weeklystandard.com - 10/21/2008
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John McCain took note Monday of Joe Biden’s remarks the day before at a Seattle fundraiser (where Biden apparently didn’t realize at first there were media present). But there’s more McCain could say.
Here’s McCain, in Belton, Missouri:
Just last night, Senator Biden guaranteed that if ...
nypost.com - 10/21/2008
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By CARL CAMPANILE in Belton, Mo., and GEOFF
EARLE in Orlando, Fla. Last updated: 12:10 pm October
21, 2008 Posted: 4:08 am October 21, 2008 Joe Biden warned that America's enemies would test Barack Obama with an international crisis within six months ...
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JOE BIDEN WARNS THAT AMERICAN ENEMIES WILL TEST OBAMA IF ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 10/21/2008
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Sarah Palin in Reno today, via the campaign:
Two weeks from today, Americans will be asked to
cast their vote for the next president of the United States. There's no time to wait. Let's get right to it. Did you hear what Senator Biden said ...
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Palin Runs with Biden's Test Warning
justoneminute.typepad.com - 10/20/2008
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If Obama becomes President his popularity will sag
and he will make unpopular decisions widely viewed as
unsound. No, that's not my opinion. My source is the always entertaining Joe Biden, who seems intent on lowering expectations to the point...
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A Rocky Road For Obma If Elected
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Kristol translates Biden
Power Line —
... crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy....
I can give you at least four or five scenarios from where it might originate... And he's gonna need help. And the kind of help he's gonna need is, he's gonna need you - not financially to help him - we're gonna need you to use your influence, your influence within the community, to stand with him. Because it's not gonna be apparent initially, it's not gonna be apparent that we're right.
Bill Kristol interprets Biden's remarks as follows:
So Biden expects a test of ...
Kristol Plays Mind Reader and Gets It Wrong
Taylor Marsh —
... Bill
Kristol has a bone in his mouth and he’s not letting go. He thinks he’s
on to something. He also thinks he can read Biden’s mind. ...
Why has Biden taken a day off the trail?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... into a confrontation with us, and maybe more than one? Bill Kristol interprets Biden’s comments not as perceived weakness, but as Biden predicting a weak response to any provocation: Biden expects a test of the kind Kennedy faced after his disastrous meeting with Khrushchev in Vienna in June, 1961, less than five months into Kennedy’s presidency. Biden’s presumably thinking of the Soviet-backed construction of the Berlin Wall a couple of months later. Kennedy did nothing, and was criticized for his weakness back home. So–leaving aside the merits of what Kennedy did or ...
Biden’s Gaffe: electing Obama likely to embolden just about every enemy of the US
protein wisdom —
... Electing Obama will lead to an international crisis. Not may , mind you, but will . “Mark my words,” Biden assures us. “I guarantee it will happen.” And when it does, Democrats need to circle the wagon around Barack. Because in the long term, peace through, uh, weakness? capitulation.? ..is the best way forward. Or something. Meantime, I sure do Hope that nobody is turned to a fine mist, or forced to leap from a skyscraper, in the name of Change… Notes the Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol : So Biden expects a test of the kind Kennedy faced after his disastrous meeting ...
How Obama Could Still Lose
Riehl World View —
... With a full two-weeks to go and national polls hovering around 5 points, it's fair to speculate as to whether or not Obama can lose at this point. Believe me, he can. And chinks in the armor like this certainly don't help. ...
Dan Rather Admits MSM in Tank for Democrats
GayPatriot —
... it:
Biden is saying two things about an Obama presidency: first, that Obama will be tested by America’s rivals; and second, that Obama’s response to such a test will likely be unpopular with the American people. Presumably Biden does not believe that the reason for that unpopularity will be because Obama is too decisive or too tough with our enemies — it will be because Obama is perceived as too soft and indecisive in a crisis.
Bill Kristol echoes that:
Biden is forecasting that Obama will have what seems to be a ...
"Joe D'oh Puts O in 'Crisis' Mode."
Althouse —
... will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We're about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. "Watch. We're going to have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy. "And he's going to need help . . . to stand with him. Because it's not going to be apparent initially; it's not going to be apparent that we're right."Here's Bill Kristol on the subject: So Biden expects a test of the kind Kennedy ...
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Kristol translates Biden
powerlineblog.com 10/21/2008 — On Sunday Joe Biden committed a Kinsley gaffe with the following observations:
It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking.... Watch, we're gonna have an international crisis, a ...
Why has Biden taken a day off the trail?
hotair.com 10/21/2008 — According to campaign sources, Joe Biden has no events planned for today — despite the election being only two weeks away. What happened? Could Team Obama have pulled Slow Joe off the trail after telling people that Barack Obama’s ...
He’s Right, Of Course
commentsfromleftfield.com 10/20/2008 — There’s quite a bit of buzz today over some things that Joe Biden has said, things that speak to a greater truth about the next presidency:
“Gird your loins,” Biden told the crowd. “We’re gonna win with your help, ...
McCain Camp Pounces On Biden Comments
hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com 10/21/2008 — Former NY Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Randy Scheunemann , foreign policy adviser to John McCain 's campaign, pounced this afternoon on Joe Biden 's weekend comments that Barack Obama , if elected, will be tested by the world.
During a call with ...
Biden: No 'Real Gaffes' as VP
blogs.abcnews.com 11/3/2008 — ABC News' Matthew Jaffe Reports: On Election Eve, Sen. Joe Biden, D-DE., said that in the past two and a half months since Sen. Barack Obama, D-IL, selected him as running mate, he has been "value-added" to the Democratic ticket...
Biden: McCain 'Used to Be a Close Friend'
blogs.abcnews.com 10/18/2008 — ABC News' Matt Jaffe reports: Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., can barely mention Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., without calling the Republican presidential candidate "a good friend," but while ripping GOP campaign tactics today, Biden used the past tense when ...
Biden's on Tonight Show: 'What About this Joe?'
blogs.abcnews.com 10/17/2008 — ABC News' Matthew Jaffe Reports: In a taped appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" to air later Thursday, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., joked that Joe "The Plumber" Wurzelbacher, who was the man of the hour at Wednesday’s presidential...
RGJ.com National News
hosted.ap.org 10/10/2008 — CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Thursday that Republican rival John McCain is "getting a little loose" at a time when the nation needs a steady hand. Campaigning in NASCAR country, Biden employed car ...
Biden On McCain: "We Need You"
hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com 11/6/2008 — GEORGETOWN, DE - Vice President-elect Joe Biden said that he and President-elect Barack Obama have begun to form a new administration conscious of the "precarious position" he nation and the world are in at this moment.
"I think the world is ...
McCain: Breaking away —
First Read 10/21/2008
The Washington Post notes how McCain is amping up his anti-Bush rhetoric. "At virtually every campaign stop, McCain is reprising a line he used last Wednesday in his final debate with Sen. Barack Obama: ‘I am not George Bush.’ And in a television ad ...
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