Biden posted on Huffington Post on 5/15!

[jillan]

Did anyone know that?


McCain Has Zero Plan to Get Us Out of Mess President Bush Has Created
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-biden/mccain-has-zero-plan-to-g_b_101979.html



And there is this:


Which is why the MIDOTW award goes to none other than Joe Biden this week. Biden's response to President Bush's Knesset speech was the best of anyone's. Sure, he actually (gasp!) used profanity, but there are times when you've just got to call a cowpie, you know, "a cowpie." This is one of them, and Biden knew it.

"This is bullshit. This is malarkey. This is outrageous. Outrageous for the president of the United States to go to a foreign country, sit in the Knesset…and make this kind of ridiculous statement," Biden said angrily in a brief interview just off the Senate floor.

"He's the guy who's weakened us. He’s the guy that's increased the number of terrorists in the world. His policies have produced this vulnerability the United States has. His intelligence community pointed that out not me. The NIE has pointed that out and what are you talking about, is he going to fire Condi Rice? Condi Rice has talked about the need to sit down. So his first two appeasers are Rice and Gates. I hope he comes home and does something."

He quoted Gates saying Wednesday that we "need to figure out a way to develop some leverage and then sit down and talk with them."

C'mon, Joe… tell us what you really think!

Heh heh.

Later, Biden tried to walk back his choice of language a bit, but he still blasted Bush while doing so:

In a conference call with reporters later in the afternoon, Biden said his initial word choice was "not very eloquent" and said he should have just stuck with the word "malarkey." Biden said he "reacted viscerally" when asked about Bush's speech after stepping off an elevator.

However, Biden again did not mince words when discussing Bush's remarks, accusing the president of engaging in "long-distance swiftboating" with his speech in Israel. Biden also cited numerous examples of the Bush Administration reaching out to unfriendly regimes in Libya, North Korea and Iran, arguing that Bush's insinuation that the Democrats were soft on terrorism was "truly delusional … and truly disgraceful."

Biden even told Bush to "get a life."

"This is the same president, who talks about appeasement, the same one who asks me to get on a plane and talk to Qaddafi," Biden said. "The same president who made a deal with Qaddafi. He writes letters, 'Dear Mr. Chairman' to Kim Jong Il.

"He oughta get a life here … Under George W. Bush’s watch, Iran, not freedom has been on the march … They’re a lot closer to the bomb… He calls Maliki our guy … Whose policy produced that? Whose watch was that? … Iran’s proxy Hezbollah is on the ascendancy. Don’t take my word for it, look at NIE … Afghanistan, Pakistan, Al Qaeda is stronger now.

"We should take zero backseat to this pres, talking about appeasement. … Under him, Israel is less safe."

So this week's Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week goes to Senator Biden. A special statuette of Biden chucking a cowpie at Bush will be struck for this week only, to honor Biden properly. Well done, Joe!


http://www.chrisweigant.com/index.php/2008/05/16/friday-talking-points-32-democrats-throw-bush-a-few-elbows/#comment-2293

Be still my little heart!

[Muttocracy]

1. oh, thank you - somewhere in the mayhem I saw a reference to HuffPost

but never made it over there to look.

And the statue! :D

[jillan]

2. I'm really beginning to think that Biden is working it and working it good.

His new and improved website. His quick and strong reaction to boosh's unfortunate comment.
His post at Huffpo. Even his interview today.


He wants something more.
He's sharpened up his resume'.




What do you think?

[Muttocracy]

3. his website looks an awful lot like Obama's campaign site!

colors and fonts and whatnot. :rofl:

I just hope Barack will pay off Joe's bills somehow.

Honestly, I don't know which way things are going. I think Joe has to be on a top-5 list for VP AND Sec of State. Would be best for Obama to wait a few months to pick a VP based on what's going on close to the election maybe?

[jillan]

4. Ha! When Biden was still in the race, I kept saying that I wish he would go to Obama's website

to get some ideas.
Sure - now he does it!

Actually, paying off Biden's debts wouldn't be anything in comparison to the talk of him paying off Hillary's.

My guess is that Obama will pick a nominee at the end of June or early July.
It's all going to be over June 3rd - even Hillary has said that on June 3rd we will know who are nominee is. She knows it. She is finishing it out for her supporters in the remaining states.

[Muttocracy]

5. yeah, and I wouldn't have said it weeks ago, but now I think it makes sense to finish it

through the primaries - rather than those poor last 5 or so states not getting to join in the excitement.

[jillan]

6. As a Hillary supporter I can tell you that if she didn't finish it out -

there would be alot of pissed off people.

She has some die-hard supporters....as does Obama.

Just think how we would feel if Biden got to this point in the race and wasn't going to win.
Ouch!

[PatSeg]

8. He really does look

like he's running for something! :shrug:

[gateley]

7. Good finds, P! That's our guy! nt

[gateley]

9. The comments -- all 4 pages! --

were interesting to read, too. Several Biden naysayers, but that comes with the territory. LOTS of positive responses and calls for Biden to become VP or SOS.