of the federalization of crime might note that the 1994 crime bill he sponsored created several new federal capital offenses. Biden also wants to expand federal penalties for hate crimes. He supports a federal smoking ban. His position on the federal drinking age is, and I quote, “absolutely do not” lower it to 18. He believes “most violent crime is related to drugs” (if he had said “drug prohibition,” he’d be closer to the truth). Biden also has an almost perfect anti-gun voting record. He said last year he favors “universal national service,” either in the Peace Corps or the military. Sounds like conscription to me. He says he’s opposed to the PATRIOT Act, but he voted for both the original bill and its re-authorization in 2005.

Foreign policy? Biden voted for the war on Iraq. Yes, he’s opposed to it now (and I like the partition plan he pushed in the primaries). But he didn’t vote correctly when it counted most. Biden also voted to send troops into Darfur. He wants to enlarge NATO. He voted in favor of the air strikes in Kosovo(The First PNAC War). He voted to strengthen the trade embargo against Cuba. His seems to be a meddling, interventionist, Clinton-esque foreign policy. His first instinct seems to be that the U.S. military’s objective include some vague notion of “doing good in the world.” Never mind the disastrous consequences that notion has reaped over the years...
http://www.theagitator.com/2008/08/23/biden/

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Joe Biden is not a friend of the average joe. Joe Biden is an authoritarian jackass who wasn't presidential material, so he got a consolation prize. But he did the Empire well. The Drug War will live on long after Joey Biden retires. Hopefully someone creative will plagiarize his "success" story.

If you support legalized Marijuana and Joey Biden at the same time, you have issues

[eShirl]

5. I like him in general but this is my biggest problem with him. n/t