Biden: Hey, did you know my plane was once fired on by Bosnian snipers?
posted at 1:09 pm on May 20, 2009 by Allahpundit
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I think he’s telling the truth this time. Granted, he’s (a) a moron, (b) a confirmed plagiarist, (c) been caught exaggerating his escapades in war zones at least twice before, but that’s the whole point. Law of averages, people. One of these days he’s bound to stumble into an honest account. If not now, when?
Mr. Biden has also been engaged on the Balkan issue since the early 1990s, when he was an outspoken advocate of the Bosnian cause. During his speech, Mr. Biden recalled his trip to the country in 1993, and how, flying in at the time, his plane was fired upon, and bombed-out homes with snipers inside could be seen.
Geraghty can’t find any evidence that he’s mentioned this before, but I think that’s just Biden being his typically modest self. Does he strike you as the type of guy who’d boast about a heroic brush with danger in a war zone?
At this point, I’ll refer you to I Own the World’s comic rendering of the Adventures of Greasy Joe and say no more.
Update: Someone on Twitter suggests this may be a Biden two-fer — not just a lie but plagiarism of Hillary’s Tuzla nonsense.
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I was gonna post that!
jeffn21 on May 20, 2009 at 3:18 PM
His boss must be stressed a little more than he lets on if Joe is allowed to continue to be off prompter like this.
Speakup on May 20, 2009 at 3:56 PM
Joe, I think it’s time …
VibrioCocci on May 20, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Haha, totally my first thought.
RightWinged on May 20, 2009 at 4:46 PM
As if Joe could have endured the 16 year wait to tell this fabulous story.
obladioblada on May 20, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Hey Joe, don’t forget to mention the attempted assassination as you rode the metro into DC from your home in Delaware….or was it Scranton?
GarandFan on May 20, 2009 at 5:31 PM
It is starting to make some sense why the Dems think Obama is so smart. When they have this idiot as a benchmark, any IQ over that of cabbage would appear smart. But I do hope Joe is allowed to continue his freedom of speech. He may be the GOP’s last-best hope.
MikeA on May 20, 2009 at 6:15 PM
If it didn’t happen that doesn’t make it a lie. It’s just Biden being Biden.
That’s the new excuse for everything he does isn’t it.
Mormon Doc on May 20, 2009 at 6:46 PM
I think they put his hair plugs in too deep.
Mormon Doc on May 20, 2009 at 6:50 PM
I’ll say it one more time. Once an Idiot always an Idiot and he’s a heart beat away from the One.
regmgr on May 20, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Just because he claimed to have experienced an event that never happened doesn’t mean he lied.
Democrats always tell the truth. Always. Even when what they say is at odds with reality, it’s still the truth.
cruadin on May 20, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Wile E. JoeBiden…. Super… Genius!
I kind of like the way that… rolls out.
VekTor on May 20, 2009 at 7:14 PM
I’m a strong advocate for providing Bosnian Snipers with better weapons and training. Would be nice if for once they actaully hit their mark.
MichiganMatt on May 20, 2009 at 8:57 PM
These liberal politicians with their fairy tales about being shot at are a disgrace to all servicemembers who really are getting shot at.
hawkdriver on May 20, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Proof positive that in our system big mouths can become rich and maintain their power as long as their somebody’s bud or relative…oh, and are ideologically correct. Meanwhile those who actually do their jobs and are moral are smeared, screwed over and/or fired.
Anyone who has a job or have been in the military should be well aware of this.
I guess that once upon a time our country was great enough to absorb the damage done by the idiots but I’m not so sure we can survive much more of them from Washington all the way down to the grass roots.
The rest of us always end up paying their way and taking up their slack. These days, it could cost us our very lives.
But, we’re always sure that while standing in the meadow chewing our collective cud that the lightning will strike that ram over there, or the wolf will eviscerate that ewe on the other side of the flock…never us.
Dr. ZhivBlago on May 21, 2009 at 2:02 AM
“Remember, it is not a lie if you believe it.”
George Constanza to Jerry Steinfeld
Uniblogger on May 21, 2009 at 8:24 AM
And to think we could have had Gov. Palin a heartbeat away from the Presidency instead of this gaffbag who lives everyday like it’s a Saturday Night Live skit.
Every day Biden proves Palin’s critics were looking at the wrong joke, because the joke is Him, and America lost.
djn on May 21, 2009 at 8:49 AM
Laugh all you want – He is suffering from senile dementia.
And he will need to be replaced as VP – by someone. Someone the Obots didn’t even vote for.
Biden believes these ludicrous hallucinations and confabulates facts to fill in memory gaps – you think he is fantasizing, he thinks he is telling the truth. This joke is not going to be so funny pretty soon.
batterup on May 21, 2009 at 8:51 AM
From: Vice President Joe Biden
To: The Washington Press Corps
As you know, after my recent slightly embarrassing gaff, in which I revealed that there is a top secret secured bunker in the Vice Presidential residence, I have had to be a little more careful in my off the cuff remarks. Thank goodness I did not also reveal the bunker’s highly classified entry codes, which are my birthday followed by the name of my favorite childhood pet. That would have been really embarrassing.
Vice President Joe Biden
Mr A on May 21, 2009 at 9:28 AM
Too bad dummy wasn’t shot down…
NRA Lifer on May 21, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Even though I could totally agree… I’d hate to see innocent heroes killed along with him. I guess it’s moot, though. This incompetent boob (and his incompetent boss) is going to get a whole lot of innocent people killed.
HomeoftheBrave on May 21, 2009 at 9:46 AM
I think I might have heard this on HA but it is true….
“A friend told me that if I voted for Sarah Palin for Vice President we would end up with a bumbling, scary, insane, idiotic, moronic clown as Vice President and an incompetent idiot as President….. well.. I voted for Sarah Palin for VP and ….. guess what… MY FRIEND WAS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT IN HER PREDICTIONS!!!!… AMAZING!!”
Oh, a Jumpin Delusional Joe is just a hearbeat away from the presidency… what could possibly go wrong????
bullseye on May 21, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Hey Perky Katie Couric…
How do you feel about foisting these losers on our country??
You went after Sarah Palin like crazy but during that interview with plugs on the bus or train (can’t tell which), he makes a huge boner and you stay right in your fourth estate/fifth column sycophant mode.
nice job idiot!!
bullseye on May 21, 2009 at 11:04 AM
If this is true, will somebody PLEASE tell Sarajevo to train their marksmen better?
Turtler on May 21, 2009 at 11:05 AM
How will we finally know that jumpin Joe has gone completely off the deep end and totally delusional??
When Jumpin Joe says that he has seen the actual, real copy of Barry Barack Hussein Obama Soweto’s American Hawaiin birth certificate, then we know he beyond any hope…
bullseye on May 21, 2009 at 11:39 AM
Uniblogger on May 21, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Obama: OK Joe, this is important… I want you to go back over there and find me the evidence, OK? I know you can do it Joe; this is why I chose you. Now, get goin”!!!!
PaCadle on May 21, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Biden is the biggest BOZO VP we have ever had. The world is laughing at us because of Biden. Especially Europe. How embarrassing. Biden has shamed us with his stupidity.
Geochelone on May 21, 2009 at 11:26 PM
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