Quote of the Day (October 27, 2011)

Palin’s endorsement is worth 5 Bidens
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Don Surber, at the Charleston Daily Mail:

“In fact, an endorsement by Sarah Palin is worth as much as an endorsement by Bill Clinton among voters.”

- JP

Joe Biden stars in the remake of 'Liar Liar'

In which Slow Joe can't tell a lie for 24 hours...
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View the full comic strip at iOwnTheWorld.com

- JP

What if Sarah Palin had said that Mubarak is not a dictator?

“I can see Cairo from my house!”
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‘Whose Bright Idea Was It to Send Joe Biden Out to Talk About Egypt?’ That's the Question of the Day, says Stacy McCain...

...asked by Blake Hounshell of Foreign Policy in response to the latest eruption of Bidenism":

Asked if he would characterize Mubarak as a dictator Biden responded: ‘Mubarak has been an ally of ours in a number of things. And he’s been very responsible on, relative to geopolitical interest in the region, the Middle East peace efforts; the actions Egypt has taken relative to normalizing relationship with — with Israel. … I would not refer to him as a dictator.’

Remember how in 2008 we were told that Biden was such a brilliant choice as running mate and that Obama would benefit enormously from this guy’s vast experience in foreign policy?

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- JP

Dem Pundit Kirsten Powers Won't Rule Out Palin Beating Obama

"I think he's very weak right now"
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Pundits Kirsten Powers and Rich Lowry on Fox News discuss a possible 2012 Palin vs. Obama match up and the Democrats' push to let the Bush tax cuts expire:


- JP

Day By Day (November 7, 2010)

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Good Morning! It's a wonderful life if we just take it Day By Day.



Support Pro-Palin Day By Day

- JP

Quote of the Day (August 23, 2010)

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Carl Cannon at Politics Daily:

"A thin new volume arrived over the transom this week, an offering from Jacob Weisberg called Palinisms: The Accidental Wit and Wisdom of Sarah Palin. There are a few nuggets here, but it would seem from this little paperback that Sarah Palin is not the dimwit liberals make her out to be... It also implicitly raises the question of where the comparable volume is for Joe Biden, the gaffe-prone pol who actually holds the job Sarah Palin sought in 2008."

- JP

What if Sarah Palin had said such a thing?

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Joe Biden, the arrogant clown who is vice president of this nation, called a small businessman a "smartass" after the man asked him to lower taxes. The moronic Biden walked into a custard shop near Milwaukee, Wisconsin this weekend and tried to order ice cream. Evidently he didn't realize that he was in a custard shop, despite the large letters on the sign which read "C-u-s-t-a-r-d." He made this, the latest of his many gaffes, after the manager of Kopp’s Frozen Custard shop told him that his dessert would be on the house if Biden would lower taxes:

"What do we owe you?" Biden is heard saying in footage captured by WISN-TV.

"Don’t worry, it’s on us," the manager replied. "Lower our taxes and we’ll call it [the custard] even."

"Why don’t you say something nice instead of being a smartass all the time?" Biden said a few minutes later.

Biden was in Wisconsin to campaign for leftist Senator Russ Feingold. Just days earlier, the vice president told a crowd at a Feingold fund-raiser that "there’s no possibility to restore the 8 million jobs lost in the Great Recession," and he blamed George W. Bush, even though Biden's party has had control of both houses of Congress for four years and the White House for a year and a half.

Only after the idiotarian veep had some time to think about what a fool he had made of himself (or more likely was informed by one of his handlers) did he try to cover his own backside by saying that his insulting comment was just a joke. But Biden need not have worried about covering his read end. He has a national news media which is only too happy to do it for him, so the story hasn't gotten much play in the lamestream press.

Can you imagine the outcry from the media if Sarah Palin had been in the same situation and had said the same thing Biden did? It would be front page news in every paper across the country, and the story would repeat at the top of every hour on CNN and MSNBC for at least a week.

But Sarah Palin would never insult a small business owner in that manner. She does not possess even a drop of the arrogance which is repeatedly displayed by the president and vice president. Plus, unlike Obama and Biden, Gov. Palin admires and respects the hard-working small businessmen and businesswomen who are part of the engine which creates jobs and drives the American economy.

It has long been common knowledge that Joe Biden is a buffoon, though not many on the left will admit to it publicly. Now he has proven that he is also a no-class jerk.

- JP

Joe Biden: 'I like Sarah Palin'

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On the WSJ Washington Wire blog, Susan Davis writes that Vice President Joe Biden appeared on ABC's "The View" Thursday, and as it usually does on that show, the top of Sarah Palin came up:

Biden was also pressed for his thoughts on his 2008 vice presidential rival, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. “If you meet her, she is a charming person,” he said. “I say this and people look at me like I’m kidding, I like her.”

The show’s conservative, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, asked Biden if he thought Palin posed a threat in 2012, Biden replied: “The governor says she’s not running. I don’t know what she’s going to do. I’m sure whoever the Republican nominee is, it will be a very contested race.”

Of course Sarah Palin has never said that she's not running. On the contrary, she has hinted that she may be very interested in makeing a run. Joe reminds us very much of what Ronald Reagan said in his landmark "A Time for Choosing" speech:

"Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so."

Still, it was very gracious of the veep to say that he liked Gov. Palin, and he was right on the money about how charming she is.

We think that at far as liberals go, Joe Biden isn't such a bad guy, even though he's wrong on a good many issues. He's old school and doesn't seem to drink as much Haterade as the current crop of leftist extremists who are in control of his party and the federal government.

- JP

Sarah Palin Is Not Vice President of the United States

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Sarah Palin is not Vice President of the United States. Joe Biden has that job...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden asked for God's blessing for the late mother of Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen during a White House celebration of St. Patrick's Day - except the elderly lady is very much alive.

"God rest her soul," Biden said Wednesday night as he introduced Cowen and President Barack Obama.

Stand. Upchuck. God love ya, Joe.

- JP

Quote of the Day (March 8, 2010)

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Villainous Company:

"The over the top rants of her detractors, though highly entertaining, aren't terribly convincing. Palin is clearly not a stupid woman. Being deep selected as the VP candidate presented her with about as difficult a task as any politician has ever faced. To her credit, she performed remarkably well. It was hard enough being catapulted onto the national stage without sufficient prep time, but Palin was further constrained by the knowledge that it wasn't her campaign. She was expected to champion a platform she had no hand in shaping. Joe Biden, an experienced political hand who faced none of the hostility the press directed at Palin, had a hard time remembering what he was supposed to support."

- JP

Byron York: Sarah Palin is more popular than Al Gore

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Washington Examiner Chief Political Correspondent Byron York has bad news for those who worship at the altar of Athropogenic Global Warming. Their high priest, Al Gore, is less popular than AGW heretic Sarah Palin:

In the Wall Street Journal/NBC poll released a few days ago, pollsters Peter Hart and Bill McInturff asked, "I'm going to mention some people who have served in public life at some point in the past decade. Please tell me which one or two of these people, if any, you have the most regard and respect for." The list was filled with the predictable answers. The president was on top, named by 28 percent of respondents. Colin Powell was also way up there. But the striking thing is that Sarah Palin, after all the criticism that has been directed at her, finished tied for sixth place, respected by 13 percent of respondents, and Al Gore, after all the praise that has been directed at him, was in eighth place, respected by eight percent. (The poll was taken just before the global warming fiasco in Copenhagen, which seems unlikely to have a positive effect Gore's ratings.)

Former Gov. Palin is also more popular than former Vice President Dick Cheney and current Veep Joe "Jobs-Is-A-Three-Letter-Word" Biden. Read the full Byron York piece here.

- JP

Reaction to Sarah vs.Clueless Joe Biden on energy

Here's some reaction from around the Web to Biden v Palin: The Rematch:

Left Coast Rebel:

"I just caught Biden earlier today talking down to Sarah Palin and her 'drill baby now' mantra. In typical effete, ruling-class snob-liberal M.O., he scoffed at such a simple notion of energy independence."

Sister Toldjah:

"Sarah 2 – Biden 0."

Jim Hoft:

"It’s important to remember that the Obama-Biden energy plan is a non-energy plan. It consists of cutting off domestic production of oil and coal causing prices to skyrocket and implementing costly solar and wind programs that absolutely will not meet America’s energy demands."

Ethel Fenig:

"So you see Vice President Biden, 'drill baby drill' is reasonable, practical advice which will produce thousands of real jobs without taxing for 'stimulus' phony jobs. But apparently that answer is too complicated for the vice president."

Moonbattery:

"Under the radical neo-Marxist administration of Chairman Zero, domestic energy exploration has been halted. Leases to extract oil from Rocky Mountain shale and to explore for offshore oil have been revoked, while billions in loan guarantees have been extended to help Brazilians exploit offshore oil reserves. Why does Brazilian energy development not threaten the environment but American energy exploration does? Another question the Obamunist Cult can't give a good answer to."

VotingFemale:

"Domestic energy development reduces dependence on Foreign Oil, creates domestic jobs, drive down the cost of energy which boosts economic growth, and strengthens US national security. I mean, how hard is that to grasp?"

DaTechGuy:

"Biden speaks to a 'whopping crowd' of media but can’t draw a crowd. Palin is able to answer him via facebook to millions from her keyboard."

Public Secrets:

"Sarah Palin already mopped the floor with him once in their vice-presidential candidates debate last year, so Joe Biden should know better than to look for a rematch."

- JP

Big drip Joe Biden fails to make a splash in Watertown

Joe Biden drew a pitifully small number of people to an Owens rally on th eve of a special election in New York's 23rd Congressional District Monday, prompting the Weekly Standard's John McCormack to title his first blog post from the Watertown event "Biden Packs 'Em In":

"There are maybe 250 people gathered (50 of them are with the media); Watertown has a population of 30,000. The event is open to the public--no one needed a ticket to get in--but the room is only about 65 percent full. The turnout suggests that Joe the Vice President might not connect with working class voters (the kind who populate Watertown) as much as the White House believes he does."

In contrast, Sarah Palin attracted a warm and enthusiastic crowd of 20,000 to Auburn, New York (a town with a population of 27,317) last June.

In a subsequent posting, McCormack reports:

There are signs that Biden may be a toothless attack dog. He was only able to fill a small venue to about 60 percent of its capacity, and a new poll released by Siena college this morning shows that Biden is not popular in the district. The vice president's favorable rating is only +4 (41-37 percent); Hoffman's favorable rating is +14 (47-33 percent).

And then there was the content of the speech itself. The vice president's 35-minute speech meandered through childhood recollections -- such as his lifeguarding on Lake Ontario and watching his father leaving Scranton to look for a job in Wilmington -- and attacks on Republicans.

Biden lit into Republicans for not doing anything about global warming, but one of liberal Republican Dede Scozzafava's few conservative positions was opposition to job-killing cap and trade. And as gas prices have begun to rise, Biden decided to pick a fight with Sarah Palin over drilling for oil.

We wonder, how many votes having Biden campaign in the district will cost Bill Owens and the Democrats?

Hoffman, Baby, Hoffman!

Stacy McCain has more from Watertown here and here.

- JP

Palin Schools Biden: "Hoffman, Baby, Hoffman!"

While campaigning in Upstate New York's 23rd Congressional District Monday, Vice President Joe Biden made the mistake of patronizing Sarah Palin:

"Sarah Palin thinks the answer to energy is ‘Drill, baby, drill,' " Biden said at a rally this afternoon. Then he leaned in to the microphone: "It's a lot more complicated, Sarah."

Biden should have known better than to take on Sarah Palin on energy issues, her strongest suit and an area in which she has real experience and knowledge in depth. The former Alaska governor and oil & gas commissioner was quick to respond on her Facebook Notes page with this statement:

Response to Vice President Biden's Comments Today About My Position On Energy Independence

As the vice president knows, I have always advocated an all-of-the-above approach to American energy independence. Among other things, my alternative energy goal for Alaska sits at 50 percent because Alaska reached more than 20 percent during my term in office. The Obama-Biden administration, on the other hand, recently announced a renewable goal of only 25 percent. However, domestic drilling should remain a top priority in order to meet America’s consumption and security needs.

The vice president’s extreme opposition to domestic energy development goes all the way back to 1973 when he opposed the Alaska pipeline bill. As Ann Coulter pointed out, “Biden cast one of only five votes against the pipeline that has produced more than 15 billion barrels of oil, supplied nearly 20 percent of this nation’s oil, created tens of thousands of jobs, added hundreds of billions of dollars to the U.S. economy and reduced money transfers to the nation’s enemies by about the same amount.”

This nonsensical opposition to American domestic energy development continues to this day. Apparently the Obama-Biden administration only approves of offshore drilling in Brazil, where it will provide security and jobs for Brazilians. This election is about American security and American jobs.

There’s one way to tell Vice President Biden that we’re tired of folks in Washington distorting our message and hampering our nation’s progress: Hoffman, Baby, Hoffman!

- Sarah Palin

This is the same Biden that recently placed himself in a "gaffe-free zone." When will Slow Joe learn that in a debate with Sarah Palin, he brings a knife to a gunfight?

- JP

Among independents, Palin viewed more favorably than Biden

Say it ain't so low, Joe! The left and their media lapdogs have been barking quite a bit lately about how Sarah Palin's favorable rating among independents has fallen. But her overall favorables are actually in a statistical tie with those of Vice President Joe Biden, as his numbers have been dropping at a very steep rate.

But the real kicker is that among independents, Sarah Palin has a considerably higher favorability rating than does Biden, according to two recent Gallup surveys. In a poll conducted by Gallup Oct. 16-19, the veep's favorables among independents is just 32 percent. Palin's favorables among that same demographic, in another poll, this one conducted Oct. 1-4 by Gallup, show the former Alaska governor's favorables to be 41 percent among independents, nine points higher than Biden's.

Considering the pass given Biden by the Obama-loving media and how it has been portraying Palin in the worst possible light for well over a year now, we see those results as nothing less than remarkable.

Overall, Biden's favorables are at 42 percent, while Palin's are at 40 percent. The two-point difference is within the margins of error for both polls, so it's a statistical dead heat.

h/t: FRee Republic

- JP

How will the White House spin this?

Joe Biden says that we're in a depression.



This is the guy Newsweek insisted is "no joke" while liberals claim that Sarah Palin is "dumb." Good Lord, Sarah has abundant common sense, while poor Joe is uncommonly stuck on stupid.

Related: The Reaganite Republican explains Slow Joe's real value to Obama:

"...having Biden as VP makes people think twice when they talk about any disqualification or impeachment."

- JP

If Sarah Palin had said that (Third in a series)

The book of them has grown so thick that Slate has launched a new feature which will catalog the vice president's Bidenisms.

To get things started, Slate's Jeremy Stahl lists some of his favorite Bidenisms, any one of which, had it come from Sarah Palin, would have the Left and their media lapdogs howling. But coming from Biden, Bidenisms are simply ignored, as if they never happened. Here are a few from the list:

"I exaggerate when I'm angry, but I've never gone around telling people things that aren't true about me." — Responding in the New York Times to uproar over his telling a campaign event questioner that he was smarter than said voter (around that time he released a statement admitting much of what he had said about his academic record was not true), Sept. 21, 1987

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"When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened.'" — Revising history slightly in an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric, Sept. 22, 2008

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"You know, I'm embarrassed. Do you know the Web site number? I should have it in front of me and I don't." — Failing to remember name of the Web site Recovery.gov in an interview with CBS's Maggie Rodriguez to promote the Web site Recovery.gov, Feb. 25, 2009

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"The truth is, we and everyone else misread the economy." — Contradicting own administration's economic message in an interview with ABC's This Week, July 5, 2009

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"They have a shrinking population base, they have a withering economy, they have a banking sector and structure that is not likely to be able to withstand the next 15 years. They're in a situation where the world is changing before them and they're clinging to something in the past that is not sustainable." — Forgetting about the reset button with Russia in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, July 25, 2009

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"All you have to do is go down Union Street with me in Wilmington or go to Katie's Restaurant or walk into Home Depot with me, where I spend a lot of time." — Referring to one of his favorite hangouts, along with a restaurant that had been closed for more than a decade, during the 2008 vice presidential debate, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 2, 2008

These pearls of wisdom all come from the man who is just a heartbeat away from the Oval Office. Yet the same moonbats who give this clown a pass think Sarah Palin isn't as smart as they are.

- JP

If Sarah Palin had said that (Second in a series)

From David Bass' The Gaffe Czar at American Spectator:

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.

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.

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?

- JP

Quote of the Day (July 19, 2009)

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From The Scratching Post:

"It's a good thing Biden and Obama are so smart. I'd hate to think what might be happening if some dingbat like Sarah Palin was in office. Her kind just doesn't understand High Finance like the academics and polticians. Shoot, she probably thinks that running up massive deficits is a bad thing to do."

- JP

Memo to Obama: Sully for Flag Ettiquette Czar

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He says it's not a big deal to him, but Sully can't pass up an opportunity to criticize Sarah Palin. So he posts this.

I wonder if Andrew Sullivan, that great defender of flag etiquette, would have bothered to spare the bandwidth to call attention to Joe Biden's treatment of the flag at the DNC:



According to Sully's flag etiquette link:

"The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property."

Perhaps the upside-down flag at Biden's feet was a warning of the "extreme danger" to the United States that the Democrat victory in the 2008 election would bring.

Oh, and Sully? We have your brandishing of kids as political pawns right here.

Bloody hypocrite.

- JP