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
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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This guy is Jomazing!
Abby Adams on May 20, 2009 at 1:11 PM
He eats at fictional diners?
daesleeper on May 20, 2009 at 1:12 PM
Wait. Wait. He’s really going to claim this after the Clinton/sniper debacle? Really?
amerpundit on May 20, 2009 at 1:13 PM
Are those the same snipers that supposedly fired on Hillary? Wow, those guys get around.
TheQuestion on May 20, 2009 at 1:13 PM
A real man of genius.
Johnson on May 20, 2009 at 1:13 PM
Biden’s got a history of exaggerating the circumstances of his foreign plane travel: The Story Behind Biden’s Emergency Helicopter Landing in Afghanistan
Robert_Paulson on May 20, 2009 at 1:14 PM
I believe him.
Keep telling stories, Joe, you always have me as a fan.
myrenovations on May 20, 2009 at 1:14 PM
In mid air?
canopfor on May 20, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Dain bramage.
JetBoy on May 20, 2009 at 1:14 PM
AP is bitchy today. I like.
Apologetic California on May 20, 2009 at 1:15 PM
Can someone please explain how this idiot’s brain escaped from the jar it was being stored in???
byteshredder on May 20, 2009 at 1:15 PM
Joe thinks a flesh covered robot from the future has come back in time to try and kill him.
portlandon on May 20, 2009 at 1:15 PM
I just don’t know if it’s homo sapiens.
MarkTheGreat on May 20, 2009 at 1:15 PM
Joe has been tatooed a delusional fool. He will never recover.
sherry on May 20, 2009 at 1:15 PM
I’m sure his loins were girded.
Johnson on May 20, 2009 at 1:15 PM
Is there such an organization as DumbSh+ts Anonymous?
DumShAnon?
but then, he’s not anonymous…..
Janos Hunyadi on May 20, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Not necessarily.
UltimateBob on May 20, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Hillary Clinton was unavailable for comment.
Knucklehead on May 20, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Somewhere, deep in the bowels of the White House, where the obama administration have banished her, Hillary Clinton is plotting. And screeching like a banshee. “That was MY line! That was MY line!”
HornetSting on May 20, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Vice President Walter Mitty.
Exurban Jon on May 20, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Have you ever noticed that those who have actually had an heroic brush with danger in a war zone……….
………… never want to talk about it?
Seven Percent Solution on May 20, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Your sarcasm is almost too subtle on this one. It’s going to fool some people.
BadgerHawk on May 20, 2009 at 1:17 PM
and yet Palin is the idiot??????
Defector01 on May 20, 2009 at 1:17 PM
I think it’s time to consider that Joe has been lying for so long that he really can’t tell the difference anymore…
BigWyo on May 20, 2009 at 1:18 PM
MORE: Biden revises claim he was ‘shot at’ in Iraq
Robert_Paulson on May 20, 2009 at 1:18 PM
Are we sure Joe isn’t the missing link??
sammypants on May 20, 2009 at 1:18 PM
Joe Klein: If Biden didn’t have brain damage, he would be able to fight on the front lines in Afghanistan.
faraway on May 20, 2009 at 1:18 PM
Assassination and impeachment insurance.
Percy_Peabody on May 20, 2009 at 1:19 PM
Gah. I need to read AP’s posts more thoroughly.
Robert_Paulson on May 20, 2009 at 1:19 PM
Joe is the missing link for devolution.
myrenovations on May 20, 2009 at 1:20 PM
Biden von Munchausen.
Mr. D on May 20, 2009 at 1:21 PM
Assuming that this is true … so what? Maybe we can have a thread about his garbage pickup date.
OhEssYouCowboys on May 20, 2009 at 1:21 PM
You’re presuming he had one to begin with.
TheQuestion on May 20, 2009 at 1:22 PM
Some once said that if I voted for McCain, there would be an idiot for a VP.
DaveC on May 20, 2009 at 1:22 PM
someone, even..
DaveC on May 20, 2009 at 1:22 PM
We could make fun of his commencement speech at Wake Forrest instead…
myrenovations on May 20, 2009 at 1:23 PM
LOL!
WisCon on May 20, 2009 at 1:23 PM
MEGA DITTO’S!
(Wink! Wink!)
Loxodonta on May 20, 2009 at 1:25 PM
His brain isn’t big enough.
BadgerHawk on May 20, 2009 at 1:25 PM
Stand up, Chuck! Aw, God bless ya!
tickleddragon on May 20, 2009 at 1:26 PM
And? So?
Bishop on May 20, 2009 at 1:28 PM
Joe Biden is “borrowing” a story for which Hillary has already been roundly criticized.
What does the pick of super-genius, Joe Biden say for the person who made that choice?
hawksruleva on May 20, 2009 at 1:28 PM
This simpleton reminds me of the Mel Brooks character in the movie “Blazing Saddles”.
TrickyDick on May 20, 2009 at 1:30 PM
I’m not even sure he’s really vice president
wildweasel on May 20, 2009 at 1:30 PM
You know he’s only “a heartbeat away from the Presidency” don’t you? And that he’s the point man for the Stimulus Plan’s oversight?
The point is that Biden is a liar of such epic proportions that he steals the previously-exposed lies of others. How then, are we to believe him about anything?
hawksruleva on May 20, 2009 at 1:30 PM
It’s laser-like surgical logic like this that keeps me coming back, AP. :]
bluelightbrigade on May 20, 2009 at 1:31 PM
It says: The media loves me so damn much that I can put an actual imbecile on my ticket while the media creates the impression the the chick on the other ticket is too dumb to sit in a ceremonial office.
myrenovations on May 20, 2009 at 1:31 PM
Shhh I am enjoying this!
upinak on May 20, 2009 at 1:31 PM
Shhhh! I am totally enjoying this!
upinak on May 20, 2009 at 1:32 PM
The farting horse?
Knucklehead on May 20, 2009 at 1:32 PM
Wow, Hillary must be steaming! O steals all of her good ideas.
Upstater85 on May 20, 2009 at 1:33 PM
That was my first thought as well.
If the country’s in the process of melting down into a leftist communist dictatorship, at least we have Greasy Joe to laugh at.
No, Mister Vice President, we aren’t laughing with you, we’re laughing at you.
crazy_legs on May 20, 2009 at 1:33 PM
Biden’s that crazy, off-the-wall uncle we all know about. Only this time he’s vice-president of the United States.
oh boy.
jdflorida on May 20, 2009 at 1:33 PM
Actually, he’s EXACTLY the kind of guy who would brag about it. The ones who actually live through it… DON’T brag about it.
manwithblackhat on May 20, 2009 at 1:33 PM
We have the worst possible President, already in place. And Pelosi would be next in line, after Biden. What are you going to do about it? Change things from this website?
The question remains: so what? This applies to your response to my post, too.
OhEssYouCowboys on May 20, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Competency evaluation, stat. I starting to think Slow Joe may not be fit to serve.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on May 20, 2009 at 1:35 PM
This sounds entirely credible to me.
DarkCurrent on May 20, 2009 at 1:40 PM
For old times’ sake, Hillary under fire at the Chappaqua 7-Eleven. (It doesn’t count as self-promotion; I’ve retired from blogging.)
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on May 20, 2009 at 1:40 PM
What Biden didn’t tell us was that after his plane crashed and became a fiery inferno, he (with the Power of Teh One), walked out of the plane unscathed with 50 orphans in wheelchairs wheeling behind him.
Upstater85 on May 20, 2009 at 1:41 PM
Quantum tunneling
DarkCurrent on May 20, 2009 at 1:42 PM
LMAO! True! At times this whole Administration reminds me of all the Mel Brooks movies! Humor. The only way to survive these days!
freeus on May 20, 2009 at 1:44 PM
For an atheist, AP sure does have a lot of faith in the intangible.
Jim Treacher on May 20, 2009 at 1:44 PM
So we need to point out to folks that we elected a bunch of idiots. Remind them early and often, and perhaps in 2010 and 2012 we can get some more stable folks in office.
Yes, we can help change officeholders from this website. And if we can’t, so what? If I just want to tell people the dumb crap my Vice President does, I have right to do so. If you have a problem with that, so what?
I admire the deep thoughts behind your question, though. The simple brilliance of it is amazing. You might try shifting to “oh yeah?” or “but still…”, I find those work much better in most cases.
hawksruleva on May 20, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Even if it were true, why is this supposed to make me respect him more than his pilot?
amkun on May 20, 2009 at 1:45 PM
What’s heroic about being fired on? Did he also mention that it scared him so bad he had to change his depends 8 times?
Spiritk9 on May 20, 2009 at 1:46 PM
Congress is full of misfits like Biden. Concern about his being a liar? Who the hell in Congress, isn’t? Lies are how he got elected to Congress. Lies are how they all got elected to Congress.
Biden is no worse than anybody else in the Beltway. That is precisely why this country is collapsing.
The Democrats are Socialists. The Republicans are cowards.
And we are the punished. We pay for their elitism and their lies. Biden is a metaphor for all of them.
OhEssYouCowboys on May 20, 2009 at 1:46 PM
Is there such an organization as DumbSh+ts Anonymous?
DumShAnon?
but then, he’s not anonymous…..
Janos Hunyadi on May 20, 2009 at 1:16 PM
ROTFLMAO!!!!
txag92 on May 20, 2009 at 1:46 PM
Clearly Biden just doesn’t give a damn. Better to be a senator from Delaware He’s taken one of the worst jobs in politics. Unlike Al Gore who NEVER told the truth, he’s at least honest some of the time. Even better, he’s funny most of the time.
doufree on May 20, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Maybe Joe is mistaken, and Neil Kinnock was actually the person who was shot at?
hawksruleva on May 20, 2009 at 1:47 PM
He’s next tin line folks.
Go to sleep with that pleasant thought on your mind.
ugh.
Yakko77 on May 20, 2009 at 1:47 PM
You don’t really believe that, do you?
All those who believe Obama has given Biden any real work to do, raise your hands?
Yeah, I didn’t think so.
Dusty on May 20, 2009 at 1:48 PM
You want “brilliance”? Try this astounding observation about a politician, inside of the Beltway -
Stunning brilliance.
OhEssYouCowboys on May 20, 2009 at 1:48 PM
Obama could learn something from Hillary and Biden.
Obama: “You know, the last time I flew over a Tea Party with uh, Scare Force One, er, I was being sniped at…”
*Michelle Obama Roaring Laughter*
“No, in all seriousness, I think we can come together on our common ground and have a serious discussion about whether it’s OK to snipe at
G-dme.”Upstater85 on May 20, 2009 at 1:49 PM
…. how this idiots brain escaped the jar…..
byteshredder on May,2009 at 1:15PM.
byteshredder: From Young Frankenstein,
Abby-Biden-Normal!hehe:)
canopfor on May 20, 2009 at 1:50 PM
All we can do is kick politicians out and replace them until we get some we can trust. It is possible to govern honestly.
I think Biden IS worse than many folks in the beltway, because he doesn’t give serious thought to the issues. There are lots of politicians who work hard to find solutions to issues, and folks like Biden stay in office by being likeable, and cast votes for bad policies. It’s time to hold politicians accountable for their words and their votes.
hawksruleva on May 20, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Who said oversight of the stimulus plan was real work? The fact that Biden is giving the reports shows how little Obama cares how the money is spent.
hawksruleva on May 20, 2009 at 1:54 PM
Vice President McBragg
crazy_legs on May 20, 2009 at 1:55 PM
It’s only a minor exaggeration. They were Bosnian snipers. Granted, they were ten year old kids and it was spitballs, but c’mon, give the guy a break. A spitball might have hit the plane and made a little mess for the ground crew to clean up.
rbj on May 20, 2009 at 1:58 PM
The Man, the Myth, the Biden.
Always amazing to hear this folks talk up some military event as if they were rolling into Salerno. (The beaches of Normandy get way too much coverage…)
Most folks who’ve been “in country” don’t even bother to mention the bangs, pops, or karummfs that they’ve heard or been witness to. We’ve been there, done that.
keyboarddude on May 20, 2009 at 2:00 PM
My car, and several other cars had been fired on by thugs in South Central L.A….nothing like coming back to the plant with a bullet hole in the trunk of your car.
He didn’t have to waste taxpayers money flying to Bosnia for that, any inner city can give him the same thrill.
right2bright on May 20, 2009 at 2:01 PM
Drag me to Hell! Nancy Pelosi is right after that! Can’t be worse than having a fly crawl up your nose.
kirkill on May 20, 2009 at 2:06 PM
As a Mil pilot let me point out some things very wrong with this story. If they were low and slow enough that plugs could see the many “snipers” then they were already on approach, and those “snipers” were probably our own troops. Also, unless there were tracers there is now way to tell you are being shot at by small arms unless the aircraft is hit (Muzzle flashes do not always mean you are the one being shot at). If there were larger belt fed guns with no way for ground forces to suppress them, then a DV flight with “important” US leaders would probably not be going into the airport in question.
This guy is a moronic looser trying to improve his “war cred.” So who are we getting ready to fight?
cobrakai99 on May 20, 2009 at 2:06 PM
Vice President Walter Mitty, indeed.
Ryan Gandy on May 20, 2009 at 2:06 PM
It was probably a flock of birds, Joe!
capejasmine on May 20, 2009 at 2:11 PM
He had a dream that was happening when the Dr was popping in his hair plugs.
Wade on May 20, 2009 at 2:15 PM
In referring to his Vice President, Lyndon B Johnson said, “All that Hubert needs over there is a gal to answer the phone and a pencil with an eraser on it.”
Slow Joe needs a lot more erasers.
Uniblogger on May 20, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Like the “guns in National Parks story where the lib says she doesn’t want AK-47s pointed at her on a nature hike!” Delusional.
When I was in Switzerland, I was on a nature hike and these youths came walking by, all with automatics (M16s or similar), and I didn’t freak out. All Swiss have to serve in the military, and they were just out practicing I’m sure.
Liberals are scared of their own shadows.
kirkill on May 20, 2009 at 2:20 PM
Who let him out of the observatory?
Wade on May 20, 2009 at 2:25 PM
I truly have begun drinking more and using sleep aid pills since, um, errr, uggg, uhhhh January or so. I think peeps in all 59 states are doing the same, too
Ris4victory on May 20, 2009 at 2:26 PM
My Uncle Murray conquered Egypt. Well, actually, he went to Egypt. Well, that is if you count the Luxor hotel as Egypt. He passed by the Luxor hotel once while in Las Vegas. But let’s not split hairs.
mr.blacksheep on May 20, 2009 at 2:26 PM
Reminds me of that episode of Seinfeld when Peterman paid Kramer for some personal stories so he could use them as his own.
CP on May 20, 2009 at 2:27 PM
ROFL!!!
capejasmine on May 20, 2009 at 2:28 PM
Real Men of Genius:
“We salute you Mr. Delusional Self-Aggrandizing Vice President…”
CP on May 20, 2009 at 2:28 PM
It’s stories like this, that make me miss Phil Hartman all the more. He could do an awesome Biden. Just remove the Frankenstein makeup and combine that character with his Ed McMahon impression and viola’ instant Biden!
Steven on May 20, 2009 at 2:30 PM
My hero.
Akzed on May 20, 2009 at 2:31 PM
Man, first Hillary now Joe. Bosnian snipers must really suck.
Blacklake on May 20, 2009 at 2:45 PM
Joe Biden is a one-man refutation of Intelligent Design.
hicsuget on May 20, 2009 at 2:53 PM
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