As contemptible as the Democratic debate last night proved to be, Sen. Joe Biden made one comment that salvaged the event from total embarrassment. He responded to an idiotic question posed by a Youtube pygmy that, more or less, asked how soon the troops in Iraq would be pulled out after a Democrat assumes the presidency.
Biden was remarkably direct and honest, for a Democrat. The pièce de résistance was the following line:
"Seventy percent of all the deaths (in Iraq)... have been those roadside bombs. We had money in that bill to begin to build and send immediately mine resistant vehicles and increase by 80% the likelihood none of your cadets will die, general -- and they (the Democrats on stage) all voted against it. How, in good conscience, can you vote not to send those vehicles over there as long as there's one single, solitary troop there?"
Indeed, every Democratic Senator at the debate, with the exception of Biden, voted against funding the war provisions bill; a significant component of which was to be dedicated to the reinforcement of military vehicles. Shame on those who voted against it, and one is forced to recognize a certain gravitas, even integrity, in Biden.
Uh, Integrity.....Biden?! WHAT!?!? Hold the phone! I see your point but c'mon, you're splitting hairs here. Biden is anything but honest.
ReplyDeleteMy aforementioned remarks are all heavily qualified. We're talking about Democrats here. My expectations for them are so low that Biden's accurate observations caught me by surprise.
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