Hmmm, really tough choice.
Joe Biden recalls something he said to George W. Bush. Karl Rove comes out and calls Biden a liar.
Wow, if it comes down to the word of Karl Rove against Joe Biden, who O who would I believe? Let's put it this way, if Rove says the sky is blue I'm going out to check it for myself.
The one most likely to be a liar is the representative of the lyingest Administration ever, Karl Rove.
Sarah Palin on the upcoming debate with Joe Biden:
“I’m looking forward to meeting him, too,’’ she said. “I’ve never met him before, but I’ve been hearing about his Senate speeches since I was in, like, second grade.’’She's definitely got me beat. When I was in second grade I was barely aware that politics -- the Senate, the House, all that -- even existed. Of course I must have known there was a president, and I know who the president was at the time, by hindsight, but that's about it.
McCain's campaign has been making hay out of the fact that when Biden was running for president he took a few negative jabs at Obama. Of course that's the way it goes when you're going for the nomination. But now McCain -- putting aside the way it goes and taking all this very literally -- is citing Biden's words as proof that Obama isn't ready for president.
But that old knife cuts both ways. If Biden's words against Obama are credible, then Biden's words against McCain need to be taken as credible. And Biden has some pretty sharp things to say about McCain.
McCain needs to watch it. Because if he's looking to Biden for attacks on Obama to be taken seriously, face it, it's the same mouth now. When Biden jabs McCain, McCain has no right to suddenly say Biden's wrong.
This is a "live by the sword, die by the sword" thing. But of course he'll pull back after these initial jabs, because that will no doubt be pointed out.
I'll be the last to toss in my 2 cents about Joe Biden. I'm glad for the great reception he's getting. He seems to definitely be the right guy for the job.
Biden's been a fun one to watch on TV over the years. Because of what's always said about him, that he has the gift of gab. But he has the gift also for making sense, and of speaking his mind. You see him on Hardball or one of the other shows and he makes pointed statements, with a real good understanding of things and not always strictly partisan. In fact, he's one I normally associate with being very honest and direct.
So, remember one of Obama's desires was for a VP to tell him his true opinion, not be a yes man. Well, if Biden is so honest and direct in public, imagine how he'd be in the Oval Office. Or in negotiations and talks with friends and enemies!
Now I'm kind of kicking myself, because I had an opportunity to go hear Biden, like at an event in someone's home, pretty much a close thing, and I didn't go. Now he's likely to be vice president. But, anyway. These things happen.
