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Joe Biden Calls Bush Comments Bullsh*t

politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — Democrat Joe Biden called President Bush ’s comments accusing Sen. Barack Obama and other Democrats of wanting to appease terrorists "bulls–t” and said if the president disagrees so strongly with the idea of talking to Iran then he needs to fire his secretaries of State and Defense, both of whom have pushed to sit down with the Iranians.

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  • Gerz1219, on 05/16/2008, -15/+224If only the Democrats had such balls in 2003.
    • plimpton777, on 05/16/2008, -20/+1Iknow,rite?! ***** ***** sucks.
    • scottus0, on 05/16/2008, -2/+26Joe Biden has always had such balls.
    • jbenson2, on 05/16/2008, -29/+9Typical democrat - all talk, no action
      • MWeather, on 05/16/2008, -4/+12As opposed the the typical Republican: All action, no thinking.
        • bugsy187, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2By action do you mean robbing the poor and pretending to be good white bible thumpers?
      • CryRightardCry, on 05/16/2008, -3/+5Yeah, as opposed to the GOP/Bush winners with their brilliant plans, right?
        Hey, I have a fun idea.
        Why don't you list GOP successes from the last 7 years? You know, stuff where they made the country better?
        Oh, right, you can't because they haven't.
        Damn, rightard shills are DUMB.
        • IndigoMoss, on 05/16/2008, -2/+1I think shills for both sides are ***** retarded.
      • jbenson2, on 05/16/2008, -7/+4You mean things like President Bush preventing any new terrorist attack in the USA over the past 2,439 days?

        You mean things like his unwavering support of the global war on terrorism?

        You mean things like President Bush nominating Roberts and Alito to the Supreme Court?

        You mean things like the $1.35 trillion tax cut?

        You mean things like beating the snotty-nosed effete cheese-eating surrender monkey John Kerry like a drum?

        But not things like Pelosi claiming to have a gas plan two years ago, and then gaining control of the House and conviently forgetting what her plan really was?

        Or Reid trying to get out of Iraq countless times and continually failing?

        Damn, dumbocrat tolls are idiots.
        • godofpumpkins, on 05/16/2008, -3/+3zomg 2439 days! look at it that way, and there haven't been any terrorist attacks in my house for the 23 years I've been alive! that's 8400 days baby! I rule bush! also in the news, no martians have destroyed the earth since bush was president! everyone must worship bush for fending off the martians.

          what do you mean unwavering support? you mean he started it, right?

          how are bush's supreme nominations anything worth noting?

          the fact that your choices of pros are so weak, despite your obvious bigotry, is further evidence that there's not much to be happy about in his presidency
        • BaldMonkey, on 05/16/2008, -2/+1Terrorism? You mean "violence against civilians to achieve political or ideological objectives by creating fear." Are you sure you meant war against it and not by it?
          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism
    • ElAssoWipo, on 05/16/2008, -5/+13They've always been there. America just chose to ignore them at the time.

      And they're going to ignore them this time too.

      You like people with balls, but you don't have the balls to follow them.
      • dswinscoe, on 05/16/2008, -10/+1"such balls" = irrationally, emotionally, subjectively, simplistically, dangerously, rudely, crudely brave? That set of balls? No thanks.
      • robinohio1, on 05/16/2008, -7/+6It is obvious that Biden is NOT an asset/tool of Isreal like Bush, Obama, Hillary, or McCain is. That also goes for Pelosi. I would rather see Iran with nukes than Israel. It is not that the Democrats do not have balls, they are ***** PWNED by Israel and the evil Zionist ***** who run it.

        Isreal is the most dangerous nation on the face of this earth, and somehow the US thinks they are the greatest thing since sliced ***** bread.

        People need to be protesting outside all of the Israeli embassies in the country demanding they fess up to their nuke programs and stop their genocide activities of the Palestinians.
        • revjustin2, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2To prevent people from accusing you of antisemitism and therefore dismissing you and your point, please back up your statements with examples of their evil.
        • ElAssoWipo, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2http://youtube.com/results?search_query=Israel+cri ...
        • robinohio1, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2Go to youtube...there are lots of examples there.
        • Botanicus, on 05/16/2008, -5/+2I defend Israel because people like Ahmadinejad attack it. No nation, no Nationality should be subject to something like the Holocaust, and to claim it didnt happen is imbicilic.

          There are other nations and nationalities I'll defend equally fervently, we must acknowledge thei strengths, their weaknesses, their plights and their transgressions. When we stop looking at any people-group as living, breathing, bleeding people we start demonizing them or elevating them to Pope-like status.
        • ElAssoWipo, on 05/16/2008, -2/+8"I defend Israel because people like Ahmadinejad attack it."

          Holocaust =/= Israel =/= jews.

          Israel is based on the notion of homeland. Same notion that led to the genocide of jews in Germany.

          And what if Christians decided that Israel is the land of Jesus and that's the homeland of christians?

          The homeland principle is inherently flawed, it's also racist.
        • reeder, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Your argument is extremely simple and extremely wrong, if only for the simple fact that Israel doesn't act in a vacuum. That's the very definition of a lie by omission.

          More to the point, I am sick of people screaming their side of the argument, never once listening to the other side. All you have done is added to the problem by being an irrational, hate-filled zealot ranting in absolutes.

          Deal with things as they are, not as they were. Failure to do so is the root of all human misery.
    • MOJIRA, on 05/17/2008, -0/+12If only Joe Biden had the balls to stick with this comment. He went on TV and said he shouldn't have used that word. I mean FFS, when will people stop making the news rated G--this is the real world and people say "*****". Certainly suicide bombings, serials killers, and the other horrible events that occur in out world are more offensive than a word, but people don't complain about those things as much as they complain about potty language and sex...
    • Homerr, on 05/16/2008, -3/+11Yep, this is normally the part where Democrats start apologizing for using a 'bad word' and get jumped by the media instead of standing their ground and calling a spade a spade.
      • Zoplax, on 05/16/2008, -2/+3Better for a Democrat to just say ***** than for a Republican to be full of it.
    • mitikomon, on 05/16/2008, -2/+2accusing Iran for terrorist is just some kind of *****.
      Just name one Iranian who killed non Iranians outside Iran in a terrorist action.
      80% of 9/11 terrorist are from Saudi Arabia and US sell $20 billion arms to S.A.
      Bin ladan family is one of the most powerful family in S.A. and you accusing Iran?
  • Todash19, on 05/16/2008, -16/+133Biden is right.
    • quomen, on 05/16/2008, -1/+12I've always liked him. Even more so than Obama. By the way, I'm a republican, but something about Joe Biden screams "vote for me!". It's really a shame that he didn't get further, I was rooting for him.
    • unclecaveman, on 05/16/2008, -1/+0Todash is right about Biden being right!
      • novenator, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1unclecaveman is right about todash being right about Biden being right
      • unclecaveman, on 05/17/2008, -0/+0novenator is right about me being right about Biden being right!
    • stellamaris, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1My mom babysat his kids. Biden has said that he doesn't want to be VP... but he should totally be Obama's VP.
  • doti, on 05/16/2008, -17/+111dugg for not titling it "Biden PWNS Bush".

    (and Biden's comments are great)
    • Apocrypha, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4I don't ever want to see "PWNS" in a headline.....ever. Because 6 year olds have better things to do than make lame digg headlines.
  • blakecr, on 05/16/2008, -17/+47"Kick his ass sea bass!" I love Biden!
    • zantos420, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2who's the dead man that hit me with the salt shaker?!
  • UTKevdawg, on 05/16/2008, -14/+67I typically vote Republican but I might have crossed the aisle for Biden. I don't agree with all of his policy ideas but he is no nonsense and will never fail to tell you exactly what he thinks or believes. Big mistake not making this guy the candidate.
    Plus he was one of the few candidates that spoke openly about dealing with genocide in Darfur.
    • postingbh, on 05/16/2008, -3/+6What if Biden was VP or had a cabinet post - would you vote Obama then?
      • UTKevdawg, on 05/16/2008, -9/+12Tough call, I don't like Obama's plan on taxation especially on capitol gains and while I definitely think health care has to be reformed both his and Hilary's plans are terrible and would put too much strain on taxpayers. Windfall profits for Gas didn't work for Carter and they certainly won't work now. I keep hearing Obama is the change but I just see same 'ol same 'ol rhetoric from him. Biden would make me look a lot closer though. Give me a guy who will seriously look at the Fair Tax and cares about issues like Darfur and Uganda and you have me sold regardless of party.
        • treehugger87, on 05/16/2008, -4/+17Yeah, cause anyone who's not a millionaire is going to be devastated by the capital gains tax. I would gladly pay another $5000 a year in taxes so I would not longer have to pay $15000 a year for medical insurance and expenses.

          We may not need to charge the oil companies windfall taxes if we can take them off the very expensive corporate welfare they are on.
        • UTKevdawg, on 05/16/2008, -5/+7The Capitol gains tax is all about investing which keeps our economy chugging. It is not about just taxing the rich. Capitol gains tax discourages investing at every income level which would devastate the market and that market sustains your 401K, IRA, and any other potential plan you have for your or your children's future.
        • quomen, on 05/16/2008, -5/+7You guys are being a-holes after UTKevdawg gives an honest and detailed answer to a question? I'm not a millionaire either, but I can't support Obama's increase on the capital gains tax. Not all investors work on Wall Street. You do know that many of those in the upper tax brackets are the ones who employ you right now? 90% of the employees in the nation are hired by small businesses, many whose owners belong in that upper bracket. Increasing the tax burden on them does trickle down and affects the whole market.
        • dforty3, on 05/16/2008, -3/+6It's just amazing how the country survived with 35% Capital gains tax in the past. Raising taxes for the wealthy is the only way to get out of the huge debt this administration has put us in. Either that or just let the debt pile up exponentially over years and pass the bill to our children and their children. What is it the republicans like to say? Oh yeah... Freedom isn't free.
        • quomen, on 05/16/2008, -4/+5The Government shouldn't tax the people and make them pay for their mistakes. When you have a mistake you correct it. In the current state the mistake is the war, so we stop the war. Cut spending, not increase taxes.
        • dforty3, on 05/16/2008, -1/+3The Government is the people. Hence "We the People..." The people we elected represent us and we live and die by their policies. The multi trillion dollar debt won't go away if we just stop spending today. If we don't change the people in office and change the policies that put us here, we will just continue to spiral into a 3rd world country status with the value of the dollar continuing to descend. We have to pay for our mistakes. And that includes the wealthy that have disproportionately benefitted from the corporate welfare they have enjoyed over the last several years.

          Additionally, in response to your trickle down comment. Providing tax cuts to the people at the bottom who spend all of their disposable income has a greater impact on the economy than giving tax cuts to corporations who are under no obligation to spread the wealth and cut costs of goods. It just adds to their profit. It doesn't necessarily mean they will hire more people if they don't have to.
        • richlizard24, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Also remember that Obama's policies have to pass Congress. Obama can say whatever he wants about his tax and health care plans, but if they don't pass Congress they don't exist.
        • Seemefearme, on 05/16/2008, -2/+6UTKevdawg gave his very honest straight forward opinion with no degrading remarks about anyone and still got dugg down because the Obama fanbase can't take a single negative remark about him.

          You were/are a Republican, UTKevdawg, and I am not, but today I felt more on your side than anyone. Thanks for the constructive comments, people like you make Digg intriguing to read.
        • omgbanana, on 05/16/2008, -2/+2I don't want to be a dick, but I have trouble taking your arguments concerning capital gains seriously when you can't spell the phrase correctly.

          And who, exactly, is on the Republican ticket that will fix the taxing and spending issue?
        • friday1970, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1dforty3, yep, let punish those corporate execs. Let's make them poor. Lets give the goverment all their money. Because it government that knows best what to do with it, right?

          And once these corporate execs have no money left, let's leave our jobs since they can't pay us anyways, right? We'll just find a job from another corporation. What? All corporations are now poor and not hiring?

          dforty3, I don't know about you, but I've never been hired by someone poor.
        • UTKevdawg, on 05/16/2008, -1/+4Oh my gosh! A spelling error must mean I am some sort of yokel that doesn't know anything. It probably had nothing to do with the fact that I was at work and typing it up and did not check back through it. Before you say something like that, try to think if you would like people to discount your opinions because of a simple mis-spelling, stutter, or other tiny error.
          I never claimed someone like McCain was going to resolve the taxing and spending issue. I think the Fair Tax (please before discounting it, actually take the time and energy to read the plan and its rebuttals. I had to be sold on it) is going to go a long to fixing the taxation problem putting responsibility in the hands of the people. As for spending, the Representatives we elect need be more responsible and stop wasteful spending on both sides.
        • dforty3, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1Friday1970... Why is it punishment for corporations who can afford the taxes but not punishment for the working class who cannot afford them? I'm not anti-corporate. The Capital Gains tax has been as high as 70% in the past and it didn't put them in the poor house. The ***** Reagan style trickle down economics is corporate welfare. Corporations don't hire more people or lower the price of goods because we give them tax breaks. The Market determines those things. Nike never lowered their prices when they moved their manufacturing to China. If the Market will bare $130 for a pair sneakers, while they pay Chinese workers $1 a day to churn them out, they still charge that much for them. We've had to go into a trillion dollar debt to pay for this war and Bush's tax breaks. The value of the dollar has dropped to about 60% of what it was when they took over 7 years ago. The globalist corporate policies of the neocons (and many corporate Democrats too) have been deteriorating the economic stability of our country and they have fooled the working class into supporting their own demise. Giving tax breaks to the spending class instead of the investing class will allow for a trickle up economy and eventually get that money to your corporate heros anyway, and improve the welfare of all.

          Just put down the Fox News and conservative talk radio and walk away slowly. It's not too late for you. You can think for yourself again if you try.
    • JigoroKano, on 05/16/2008, -2/+13Biden was one of the only candidates in the race with significant foreign policy experience and at the same time not ***** insane. Clinton and McCain both talk experience but frequently misspeak about foreign affairs. Senility or ignorance, both are bad.
    • oldhick, on 05/16/2008, -1/+3I would certainly have voted for Biden if he had won the nomination. I think Biden with Obama as VP would have definitely made me vote Democrat, but Obama as President just isn't going to swing me.
      We need more Bidens in office!
    • caramba420, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4Let me know when you see a Republican. The party has been co-opted by neocons
    • kolinkoolface2, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1hahahaha your a joke if you cross the table to vote for biden and are a former republican. Might consider it if you cross the line from mccain to paul but not mccain to biden. DUMB
  • livegreenordie, on 05/16/2008, -17/+7I hope Bush misses his plane!
  • reuscel, on 05/16/2008, -12/+78Biden was my candidate of choice at the beginning of the Democratic primary, precisely because of statements like this. He doesn't parse words, and rarely speaks like a politician. He would be one hell of a VP. You listening, Barry?
    • mfc5200, on 05/16/2008, -1/+9Yea, I'm a libertarian, but I definitely thought Richardson, Biden, and Dodd were the strongest/best democratic candidates. Shame.
      • quomen, on 05/16/2008, -1/+8They really were, but we have a celebrity obsessed culture.. Mob rules.
        • revjustin2, on 05/16/2008, -0/+6I hear what your saying, but since elections are geared to gathering the most votes, it's kind of shortsighted to sling "mob rules" around. In a democracy where the majority vote wins, "mob rules" isn't really the right idea here. In order for anyone to gain any political ground, one has to play the popularity game or you'll never get anywhere.
        • Di0genes, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1On the contrary, I think it is the exact idea to have on the twilight of Bush's second term in office.
      • novenator, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Personally, I think Biden would make a better secretary of state, in fact one of the best ones in decades.
  • wild, on 05/16/2008, -13/+37Its about time the Democrats started showing some balls.

    He would be a hell of a VP. (Save Hagel's outside shot, Biden is my number one choice.)
  • s810, on 05/16/2008, -11/+37If you look at the photo it's clear he was shouting "I'M CRUSHING YOUR HEAD!" while also trying to psychically crush Bush's head with his thumb and forefinger. Where's the coverage?
    • Enjia, on 05/16/2008, -1/+9dugg for obscure kids in the hall reference.
  • blackinthmiddle, on 05/16/2008, -12/+20Unfortunately, there's a segment of the population that will believe pretty much anything and are easily manipulated. It's the reason Bush can continue to get away selling his *****. In any event, Biden would make a great VP!
    • sa9e, on 05/16/2008, -3/+6There's also a segment of the population that are inconsolably opposed to anything Bush or any Republican does or says, not because they have a clue but because they also believe pretty much anything the Democrat opposition says. They are equally easily manipulated.
      • sodade, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4You are both right.
        • mirthbound, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2And Sodade, you may be right as well but it is the segment of which blackinthemiddle speaks which is responsible for allowing for this worst president in history to take this country down the terrible path it is now on.
          There is no " Yeah, well your side, too!" about it. If there were more like blackinthemiddles and a few less sa9es there would be many people alive today who are now dead, many less destroyed lives , more respect for our country, a better economy, a constitution that hasn't been repeatedly violated, I could go on and on but anyone who cares to see the truth and see what those who were so willing to believe the obvious bush it and vote for him this man are responsible for.
        • sodade, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2@ mirthbound: I agree. I just hope that we don't pat ourselves on the back so hard that we choke.
      • yojiffyskippy, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2Yep, neither party has a lock on BS. That's why voters these days don't give a *****. The only people that bother to vote are partisan fanatics from both the far Left and Right.
        • Vlatro, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Warning: this response strays off-topic.

          Part of the problem there is the idea of compromise in both parties. While I lean to the very far right, I do have some ideals that are embraced by the left. Both sides are pandering to this imaginary "moderate" segment of the vote. They would consider me a moderate because I hold ideals from both sides. Weighed alone, anyone of the principals I stand for would make me a radical on either side, so there little hope of me getting what I want from any compromise. While I've yet to put much faith in libertarianism, it is becoming more appealing. While democrats and republicans argue about how the government should act in each situation, who's asking "should the government act"? We aren't voting FOR anyone these days, we're all voting AGAINST someone. It's not a matter of choosing the best candidate for the job, but electing by default the one we think is least likely to ***** up the country. But as both sides have extended the power of government, which now reaches into every industry, educational institution, and home in the U.S., *****-ups are a certainty, no matter the official elected. The only solution is to get the government out of our lives as much as possible, and no politician will actively work to diminish the power of their own office. My advice: start buying ammo.
    • Vlatro, on 05/16/2008, -4/+4I am a conservative (not republican, most true conservatives jumped ship on the party). I think both sides are full of *****. Some people here seem to be confusing "talk" with "negotiate". I'm completely open to listening to Iran's point of view and then telling them what we are going to do. Making concessions to them is out of the question, we have the upper hand economically, militarily and have many more allies who aren't very happy with Iran. We're holding all the cards, their posturing means nothing. If that posturing escalates into action, we need to respond with action. I don't give a damn about the people of Iran, and they can suffer their consequences of their own government. It's not my problem. When they institutionalize an anti-American campaign, blaming us for their failings as a civilized nation, and the government of Iran incites terror groups to take up arms against us... That makes them an enemy. We have many of the same political, social and moral differences in regards to Turkey and the UAE, but they, for the most part, choose not to screw with us. We leave them alone, they leave us alone, and when we do interact it's typically mutually beneficial. I'd love to see Iran move in that direction. Short of a complete overthrow of their government, I don't see it happening. The responsibility of overthrowing such a government falls to the Iranian people, not us. We should back off and let them handle it. However, if the people don't handle it, we need to at least be prepared to protect our own interests. To do that we can't keep compromising in the short term and establishing a precedent that leads them to believe they can openly oppose us.

      I think my political philosophy can be summed up with a simple lyrical quote:
      Better to live as king of beasts
      Than as a lamb scared and weak
    • oldhick, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1VP? I'd be voting Democrat if Biden were the Presidential nominee.
  • elxkid, on 05/16/2008, -19/+32"Can people really be this dumb and be elected by the American people?
    I know I never voted for him."

    He wasn't elected, he was installed. Maybe you've forgotten what happened in florida in 2000 and that Bush lost the popular vote 2004.
    • dinsy, on 05/16/2008, -3/+12Technically won popular vote in '04 but there was major fraud in Ohio. Probably elsewhere as well.
    • hivoltage815, on 05/16/2008, -3/+0Oh cmon, let's not start this ***** saying he lost the elections but stole them somehow. Sure 2000 was a real close call and could have gone either way, but 2004 was not. It's okay to not like him as president, but do we need to keep this game up. If Obama loses in 08, will it be because of voter fraud too. Where does it end? What if a democrat wins, is that because of fraud.
  • CyberSally, on 05/16/2008, -13/+21Joe Biden for VP!
  • aadyss, on 05/16/2008, -42/+7Biden. An inconsequential hack.
    • aadyss, on 05/16/2008, -3/+0Your profile says you are a gentleman when in reality you are just a little inconsequential, soft, muddled and insane buttercup. You show the true heart of the liberal , don't you?
  • plimpton777, on 05/16/2008, -9/+9Biden told the Chief Justice about the time he did acid and watched X-Files. Srsly?!
    "Can a microscopic tag be implanted in a person's body to track his every movement? There's actual discussion about that. You will rule on that -- mark my words -- before your tenure is over." -- Sen. Joseph Biden, to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Sept. 2005.
    • nblsavage, on 05/16/2008, -0/+9You never hear of RFID?
    • frankingeneral, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1That's funny, I never heard that quote before. Who remembers the time when Biden told an Indian man that in Delaware "you can't go into a Dunkin' Donuts or a 7-11 unless you have a slight Indian accent." That was an all time high for Joe, I still love the man, and I had the pleasure of meeting him.

      http://youtube.com/watch?v=OIT3jUrNTX0

    • ethornquist, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Biden's fun. I'd invite him over for dinner.
  • MrTito, on 05/16/2008, -9/+39This is like "don't ***** with the Dems" day. Biden literally called "*****" on the President. And the gem of John Conyers on Rove:

    "We're closing in on Rove. Someone's got to kick his ass... We'll do what any self-respecting committee would do. We'd hold him in contempt. Either that or go and have him arrested."

    Did someone give the Democrats a stim pack? Please, keep it up.
    • FecalHurler, on 05/16/2008, -0/+5Psh. They'd lose 25% of their HP. They better have medics with them.
    • ethornquist, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Rove consults now for John McCain, but he's very quiet about it. He knows his time is done.
    • LucasKane, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Someone's got to kick his ass..hahahah
  • zephyear, on 05/16/2008, -5/+4hooray, after this and when david obey thrashed some pub in congress over pork spending in the iraq funding bill i can safely say the party has finally grown a spine.

    keep it up
  • woofers07, on 05/16/2008, -3/+10it's good to see that the democrats are starting to show some resemblance of actually having a set of balls.
  • buffyangel108, on 05/16/2008, -4/+11He could have gone with: "F***ING THING SUCKS!" for greater effect ;)
    • hivoltage815, on 05/16/2008, -0/+0haha, I don't think he could pull it off the same as Bill did.
  • Scottievm, on 05/16/2008, -7/+34Screw VP, Biden should get Secretary of State. He's the most qualified high-profile Democrat for the job.
    • MacEnvy, on 05/16/2008, -1/+7Either him or Richardson. To be honest, Richardson has better diplomatic skills. Biden has more legislative experience.
      • Scottievm, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1I'm thinking Richardson will be offered the vice-presidency though, especially with Obama as the nominee.
    • da_bradler, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1I don't know, the democrats are big pussies when it comes to presidential stuff. I mean they could have tore Bush up in the last election, all kerry would have had to say is "Do you really want this incompetent man who has failed to capture Osama Bin Laden and instead of focusing his efforts on eliminating the people who attacked us has dragged us into another unjust war with no end in sight?" bam landside victory, but they never said anything close to that because the big player democrats refuse to call bush on his *****.
    • novenator, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Biden would make the best sec of state for many decades. He is extremely well suited for this role.
  • TheFoshizzler, on 05/16/2008, -5/+6I gain more respect for the man every day.
  • drdavid, on 05/16/2008, -4/+7Thanks, Joe. You made my day.
  • RespectableGuy, on 05/16/2008, -7/+8that guy should be president. after Obama of course.
  • MrFurious2k, on 05/16/2008, -22/+7It's a democrat circle jerk today!
    • kayvman78, on 05/16/2008, -2/+2Ya.. It's gonna be a democratic country soon moron. People are done with *****-cons.
      • MrFurious2k, on 05/16/2008, -3/+1Let me guess, you're one of those "open minded" liberals. lol
      • kayvman78, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2No... I'm one of those "optimistic" "human beings." Silly me.
    • Terasiel, on 05/17/2008, -1/+2Well someone with has to spill the seed of freedom all over the sticky floor covered in decades of "conservative" deluge.
  • methos75, on 05/16/2008, -28/+5This story is still funny for one reason. it just shows how guilty the dems feel. Bush never stated any political party or person in his speech, hell none were even implied. yet first the Obama camp and now the Dems as a whole are in titters that Bush supposely meant them, if the cems feel so guilty, the question is what are they hiding.
    • yojiffyskippy, on 05/16/2008, -9/+3So true. I thought he was talking about Jimmy Carter. The truth is, you can't tell which Democrat he was talking about because they all so eager to appease others at the expense of their mother country.
    • goomba323, on 05/16/2008, -1/+5You're retarded if you think he wasn't referring to Obama/the Democrats. White House officials have basically confirmed that he was alluding to Obama and the Democrats. You having the same stance as Dana Perino ("oh, he wasn't talking about Obama, you just have a guilty conscience"...o rly????) doesn't really help your credibility (sad how these days you AREN'T credible if your the White House press secretary).

      Even if it wasn't directed at Obama specifically, it was still a shot at the Dems, which is political treason if I've ever seen it (basically telling Israel if the Democrats are elected, then you're *****...which couldn't be farther from the truth....in fact, it's probably more accurate the other way around).

      So please, shut up, no one's buying the "he didn't mention Obama by name" schpeal, that was done purposefully for exactly that reason...you...are...a....baaaaah
      • methos75, on 05/17/2008, -1/+0Your also a Sheep for falling into the whole "Bush is wrong" Left road, Do not think your above everyone when you are also the living definition of a sheep buddy.
    • StarlessKnight, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2Plausible Deniability. Say just enough to insult someone without specifically pointing out who you're trying to insult.
    • SoulDrift404, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1Nice talking point. Unfortunately, it's hollow.
  • thestaton, on 05/16/2008, -10/+2I love this guy. The only thing he's ***** up is allowing red light cameras in DE.
  • siktath, on 05/16/2008, -10/+3Who are the Palestineans andthe Israelis, again?
  • StrikerObi, on 05/16/2008, -7/+9You're awesome Joe Biden. I hope you end up as Obama's VP or Sec of State.
  • dinsy, on 05/16/2008, -6/+18Money where the mouth is Joe: Impeach and Indict. Now
    • yojiffyskippy, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1So true. It's all hot air being spewed around the corridors of congress. The truth is that the Dems don't have the balls or the legal stance to impeach or indict anyone. Otherwise, they would have already done it. What are they waiting on a super-majority so they don't need a legal stance?
    • Apocrypha, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Too bad it takes more than one guy to do that.
  • sa9e, on 05/16/2008, -20/+9Joe Biden is a known plagiarist, and he voted to authorize war in Iraq in 1991, in 1998, and in 2003. He also didn't win his home state. He would be a lousy VP for Obama.

    The fact that so many of you are so excited that he said "*****" is a really pathetic statement. It's a wonder you aren't all Dick Cheney fans for having said "***** you" to Leahy.
    • NJank, on 05/16/2008, -1/+8seriously. if the average Digger saw Parliament in action, they go nuts. nothing like a daily political shouting match that looks like it'll end in fisticuffs to get the political spirit going. US Congress appears to give daily doses of Valium.
    • cha5e, on 05/16/2008, -0/+8> Joe Biden is a known plagiarist

      Source?
      • Melianthus, on 05/16/2008, -7/+4How old are you? Twelve? The Biden plagiarism story has been around years and years. Try googling "Joe Biden plagiarism." You'll find 1000 sources. The man IS a plagiarist and as bad a political panderer as there is.

        He voted for the war again and again. He says one thing to criticize Bush and now he's everyone's hero? Give me a break!
        • StarlessKnight, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1If there are 1,000 sources then providing just one to bolster your argument would probably have avoided the negative diggs you received for accusing Biden again without any evidence, only hearsay.
      • sleepwalkers, on 05/16/2008, -1/+3Wikipedia mentions him in the page on Plagarism:
        "Delaware Senator Joe Biden was forced out of the 1988 U.S. Presidential race (but remained in the U.S. Senate) when it was discovered that parts of his campaign speeches were plagiarized from speeches by British Labour party leader Neil Kinnock and Robert Kennedy."
        Oh the days when it only took saying someone else's words to get you kicked out of the presidential race.
        • sa9e, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1I have "the audacity of hope" to beleive that the uncareful use of other's words will be an issue again, possibly very soon.
  • jbenson2, on 05/16/2008, -20/+4Hey Biden, the truth hurts when it hits so close to home, doesn't it?
    • dinot, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1What truth? That Bush is a retard?
    • jbenson2, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2You think Biden is upset because Bush is a retard?
  • frankingeneral, on 05/16/2008, -6/+8Biden is a phenomenal man. He always calls it like he sees it. If not for a few racial gaffes, and the fact that he's from Delaware, he woulda made a great President.
    • deadlyrice, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Hey man! What's wrong with Delaware??
    • frankingeneral, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Nothing, I went to school there, and I'm seriously considering moving back when I'm done with law school. It's just a problem that he doesn't get as much publicity as other Senators despite his high standing in the Senate.
  • empirefalling, on 05/16/2008, -10/+8The entire US administration currently holding American citizens captive is very full of bovine excrement. The US is powerless at pursuing any type of argument against any country or assemblage.
    It can not be considered a sustainable society. The defeat of the US military in Afghanistan and Iraq has placed the last proverbial nail in the casket of the US as a World Power. As America withdraws from the World Body and International Business, Israel will soon find itself without the dollar. With no military backing, with no allies, Israel will be forced to remove itself from Palestinian territory. The US and Israel have become isolated, unnecessary and a burden to the rest of the World Body . Detested and regarded as primitive and mildly retarded in World affairs, America will have to change or become nothing more than an historical oddity. Countries such as Iran are progressively engaged in dialog and benevolence with other nations. Americans could learn from the Iranians on how to conduct themselves.
    • VengeanceNight, on 05/16/2008, -1/+3Wow...that's an interesting dream world that you've created for yourself. I wouldn't want to wake you up from it as reality might cause you extreme trauma
      • empirefalling, on 05/16/2008, -4/+2I am awake. You are in a deep coma.
    • robinohio1, on 05/16/2008, -2/+1Good points empirefalling. What a shame it most diggers think they are loyal to America by standing up for an illegal country like Israel. I cannot waiting until these fools are watching their children being tortured here in America in front of them and their wife is raped and killed. And then he gets shot in the back of the head. Oh wait...don't the Israelis do that already to the Palestinians...oh I think they do...

      Israel...***** THAT COUNTRY.
      • hivoltage815, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1You are freaking sick! You are anticipating a day where Americans are killed, raped, and tortured because you will get satisfaction out of it as a form of payback because they stood up for a country the rest of the world won't. I don't care what your "politics" are, you obviously are just as evil as what you think Israel is.
    • sagien, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2I want some of what you're smoking, empire.
  • corneliusJones, on 05/16/2008, -4/+7That's why I love this guy--and also why he could never get elected president. He's too honest, and doesn't like to dance around issues like most every other politician.
  • TherealObadiah, on 05/16/2008, -9/+10Joe Biden and Democrats encounter truth and they start shreiking like they've been splashed with holy water. Too funny.
  • vexingmodstwo, on 05/16/2008, -12/+11Whoever wrote Bush's speech was a genius. He never mentions the Democrats but they're all self-identifying themselves as the target of the jab. Had the Democrats just let it go, no one would have even noticed the comments.
    • yojiffyskippy, on 05/16/2008, -1/+5That's hilarious. They're all the same so they all think he's talking to them.
    • veersite, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2I have one word: SWEET!

      Nice one on pointing it out...
    • ethornquist, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1Agreed. Democrats fear it's about them. Republicans know it's about them.
      I have only seen one candidate worth voting for . . . Kevin Rose.
  • URnotheonly1, on 05/16/2008, -16/+4BUSH IS 100% CORRECT, DEAL WITH IT!
    • SpencerMc, on 05/16/2008, -1/+5Weak. 2 out of 10, and that's being generous.
  • Troika37, on 05/16/2008, -10/+14Barack Obama claims he's not an appeaser. But when President Bush attacked those who "seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists," why was the senator sure he was talking about him?
    • Fullvinyl, on 05/16/2008, -3/+4Maybe because he favors talking with the leaders of Iran and Cuba without preconditions? Diplomacy is not appeasement...or maybe it is now. Bush has trouble with words and their meanings, and apparently, that trouble has spread to his sycophants and apologists as well.
    • keymanjim2, on 05/16/2008, -4/+5Guilty conscience. It’s the only kind of conscience democrats have.
    • FredFredrickson, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1Well I don't think I'm an *****, but if someone makes a speech and alludes to the fact that I am, I will defend myself. It's not that complicated.
      • Troika37, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1But he never used your name or said anything about you... Why would you volunteer to shoulder that yourself?
    • eliot2000, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3You keep using that word, appeaser.
      I do not think that it means what you think it means.
      • Terasiel, on 05/17/2008, -1/+1My name Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
  • VengeanceNight, on 05/16/2008, -5/+4This is really starting to get tiring. One side says something and the other side goes nuts and demands apologies and tells them how over the line they are. Both sides are much more interested in attacking each other than looking at the issues. Definitely not going to be anybody who rises above the mud slinging this year.
    • Fullvinyl, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3It's not mudslinging when the truth is being told. ***** forbid we actually try to talk to people instead of trying to blow them up, sight unseen. The "turrists" are nothing like Hitler; he lied, prevaricated, and for the most part, kept his darkest secrets hidden before the war. If "the terrorists" have any saving grace, it's complete, up-front honesty over their intentions, and their demands. As lethal as they are, they are still human beings and are still capable of reason; maybe not immediately, but with diplomacy, they can be brought round. They're not conquerors, despite the talk of a global Islamic state; they just want a fair shake in Palestine and less American hegemony over their affairs. I believe the United States went to war with a superpower using guerrilla tactics for similar reasons, but I could be mistaken.

      The Neville Chamberlain reference is all the more sickening with the fact that Bush has tried to make himself over into Winston Churchill throughout his entire presidency. It doesn't quite work when you initiate a war of choice, Mr. President. And I bet half the people agreeing with Bush don't even know who the ***** Neville Chamberlain was.

      More to the point, good on Biden for calling Bush on his, well, *****.

      Diplomacy != Appeasement
    • yojiffyskippy, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2Partly true but GW didn't actually "attack" anyone. He just pointed out that "some" people think they can solve the worlds problems by negotiating and appeasing. The truth is, not all problems can be fixed by negotiating or appeasing people. If that were the case, Dr. Phil would be the Secretary of State and we wouldn't need a national defense, penal system or civil court system.
      But you are correct that the political arena is filled with "attack" volleys from one side while the other side appears to be aghast and in shock while whining and crying for apologies. And neither side is doing all the "attacking" or whining.
  • YodaJones, on 05/16/2008, -9/+3Oh my a politician noticed that Bush talks *****. Wow, we never knew that. Bush should STFU and leave office while he is still considered just a idiot and a liar.
    • veersite, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1Keith Olbermann... is that you??? Keith.... ?
      • YodaJones, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Yeah it's me... Please step back a little, I don't want a kiss..
  • Fullvinyl, on 05/16/2008, -3/+5If he doesn't make VP (and I see that for Edwards myself), then for *****'s sake, put him to good use and make him Secretary of State.
    • vexingmodstwo, on 05/16/2008, -2/+5Do you know who you're talking about here? It's Joe Biden. The guy has been in the Senate since before you were born, probably. There's a reason why he hasn't done anything other than be a Senator. He's a windbag who loves to hear himself talk and doesn't actually say anything. Were you even aware that he once ran for President? Or were you still in diapers?
    • yojiffyskippy, on 05/16/2008, -1/+3Edwards? Really? Edwards isn't as bad as Hillary but come on. He's not a good choice for Obama. However Edwards did purchase something with his delegates so we'll have to wait to see what he bought.
    • nighthwk1, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3Edwards has already said he would not run for VP, "It won't happen."
    • da_bradler, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1As much as I like Edwards, given that he didn't even win his own state when he ran VP for Kerry I doubt the democrats would put him on the ticket again. Hopefully he will get a high ranking cabinet position because he really is a very smart politician. And he is more liberal minded which would help balance out how Conservative Obama is on most policy.
  • tufftugg, on 05/16/2008, -5/+1 The truth of Mr.Bush always comes out
    http://www.atlargely.com/2008/05/all-the-preside.h ...
    • Apocrypha, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1The truth of Bush is everything he says is a lie. Things actually make a lot more sense if you take EVERYTHING he says in that light.
  • OldWiseOne, on 05/16/2008, -12/+6Biden is a mentally unstable Communist. Maybe when that spine donor comes through he will grow a set and stop hiding behind the spin.
    • FredFredrickson, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2A communist, haha... that made my day. Crawl out from under your rock - we're not fighting communists any more - we're fighting terrorists now.
    • ethornquist, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2What? Communists? Are you daft? Is what they're saying on Fox News? Rubbish.
  • URnotheonly1, on 05/16/2008, -9/+10FROM OBAMA WEBSITE: http://www.barackobama.com/issues/foreignpolicy/#i ...

    Diplomacy: Obama is the only major candidate who supports tough, direct presidential diplomacy with Iran without preconditions. Now is the time to pressure Iran directly to change their troubling behavior. Obama would offer the Iranian regime a choice. If Iran abandons its nuclear program and support for terrorism, we will offer incentives like membership in the World Trade Organization, economic investments, and a move toward normal diplomatic relations. If Iran continues its troubling behavior, we will step up our economic pressure and political isolation. Seeking this kind of comprehensive settlement with Iran is our best way to make progress.

    John McCain 08!
  • markgl, on 05/16/2008, -3/+8i think he's missing the point that if we've already talked with them and gotten no where, where does obama think he is going to take the talks to?
    • Apocrypha, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1No, "appeasement" is not valid because, just like James King, you too don't know what you are actually talking about. Obama never once offered to say, give Israel to Iran as long as they promise not to....whatever it is you think they are going to do. He only said he would have talks with them and there is nothing wrong with that in the least. It's the responsible and Intelligent thing to do. But I guess you don't want your country to be seen as reasonable do you? Don't forget Iran has not attacked another country in any of our recent memories. Iraq attacked Iran, not the other way around (prompted by the US I might add) and anything the US gov't says they've done is just words because no credible proof is ever offered otherwise therefore the reasonable and smart thing to do would be to suspend belief barring any actual verifiable evidence of wrong doing.
    • Apocrypha, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1The current US gov't is not interested in talking. They never were and they never will be. Therefore, in the light of that truth, just how affective and aggressive do you think they were really being in talks? Not very I would think. Someone with actual motivation to get something done via diplomacy is actually far more like to get positive results. Again, the current US gov't is not capable of ANY REAL diplomatic efforts. They've already proven that over and over again.
      So I think it is you who is missing the point.
  • Lamadave222, on 05/16/2008, -8/+9Biden is a cow pie. First, Obama's name is not mentioned. Second, appeasement is an appropriate concept to invoke. Should we ask Mr. Obama if he would negotiate with Hamas?
    • FredFredrickson, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2Should we ask Mr. McCain?
    • veersite, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Jimmy Carter did it for him... as did the adviser that resigned over that very thing. Laff Riot... Ah, the hypocrisy...
  • jwilshire, on 05/16/2008, -6/+3He must like the taste of foot.
  • moeursalen, on 05/16/2008, -7/+7Biden's intended attention-getting profanity was planned to sidetrack real issues like Obama's weak foreign policy positions. Coombaya!.. Obama needs to publicly and vehemently reject his endorsement by Hamas' Youssef as a first step. He needs to do that before putting his mandarins out front to protect his pussy ass.

    moeursalen.blogspot.com
    • Apocrypha, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Obama's 'weak' foreign policy? Excuse me but Bush has NO foreign policy and he had zero foreign experience before and he is a terrible diplomat. Don't you think that is worse than a 'weak' one? Obama will make a great diplomatic president.
  • pagalchu, on 05/16/2008, -8/+2dems have no balls. Bush keeps on doing whatever he wants to do even though dems controls both houses.
  • jayscot, on 05/16/2008, -12/+5Digg is a left-wing dance party. I try to filter this garbage but it keeps getting through.
    • chantron, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1One man's garbage is another man's gold. It's just too bad that digg's garbage is the gold and yours is just a pile of *****.
  • ozymandias2012, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4That appeasement comment is such a non-issue. It's silly for the Democrats to become so unglued over something so insignificant. I mean they love to point out how stupid and unpopular Bush is, and now they're worried he's "damaged" Obama with this...I don't think so.
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