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| Biden's Afghan Whopper |
| 2008-10-03 |
| Biden is telling absurd lies about Afghanistan tonight. In particular, he's repeatedly claimed that "we've spent less in Afghanistan in seven years than we spend in a month in Iraq." He's made that claim, or claims to that effect, repeatedly. It is, to put it bluntly, a complete Goddamned lie. According to the Congressional Research Service, spending on the war in Afghanistan since 2001 has been $172 Billion. Spending in Iraq is, as the Democrats repeatedly mention, a little under $10 Billion a month. In other words, Biden's number is off by, oh, something like 2000%. Perhaps Obama's Sub-Committee ought to have held some hearings on Afghanistan after all. .As a side note, amazingly, Biden just fell apart on foreign policy there. Did he really promise that Obama would launch a war in Darfur? Never mind his whole mess of an answer on his vote for the Iraq War. Does anyone think that it's really even remotely credible that Joe Biden voted to give George Bush the authority to go to war because he thought he wouldn't use it. If Joe Biden did that, he's among the stupidest men alive |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #14 ROFL, Frank. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-10-03 23:14 |
| #13 it's an "enlarge this image (if you want to see anything visible)" thang, Barbara |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-10-03 22:29 |
| #12 "It doesn't matter if Joe lied, misspoke, or walked out there drunk with his dick out for the world to see." Gee, thanks for that image, remote. Now I have to go scrub my mind's eye with Brillo. >:-( |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-10-03 21:01 |
| #11 Unfortunately when we turned on the prototype Opophis walked through. |
| Posted by: Tranquil Mechanical Yeti 2008-10-03 20:47 |
| #10 ummmm ..... 3dc that sort of thing gets hidden in the black budget under "office supplies" and "transportation maintenance". |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-10-03 20:00 |
| #9 Who's doing the tactical wormhole development to bypass pakiwakiland and supply the zillion new troops Biden wants in Afghanistan? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-10-03 16:56 |
| #8 It doesn't matter if Joe lied, misspoke, or walked out there drunk with his dick out for the world to see. The MSM says he won the debate. That is the end of the story. Now go back to your room and close your mind. |
| Posted by: remoteman 2008-10-03 13:45 |
| #7 Ok all you Bosniacs since Joe Biden likes to talk about Joe Biden, and I'll say that again, since Joe Biden likes to talk about Joe Biden perhaps he should be called the Double Talk Express. Biden had 2 opportunities to name the Afghan Theatre commander and didn't, even after Govorner Palin did. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-10-03 11:37 |
| #6 JOE BIDEN’S 14 LIES TONIGHT 1. TAX VOTE: Biden said McCain voted “the exact same way” as Obama to increase taxes on Americans earning just $42,000, but McCain DID NOT VOTE THAT WAY. 2. AHMEDINIJAD MEETING: Joe Biden lied when he said that Barack Obama never said that he would sit down unconditionally with Mahmoud Ahmedinijad of Iran. Barack Obama did say specifically, and Joe Biden attacked him for it. 3. OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING: Biden said, “Drill we must.” But Biden has opposed offshore drilling and even compared offshore drilling to “raping” the Outer Continental Shelf.” 4. TROOP FUNDING: Joe Biden lied when he indicated that John McCain and Barack Obama voted the same way against funding the troops in the field. John McCain opposed a bill that included a timeline, that the President of the United States had already said he would veto regardless of it’s passage. 5. OPPOSING CLEAN COAL: Biden says he’s always been for clean coal, but he just told a voter that he is against clean coal and any new coal plants in America and has a record of voting against clean coal and coal in the U.S. Senate. 6. ALERNATIVE ENERGY VOTES: According to FactCheck.org, Biden is exaggerating and overstating John McCain’s record voting for alternative energy when he says he voted against it 23 times. 7. HEALTH INSURANCE: Biden falsely said McCain will raise taxes on people's health insurance coverage -- they get a tax credit to offset any tax hike. Independent fact checkers have confirmed this attack is false 8. OIL TAXES: Biden falsely said Palin supported a windfall profits tax in Alaska -- she reformed the state tax and revenue system, it's not a windfall profits tax. 9. AFGHANISTAN / GEN. MCKIERNAN COMMENTS: Biden said that top military commander in Iraq said the principles of the surge could not be applied to Afghanistan, but the commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Force Gen. David D. McKiernan said that there were principles of the surge strategy, including working with tribes, that could be applied in Afghanistan. 10. REGULATION: Biden falsely said McCain weakened regulation -- he actually called for more regulation on Fannie and Freddie. 11. IRAQ: When Joe Biden lied when he said that John McCain was “dead wrong on Iraq”, because Joe Biden shared the same vote to authorize the war and differed on the surge strategy where they John McCain has been proven right. 12. TAX INCREASES: Biden said Americans earning less than $250,000 wouldn’t see higher taxes, but the Obama-Biden tax plan would raise taxes on individuals making $200,000 or more. 13. BAILOUT: Biden said the economic rescue legislation matches the four principles that Obama laid out, but in reality it doesn’t meet two of the four principles that Obama outlined on Sept. 19, which were that it include an emergency economic stimulus package, and that it be part of “part of a globally coordinated effort with our partners in the G-20.” 14. REAGAN TAX RATES: Biden is wrong in saying that under Obama, Americans won't pay any more in taxes then they did under Reagan. |
| Posted by: Beavis 2008-10-03 10:49 |
| #5 Knowingly speaking a falsehood (oops... sorry 'mis-speaking something') is called a 'lie' in my book. And the person who does it is called a Liar. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-10-03 10:39 |
| #4 lol. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-10-03 10:00 |
| #3 Thank God we have NPR to clarify things for us. We're truly blessed. The patriotic thing to do is to restore substantial government funding for NPR immediately and to tax cable news stations. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-10-03 09:39 |
| #2 I'm surprised you would print such balderdash. NPR very carefully explained this moring that Biden's claim is technically correct even if he is comparing Iraq combat funding with Afghan reconstruction funidng. And everything Palin said was a lie. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-10-03 07:14 |
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| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2008-10-03 06:38 |