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Opinion: The VP Debate - It's All About Sarah
What is relatively clear at this point is that the economy, polarization of Palin, and the general unhappiness of the country has really started to solidify the Democrats for Obama and the Republicans for McCain. The arguments these two gentlemen have made about experience, ability to lead, knowledge on the economy, knowledge on foreign policy had a major impact through August and September. Obama had much more to lose - his support was more shaky from the Democrats than McCain's from the Re...
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Fred Thompson says the Afghanistan war is lost!Original at Crooks and Liars
• Thu, Nov 19
By John Amato So President Obama finds himself in a bad situation caused by conservative beliefs and now there really is only one strategy left: When do we leave? That being said, Fred Thompson, in a hatchet-job fashion, says the Afghan war is lost too, because Obama just isn't into it. Wow, aren't Repub...
Fred Thompson's Harry Reid Impression -- By: Pete Hegseth
Original at National Review Online Blogs
• Thu, Nov 19
By webmaster@nationalreview.com (Pete Hegseth) I’m disappointed in Senator Thompson; he knows better. His statements were political, and they do nothing but undermine our troops in the field. We cannot afford to do to President Obama on Afghanistan what the Left did to President Bush on Iraq.
CMI’s Gainor on FNC, Discusses Media’s Treatment of Palin’s BookOriginal at NewsBusters.org
• Thu, Nov 19
By Carolyn Plocher On Nov. 19, Dan Gainor, Vice President of Business & Culture for the Media Research Center, appeared on FNC's "America's Newsroom" to debate with Julia Piscitelli, a Democratic Media Consultant, about how the media has treated Sarah Palin's new book. FNC's Alisyn Camerota focused s...
RE: Joe Biden ..Golfing In Vegas .
Original at airliners.net
• Thu, Nov 19
Quoting Ken777 ( Reply 23 ): It is even a greater fantasy to assume the the military could keep an asthmatic medicated in the jungle or rice patties in Nam. Fair enough , I concede . Joe Biden is easily to be compared 41 .... and should be able to pull the VP card when ever he needs a Tee time.
Biden Security Detail In Car Crash In New York
Original at Huffington Post
• Tue, Nov 17
By The Huffington Post News Editors Vice President Joe Biden was in midtown today for a taping of the John Stewart show, and his security detail hit a bit of a snag while paving his way to the show.
Quick Fact: On Oprah , Palin repeats falsehood that media didn't criticize "other candidates" over fashion
Original at Media Matters for America
• Mon, Nov 16
By J.H. During an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Palin trumpeted the false claim from her memoir, Going Rogue, that criticism over reports that the Republican National Committee spent $150,000 to clothe and accessorize Palin and her family represented a "double standard," because "it...
"SNL" Comes Down On Obama Administration For Caving On Public Option (VIDEO)
Original at Huffington Post
• Sun, Nov 15
By The Huffington Post News Team Vice President Biden (played by Jason Sudeikis) went on to run down other concessions they're willing to make in order to get the bill passed. "For those Republicans who want the bill to protect doctors from medical malpractice suits, you win, we'll agree to a provision that makes it illeg...
Oops: NY Times Claims Biden Never Supported Partition of Iraq
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Sat, Nov 14
By Clay Waters Thursday’s off-lead story by James Glanz and Walter Gibbs is on recent revelations that Peter Galbraith, an “unpaid adviser to the Kurds” who has influenced Democratic policymakers like former senator (now Vice President) Joe Biden and Sen. John Kerry, stands to make millions from his...
Steve Clemons: Give Joe Biden MVP Award This Week on Obama Foreign Policy Team
Original at Huffington Post
• Sun, Nov 8
By Steve Clemons Not a lot has been going right lately for the Obama national security and foreign policy teams. Excellent work Vice President Biden. Steve Clemons publishes the popular political blog, The Washington Note and directs the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation
A Skunk We Should Want? Live-Blogging a Joe Biden Discussion on Challenges Facing US Middle ClassOriginal at The Washington Note
• Thu, Nov 5
WASHINGTON, DC -- 10:00 am -- Vice President Joe Biden was raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania and has lived for decades in Wilmington, Delaware -- both working middle class communities that have been under siege from both domestic and international economic forces.
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough: Joe Biden is the 'Greatest Vice President of Our Time'
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Wed, Oct 28
By Mike Sargent Joe Biden is the "greatest Vice President of our time." None other than Vice President Gaffe. This brings us to our next point of inanity, that Joe Biden hasn't had any big mistakes [emphasis mine] : TINA BROWN: Don't use that phrase, Joe.
John Brown: A Modest Proposal: Make the Pentagon Our Very Own Ministry of Culture!
Original at Huffington Post
• Tue, Oct 27
By John Brown During the U.S. presidential campaign, the Obama-Biden team announced it would would "expand cultural and arts exchanges throughout the world." And Michelle Obama recently stated... During the U.S. presidential campaign, the Obama-Biden team announced it would
Reality Check: Biden At 42% In Context
Original at The Atlantic Politics Channel
• Tue, Oct 27
When the Czech Republic and Poland complained needed reassurance that America stood by its security guarantees, Biden went over to sooth nerves. Biden's in charge of implementing the economic recovery, and certainly has suffered, along with Obama, from perceptions that it has slowed....
Fox News Sunday falsely portrays military as uniformly behind sending more troops to Afghanistan
Original at Media Matters for America
• Sun, Sep 27
By R.S.K. WILLIAMS: Well, I don't know why the need to sort of insult Vice President Biden. The man was head of Foreign Relations, he has extensive, in fact, experience in this arena. But I would point out that this is a moment when you need to take stock -- I disagree with [panelist] Dana [Perino] this is...
Biden Russia Remarks Hit A Nerve In Moscow
Original at Huffington Post
• Mon, Jul 27
By The Huffington Post News Team MOSCOW — An interview U.S. Vice President Joe Biden gave to an American newspaper was front-page news Monday in Moscow, where his characterization of Russia... MOSCOW — An interview U.S. Vice President Joe Biden gave to an American newspaper was front-page news Monday in Moscow, where his char...
Biden makes fun of Obama after teleprompter falls overOriginal at Christian Science Monitor
• Wed, May 27
By jorr So at this point, the vice president had two options. He could ignore it and proceed to give his speech (after all, one was still functional), or he could call attention to it by making a joke at the president’s expense. Guess which option the vice president took?
Will Menaker: VP Biden Reveals Nuclear Launch Codes, Existence of Aliens
Original at Huffington Post
• Fri, May 22
By Will Menaker WASHINGTON -- Long known for his penchant for verbal gaffes and slip-ups, Vice President Biden may have endangered national security as well as permanently altered the course of human history during the course of a freewheeling interview, where the VP seemed to accidentally reveal Am...
Opinion: Biden’s flu safety tips: Don’t go anywhere or do anythingOriginal at Christian Science Monitor
• Thu, Apr 30
By jorr Eric Deggans at the TheFeed wonders, “Why does the White House allow Vice President Biden to speak when words really matter?” If President Obama wishes to handle this crisis by sending Vice President Biden to an undisclosed location until it’s over, well, sacrifices must be made.
Podcast: Oops! Vice President Biden ’swears’ by Amtrak
Original at Christian Science Monitor
• Fri, Mar 13
By jorr Who says that Vice President Biden is not going to be anything like Vice President Cheney. Dissing Amtrak Is Amtrak profitable? No. It never has been. The vice president though is tired of the Amtrak criticism. He’s so tired of it that he said the same word four times in a row.
Opinion: Christina Bellantoni: Clooney gets White House Darfur promise
Original at Huffington Post
• Mon, Feb 23
By Christina Bellantoni Academy Award winning actor and activist George Clooney met privately Monday night with President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to urge the new administration's action on the crisis in the Darfur region of the Sudan. Mr. Clooney told reporters that Mr. Obama said once a foreign...
Podcast: MRC's Motley on Lib Journalists Joining Obama Administration
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Wed, Feb 4
By NB Staff What's more, the revolving door between journalism and the staffs of liberal politicians is nothing new, Motley added that, "[i]n the first two years of the Clinton administration, 33 journalists joined the Clinton administration, so yes, there's a history of this."
Emily Bracken: Weddings/Celebrations Announcement: Jospeh Biden, Barack Obama
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, Jan 28
By Emily Bracken Mr. Biden, 66, is the Vice President of the United States of America. He was a six-term senator from Delaware who, at age thirty, became the fifth-youngest senator in U.S. history. He graduated from the University of Delaware and received a law degree from Syracuse University. He also served as...
Opinion: Bird Is The WordOriginal at YouTube
• Wed, Jan 28
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How To: Stiff RopeOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, Jan 27
By rss@youtube.com (xXxGLLUSIONSxXx) Keywords: Obama magic Stiff Rope self vanish appear hypnotize revealed oath funny lol how to HowTo dangerous crap poop Explanation tutorial screwed screwing up Oprah Dr.Phil Bush Dick Cheney Barack Joe Biden CrissAngel Criss Angel DavidBaine David Blaine Clinton George Bill Hilliar...
How To Get A Girl While Watching A Movie (Tutorial)Original at YouTube
• Sat, Jan 17
By rss@youtube.com (craziboi719) We were bored. No homo. AT ALL. Author: craziboi719 Keywords: How To Get Girl While Watching Movie Tutorial No Homo Boredom Bored Straight Obama We Were Biden Pizza Hands Tea Lips Kiss Arms Yellow Swole Added: January 17, 2009
Podcast: KOA's "Gunny" Bob spins a lie about Biden's moviegoing experience
Original at Colorado Media Matters
• Wed, Jan 7
According to an article posted January 5 on the website of The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware, theater employees said the Bidens attempted to attend a January 3 showing of the movie at the Regal Brandywine Cinemas on Concord Pike in Wilmington, "but left after they were told the mov...
2008 in review: The biggest blunders and juiciest scandals
Original at Campaign Diaries
• Fri, Jan 2
By Taniel 4. Obama’s “bitter” Americans 5. Rudy Giuliani’s late-state strategy 6. The Clintons’ race gaffes: Bill compares Obama to Jesse Jackson; Hillary describes Obama’s weak support among “hard-working Americans, white Americans” — 8. Rudy Giuliani’s Hampton-gate
Patch: I trust Joe Biden (an update to our ongoing solidarity STONEWALL thread) Updated at 2:57 AM
Original at democraticunderground.com
• Mon, Dec 22
Advertisements [ ? ] Edited on Tue Dec-23-08 03:41 AM by themartyred Joe Biden tonight on Larry King Live said that the new administration will push for fair and equitable changes in ... of us have watched with admiration as we grew up, VP Elect Joseph Biden, state on Larry King Live that there w...
Obama Leads McCain 53% To 42% In Final USA Today/Gallup Poll
Original at The Moderate Voice
• Sun, Nov 2
By JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain by 11 percentage points in the last USA TODAY/Gallup national poll of likely voters before Election Day. • Obama, 53%. • McCain, 42%. Obama has a 17 point lead over McCain in Iowa.
Mom of 2 Dancers: Cabbage Patch Election Dolls Obama Palin Biden ...
Original at scrappyd (Blogspot)
• Sun, Nov 2
By Ginny Cabbage Patch Election Dolls Obama Palin Biden McCain. Posted by Ginny Labels: ebay. I'm a huge fan of Cabbage Patch Kids and Dolls in General. I got a big kick out when I came across some recent charity auctions on Ebay today. ...
Cabbage Patch Politics: Where McCain and Obama Can Both Win
Original at FOX News
• Tue, Oct 28
Canoe.ca - Oct 28, 2008 EBay and Cabbage Patch Kids have partnered to create a special series of Obama, Palin, McCain and Biden dolls as part of the Cabbage Patch Kid 25th ... Sarah Palin and Barack Obama cabbage patch dolls for sale Telegraph.co.uk
Opinion: Kurtz: Press "Negligent" In Silence Over Biden Availability
Original at mediabistro.com
• Mon, Oct 27
One, can we stipulate it's responsible journalism to send reporters (actually a handful, who wouldn't even fill up a two-engine plane) to look into the record of a vice-presidential nominee who was largely unknown to the vast majority of Americans until two months ago?
Podcast: RNC uses Rudy Giuliani and Fox News in robocallsOriginal at Crooks and Liars
• Thu, Oct 23
By Nicole Belle John's already posted about the RNC's new ads using FOX News and Andy Martin. But they're not done with the fear-mongering and the blatant lies to scare away voters from Barack Obama. TPM reports that another robocall featuring failed Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani thr...
Robocall Attacks Ramping UpOriginal at Daily Kos
• Wed, Oct 22
By BarbinMD With his multiple wives and cross-dressing ways, Rudy Giuliani was never going to make it onto the Republican ticket, but that doesn't mean that Mr. "a noun, a verb, and 9/11" isn't willing to get down in the mud with John McCain and Sarah Palin. Here's a robocall that is running in Maine, Wisc...
Podcast: Chgo Sun-Times's Sweet: Biden Meant Any Candidate Would Be Tested
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Wed, Oct 22
By Ken Shepherd Chicago Sun-Times Washington bureau chief Lynn Sweet told a Chicago radio duo this morning that Sen. Joe Biden was not referring specifically to Barack Obama in his now-famous comment at a fundraiser that the Illinois senator would be "tested" by a crisis in the first six months of his adm...
What if....?
Original at my.barackobama.com
• Tue, Oct 21
By Roseville City School Board Member What if John McCain was a former president of the Harvard Law Review? Obama: Columbia University - B.A. Political Science with a Specialization in Biden: University of Delaware - B.A. in History and B.A. in Political Science. McCain: PS: What if Barack Obama had an unwed, pregnant teenage daugh...
Podcast: ABC Touts 'Obama's Best Weekend Ever,' Powell's 'Booster Rocket'
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Sun, Oct 19
By Scott Whitlock SAWYER: Because as we said, as Robin just said, it's two years of campaigning and now 15 days before America votes. And Senator Obama got a booster rocket from none other than Republican former Secretary of State Colin Powell this weekend, a Republican and a friend of John McCain. ABC's John...
Podcast: Biden on McCain spending freeze: "same old malarkey"
Original at Wisconsin Radio Network
• Thu, Oct 9
Joe Biden was working the phones on the eve of a major John McCain effort in Wisconsin. With McCain hitting the trail here today and Friday, the Obama campaign makes V.P. candidate Biden available, and he says their ticket will be better for hard pressed middle class families. "People talk abo...
Podcast Enjoys Fictional Explody Goodness
Original at Shire Network
• Mon, Oct 6
Go and see "An American Carol" this week please, in fact we are hoping to be able to speak to the film's director, David Zucker, on the podcast next week. Oh, and if you're holding off on helping the McCain campaign because you figure he's "not conservative enough" for your personal tastes, h...
Opinion: Hilary Lambert: Kentucky Watchers Cheer Biden on Adjustable Mortgage Principals
Original at Huffington Post
• Fri, Oct 3
By Hilary Lambert Before the debate began, Wrensey and Bonnie discussed the roles they felt that President Barack Obama ought to give to Senator Hillary Clinton: Cabinet position, thirty years on the US Supreme Court. For the debate, Wrensey wanted to hear, from Palin, "specific positions and vision"; t...
Opinion: Will Gwen Ifill Challenge Joe Biden’s Iraq ‘Expertise’?
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Thu, Oct 2
By Rich Noyes When Biden was picked in late August, the networks touted Biden’s “wealth of experience” and “long record of accomplishment” on foreign policy (CBS); his “deep foreign policy experience” (NBC); and “foreign policy expertise” (ABC). But only NBC’s Tom Brokaw, interviewing Biden on th...
Opinion: Conservative Response To Latest Palin Clip: Biden Was Worse, Couric’s Evil For ‘Quizzing’ People
Original at Wonkette
• Thu, Oct 2
By Jim Newell PALIN: Well, let’s see. There’s –of course –in the great history of America rulings there have been rulings, that’s never going to be absolute consensus by every American. And there are–those issues, again, like Roe v Wade where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So...
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Opinion: The VP Debate - It's All About Sarah
Original at theliberalcrab (WordPress)
• Thu, Oct 2
By The Liberal Crab What is relatively clear at this point is that the economy, polarization of Palin, and the general unhappiness of the country has really started to solidify the Democrats for Obama and the Republicans for McCain. The arguments these two gentlemen have made about experience, ability to lead, knowledge on the economy, knowledge on foreign policy had a major impact through August and September. Obama had much more to lose - his support was more shaky from the Democrats than McCain's from the Republicans. But sufficient time, issues, and events have solidified Obama's support. As well, Mccain's support from the GOP stalwarts has been tested through these difficult weeks and most still stand by him. So the focus really turns to the indep... [read the full post]
Opinion: Brad Listi: Biden vs. Palin: A Preface to Live-Blogging the Debate
Original at Huffington Post
• Thu, Oct 2
By Brad Listi Obama campaign manager David Plouffe: Ouch. John McCain, talking to Katie Couric: Saul Anuzis, the Republican chairman of Michigan: Robert T. Bennet, the Ohio Republican chairman: And what about Joe Biden? Says Ron Carey, the chairman of Minnesota's Republican party:
Podcast: Obama Launches 'False' Assault on McCain
Original at ProLifeBlogs
• Wed, Oct 1
An Obama-Biden radio ad hammers McCain for being opposed to stem cell research. Not true. Meanwhile two spots from the McCain-Palin campaign, together with the Republican National Committee, describe McCain's support for the research; they're largely accurate.
Podcast: CNN’s Ed Henry: Palin Trip to UN ‘Like Speed Dating with World Leaders’Original at NewsBusters.org
• Tue, Sep 23
By Matthew Balan HILLARY ROSEN, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: The big risk they run with this strategy of having her meet with these leaders individually is that they end up with three days of stories about how she doesn't have foreign policy experience.
Opinion: Always a Spinmeister: ABC’s Stephanopoulos Offers Democratic Spin Two Weeks In a Row
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Fri, Sep 5
By Rich Noyes But ABC’s poll, conducted Thursday after a week of battering coverage of the GOP vice presidential candidate, showed Palin had only a slightly lower overall favorability than Democratic candidate Joe Biden, a difference nearly entirely accounted for by her low approval among Democr...
Podcast: Nets Push Biden to Get Tough; Biden Says Press Has Been ‘Sexist’ and ‘Unfair’ to Palin
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Wed, Sep 3
By Rich Noyes Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden made the morning show rounds on Thursday to respond to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s convention speech, and journalists at NBC, MSNBC, ABC and CNN all encouraged Biden to strongly confront his Republican counterpart, as if Palin has bee...
Opinion: Biden: The American Dream Is Slipping Away Under Eight Years Of Bush And McCain
Original at Huffington Post
• Sun, Aug 24
By The Huffington Post News Team DENVER — Barack Obama says Joe Biden is ready to step in as president. He's not bad in the role of attack dog, either, wasting... DENVER — Barack Obama says Joe Biden is ready to step in as president. He's not bad in the role of attack dog, either, wasting no time gnawing at GOP rival John McCain.
Opinion: Why I Have More Foreign Policy Experience than Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama
Original at The Left Coaster
• Sat, Dec 29
By eriposte Susan Rice, a National Security Council senior aide and State Department official under Mr. Clinton who now advises Mr. Obama, said Mrs. Clinton was not involved in “the heavy lifting of foreign policy.” Ms. Rice also took issue with a recent comment by a Clinton campaign official that Mrs. Cli...