Comments on: Really, What Is Joe Smoking?

By: ThomasD

ThomasD — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:13:36 +0000

Actually I think Biden was trying to set up a situation where – when the new POTUS gets tested by some foreign power and Obama doesn’t want to come off like the total pansy he truly is, thereby causing even more and greater shenanigans from the usual suspects, Obama will actually act tough, thereby sounding frighteningly like some sort of AmeriKKKan cowboy, scaring the left into wetting their pants at the thought of AmeriKKKa actually projecting its power. So Biden is just tellling the lefty surrendercrats to take it all in stride and don’t do or say anything that might serve to undermine Barack’s (oops, he meant to say America’s) stature in the world. Because it’s good for Barack, and that’s what’s good for America.

By: Dean

Dean — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:18:04 +0000

I believe he was introducing the concept of “pre-emptive capitulation”. If Iran lobs nukes at Israel or China makes a move against Taiwan, we won’t do squat. He’s just warning everybody ahead of time.

Linked.

By: Mwalimu Daudi

Mwalimu Daudi — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:39:05 +0000

Why up to only 2016? The MSM and their Democrat pets still blame (pick one or more of the following) Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Richard Nixon, and/or Ronald Reagan for any problem from recession to terrorist attacks to crummy Hollywood movies (Sharon Stone once claimed that the repressive atmosphere created by the Bush Administration kept her from an on-screen lesbian kiss with Halle Berry in the celluloid stinker Catwoman). If McCain manages to make the sun rise in the west and win in two weeks he will become the Ultimate Source of All Evil in the world (worse still: Michelle will not be proud of America). For Republican Presidents it is practically a rite of passage to be demonized and dehumanized by the MSM/DNC axis.

Waiting for yuri or some other “smart person” to gurgle to the surface in 10 seconds … 9 … 8… 7 …

By: Rich Horton

Rich Horton — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:35:13 +0000

Still doesn’t quite make sense of the term “generated crisis,” but I agree with your larger point. I expect anything bad that happens between now and, say, 2016 will be Bush’s fault.

By: Mwalimu Daudi

Mwalimu Daudi — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:34:19 +0000

Actually Rich, Biden was just engaging in a little pre-emptive CYA. A loose translation of what the Deputy Messiah said is: “Ask not what you can do for your country, but instead ask how you can help to make sure that anything that goes wrong during our regime gets blamed on George Bush. Or conservative talk radio. Or Christians. Or sub-prime mortgage rates. Or FOX News. Or Wall Street greed. Or (this is the default position) the racists that can be found under every bed in this under-taxed country.”

By: Rich Horton

Rich Horton — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:24:39 +0000

Sam, I’m still not sure it makes sense reading it the way you do. I mean, I can see regimes testing any new president, but whyh will we “seem in the wrong”? It begs to be seen as “appearances will be different from reality” especially when he doesn’t say exactly what he has in mind.

By: sam

sam — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:41:20 +0000

I think that Biden is just acknowledging what a lot of other people think; that if Obama is elected then other world leaders with an antagonism toward the US will test him to see how he will react. I could name several: Putin, Chavez, Iran, N. Korea – you know, all the usual suspects. I don’t think you need to think up some conspiracy theory – Biden is just agreeing with one of the McCain talking points about Obama’s inexperience and temperament in foreign policy.

By: feeblemind

feeblemind — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:38:01 +0000

How can this be?? I thought Obama was going to bring in a 1000 year era of peace and harmony by the sheer force of his charm, charisma and eloquent tongue. Why would anyone feel the need to test such a man? How could He possibly make a wrong decision?

By: Bleepless

Bleepless — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:26:01 +0000

To put it in one little three-letter word, Biden is n-u-t-s.

By: Rich Horton

Rich Horton — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:31:13 +0000

I know what you mean Hermit…but Biden’s comments nearly beg for such a reaction. The loonies are gonna have a field day with his comments…I just want to know if Biden is himself one of the loonies.

By: Public Secrets

Public Secrets — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:20:07 +0000

Biden says to vote for McCain…

How else would you interpret this amazing statement: “Mark my words,” the Democratic vice presidential nominee warned at the second of his two Seattle fundraisers Sunday. “It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they……

By: Hermit

Hermit — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:13:05 +0000

Maybe Obama, Joe and friends are cooking up a false flag scenario with a predetermined outcome only they are aware of. I wouldn’t put it past them.

Sorry… I should stay away from those darned conspiracy theories.

By: syn

syn — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:51:51 +0000

“What in the hell is he talking about?”

He’s talking about Obama having absolutely no experience in handling an international crisis, generated or otherwise.