Comments on: Biden gaffe: VP is always President of the Senate

By: why is it so hard for people to get their facts straight? : NO QUARTER

why is it so hard for people to get their facts straight? : NO QUARTER — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:54:35 +0000

[...] flat out lies Biden told during the debate, like the one about clean coal, or preconditions, or the constitution, or [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Why can’t Biden count?

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Why can’t Biden count? — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:30:49 +0000

[...] we find out that Joe Biden, a constitutional law professor, can’t identify the part of the Constitution that establishes the legislative branch of the federal government. [...]

By: Shocker, Joe Biden may have told a lie or two at the debate

Shocker, Joe Biden may have told a lie or two at the debate — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:10:52 +0000

[...] he’s wrong. Article I lists the description of the Legislative Branch. The US Constitution states that the VP is the President of the Senate, but has a vote only in a tie which proves the Cheney [...]

By: Who would have thought Biden would get the Constitution wrong? at Buried Planet

Who would have thought Biden would get the Constitution wrong? at Buried Planet — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:05:30 +0000

[...] the Senate and the heir-in-waiting to the President. Ed Morrissey is has a short post on the matter here. Morrissey also tackles the idiocy of Biden’s calling Cheney the most dangerous VP [...]

By: steveegg

steveegg — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:02:30 +0000

The Morning Scramble – The Glorious And Late Return – 10/3/2008…

It’s been far too long since I did a Scramble. In fact, length was and is the problem; it was taking me way too long to put together near the end of the daily run, and despite the suggestion from Fausta that I do a side dish, this family-sized……

By: No Runny Eggs » Blog Archive » The Morning Scramble - The Glorious And Late Return - 10/3/2008

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:01:10 +0000

[...] Ed Morrissey found Biden’s knowledge of the Constitution sorely lacking. [...]

By: How Sarah Palin Won The Debate : P.U.M.A

How Sarah Palin Won The Debate : P.U.M.A — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:59:43 +0000

[...] what is this story about Dick Cheney Darth Vader being the most dangerous Vice-President in history, I thought that distinction went to Aaron Burr who as a sitting Vice-President killed [...]

By: FreeSpeech.com » Blog Archives » Biden’s Lies and the Media’s Duplicity..

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:58:02 +0000

[...] like someone in the Senate as long as Biden has been would know the truth. The truth is that the Vice President is ALWAYS President of the Senate and is in charge of much of its’ procedures. Different VP’s throughout the life of our [...]

By: What does the Vice President do, Joe? « WitSnapper | The Blog

What does the Vice President do, Joe? « WitSnapper | The Blog — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:28:18 +0000

[...] the whole thing. Power Line, Captain Ed, and Instapundit have more (plus a paper by Prof. Reynolds on Dick Cheney’s vice presidential [...]

By: Mere Rhetoric

Mere Rhetoric — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:08:19 +0000

He Misspoke: Biden’s Obnoxiously Smug Assertion About Hezbollah Was Actually An Aggressively Stupid Policy Suggestion About How To Deal With Syria (Plus: Seriously, They Just Don’t Know Stuff)…

When I did yesterday’s post on this genius’s Hezbollah gaffe, I just assumed that he was making it up out of whole cloth. Too generous! Biden, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, misspoke when he said “we kicked……

By: Fact Checking the Palin/Biden Debate « The IUSB Vision Weblog

Fact Checking the Palin/Biden Debate « The IUSB Vision Weblog — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:57:41 +0000

[...] Hotair.com wrote about this issue HERE. [...]

By: dominigan

dominigan — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:16:47 +0000

So, this issue brings up a question…

What would all of you think about using that properly… What if Palin took the role of President of the Senate and started setting the agenda? The Demo-fury would just warm my heart…

By: dominigan

dominigan — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:14:43 +0000

…of course if they actually read the Constitution, they might be shocked to discover that the vast majority of their spending bills are un-Constitutional!

By: dominigan

dominigan — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:12:19 +0000

I posted this over at MM, but thought I would re-post it here. I immediately saw the Constitutional reference problem. I just wish Sarah had nailed him right there with…

“Now Joe, shouldn’t a Constitutional Lawyer and 36-year member of the Senate know that the Executive Branch is defined in Article II, not Article I? And the VP is the President of the Senate, and has a role interacting directly with the Legislature, just like I said.”

“There you go again Joe. Is it any wonder why Americans wonder every day if anyone in Congress has even READ the Constitution? You throw around ‘Constitutional’ and ‘un-Constitutional’… but the truth is, you really just don’t know.”

“The first step in the McCain/Palin Education Plan is to provide members of Congress their very own copy of the Constitution. And following the great examples of public school teachers everywhere, we’ll make sure these scamps are doing their homework by having a pop quiz before signing any legislature. Joe, you might want to start studying… you have a long way to go…”

By: On the Right

On the Right — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:01:36 +0000

You May Want To Read That Job Description Again, Joe…

Biden gaffe: VP is always President of the Senate
If anyone would have guessed before the debate which candidate would
make an error on a Constitutional question, odds would have heavily
favored Sarah Palin. After all, Joe Biden has a license to……

By: Biden’s Debate Gaffes (& Lies) | Counting Sheep

Biden’s Debate Gaffes (& Lies) | Counting Sheep — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:44:54 +0000

[...] other than to vote in the Senate when there is a tie. Article I, section 3, states that the VP is the President of the Senate. He (or she) has no vote unless there is a tie, but holds that position regardless. At various [...]

By: Silent Running » Blog Archive » Interesting perspective. . .

Silent Running » Blog Archive » Interesting perspective. . . — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:39:45 +0000

[...] – Ed Morrissey at HotAir dissects Biden’s mangling of the Constitution, and identifies the possibilities here, but doesn’t quite follow the logic through in the [...]

By: Biden Screws Up on VP Constitutional Question | The American Pundit

Biden Screws Up on VP Constitutional Question | The American Pundit — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:34:31 +0000

[...] only watched the debate on and off last night, so I didn’t catch this. Luckily, Ed Morrissey did. Here’s what Bidden, a lawyer and Washington insider, said: BIDEN: [...]

By: Akzed

Akzed — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:24:18 +0000

He can’t get the VP’s constitutional duties straight, but he found choppin up babies in the Constitution. Huh.

By: angelat0763

angelat0763 — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:23:35 +0000

Oh cripes. So since when is the constitution a major issue anyway?

Both parties trample it on a regular basis. There’s no reason to think that either of them have given it much thought.

By: Badger40

Badger40 — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:18:29 +0000

No freakin’ duh.
What a putz. But then, this is a perfect example of how out of touch with reality these WA insiders are. They believe they can misquote & misrepresent the Constitution to no end bcs they think the American people are morons & can’t read or understand it.
The Constitution is extremely straight forward. How can you get it so wrong?!

By: Wind Rider

Wind Rider — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:53:15 +0000

Biden claimed that the Vice President has no authority other than to break ties. This is grotesquely incorrect. The Vice President, as chairperson of the Senate, has complete parliamentary authority, and believe me, if you know how to use parliamentary procedure, that’s utterly controlling. Ask Nancy Pelosi whether parliamentary authority in the House is inconsequential.

Biden is an idiot.

philwynk on October 3, 2008 at 9:20 AM

My thoughts and impressions from that exchange exactly – this will probably be the reason this WON’T get buried by the MSM once they ponder what she may have been implying.

Can you imagine the impact of an outspoken Sarah Palin regularly showing up for a full day’s work every day the Senate is in Session – at her desk on the Senate floor – and actually exercising the reigns of parliamentary authority?

The US wouldn’t need a Space program anymore, given the number of lefties that will self launch into lunar orbit once they figure out that’s what’s potentially under discussion here.

By: chiefeditor

chiefeditor — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:24:55 +0000

Good one, Joe!

By: Typhonsentra

Typhonsentra — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:06:52 +0000

Wow, just wow.

By: jukin

jukin — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:45:34 +0000

Biden is right, it’s the constitution that is wrong[/DNC]