Comments on: McCain ad seeks Clinton supporters

By: the consultant

the consultant — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:46:47 +0000

biden was picked because barry has NO foreign policy resume
and because biden is an attack dog by nature which they
feel they need to go after MCcain

By: ed1

ed1 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:31:57 +0000

Good guess would be similar to Stamford from Grand Central.

By: the consultant

the consultant — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:00:09 +0000

Biden lives how many minutes from dc..

By: ed1

ed1 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:06:39 +0000

Obama’s wife says she admires Biden because he goes home to his wife every night, The implication, of course, is that many, if not most of the ethically challenged down there, don’t.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:03:49 +0000

As for Biden’s foreign policy experience, there a couple of snippets from an article in Slate titled, “What Would Biden’s Middle East Policy Look Like?” by Shmuel Rosner that I thought would be pertinent. Although the author of the piece is very sympathetic to Biden, he provides a mountain evidence of against him.

“it’s hard to identify a coherent agenda, much less an ideology, driving Biden’s many positions.”

“He voted against the first Gulf War, though he later regretted it, and in favor of the second Gulf War. (He didn’t regret that; in 2005 he said that “the decision to go to war was the right one,” but the candidate he’s supposed to help made his name by opposing that same war.) He has suggested a partition of the country (he has been quiet about this position in recent months), and he opposed the surge, declaring, “The surge isn’t going to work either tactically or strategically.””

“His position on Darfurâ€”the most daring of all the candidates’, Democrat or Republicanâ€”demonstrates that his patience with rogue regimes is limited. He is ready to take action. Morally, calling Darfur the exception is an easy case to make. Strategically, not so much. Can Biden support unilateral American intervention in places in which the United States has no direct strategic interest while rejecting such actions in places where the interest is clear? Apparently, he can.”

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:39:44 +0000

I don’t think anyone can say that Biden is a great guy without personally knowing him. He may or may not be. I don’t see how having an office next to Strom Thurmond is any evidence one way or the other. Obviously, he appears to be a devoted family man and appears to be well-liked by his colleagues in the Senate and those in the media.

However, he is an attack dog, who has done some pretty crappy things. Clarence Thomas didn’t believe that Biden was honest with him when Biden sat atop the judiciary. He didn’t give Robert Bork a fair hearing and in fact, came up with a plan over two months ahead of time to derail his nomination. He wasn’t particularly fair or nice to Alito or Roberts. There are principled liberals in the Senate such as Senator Feingold and there are attack dogs such as Tom Harkin. Biden, is more similar to the latter than the former.

By: Jiminy Cricket

Jiminy Cricket — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:26:09 +0000

Simple answer—YES. Very tired of them. On all levels.

Biden is like a ship with a lot of slow leaks. If the Republicans do it right, they can turn those small leaks into big ones. Then, end of ship.

By: ed1

ed1 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:27:27 +0000

Right – One of his sons (don’t know if it’s this one) graduated from Yale Law and then became a lobbyist/”consultant” for MBNA, later Bank of America. Coincidentally, Biden backed almost everything the banks wanted with his votes in the Senate, and tried to convince his fellows to do the same, which they were disinclined to do, since the great majority of them found the banks predatory in trying to make bankruptcies more difficult, and credit card interest usurious. Same old same old. Guess the kid was more interested in easy money than he was in constitutional law – and old Joe did his best to see that he was successful. Got a ton of campaign donations from the banking industry to boot. Getting a little tired of all these holier-than-thou charlatans? Me, too.

By: Jiminy Cricket

Jiminy Cricket — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:11:43 +0000

On August 24, yesterday, the Washington Post ran a story reporting that Biden’s son Hunter, and Biden’s brother James, are named as defendants in a big lawsuit accusing them of defrauding a former business partner and an investor of millions of dollars in a hedge fund deal.

The case apparently is in the NY State Supreme Court.

They say they are not guilty, and Joe Biden is tenatively linked to it in an indirect way. But the Obama camp is of course sticking by “Say It Ain’t So Joe!” Biden.

By: GOP Girl

GOP Girl — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:05:19 +0000

Senator Biden is a wise choice for Obama-Biden does get respect from the Republicans. While I may not agree with him politically, he is intelligent and knows how to communicate. Hopefully McCain chooses fmr. Gov. Mitt Romney for VP and then weâ€™ll have a real race. Weâ€™d hopefully get the disgruntled Clinton supporters and keep our conservative base. Oh, as an asides, Senator Biden was good friends with Senator Strom Thurmond-so much so, they had requested that their senate offices be next to one another.

By: GOP Girl

GOP Girl — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:04:43 +0000

Again, ignore the lines

By: GOP Girl

GOP Girl — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:04:16 +0000

Senator Biden is a wise choice for Obama-Biden does get respect from the Republicans. While I may not agree with him politically, he is intelligent and knows how to communicate. Hopefully McCain chooses fmr. Gov. Mitt Romney for VP and then we’ll have a real race. We’d hopefully get the disgruntled Clinton supporters and keep our conservative base. Oh, as an asides, Senator Biden was good friends with Senator Strom Thurmond-so much so, they had requested that their senate offices be next to one another.

By: the consultant

the consultant — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:06:05 +0000

I happen to think Joe Biden is a smart, decent, and
good man…his knowledge of national security and foreign
affairs is wide and deep..the fact that Obama had to
pick him underlines Obama’s lack of gravitas in that
area…If the ticket were reversed even I would
have to consider it

By: Jim Kelly - NY Conservative Campaigns

Jim Kelly - NY Conservative Campaigns — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:43:21 +0000

What vote percentage did Biden get in the primary races, something like 1% (One per cent?)
And he is from the State of Delaware?

Another win for the Republicans on the horizon.

Jim Kelly – NY Conservative Campaigns

By: tim hays

tim hays — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:47:01 +0000

The Biden choice proves that Senator Obama has a political “death wish.” Biden is the best naive choice of a presidential candidate since Dukakis chose Lloyd Bentsen.

God Bless America! Biden makes even Agnew look like Truman as a choice.

Sen. McCain,the wiser candidate, may now feel free to choose as his running mate a man of great wisdom and character, former Gov. Mitt Romney. Even dogs will root for Mitt. (Our inside laugh.)

By: DBR NC

DBR NC — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:26:34 +0000

The consultant:

surely you mean realclearpolitics.com ? Check out where realpolitics.com takes you. Realclearpolitics.com shows Obama ahead, as does pollster.com

By: the consultant

the consultant — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:29:24 +0000

you will find that there will be legions of regular democrats who do not support Obama..they may not
necessarily vote for McCain but they do not have to
for him to win the battleground states…and just
keep your eye on Ohio, Va, Mo, Nev, and NH and Mich
that will tell you the story..go to realpolitics.com
and follow the state by state polling ..right now
I have McCain ahead 274 to 264..with only a few toss
ups left..

By: Bob H

Bob H — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:00:08 +0000

‘A committee of the Wisconsin Democratic Party in July voted to strip Bartoshevich, a lifelong Democrat and former Clinton delegate, of her delegate status. Bartoshevich made headlines in June when news reports indicated she would support McCain if Sen. Barack Obama was the Democratic nominee.’

from the Racine Journal Times,

http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2008/08/25/local_news/doc48b2d3e563ff1152774873.txt S major case of sour grapes.

Funny how many newspapers are leaving that out of this ‘story’. Note that this woman has a personal grudge so strong that she will go against the wishes of the candidate she supposedly supported (Clinton, who has endorsed Obama and encouraged her backers to do the same) to do this for McCain and the RNC. A fleeting moment in the spotlight. Hardly showing any allegiance to the principles of Clinton nor Democrats.

By: the consultant

the consultant — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:47:39 +0000

The ad is brilliant…low key..over 50% of Hillary supporters are not yet supporting Obama….that will
of course change after the convention but Obama is
not getting a large enough share of the democratic
vote to win….kerry got 89 and lost…Obama is in
the high 70”s…Obama at this point appears to be
a loser

By: R Hooper

R Hooper — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:38:15 +0000

What a media stooge (D.B.). Thankfully, those with such poor logic are small in number.