Is Joe Biden This Dumb?

[Boxlicker101]

I heard about this earlier today, and, as I expected, nobody has said anything about it. Had this been W or Sarah Palin or John McCain, who had made these gaffes, it would have earned a thread almost immediately, but I gues the Dems get a pass on this kind of thing.
http://rendevouswithdestiny.blogspot.com/2008/09/joe-bidens-gaffe-of-day.html

Personally, I think this is at least as dopey as Dan Quayle missing on the spelling of potato. At least, in his case, he had a prompt that was in error.

 

[sr71plt]

I heard about this earlier today, and, as I expected, nobody has said anything about it. Had this been W or Sarah Palin or John McCain, who had made these gaffes, it would have earned a thread almost immediately, but I gues the Dems get a pass on this kind of thing.
http://rendevouswithdestiny.blogspot.com/2008/09/joe-bidens-gaffe-of-day.html

Personally, I think this is at least as dopey as Dan Quayle missing on the spelling of potato. At least, in his case, he had a prompt that was in error.

Ran on CNN day before yesterday--along with the clip of Palin referring to the Palin-McCain ticket.

We all make gaffes like this when we are overtired and run ragged. Surely you can find something more substantive to beat to death.

 

[Misty_Morning]

What gets me is that Biden continues his assault on the war in Iraq and yet he thinks that attacking Pakistan ...an ally ....with nuclear weapons... is OK.


Yeah...he's THAT dumb.

 

[DesertPirate]

Yes he is, he seems to be stepping on the ole dick with golf shoes daily.


And some people think this "shoot from the lip" guy is more qualified ROFLMFAO

 

[Boxlicker101]

Ran on CNN day before yesterday--along with the clip of Palin referring to the Palin-McCain ticket.

We all make gaffes like this when we are overtired and run ragged. Surely you can find something more substantive to beat to death.

What beat to death? I just posted it, and I don't think anybody else has.

 

[starrkers]

Who are the real idiots here - the candidates or the voters?

 

[sr71plt]

What beat to death? I just posted it, and I don't think anybody else has.

I mean as gnats on a pile of dung. This is minutia. Everyone mispeaks. This sort of crap reporting and giggling is one of the worst parts of having to endure these long elections. There are much, much more important points to be focusing on concerning the candidates. This is Kindergaren material.

 

[SweetPrettyAss]

I heard about this earlier today, and, as I expected, nobody has said anything about it. Had this been W or Sarah Palin or John McCain, who had made these gaffes, it would have earned a thread almost immediately, but I gues the Dems get a pass on this kind of thing.
http://rendevouswithdestiny.blogspot.com/2008/09/joe-bidens-gaffe-of-day.html

Personally, I think this is at least as dopey as Dan Quayle missing on the spelling of potato. At least, in his case, he had a prompt that was in error.

It would be better if you weren't quoting him out of context. I heard this earlier today, and it was preceded by something about how leaders should know what they are talking about.

 

[Misty_Morning]

Who are the real idiots here - the candidates or the voters?

Both.....Somehow "we" elected both Bill Clinton to 2 terms AND Goerge Bush to 2 terms.....




At least Gore or that big eared mother fucker responsible for Clinton getting elected never held office.

 

[sr71plt]

It would be better if you weren't quoting him out of context. I heard this earlier today, and it was preceded by something about how leaders should know what they are talking about.

Yes, that did make it funnier. The expression on Katie Couric's face was priceless.

 

[Boxlicker101]

I mean as gnats on a pile of dung. This is minutia. Everyone mispeaks. This sort of crap reporting and giggling is one of the worst parts of having to endure these long elections. There are much, much more important points to be focusing on concerning the candidates. This is Kindergaren material.

So, tell me. Did you laugh about Dan Quayle misspelling potato? Do only Dems get a pass when they say something dumb? I hope you aren't going to say that nothing ever appears on these forums poking fun at the gaffes of Repbulicans.

 

[sr71plt]

So, tell me. Did you laugh about Dan Quayle misspelling potato? Do only Dems get a pass when they say something dumb? I hope you aren't goint to say that nothing ever appears on these forums poking fun at the gaffes of Repbulicans.

Yes, I laughed. Because I had thought he spelled it correctly.

You obviously missed my point, although I stated it twice. All politicians should get Mulligans on these as long as they don't do it every hour (which Agnew did--and Quayle came close). We should be loose enough to all just laugh at them.

(As Sweetwhatshername pointed out, you even missed the funny part of this one.)

My first professional stage appearance I had one line. I muffed it on opening night. We all laughed and went on.

This digging up whatever teeny tiny bit of dirt you can on "the other side" and then throwing it out there as evidence that the other side is dumb or evil gets tiresome really fast. And is really, really small minded. As I said, there's a lot of serious stuff to consider; why propogate the minutia?

Perhaps you could have a microphone follow you around for a day to see what sort of yucks we could all come up with.

 

[SEVERUSMAX]

So, tell me. Did you laugh about Dan Quayle misspelling potato? Do only Dems get a pass when they say something dumb? I hope you aren't goint to say that nothing ever appears on these forums poking fun at the gaffes of Repbulicans.

Call me a cynic, but I really do think that when it's your guy making the gaffe, it's humanity, but the other guy doing it, well now, that's just unforgivable and proves he's too stupid to be Veep.

I see this with both parties. Politics brings out the hypocrite in everyone, including several of my favorite AHers who are otherwise sensible and wonderful folk.

 

[sr71plt]

Call me a cynic, but I really do think that when it's your guy making the gaffe, it's humanity, but the other guy doing it, well now, that's just unforgivable and proves he's too stupid to be Veep.

I see this with both parties. Politics brings out the hypocrite in everyone, including several of my favorite AHers who are otherwise sensible and wonderful folk.

Amen.

 

[Misty_Morning]

Yes, I laughed. Because I had thought he spelled it correctly.

Ummm...me too.

B ut then again I have a vast history of misplelin....

 

[Boxlicker101]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Boxlicker101
So, tell me. Did you laugh about Dan Quayle misspelling potato? Do only Dems get a pass when they say something dumb? I hope you aren't goint to say that nothing ever appears on these forums poking fun at the gaffes of Repbulicans.

Call me a cynic, but I really do think that when it's your guy making the gaffe, it's humanity, but the other guy doing it, well now, that's just unforgivable and proves he's too stupid to be Veep.

I see this with both parties. Politics brings out the hypocrite in everyone, including several of my favorite AHers who are otherwise sensible and wonderful folk.

This is true, but on this forum, those by Rep. are the ones that usually get posted. I understand Biden makes a lot of these things. Maybe he should be called Mr. Malaprop.

 

[sr71plt]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Boxlicker101
So, tell me. Did you laugh about Dan Quayle misspelling potato? Do only Dems get a pass when they say something dumb? I hope you aren't goint to say that nothing ever appears on these forums poking fun at the gaffes of Repbulicans.




This is true, but on this forum, those by Rep. are the ones that usually get posted. I understand Biden makes a lot of these things. Maybe he should be called Mr. Malaprop.

So, to answer your question, no Biden isn't this dumb. He's obviously smarter than you and me put together. As, probably, are McCain, Obama, and Pailen.

He was tired and overstretched.

The healthy response is for all of us-Biden included--just to laugh at the gaffes and move on to something that's actually important.

Minutia posts like this (from either side) are like a tar pit. Highly irritating. And, as I already posted the product of small minds.

 

[Carnevil9]

I think you answered your own question. Demos get a pass, Republicans do not.

Next question?

 

[Stella_Omega]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Boxlicker101
So, tell me. Did you laugh about Dan Quayle misspelling potato? Do only Dems get a pass when they say something dumb? I hope you aren't goint to say that nothing ever appears on these forums poking fun at the gaffes of Repbulicans.

I only wish malaprops were the only thing the Dems could poke at with people like Bush and McCain.

This is true, but on this forum, those by Rep. are the ones that usually get posted. I understand Biden makes a lot of these things. Maybe he should be called Mr. Malaprop.

I've noticed that this forum, which is (supposedly) literate and hedonistic, is primarily liberal. I figure there's a correlation there.

I will tell you, Box, that I will continue to poke at Republican foibles, and i will probably ignore most Democratic ones. You can thank the polarizing influences of Newt Gingrich, Rush Limbaugh, Dan savage-- and, of course, Bush and Halliburton. These people have taught us that any-- ANY show of middle-of-the-road thought process is a sign of despicable weakness and will be mocked, or otherwise exploited by some Republican or another.

You have a habit of paying attention to very small details. You seem to give them the same weight as the big ones-- Biden makes a mistake about chronology. On the other hand, Mccain's mistakes have been about content-- telling us that America is financially strong. Or that the Workers are strong. Or that Americans are shiftless because they don't want to go pick lettuce. All three of these statements inside two weeks!

Those aren't "funny" and they aren't particularly excusable as mistakes born out of fatigue either.

 

[DesertPirate]

It would be better if you weren't quoting him out of context. I heard this earlier today, and it was preceded by something about how leaders should know what they are talking about.

Which makes his gaffe even worse.

 

[R. Richard]

There are a number of opions posted in answer to the question that startedthis thread. Let me post one:

"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." - Mark Twain

 

[Selena_Kitt]

This sort of crap reporting and giggling is one of the worst parts of having to endure these long elections.

Tony Blair on Jon Stewart: "Our elections are much shorter than yours. Four months... yours are... well, four... years, basically, aren't they?"

 

[3113]

Yeah...he's THAT dumb.

And some people think this "shoot from the lip" guy is more qualified

Say people planning on voting for a woman who believes the world was created 6000 years ago and that dinosaur bones are around to test our faith in the bible.

I don't expect to change your mind, but I do wonder who is dumber...those voting for a man who sometimes says dumb things, but who will be VP to a young healthy president and likely spend his entire time doing nothing more than dealing with tie votes in the senate...or those ready to vote for a really stupid woman who is VP to an old man who has battled cancer and heart problems and could, very possibly, die in office.

Making her president. Where she could start banning books you pornographers like to read and write.

People in glass houses really shouldn't throw stones.

 

[epiphany65]

I consider Biden's remark akin to Obama's comment that he's been to 57 states. I'm less concerned about politicians' gaffes than the things they intentionally say regarding policy that give me pause for concern.

 

[sr71plt]

I consider Biden's remark akin to Obama's comment that he's been to 57 states. I'm less concerned about politicians' gaffes than the things they intentionally say regarding policy that give me pause for concern.

Then you missed the one yesterday? Obama said that the new president would have to take on the economic mess in 40 days (that's just to the election; the president doesn't take office for two and half more months after that. Regardless of who wins, this is Bush's mess until 20 January 2009).

Still it was just a slip of the tongue. I know--and so does anyone twittering behind their fans--that these are just slips of the tongue. None of the candidates is dumb--or should it give anyone with an ounce of common sense concern. (Now if they slur their words and start talking incoherently, you have medical grounds to be concerned.)