Biden on Obama’s e-mail ad: “I thought that was terrible”
posted at 8:51 pm on September 22, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Skip ahead to 4:05. For the second time in three days, Greasy Joe proves himself one of America’s most effective anti-Obama advocates.
I hope you appreciate his nuance, at least, in hinting that Obama didn’t approve an ad that ended with “I’m Barack Obama and I approve this message.” Exit question: Who’s surprised that Couric didn’t challenge him when he claimed that Obama never okayed sex education for kindergarteners?
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I’m actually looking forward to the VP debate. Of course, Gwen Ifill is the moderator, but still…
capitalist piglet on September 22, 2008 at 8:57 PM
The gift that keeps on giving. Hang in there till Nov 4, Plugs. We are counting on you!
ManlyRash on September 22, 2008 at 8:57 PM
Biden is like a big, goofy, greasy used car salesman. I’m sure he loves his kids and is a nice guy and all but regardless of how much “experience” he has I just find him to be ridiculous. It’s not even about ideology. He just seems like a silly, self important, weasel.
D0WNT0WN on September 22, 2008 at 8:57 PM
Gwen
IfillAwfull is the moderator, but still…Fixed it.
ManlyRash on September 22, 2008 at 8:58 PM
Well I think he earned Katie’s vote. “Are you worried you are going to have to pull your punches?” His answer was better then her question.
Spirit of 1776 on September 22, 2008 at 8:59 PM
Biden, “we can be straight out be ageist, and accept that people will discriminate based on age and we can mock a POW’s war injuries, nothing wrong with that”
How many people are not voting for McCain because of his age?
Is it the Same as people not for Obama because of his race?
———–
Only difference, Obama has played attack ads against McCain’s age and has mocked his age repeatedly on the campaign trail. (The liberal media as also done the same attacks on McCain’s age)
So, Obama needs to quit whining.
Chakra Hammer on September 22, 2008 at 8:59 PM
Smarmy Joe is smarmy.
Although I’m pessimistic about the Biden/Palin debate, if Palin comes out of nowhere to knock him across the room it will be one of the greatest moments in modern American politics.
fiatboomer on September 22, 2008 at 9:00 PM
I got a feeling that Biden might be in a McCain administration. *Shivers*
jencab on September 22, 2008 at 9:00 PM
It’s going to be a long four years.
Steve_Roberts on September 22, 2008 at 9:00 PM
McCain should sum up all these Biden quotes as an “Obama attack ad” – it’d be awesome.
in more ways than one.
lorien1973 on September 22, 2008 at 9:02 PM
Cheney only barely won that Debate again Edwards because Cheney is very good, he had the deck stacked against him it was 2 against 1 and Cheney still won.
Palin has the desk stacked against her, (Ifill and Biden Vs. Palin)
I believe it’s impossible for her to win.
Chakra Hammer on September 22, 2008 at 9:02 PM
Gwen hates Sarah and will be as moist for Biden as Jeanne Cummings of Politico was when she interviewed Thomas Frank: http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=280212-1
I’m quite sure Gwen sees it as her duty as a woman, an African-American, a citizen, and a person of empathy to do whatever she can to embarrass, confuse, belittle, hurt, and destroy Sarah Palin and her candidacy.
D0WNT0WN on September 22, 2008 at 9:03 PM
We all know where we stand. The election is already over.
That’s a fact Jack.
winemkr on September 22, 2008 at 9:03 PM
God! I despise Katie Couric! and I will stand by my prediction: Uncle Joe will be gone by Friday- OR, or they’ll let him debate and depending on how he does, will decide what excuse they use to get rid of him- Dementia or “serious health threat”
anniekc on September 22, 2008 at 9:03 PM
I don’t think 30 second commercials before clips are acceptable. I’ll take your word for it instead of watching.
BL@KBIRD on September 22, 2008 at 9:03 PM
I actually like Biden more now than I ever have.
carbon_footprint on September 22, 2008 at 9:04 PM
I wonder who Joe Bin Biden is going to really vote for when he gets to the voting booth…
SaintOlaf on September 22, 2008 at 9:04 PM
If Obama loses, the Dims probably won’t nominate a Senator for 20 years.
Speedwagon82 on September 22, 2008 at 9:05 PM
Tha Alaskan wilderness is littered with the bones of political opponents who underestimated her. Not for nothing she’s called the Arctic Fox.
ManlyRash on September 22, 2008 at 9:05 PM
Great prediction! They’ll either get rid of Joe Bin Biden or they won’t….brilliant!
SaintOlaf on September 22, 2008 at 9:06 PM
Yeah. I’m thinking Eagleton is pretty much in play with Teh Greaseman.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 22, 2008 at 9:08 PM
When does Katie do Palin? Tomorrow?
lorien1973 on September 22, 2008 at 9:08 PM
maybe bringing a rifle would help.. /just kidding
I’m just saying in a fair debate with equal and fair questions both ways, she could and probably would win..
(I don’t think that’s what we will see, also Biden probably already has the questions that will be asked)
Chakra Hammer on September 22, 2008 at 9:08 PM
Cheney is so hardcore, he skipped debate prep and went fishing in 2004!
Its too bad he comes off as a grump and evil to the Daily Show crowd who grew up thinking men should cry over everything.
Speedwagon82 on September 22, 2008 at 9:08 PM
Yeah, no surprise that McCain was correct about Barack Obama’s vote for comprehensive sex education for kindergarteners (and Katie did not follow up). But I give Joey Plugs credit for criticizing the key board ad.
Mr. Joe on September 22, 2008 at 9:08 PM
Someone explain to me why the GOP would agree to a debate moderated by an activist liberal Democrat like Ifill?
Jaibones on September 22, 2008 at 9:09 PM
Katie, thanks for positioning the camera so the stupid “Change we need” sign is clearly visible over Biden’s shoulder.
You’re so in the tank it’s pathetic.
fossten on September 22, 2008 at 9:10 PM
Best. Democrat. Running. Mate. Evah.
I got a feeling that Biden thinks he’s McCain’s running mate.
Terrie on September 22, 2008 at 9:10 PM
Maybe a shred of decency still resides in Biden – if he criticized the email commercial
EricPWJohnson on September 22, 2008 at 9:10 PM
*channelling Max Goldman from Grumpy Old Men*
oooooooooo…lesbians! Yummy.
ManlyRash on September 22, 2008 at 9:12 PM
Lindsey Graham handled the debate negotiations. Nuff said.
D0WNT0WN on September 22, 2008 at 9:13 PM
ALL the moderators are liberals..
Chakra Hammer on September 22, 2008 at 9:15 PM
Or maybe it’s guilt bubbling up from his political subconscious. If I may paraphrase the Bard:
The campaign’s the show
wherein we’ll catch
the conscience of the Joe.
ManlyRash on September 22, 2008 at 9:15 PM
Graham’s a farking Judas.
ManlyRash on September 22, 2008 at 9:16 PM
Palin/Biden debate isn’t until October. The debate this Friday is between Uh-bam-uh and McCain.
Which will be amusing, because he can’t have his teleprompter.
Enoxo on September 22, 2008 at 9:18 PM
Difference in degree, eh, Joe?
You mean kinda like pretending that McCain didn’t want to regulate Fannie Mae, even though he co-sponsored legislation to do just that?
You mean like tying Rush Limbaugh to McCain and smearing him as a racist in Spanish language ads?
That kind of difference in degree, Joe?
Seixon on September 22, 2008 at 9:19 PM
This is nothing more than a free campaign ad
for the Liberals,and Katie is there to help
GaffeBiden,how sweet!!
Nice attempt CBS!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on September 22, 2008 at 9:22 PM
I’ve made a decades-long investment in disbelieving every word out of Biden’s mouth. Now “Hillary may have been a better choice,” “Don’t mess with my Beretta,” “That ad was terrible.”
I am so confused.
innominatus on September 22, 2008 at 9:23 PM
About time to drop the replace Biden theme, I think. If Barry were to dump him, no matter WHAT the reason, it’d sink him so badly his job description on the resume would have to be “boat anchor”.
irongrampa on September 22, 2008 at 9:23 PM
*bangs head into wall
Spirit of 1776 on September 22, 2008 at 9:23 PM
Biden is a godsend to the GOP. How many gaffes can he commit in one day?
http://tinyurl.com/47d3yl
Philly on September 22, 2008 at 9:23 PM
Biden is highlighting his own incompetence. Nice. Curic is coming back too.
Mojave Mark on September 22, 2008 at 9:24 PM
He managed to get nailed by a journalist who’s on his side and undermine the top of his own ticket at the same time. Awesome.
And the Archbishop of Scranton is not going to have a problem with looking like a bully in the VP debate – he’s going to come across as a condescending jerk instead. He’s good at that. Ask Barack Obama and the people of Western Virginia he talked to the other day.
forest on September 22, 2008 at 9:25 PM
Joe Biden at 2:00:
“And when the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on television…”
Uh. The stock market crashed 3 1/2 years before FDR was president. Television wasn’t around until about 15 years after that. Heh.
Tuning Spork on September 22, 2008 at 9:25 PM
Saw that one coming like a freight train being driven by Austin Powers.
Don’t know when the interview will be – CBS doesn’t seem to be promoting it much. But I’m sure it will be about as friendly as throwing a baseball at a nest of killer bees.
OK, similie-time is over.
fiatboomer on September 22, 2008 at 9:26 PM
I wonder what the nealson ratings were when Lincoln gave the Gettysburg address.
TheSitRep on September 22, 2008 at 9:27 PM
Joe’s not looking to healthy lately, if you know what I mean. I think he will bow out in the next week or two and stay home with the kids and write his memoirs.
The Hildabeast is waiting in the wings ready to take the bridle of power back. Bambi will ask, she will accept. (for the good of the nation of course)
It’s in play, I predicted it when I first saw the “drunk” Joe introducing the Bambi’s on stage in the vid a couple of weeks ago.
The man has got to go, not a “team” player.
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on September 22, 2008 at 9:31 PM
*sigh* I know how you feel, brother. Here’s two Advils
and a scotch chaser.Hic.
ManlyRash on September 22, 2008 at 9:32 PM
Wall Street Crash of 1929
(October 28 and 29, 1929)
Herbert Hoover
31st President of the United States
In office
March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933
The first regularly scheduled television service in the United States began on July 2, 1928.
Chakra Hammer on September 22, 2008 at 9:32 PM
I’m sorry, but the first gaffe I noticed was when he said that FDR went on TV when the market crashed. First, he wasn’t the President then. Second, TV had not yet been invented.
Bugs Bunny: What a maroon.
CC
CapedConservative on September 22, 2008 at 9:32 PM
Yeaaaaaaahhhhhh, bayyyyyyyybee.
ManlyRash on September 22, 2008 at 9:33 PM
And all four people who had television sets loved it.
ManlyRash on September 22, 2008 at 9:34 PM
CBS’s New York City station W2XAB began broadcasting their first regular seven days a week television schedule on July 21, 1931
Chakra Hammer on September 22, 2008 at 9:34 PM
Sorry.
Bambi will not ask.
If Bambi asks, Her Thighness will not accept.
If Her Thighness accepts, neither will get elected.
ManlyRash on September 22, 2008 at 9:36 PM
Exactly, it was a rudimentary TV system when it first came out, nobody could afford a TV set when they first came out.. people used radio.
Chakra Hammer on September 22, 2008 at 9:37 PM
And with that you become an official member of the Democrat Party.
Elizabetty on September 22, 2008 at 9:37 PM
I stand corrected. All 27 people who had television sets loved it.
ManlyRash on September 22, 2008 at 9:37 PM
“Ladies and gentlemen, where are we now? Where are we now?” Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., said to the National Guard Association today, talking about the war in Afghanistan.
“If you want to know where Al Qaeda lives, you want to know where Bin Laden is, come back to Afghanistan with me,” Biden said. “Come back to the area where my helicopter was forced down, with a three-star general and three senators at 10,500 feet in the middle of those mountains. I can tell you where they are.”
OMG! I can’t believe he said this again! Jake Tapper reported this Uber-Gaffer Biden is characterizing his Bill and Teds excellent adventure in OEF as a “Forced Landing” again.
The 101st replaced my unit in OEF (Afghanistan) I still get e-mails from the aviation unit that’s there. That helicopter wasn’t forced down. The crews landed the helicopters because of bad weather. Weather the crews warned the good Senators about. They stated there was a good deal of command pressure from the VIPs to conduct the mission. So they got stuck in the moutains close to Bagram. I certainly wouldn’t back from where they landed, but it’s not like the Konar Valley or Helmant down South. They had to move the pax by ground vehicles the 10-15 miles back to Bagram, but those helicopters were most certainly not forced down. In our way of describing events like that, being “forced down” means either landing due to enemy fire or mechanical damage. Landing due to weather is a PL or Precautionary Landing. It wouldn’t be a big deal if he didn’t keep making it sound like such a life-threatening event. The real danger would have been punching into weather they had no business flying in.
IIMC in the Mountains = Bad!
hawkdriver on September 22, 2008 at 9:38 PM
So you’re sayin’ Biden’s old enough to know? Doesn’t that make him older than McCain?
Skywise on September 22, 2008 at 9:39 PM
The speech wasn’t broadcast at all. Lincoln was a Republican and the three networks wouldn’t break away from their regularly-scheduled game shows to carry it.
Cicero43 on September 22, 2008 at 9:39 PM
No, I’m just a realist and i know when someone has the deck stacked against them..
Gwen Ifill tried to beat Cheney and she failed, she will try harder this time.
Chakra Hammer on September 22, 2008 at 9:40 PM
Biden is just happy someone is paying a smidge of attention to him….
wildweasel on September 22, 2008 at 9:40 PM
wouldn’t “walk” back
hawkdriver on September 22, 2008 at 9:40 PM
Biden has several brain farts, maybe he should get an EEG?
Chakra Hammer on September 22, 2008 at 9:41 PM
Keep Katie,away from SarahCuda on any interviews!
Real nice softball,and chummy interview with fellow
Liberal GaffeBiden!
When HilRod made her run for Senate in New York,
Hillary stayed at Katies place for a week to get
settled!
Its an election,I don’t trust Katie!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on September 22, 2008 at 9:42 PM
O man, you ruined a perfectly good opportunity. Let me show you how it’s done:
No, the speech was not broadcast. As it turns out the three networks were covering a press conference given by George “The One” McClellan, for whom they were in the tank as a sure bet to beat Lincoln in the 1864 election.
ManlyRash on September 22, 2008 at 9:46 PM
That or more fiber in his diet.
ManlyRash on September 22, 2008 at 9:47 PM
I love how Katie can have the Clintons for a sleepover and Stephanopolous worked in the Clinton White House but Fox is biased because Roger Ailes worked for Republicans 20 or 30 years ago. I know we’re all aware of this but it still leaves me stunned.
D0WNT0WN on September 22, 2008 at 9:48 PM
I love these daily Biden threads. The laughs just keep coming every time I refresh the page.
forest on September 22, 2008 at 9:52 PM
None of this matters. The election is over.
(Assuming you believe the Obamatards jumping glee that Obama is ahead in a poll in VA within the margin of error. They are sure it’s over. Heh)
SouthernGent on September 22, 2008 at 9:52 PM
Joe’s not long for this race. (Too piqued).
If not the “beast”, them who?
Bill Ayres?
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on September 22, 2008 at 9:54 PM
Does Joe Biden even know history???!!?? The stock market crashed when Hoover was in the WH, not FDR. and Katie never even caught him on it!
ConservativePartyNow on September 22, 2008 at 9:57 PM
I have a feeling that pretty soon “Change We Need” will take on a whole different meaning to the Senator from MBNA.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 22, 2008 at 9:57 PM
If Sarah Palin had said something like, “And when the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on television…” – can you even freakin’ IMAGINE?
Can you imagine if she had said there were 57 states?
These guys get away with stuff Republicans would absolutely be torched and mercilessly ridiculed for.
capitalist piglet on September 22, 2008 at 9:58 PM
Good comparison. Didn’t McClellan run on a promise to quit the Civil War? Pretty rich especially since he’s the one who blew a chance to destroy Lee’s Army in 1862 at Antietam.
forest on September 22, 2008 at 9:58 PM
Here is the sort version of the video.
AnthonyK on September 22, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Just proves that “Hope and Change” is really “Dumb and Dumberer”.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 22, 2008 at 10:03 PM
At least give Biden credit for criticizing his own campaign. And I agree with him on that point. I’m very proud that he’s the VP Democratic nominee. He’ll make a fine VP for sure.
I guess now I know why the Dems agreed to the limited format for the VP debate. :-)
barry norris on September 22, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Good man! You know your American history.
ManlyRash on September 22, 2008 at 10:15 PM
I give Biden a little credit too. He has more credibility, despite the plagiarism and the helicopter nonsense than Obama will ever have
clnurnberg on September 22, 2008 at 10:16 PM
This is interesting.
Dems put forth a counter proposal for the bailout. Chris Dodd wrote it. Obama has endorsed the plan, I believe – he’s following behind Pelosi here. Dodd is the guy who got sweetheart loan deals from countrywide, remember?
McCain needs to hit this and hit it hard. McCain would be winning if here were pounding on Congress. So many targets…
Come on McCain. Pull -this- trigger.
lorien1973 on September 22, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Words Obama can never say:
“I was wrong.”
“Sorry.”
“Some of the blame is on me.”
indythinker on September 22, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Maybe the GOP is counting on the bias being so obvious that undecided voters move to the McCain camp out of a sense of fairness.
malclave on September 22, 2008 at 10:19 PM
Well at least biden is helping Obama with Pa voters:
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/31023/pennsylvania_electoral_college_2008_x
Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are tied in Pennsylvania, according to a poll by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 45 per cent of respondents in the Keystone State would support either of the two senators, while 10 per cent are undecided or would vote for another candidate.
Oops me bad. He isn’t helping there either. Obam lost 4% in a week. The bad news McCain hasn’t picked them up yet. they moved from obama supporters to undecided.
unseen on September 22, 2008 at 10:20 PM
“unseen on September 22, 2008 at 10:20 PM”
patience; the debates will provide the next tetonic shift that started with palinmania …
Buckaroo on September 22, 2008 at 10:23 PM
FDR got on television when the stock market crashed?
FDR never appeared on television and the market crashed
in 1929. Three years before FDR assumed office.
Biden….your an idiot…buddy.
RobCon on September 22, 2008 at 10:23 PM
“RobCon on September 22, 2008 at 10:23 PM”
heh — dude doesn’t even have the decency to stick to just the one e-mail ad gaffe per clip — he gives us 1/2 an album in a few minutes …
:-)
Buckaroo on September 22, 2008 at 10:25 PM
Memo to Team McCain:
Please find ever more ways to ask Joey Biden questions about Team Obama’s negative ads, preferably in front of a camera or microphone.
Joe “Don’t buy that malarkey” Biden pretty much writes these next McCain ads all by himself.
notta_dhimmi on September 22, 2008 at 10:26 PM
“Uneducated woman’s vote” Anyone else find this statistic insulting? I feel like it’s an indirect way of saying you are stupid if you vote McCain. Also, didn’t Andrea Mitchelle say that only uneducated women would vote McCain/Palin?
Curious does anyone have the statisic as who gets the educated men’s vote?
artchick on September 22, 2008 at 10:32 PM
“Aren’t you afraid you will have to pull your punches” because Palin is a woman? Nice hard hitting questions Katie!
Resolute on September 22, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Chris Dodd wrote it…
lorien 1973 Sept 22,2008 at 10:17PM.
lorien 1973: There should be a call for Barney Frank,and
Chris Dodd to resign immediately!!!!
Rush Limbaugh’s,explained today that all roads,
lead to these two!
They were the ones that were making sure FM,
and FM were giving mortgages to those who
couldn’t afford it period!
And now,Pelosi wants oversight,Chris and Barney
already ran this show into the ground,and their
still in charge!!!!
Everything was tickety boo,until the Libs cont
tolled the House,in 2007!
Before the Libs,got their paws on the House,gas
was $2.30,and the mess with FM,FM was still han
ding out mortgages that couldn’t be afforded!:)
canopfor on September 22, 2008 at 10:46 PM
I swear there’s a Republican ‘527′ with his name on it somewhere…
locomotivebreath1901 on September 22, 2008 at 11:25 PM
Whats with all the Ifill hate? I saw her on Bill Maher and she was the only not treating Sarah Palin like she was Forrest Gump.
Speedwagon82 on September 22, 2008 at 11:37 PM
Biden isn’t disagreeing with Obama’s ad. He’s triangulating!
charlesbird on September 22, 2008 at 11:41 PM
I’m starting to believe there really is a plan to get Biden out soon…but I don’t think in a million years Hillary would take the VP spot unless the hitman has already been retained…Why would she?
CCRWM on September 22, 2008 at 11:43 PM
That’s the one that gets forwarded (without all of the Biden propaganda).
jgapinoy on September 22, 2008 at 11:52 PM
By your admission, she appeared on that evildoer’s show.
BTW–you watch that crap?
jgapinoy on September 22, 2008 at 11:54 PM
I can’t speak for anyone but myself, but I don’t hate her. I just don’t expect any liberal debate moderator (which would pretty much be all of them) to be fair to the Republican ticket. I hope I’m delightfully surprised.
I’m just gonna guess Ifill didn’t go after Palin on that show because she didn’t want to leave a trail of things people could point to, suggesting she had pre-formed opinions about the governor.
capitalist piglet on September 23, 2008 at 12:13 AM
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