It's embarrassing that Biden would ask a guy in a wheelchair to stand up; it's humorous that he considers J-O-B-S a three-letter word; and it's revealing that he called Obama the first "mainstream," "clean" African-American presidential candidate.The only thing we want to know is how do the media whores who call themselves "journalists" sleep at night knowing that they sacrificed their professional integrity to be PR hacks for the Democrat Party?
But none of those have the impact of Biden's "October surprise" in the waning days of the general election campaign last year. At a fundraiser in Seattle, Biden warned a crowd of supporters that America would face "an international crisis, a generated crisis" within the first six months of Obama's administration "to test the mettle of this guy."
As it turns out, Biden wasn't exactly channeling Nostradamus in that prediction. Eight months have passed since Obama was sworn in, and no major foreign policy crisis so far. In other words, add another gaffe to Biden's growing list.
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Biden's emphatic assurance -- "mark my words," he said -- that a crisis would erupt calls into question his judgment. The fact that he didn't soften his prediction with a qualifier shows once again that he shoots firsts and asks questions later, a dangerous trait for nation's No. 2 man.
The media, true to form, have ignored Biden's botched prediction. If Bush or Sarah Palin had forecast a similar apocalyptic thunderstorm that ended up a drizzle, it would be front-page news.
- JP
Obama's embrace of the ousted would-be socialist dictator of Honduras and green lighting Chavez while burning Columbia are a set of failed tests that will be regretted. But so is turning a cold shoulder to Israel and England.
ReplyDeleteThere is no place where Obama has acted wisely in foreign policy. He's been tested and both our enemies and friends have his measure. They think he is a weak man whose only stern resolve is the use of predator missiles for assassination. And recently, special forces in failed states.
Meanwhile, he's set out rules of engagement that have needlessly killed our troops. He'll need to reinstate the draft in less than four years.