Comments on: It’s on: Palin vs. Biden on energy

By: orange

orange — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:37:48 +0000

Among other things, my alternative energy goal for Alaska sits at 50 percent because Alaska reached more than 20 percent during my term in office.

Uhh, if she has an alternative energy goal for Alaska, maybe she shouldnt have quit as governor.

By: Tantor

Tantor — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:49:35 +0000

What’s great here is that Biden has the whole of the liberal media carrying his message while Palin is posting on Facebook. And winning.

Please, Mr Supergenius Joe Biden, please give us more condescension so that Palin can clean your clock on the issues.

By: BobMbx

BobMbx — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:54:08 +0000

Biden is a condescending old jerk. In 2012 will he try to get his senate seat back or just fade into the sunset?

joedoe on November 3, 2009 at 10:33 AM

Fortunately, by the time he becomes a former vice-president, the elections will have been over 2 months. Too late to get on a ballot.

I predict we’ll soon see Uncle Joe doing infomercials for Shamwow and other miracle products.

By: BobMbx

BobMbx — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:49:42 +0000

The extent of Biden’s energy expertise:
switch on
switch off

TQM38a on November 3, 2009 at 9:26 AM
Ya think so? He seems more of a
clap on
clap off
kind of guy.

lonestar1 on November 3, 2009 at 9:51 AM

Biden (looking at the switch): Whats that?

By: CatsGodot

CatsGodot — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:00:01 +0000

Only a completely brain-dead moron would think that it’s any more complicated than “drill, baby, drill”…

….oh, right…we’re talking about Biden. Nevermind.

By: Cybergeezer

Cybergeezer — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:38:51 +0000

Joe Biden; The extreme example of how high a mentally challenged white man can get in federal civil service.

By: Chris_Balsz

Chris_Balsz — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:19:55 +0000

t’s happening. A British judge has ruled that environmentalism has the same legal weight as religion. If you refuse to fly for a job that, well, requires flying, you can sue for unfair dismissal if your refusal to fly is on eco grounds. Stupidity knows no bounds, especially on a socialist continent.

Sharke on November 3, 2009 at 3:11 PM

OUTSTANDING. Citable grounds to sue American politicans who push environmentalism.

By: Chris_Balsz

Chris_Balsz — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:16:53 +0000

Yes, ‘real america’; things are more complicated than just flags and blue skies and eagles and snappy little slogans.

simplesimon on November 3, 2009 at 10:44 AM

Yeah, you have to imagine you gotta reverse industrial production to 1990s levels for a growing 21st century population, or the Earth will explode. That takes some effort!

By: Sharke

Sharke — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:12:09 +0000

Sorry, forgot the link:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/6494213/Climate-change-belief-given-same-legal-status-as-religion.html

By: Sharke

Sharke — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:11:34 +0000

It’s happening. A British judge has ruled that environmentalism has the same legal weight as religion. If you refuse to fly for a job that, well, requires flying, you can sue for unfair dismissal if your refusal to fly is on eco grounds. Stupidity knows no bounds, especially on a socialist continent.

By: Jeff from WI

Jeff from WI — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:31:31 +0000

Palin’s family works on north slope oil rigs. They’re ruffnecks. Biden’s experience with oil is putting on the “idiot sticker” in the upper left windshield corner of his car when he pulls into a Jiffy Lube.

By: 18-1

18-1 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:00:33 +0000

The vice president’s extreme opposition to domestic energy development

That is a very smart way to put it. In fact, we should be using extreme consistently to refer to the Obama administration’s policies. This works on two levels, the policies are extreme of course, and the mushy middle has an aversion to “extreme” policies, whatever the details might be.

Looking at how quickly she has been improving her political game, Palin will be a very serious candidate in 2012…

By: PaddyJ

PaddyJ — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:32:02 +0000

“It’s not simple. Like me.”

By: TQM38a

TQM38a — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:30:19 +0000

The extent of Biden’s energy expertise:
switch on
switch off

TQM38a on November 3, 2009 at 9:26 AM
Ya think so? He seems more of a
clap on
clap off
kind of guy.

lonestar1 on November 3, 2009 at 9:51 AM

I doubt he is capable of putting together any type of rythm in which to operate the “Clapper” or whatever they call it now. It might be too complicated a pattern for his vacuum tube of a brain to handle. ;)

By: tom

tom — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:25:26 +0000

I’m betting the Obama campaign (isn’t that more accurate than calling it the Obama administration?) is gnashing their teeth at this. What better way to undercut their portrayal of Sarah Palin as clueless than for Joe Biden (?!?!) to call her out on the one issue she knows best? Biden might as well be working for the Palin campaign. And since Palin isn’t even campaigning yet, I think we should award Joe Biden the honorary position of First Palin Campaigner.

Joe Biden’s grade card: Exceeds expectations … for the opposite team!

By: Ray V.

Ray V. — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:24:10 +0000

I’ve got lint in my pocket that is brighter than this guy

By: Norwegian

Norwegian — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:18:11 +0000

Drill baby Drill should sound complex enough for Joe…considering.

Nalea on November 3, 2009 at 9:36 AM

Maybe it just brings back bad memories when he had his hair-plugs drilled into his head?

By: John the Libertarian

John the Libertarian — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:15:17 +0000

Yes, ‘real america’; things are more complicated than just flags and blue skies and eagles and snappy little slogans.

simplesimon on November 3, 2009 at 10:44 AM

Like Hope & Change?

Funny if life is so “complicated” that you chose to be simple.

By: hawksruleva

hawksruleva — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:00:51 +0000

The energy policy is complicated because Carter started the department in order to get us off depending on foreign oil and the energy department employes sixteen thousand people and their budget is 2.3 billion dollars. Our oil companies here in the USA are forbidden to drill for oil and we still depend on foreign oil. Do you really think this is a complicated problem?

mixplix on November 3, 2009 at 9:41 AM

Funny how all Democrat solutions lead to more problems, isn’t it? They must all be fans of Rube Goldberg.

By: AnninCA

AnninCA — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:51:28 +0000

The only caveat I have about overreliance on Facebook is that sets the bar pretty high for f2f interviews.

Hope she’s practicing.

By: simplesimon

simplesimon — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:44:25 +0000

“It’s a lot more complicated, Sarah.”

Yes, ‘real america’; things are more complicated than just flags and blue skies and eagles and snappy little slogans.

By: joedoe

joedoe — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:33:36 +0000

Biden is a condescending old jerk. In 2012 will he try to get his senate seat back or just fade into the sunset?

By: Cybergeezer

Cybergeezer — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:19:37 +0000

Sarah’s taking on the competition in their own venue; She’s got more chutzpah than most weak-kneed “men” in D.C. today!
If anyone has the fortitude to confront these communists in Washington, and carry on the Reagan-esque conservatism that this country was built on and flourishes under, Sarah is the ONLY one on the radar.
Sarah is displaying more testicular fortitude than any male in Washington today.

By: Carolina Kat

Carolina Kat — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:11:02 +0000

She’s on point. If she’s not spending a lot of money right now, at least someone is helping her in research/writing area…AnninCA on November 3, 2009 at 9:23 AM

Your proof of that statement?

I daresay she knows about energy and doesn’t need ‘research’, Ann. I also believe she does her own writing as her degree is in journalism. Egads, do you do your own research, or do you just take down the talking points?

By: Cybergeezer

Cybergeezer — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:07:05 +0000

“It’s a lot more complicated, Sarah.”

Coming from a guy that stumbles over his own thoughts; That’s funny!