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| Joe Biden ("the Verbose Blue Hen") riffs on Iraq |
| 2008-09-08 |
| Jake Tapper, "Political Punch" @ ABC News On a flight to Kalispell, Mont., Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., was asked by a reporter, "Do you still believe in a tripartite solution to Iraq?" His answer lasted 13 minutes, 20 seconds. Before we reprint it, in full, it's only fair to ponder how long Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's answer to such a question would be. Mr. Biden's response: "The Bush administration's policy in the beginning -- and John's -- continues to be a strong, central government, democracy, that will gain the confidence of all the Iraqi people that would be a democratic institution that would make the dominoes of the oligarchies fall in the Middle East. That was success, that's what they talked about. Now what's happened? Where there's relative peace, where is it? It's up in the Kurdish area. Where? Where they don't allow Shia troops to come up. Where they don't allow the Iraqi army to come up without their permission. There is now relative calm in Anbar. Why? They did exactly what I proposed two years ago. They turned over authority and trained homegrown local Sh-- Sunnis. And said we promise you, those Shia aren't coming and patrolling your streets. That's called the awakening. That's what got all of the sheikhs to come together and say OK. I predicted if you ask the sheikhs to have their sons join the army or join the police force, the security forces and you told them they'd protect their own area, they'd join in droves. The first day Petraeus wisely made that offer, a thousand Sunnis showed up for the police force. . . . ." Click through if you really want to read it all. According to MS Word, it's 1,317 words long. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #22 Alas, Kerry was only half-right. |
| Posted by: Herb Shomotle3261 2008-09-08 21:42 |
| #21 There were almost enough who thought that Senator John Kerry's blithering indicated intelligence. Amongst them, himself. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-09-08 20:18 |
| #20 FOr thsoe that didn't get it: "Yes or No" was exactly what Biden was saying (i.e. blathering on and not really settling in on a Yes or a No) |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-09-08 20:12 |
| #19 BigJimKY So in essence, was it a Yes or a No? Exactly. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-09-08 20:11 |
| #18 Only to the extent that their mindless blathering can still swing a few of the more uninformed voters in the crowd. And these days that might be enough to turn a national election. Like it or not they're always going to have that sort of influence. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2008-09-08 20:05 |
| #17 AzC, does what the MSM really think matter anymore? Palin's MSMoose hunting and already bagged Olbermann and Matthews. |
| Posted by: Skunky Glins 5*** 2008-09-08 18:47 |
| #16 I'd buy that. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2008-09-08 18:02 |
| #15 Soros |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-09-08 18:01 |
| #14 My thoughts exactly AzCat. I see him as the ventriloquist's dummy or marionette. |
| Posted by: Gladys 2008-09-08 17:27 |
| #13 Every time I hear Obama speak I wonder whose hand is up his ass making the lips move. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2008-09-08 17:09 |
| #12 If they win I look forward to insinuating Biden the one in command and Obama is obviously his empty-headed puppet (a la Cheney and Bush). |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-09-08 17:00 |
| #11 Biden is going to take a beating during the debates. After seeing her performance in the Alaska gubernatorial debate I have one and only one concern about her performance. She tends to give very short direct answers and often doesn't utilize even the full time allotted for her answer. Even if she wipes the floor with Biden the media will seize on this point as evidence that she's vapid and has little to add to the national discussion. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2008-09-08 16:16 |
| #10 Joe Biden The Delaware State Bird, Or "The Fightin Blue Hen." Skooled in the Tripartite Hen House! |
| Posted by: Red Dawg 2008-09-08 13:49 |
| #9 "On a flight to Kalispell, Mont., Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del..."spoke about Iraq for "13 minutes, 20 seconds," being cut short only due to the fact that the flight's duration was 13 minutes, 20 seconds. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-09-08 13:43 |
| #8 This says it all http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1lVSWaafec |
| Posted by: Lftbhndagn 2008-09-08 12:23 |
| #7 Biden has always been the kind of guy who you ask the time and he proceeds to tell you how to build a clock--Biden the Great Bloviator. Was it a yes or no? Maybe maybe not big jim. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-09-08 11:55 |
| #6 Biden is going to take a beating during the debates. |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2008-09-08 11:29 |
| #5 special envoy to lower volta. |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2008-09-08 10:52 |
| #4 Y'know, I think I found a perfect Dem for McCain's cabinet, if McCain should win. Biden would make a wonderful Secretary of State. Seriously.....he could bloviate for hours. He could tie up the entire afternoon for Putin, Imanutjob and Lil' Kimmie over the topic of how he likes his tea. (Ok, maybe UN Rep, but you get the idea.....) |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields 2008-09-08 10:44 |
| #3 I think good 'ol Bambi and Mr. Hair Plugs should be as far away from political power as possible. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-09-08 10:03 |
| #2 Let's imagine what happens if, after Obama misses a heratbeat, Mr Bidden is asked that simple question: "Missiles are heading to the United States what are your irders" and takes 13 minutes and 20 seconds to answer. Let's imagine what happens if Putin begins to think that it will take President Bidden 13 minutes and twenty seconds to answer that question. |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-09-08 09:38 |
| #1 So in essence, was it a Yes or a No? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-09-08 09:38 |