Good news: Genius VP announces existence of secret bunker
posted at 5:15 pm on May 16, 2009 by Allahpundit
One heartbeat away. And we all know who’s one heartbeat behind him.
Ever wonder about that secure, undisclosed location where Dick Cheney secreted himself after the 9/11 attacks? Joe Biden reveals the bunker-like room is at the Naval Observatory in Washington, where Cheney lived for eight years and which is now home to Biden. The veep related the story to his head-table dinner mates when he filled in for President Obama at the Gridiron Club earlier this year. He said the young naval officer giving him a tour of the residence showed him the hideaway, which is behind a massive steel door secured by an elaborate lock with a narrow connecting hallway lined with shelves filled with communications equipment. The officer explained that when Cheney was in lock down, this was where his most trusted aides were stationed, an image that Biden conveyed in a way that suggested we shouldn’t be surprised that the policies that emerged were off the wall.
I’m pretty sure that’s not the “undisclosed location,” just an undisclosed location. The Cheney bunker where he spent time in lockdown post-9/11 was revealed five years ago to be a complex on the Pennsylvania/Maryland border. (Or was that just disinformation?) By Biden’s own account, only Cheney’s aides were stationed in the bunker at the VP’s house, not the big fish himself. Even so, what was this moron doing musing about vice-presidential security in front of an audience, even one that’s supposedly “off the record” as the Gridiron’s is? Stephen Hayes notes at the Standard that he visited Cheney’s home more than a dozen times and reported extensively on security precautions and yet not until Biden blabbed did he learn that there’s a secret facility at the Observatory. I googled around to try to debunk his claim that this was, in fact, classified information, but the only evidence I can find that the bunker’s existence was already public knowledge are reports circa December 2002 about suspicious construction going on at the Veep’s house. Can anyone shoot down Hayes’s accusation or did Greasy Joe really FUBAR this as badly as it seems?
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so it was true, by the way the left’s response will be about plame.
rob verdi on May 16, 2009 at 5:16 PM
I suppose for a man who should be under observation, locking Jor up at the National Observatory would be kind of fitting.
jon1979 on May 16, 2009 at 5:16 PM
He needs to be in an observatory.
Wade on May 16, 2009 at 5:17 PM
God help the United States of America.
peacenprosperity on May 16, 2009 at 5:19 PM
Quote of the day!
CP on May 16, 2009 at 5:20 PM
My money is on the VP being a moron about state secrets and how to keep his yap shut.
Let’s not forget he’s been a Senator for quite some time, and we all know how well THEY can keep a secret.
Way to go, Joe.
ExSubNuke on May 16, 2009 at 5:20 PM
I smell a Spiro Agnew moment approaching. No way Biden is invited back for the 2012 election. What a smary putz.
RobCon on May 16, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Sorta like Blackbeard listing his secret treasure map on eBay, high resolution scan included.
Limerick on May 16, 2009 at 5:21 PM
What a dunce.
becki51758 on May 16, 2009 at 5:21 PM
At the very least, we now know the location, basic design, basic communication abilities and who be stationed in a secure bunker should there be an attack on DC.
Way to go Joe.
myrenovations on May 16, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Well, what did he do after his first security briefing? “Gird your loins.”
Jim Treacher on May 16, 2009 at 5:25 PM
“And knowing is half the battle. GO JOE!”
Weight of Glory on May 16, 2009 at 5:26 PM
We are at the mercy of spoiled little moronic children.
JellyToast on May 16, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Well Joe! If we’re ever attacked again, at least we’ll know where to find ya! So will our enemies, but hey. Maybe we’ll get to you first! LOL Gaaaaawd this man is incredible in his stupidity! LOL
capejasmine on May 16, 2009 at 5:28 PM
idiot.
wv619 on May 16, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Obama has surrounded himself with the most incompetent administration in history. With Biden at his side, Obama is the smartest man alive standing next to the biggest buffoon alive. It takes narcissim to the ultimate level.
volsense on May 16, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Remember, this is the experience and gravitas half of the Obama/Biden ticket…
/shudder
trubble on May 16, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Well it shows that Democrats really don’t think there is ever a security threat to our country. That precautions are stupid and not to be taken seriously.
Well I certainly feel safer knowing that one of the few humans left to give orders is this nut case.
petunia on May 16, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Most of us would probably feel a little smarter standing next to Biden.
petunia on May 16, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Guess they’re gonna have to plug that bunker up and move it somewhere else.
LibTired on May 16, 2009 at 5:29 PM
A team of morons
William Amos on May 16, 2009 at 5:32 PM
The saying pretty girls, stand next to ugly girls, to make the pretty girl look prettier. Might the same be said for Obama? He stands next to the moron, to make himself look smarter. Doesn’t work, but hey. Whatever floats his boat. LOL
Of course they feel safe. He bowed to the Saudi King. We have nothing to fear! *GULP!!!*
capejasmine on May 16, 2009 at 5:33 PM
:o
Skywise on May 16, 2009 at 5:33 PM
Well Joe, take heart now the terrorists know exactly where to find you when they want you…
canditaylor68 on May 16, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Everytime I read about this admin I think “Morons really are running the country”. I keep hoping it’s just a bad nightmare but, then, I come onto this site and it’s once again confirmed…it’s not a dream it’s…a nightmare come true.
boomer on May 16, 2009 at 5:37 PM
No need for bunker
World loves us now; Bush is gone!
Joe can share secrets
Still in haiku-mode after the Pelosi thread.
kooly on May 16, 2009 at 5:38 PM
“I may have slipped up on the bunker but the world will never know that the code to launch our nuclear weapons is ’123go’.
MaiDee on May 16, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Joe may be on his way out in 2012 which would open the door for Obama to run with Hillary giving her a leg up in 16. Then we would have to go through another historic appointment. First African American followed up by First Woman. That is unless Obama decides to eliminate term limits for the presidency and America accepts a 70 year old woman in the WH. God forbid, all the way around
sherry on May 16, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Thank you, Vice President Ted Striker.
Striker: My orders came through. My squadron ships out tomorrow. We’re bombing the storage depots at Daiquiri at 1800 hours. We’re coming in from the north, below their radar.
Elaine: When will you be back?
Striker: I can’t tell you that. It’s classified.
Loxodonta on May 16, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Vote for Palin and
Get moron VP, they said.
By jove, they were right.
TheQuestion on May 16, 2009 at 5:41 PM
ROFL!!!!
capejasmine on May 16, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Edgar Buchanan could not be reached for comment.
Del Dolemonte on May 16, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Allow me to introduce myself! My name is Wile E. Coyote, er, I mean Joe Biden. Soooper Geeeenius!
:)
AW1 Tim on May 16, 2009 at 5:47 PM
We’re in better hands with Allstate.
Travis1 on May 16, 2009 at 5:47 PM
You damn Obama drones have really f’d up our country.
jencab on May 16, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Y’all are way to funny. I know, seriously, this isn’t funny, but keep the comments coming. We can laugh, or cry, and I prefer to laugh! LOL
capejasmine on May 16, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Newsweek just did an interveiw with the ONE
William Amos on May 16, 2009 at 5:50 PM
The only Bunker this maroon should have known about is Archie.
(Hopefully he only endangers himself with his flapping yap.)
profitsbeard on May 16, 2009 at 5:51 PM
What does “undisclosed location” mean to you, Joe?
cs89 on May 16, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Giving directions to al-Qaida?
Branch Rickey on May 16, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Wow! I’m glad they got to some really serious issues, and didn’t play softball with him. Ugh!
capejasmine on May 16, 2009 at 5:55 PM
News of the bunkers location has reached RightWing Extremist Headquarters (RWE HQ). Preparations are underway as we speak to launch a massive attack.
darwin on May 16, 2009 at 5:55 PM
.
Carl Icahn, back in the eighties, described a phenomenon that he called “Corporate Dry-rot.” It was where high-level managers would hire underlings who would never be a threat to their power, people who were basically incompetent and couldn’t replace their boss. I think we are seeing something along that line. God help us all.
iurockhead on May 16, 2009 at 5:56 PM
pssssst. Mr Biden. If you know how to access airforce one, I’d bet Obama wouldn’t mind you taking her for a joy ride. Say around….Manhattan?
capejasmine on May 16, 2009 at 5:56 PM
The drawer where he keeps his undies closed.
Loxodonta on May 16, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Actually, not even Warner Brothers cartoon characters are as STUPID as Joe Biden.
My collie says:
CyberCipher on May 16, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Dopes.
There are many bunkers and the locations of the designated bunkers change periodically.
Its a shell game for the adversary.
Compromising one doesn’t mean squat.
strangelet on May 16, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Well they did ask Obama what he thought about the collapse of the GOP. He was qucik to repeat the Moderate GOP talking points about how the party has gone too far to the right.
William Amos on May 16, 2009 at 6:01 PM
LOL Scare Force One has a new Capitan!
Branch Rickey on May 16, 2009 at 6:03 PM
You even admit that he compromised it. Way to go, Joe.
myrenovations on May 16, 2009 at 6:05 PM
So sayeth Bizarrelet; so you know it is stooopid!
Branch Rickey on May 16, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Bozo Biden is so thrilled to be in the “inner circle of power” that he cannot help but show off his “superiority.” It’s rather obvious that he cannot keep state secrets or any kind for that matter.
The best use for him is to be fed disinformation that he can spew — oopsie– and really confuse those who wish this nation harm.
What a pathetic piece of protoplasm to be sitting in a position of so much power!
onlineanalyst on May 16, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Yes it does.
Weight of Glory on May 16, 2009 at 6:10 PM
How do you know this? Did Biden reveal that too?
darwin on May 16, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Years ago I wondered how the hell Hitler could take over a country with so much ease. Now I know how easy it’s done.
mixplix on May 16, 2009 at 6:11 PM
What’s the point of targeting Joe Biden anyway? He’s the ace-in-the-hole for any hostile power. Sort of a Rasputin of stupid, the kid playing with matches near the leaky fuel line of the ship of state.
spmat on May 16, 2009 at 6:13 PM
The Rasputin of Stupid… I like that. Well done.
myrenovations on May 16, 2009 at 6:16 PM
OMG, I love Biden. He’s such a moron that at least I can laugh while his idiot boss destroys the economy, terrorizes NYC with a plane, and kowtows to a bunch of psychotics.
After the election, I told a friend of mine that I had the soundtrack to “Cabaret” in my head. Apparently, she doesn’t know how THAT particular story goes. Even better, I’m planning a trip to Turkey next year and she asked me if everyone there was black. And, yes, she voted for Obama and insisted that made her the smartest person in the world….
Smarter powers in charge, I tells ya.
mjk on May 16, 2009 at 6:16 PM
Proof that clumps of cells do have validity. And they can type too!
capejasmine on May 16, 2009 at 6:17 PM
DC is surrounded with bunkers.
oceansidecon on May 16, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Breaking News: Hair Plug Treatment Linked to continued and incessant bouts of stupidity.
Black Adam on May 16, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Years ago I wondered how the hell Hitler could take over a country with so much ease. Now I know how easy it’s done.
mixplix on May 16, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Yeppers, thought the same thing myself; how did the Germans manage to fritter away their nation to a pig like Hitler.
When they come for the guns, and they will, that will be the point of no return.
Bishop on May 16, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Oh, it’s something akin to the Israelis letting slip EXACTLY where their nukes are hidden. fyi – it’s alleged that they are all in Dimona, but that’s probably not true.
It’s not good, sweetheart. It’s a breach of national security. But I suppose that since the only moron who might get hurt is Biden himself, perhaps we shouldn’t worry….
mjk on May 16, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Compromising one doesn’t mean squat.
strangelet on May 16, 2009 at 6:00 PM
One less for the “adversary” to locate.
Try harder will ya?
Bishop on May 16, 2009 at 6:20 PM
This hope and change feels a lot like nausea, and cramps.
capejasmine on May 16, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Soooooooooo…. If Uncle Joe wipped out a map & pointed to just a “few”—not all mind you—but only a “few” locations of where our nukes are located would you grasp what the word compromise meant???
Ladywolfnl on May 16, 2009 at 6:21 PM
LOL!
No worries. Obama can stave off any attack. With a flash of his smile, a wink of his eye, and Michelles behind, we’ll be safe!
capejasmine on May 16, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Yep. And I hear there is one located under the VP’s house. It is behind a massive steel door secured by an elaborate lock with a narrow connecting hallway lined with shelves filled with communications equipment.
myrenovations on May 16, 2009 at 6:23 PM
I gotta wonder…
I picture Obama sitting with his advisors, saying something like:
“OK, we ave the convention coming up, we ordered fancy Greek columns, big stadium, we lined up A-list entertainment, and how about that whirwind European tour with the thousands of adoring crowds, and the interviews in historic places…”
“Excuse me, Senator. It’s time to pick your veep candidate.”
“Alright. Pass me that hat with all the names in it.”
JetBoy on May 16, 2009 at 6:25 PM
The nuttiest part is that the original question was, “Hey Joe, who was your favorite character on All in the Family?”
Jim Treacher on May 16, 2009 at 6:25 PM
ROFLMAO!!!!!!
capejasmine on May 16, 2009 at 6:25 PM
A bunker in the residence of the VP is obvious. It’s a saferoom. It’s already a target. The hot air story itself provides a route to learn more about an actual bunker. More dangerous I think.
oceansidecon on May 16, 2009 at 6:27 PM
I could be drunk all the time and be a better VP than he is.
blatantblue on May 16, 2009 at 6:35 PM
A bunker in the residence of the VP is obvious.
Well sure it’s obvious, so we might as well advertise it just in case the really clueless hadn’t caught on yet; wouldn’t want them to feel marginalized.
The problem is what anyone considers “obvious”, a definition that probably differs from person to person.
Bishop on May 16, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Allahpundit, making the VP less safe. Way to go Allah.
myrenovations on May 16, 2009 at 6:36 PM
I wonder if any one left the key to this bunker for Joe??
Slightly O/T (speaking of Greek Columns)
Ladywolfnl on May 16, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Carl Icahn, back in the eighties, described a phenomenon that he called “Corporate Dry-rot.” It was where high-level managers would hire underlings who would never be a threat to their power, people who were basically incompetent and couldn’t replace their boss. I think we are seeing something along that line. God help us all.
iurockhead
I have suggested the same thing about this administration, but not as eloquently or succinctly. Thanks.
SKYFOX on May 16, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Gaffemaster J strikes again
NoFanofLibs on May 16, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Compared to Joe Biden, it’s Dan Quayle that is the super genius.
CyberCipher on May 16, 2009
I’d love to see a side-by-side comparison of actual (not made up) Quayleisms versus Bidenisms.
SKYFOX on May 16, 2009 at 6:49 PM
Kakistocracy marches on.
single stack on May 16, 2009 at 6:49 PM
Uh huh. This one just happens to be in the Veep’s residence. Compromising one Air Force One or Marine One wouldn’t mean squat either, I suppose.
Buy Danish on May 16, 2009 at 6:51 PM
This country is being run by a bunch of people that get up in the morning, put on fancy suits, have food provided for them, told their sh$t doesn’t stink, have a car and driver pick them up to bring them to the office……………
……… upon arriving, their are scores of staff fawning, salivating, and basically bending over for them, telling them that they are the greatest creatures on the face of the earth.
The afternoon is joined by a luxurious lunch, paid for by the tax payers, where everyone is praised for being the masters of their own universe……..
……. a quick stop by the local press podium to tell the nation that they have never worked harder on our behalf, we are going to have to pay more to fix the problems that they caused, but it’s O.K, they are in charge.
Then cocktails and diner with the movers and shakers who just scored a sweet insider trading deal, those who received billions in tax payer ‘relief’ funds, and of course, the talking heads of our media elite…….
God forbid this nation needs a true leader in the time of an actual emergency………
……… it might interrupt the schedule.
Seven Percent Solution on May 16, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Linky no worky?
He sent some guy with the key down to the Home Depot to have copies made for all his friends. Big tag on the key says “For super-secret bunker”
JetBoy on May 16, 2009 at 6:55 PM
I demand the Cone of Silence!
Loxodonta on May 16, 2009 at 6:55 PM
By your “logic”, then, Armitage’s leaking the name of non-covert CIA agent Valerie Plame didn’t mean squat either.
But we already knew that. Especially since you on the Left had absolutely no problem with Phillip Agee and his fellow getalifes blowing the covers of hundreds of CIA agents, some of whom ended up dead as a result.
Thanks for playing, kid.
Del Dolemonte on May 16, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Damn the term useful idiot comes to mind
Jamson64 on May 16, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Awww, Useful Idiots who targeted RNC convention and police with Molotov cocktails to spend 2 years in jail. No doubt there will be jobs waiting for them as ‘distinguished professors’ when they get out.
Buy Danish on May 16, 2009 at 7:05 PM
oopsy—try this–
Ladywolfnl on May 16, 2009 at 7:05 PM
No key needed. All Biden has to remember is:
Put the candle back.
Loxodonta on May 16, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Oops, link.
Buy Danish on May 16, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Somebody please fax this to AQ … I’m just saying …
Stickeehands on May 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
ROTF!!! Best movie evah!
Talk about an epic *facepalm*…Nothing surprises me these days.
JetBoy on May 16, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Dan Quayle’s got NOTHING on this guy.
bluelightbrigade on May 16, 2009 at 7:17 PM
Good old Slow Joe.
Proof positive of Barry Obama’s “superior judgment.”
AZCoyote on May 16, 2009 at 7:20 PM
Yes. We get it. Biden is Patton. You stupid libs.
LibTired on May 16, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Silly people, we don’t need bunkers anymore, The One’s shiney pecks will protect us from now on.
Rebar on May 16, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Love the Cuda, just a lil FIFY.
NY Conservative on May 16, 2009 at 7:29 PM
Somewhere there were security people face-palming while exclaiming, “Doh”.
thmsmgnm on May 16, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Look, there are many secret underground locations throughout the US, especially in the Beltway. Not even Joe blabbing about them, 24/7, would reveal them all. The tunneling technology that the US possesses, including the likely presence of nuclear tunnelers is just amazing, including their ability to create underground edifices in quite public areas, without anyone knowing.
Mister Ghost on May 16, 2009 at 7:36 PM
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