Nuance: Biden suddenly decides he’s all for clean coal
posted at 5:15 pm on September 26, 2008 by Allahpundit
Via Mary Katharine Ham. I say unto you for the third time this week: The man’s a genius.
Campaigning in Pennsylvania coal country on Thursday, the Democratic vice presidential nominee said the government should steer more money to clean coal — a term used to describe a variety of emerging technologies that burn coal for electricity without producing as much pollution.
“I am for clean coal,” he told The Associated Press following a speech in Wilkes-Barre…
The Delaware senator was working a rope line in Maumee, Ohio, on Sept. 17 when a voter asserted that wind and solar energy were “flourishing” in Ohio and then asked Biden why he supported clean coal.
“We’re not supporting clean coal,” Biden replied, putting his hands on the woman’s shoulders. “Guess what? China’s building two every week, two dirty coal plants, and it’s polluting the United States. It’s causing people to die.”
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What a maroon.
Maquis on September 26, 2008 at 5:16 PM
It about time for someone to make a website: http://www.lolbiden.com
It writes itself.
VolMagic on September 26, 2008 at 5:16 PM
Biden’s incompetence is causing me to die.
m064404 on September 26, 2008 at 5:17 PM
lol, fyi that link doesn’t go anywhere.
VolMagic on September 26, 2008 at 5:17 PM
John Kerry 2.0
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 26, 2008 at 5:18 PM
…Biden (or, more properly, Biden’s servants) authored a bill concerning solar power…does the sun even shine in Delaware? It’s small, long and skinny. Don’t they have to move it back and forth between Maryland and the sea to catch the sunbeams?
…it must be a place that defies the usual laws of light, space and gravity…look who they’ve had as senator for the last 35 years?
Puritan1648 on September 26, 2008 at 5:19 PM
Who knew there were people stupid enough to keep voting him in? Delware? Poor, poor people: you could run a dead cat against Biden and the cat should, by all reason and common sense, win!
AubieJon on September 26, 2008 at 5:20 PM
If his lips are moving he’s lying.
TooTall on September 26, 2008 at 5:20 PM
It’s just Joe being Joe.
Meanwhile, were you aware that Palin doesn’t know who the City Dogcatcher in Phnom Penh is; what a disgrace!
Bishop on September 26, 2008 at 5:20 PM
And this surprises anyone…other than the MSM of course. To them it’s Democratic “nuance”. Something the rest of us call “talking out of the other side of your mouth”.
GarandFan on September 26, 2008 at 5:20 PM
He’s a dem, it’s cool.
Spirit of 1776 on September 26, 2008 at 5:21 PM
Palin has so much ammunition, it will confuse her. Often in tennis a “sitter” comes over the net, you have so many options you dump it into the net or hit it out.
I hope Palin doesn’t get like that…he is a “sitter”, she has to put him away.
right2bright on September 26, 2008 at 5:22 PM
Senator Biden, I know Yogi Berra, Yogi Berra is a friend of mine. You, sir, are NO Yogi Berra.
Elizabetty on September 26, 2008 at 5:22 PM
Damn, the Veep debate should allow them to question each other…
Palin: Senator Biden, you were for coal mining, then you were against it, then you were for it again. It’s understandable that you might change your position on an issue during your 36 years as a Washington insider. But flip-flopping twice in one week? It’s not the kind of thing those of us from small towns expect from our representatives. Can you explain to the American people why they should expect that any opinion that you express tonight you’ll still hold tomorrow?
aunursa on September 26, 2008 at 5:23 PM
Is it time to start tying flip flops to sticks and storming the castle?
HawaiiLwyr on September 26, 2008 at 5:23 PM
Sadly, the left and its sheep will chalk it up to “misspoke”.
Of course, he’s a liar, and so is the left.
madmonkphotog on September 26, 2008 at 5:24 PM
Unqualified for VP.
Imagine, God forbid a thousand times, something happened to Obama.
THIS moron would be President?
As the leftists say, this is a sick joke.
I still say a Biden-HilDawg swap is in the works.
Good Lt on September 26, 2008 at 5:25 PM
STAND UP JOE!!!
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on September 26, 2008 at 5:25 PM
If only Sarah Palin had Joe Biden’s experience, poise and leadership instincts.
silverfox on September 26, 2008 at 5:26 PM
Is that Biden giving Straight talk? LMAO..
Chakra Hammer on September 26, 2008 at 5:26 PM
Say Anything
Kini on September 26, 2008 at 5:27 PM
Joe Biden Esq. SUPER Genius..
DaveC on September 26, 2008 at 5:32 PM
Are the leftard pundits working themselves into a lather over how Slow Joe is out of his league yet?
Thank God we’ve got their rightwing equivalents crapping all over Sarah Palin for our enlightenment.
Kensington on September 26, 2008 at 5:35 PM
Words fail.
Topsecretk9 on September 26, 2008 at 5:36 PM
“The coal factories in China are killing you. Now excuse me I have to get back to my ’68 Corvette convertible that gets 8 miles to the gallon and cruise for chicks.”
Mr_Magoo on September 26, 2008 at 5:37 PM
BTW — this a total redo of his hating Princeton, just can’t stand Princeton – Friggin’ LOVE Princeton routine during the Alito hearings.
Topsecretk9 on September 26, 2008 at 5:37 PM
Ya’ll should be nicer to the guy who’s going to be the next VP :/
lorien1973 on September 26, 2008 at 5:38 PM
Oops, sorry it’s a 67 Corvette.
Mr_Magoo on September 26, 2008 at 5:39 PM
and will be a heartbeat away from the Presidency.
Mr_Magoo on September 26, 2008 at 5:40 PM
So when was the last time a democrat ever told the truth? Might have happened, once, the sun shines on a monkey’s ass now and again too.
kirkill on September 26, 2008 at 5:40 PM
learned his place
29Victor on September 26, 2008 at 5:40 PM
Tell that to the punks who can’t even do likewise to the guy who’s President NOW.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on September 26, 2008 at 5:43 PM
kirkill on September 26, 2008 at 5:40 PM
…and pigs fly………..
kareyk on September 26, 2008 at 5:43 PM
Mr Magoo, thanks, he had to buy a car that spews lots of “clean” emissions into the air – since it’s pre-emission standards.
I read where they hooked up a motorcycle (not sure specifics) to an emission tester, and it was about 90% dirtier than a mid sized SUV.
kirkill on September 26, 2008 at 5:43 PM
Grue- you *eat* so much- you better watch it you’re going to get fat. Good thing trans-fats have been banned!
kareyk on September 26, 2008 at 5:44 PM
Umm, Guys?
We could be looking at President Biden here – think of this as a preview and ask yourself: wouldn’t he be better than Obama?
Or, to put it differently, how many different grounds are there now to have President Obama removed from Office even before the swearing in? From Logan act violations to criminal associations the guy’s a target for a dozen actions – and does anyone think the country wouldn’t be better off with Biden? or that the Democrats would hesitate if they had any kind of legal argument against President McCain?
Paul Murphy on September 26, 2008 at 5:46 PM
Hey guys,
[My thoughts on Biden, any and all of which would get me banned - DELETED]
Thanks for letting me vent!
innominatus on September 26, 2008 at 5:47 PM
Weird ticket they got there. The top of the ticket acts like he is Joe Stalin and his #2 acts like a cross between Corky and Ty Webb.
grdred944 on September 26, 2008 at 5:48 PM
Now that McCain has un-suspended his campaign, let’s bring out the “Coal-Miner” ad again, add the newest clip, and then “McCain-Palin: Always for clean-coal power plants.”
Steve Z on September 26, 2008 at 5:51 PM
He’s for super clean coal, you know the kind that will never make it to any electricity plants in the USA, and will only wind up in Chinese electricity plants. Hope this clears up the apparent contradiction.
eaglewingz08 on September 26, 2008 at 5:54 PM
Wasn’t Yogi Berra the guy who said “I came to a fork in the road, and I took it”? Change “road” to “mouth”, and that’s Joe Biden.
Steve Z on September 26, 2008 at 5:54 PM
The top of that ticket is a cross between Al Capone and Jimmy Carter. The ruthlessness of the former and the cluelessness of the latter.
Steve Z on September 26, 2008 at 5:55 PM
It’s all good, I have the metabolism to handle it ;) You’d be surprised how much having to stay out of the light helps with keeping weight down. It’s inexplicable :D
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on September 26, 2008 at 6:00 PM
SOB!
Save Our Biden!
freeus on September 26, 2008 at 6:14 PM
Joe Biden tells Katie Couric that FDR went on television in 1929 to calm the public’s fears after the market crashed — except FDR wasn’t president in 1929 (Hoover was), and FDR’s first television appearance didn’t happen until 1939 (to an audience of 1,000 — the total number of people who had sets capable of picking up the transmission). The MSM ignores Biden’s shocking display of ignorance, because they’re too busy trying to portray Gov. Palin as an ignorant, in-bred hillbilly, who lacks sufficient education to take on the role of VP.
Ironic, isn’t it?
AZCoyote on September 26, 2008 at 6:18 PM
OK, DaveC, since you brought it up, enjoy.
BillH on September 26, 2008 at 6:18 PM
One day they are going to find O-Biden at the bottom of a clean coal mine with no way out.
tarpon on September 26, 2008 at 6:19 PM
Unsafe At Any Speed.
connertown on September 26, 2008 at 6:22 PM
Joe is gonna suddenly develop a heart murmur. It is going to murmur “Gosh I’m tired – this is hard, and they said there wouldn’t be any math.”
Joe is going to drop out for health reasons, and up jumps the she-devil! Just watch.
drunyan8315 on September 26, 2008 at 6:40 PM
Biden and Bill Clinton are the best thing for John McCAin! lol
becki51758 on September 26, 2008 at 6:45 PM
You know we aren’t right when we laugh at Sen. Biden and have a heart attack at Gov. Palin. Or maybe it is just the discrepancy in the coverage.
Cindy Munford on September 26, 2008 at 6:55 PM
And that tidbit coming in the wake of Obama’s post-Olympic chastisement of America, when he told us we should be more like China.
whitetop on September 26, 2008 at 7:04 PM
Whatever it is, I’m for and against it. And I’ve kept yelling since I first commenced it, “I’m for and against it.”
- The Cat
MirCat on September 26, 2008 at 7:09 PM
and the press. iiiiiiiiiiiiis……… ?
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absent……………… =/
Drunk Report on September 26, 2008 at 9:37 PM
And all of this concern about Palin being prepared?
The world is fu*king insane.
Jamson64 on September 26, 2008 at 11:55 PM
You know, I saw an article in my hometown newspaper just last week about all the people in Virginia who died from dirty Chinese coal plants.
Well, no, I didnt, really.
abcurtis on September 27, 2008 at 8:48 AM
Now that’s funny – I dont care who you are.
abcurtis on September 27, 2008 at 8:49 AM
Gee….I need a lawyer for the flip flop whiplash!
grapeknutz on September 27, 2008 at 9:21 AM
Corrections:
Yogi Berra came to a fork in the road, and he took it.
Joe Biden came to a fork in his tongue, and he took it.
Michael Moore came to a fork in his mouth, and he took it.
Wingo on September 27, 2008 at 2:29 PM