Biden Calls Obama ‘Great Man’ — Says GOP Medicare Plan and Bin Laden’s Death Will Help Dems
- Posted on May 26, 2011 at 8:49pm by
Billy Hallowell
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Joe Biden sees victory on the horizon!
In a speech on Wednesday evening, the vice-president unleashed his theory that the GOP‘s Medicare plan and Bin Laden’s death both have voters looking more favorably at President Obama. These two pivotal developments, says Biden, will fundamentally change the way that voters think about some of the more controversial and unpopular decisions the president has made thus far. Politico, has more:
“The American people now … have a crystal clear picture of how strong and decisive this president is. And that’s the last piece of the puzzle that had to be put in place for this great man.
The American people will no longer confuse being contemplative with being a coward. People are now beginning to take a second look at those incredibly difficult but absolutely necessary decisions the president had to make the day we walked into the West Wing.”
While the president did, indeed, experience a surge in the days following the Bin Laden raid, his numbers could have gone higher. While certainly not comparable in terms of magnitude, President George W. Bush shot up from the 50s in the weeks preceding Sept. 11 to at least 90 percent during the weeks following. To compare, some polls saw Obama move from the 40s up to the high 50s following Bin Laden’s death. Not exactly earth-shattering.
Currently, Obama’s job approval rating stands at 52.5 percent, with 42.6 of the nation disapproving. While Biden believes that Medicare and Bin Laden may be the key to changes in public perception, it seems the economy will have a greater impact. We shall see. Below, watch some of Biden’s commentary:
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Comments (174)
powhatan
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:48pmJoe should have retired a LONG time ago…but the old ego won’t let him….pathetic.
Report Post »Agnes
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 10:31pmWhy retire when you get paid very well to do absolutely nothing. His head is full of mush! Too my liquid lunches over the years.
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:48pmJoe, Joe, Joe. Did you not see the video of Der Schlickmeister telling Paul Ryan that he hoped the Democrats would not make that play? Read the playbook Joe!
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:37pmi thought joe was catching up on watching fdr,s fireside chats on tv…lol have another drink joe
Report Post »Deda1
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:35pmJoe Biden is the dumbest VP we have ever had and for the people of Deleware to keep sending him to the Senate shows how dumb they are the reason their state is screwed up.
Report Post »dday500
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:31pmWe all know what fun it is to laugh at and makes jokes about Joe Biden, don’t we ? How easy is this ? Biden wants to pretend that our pencil-necked, classless, arrogant, and ignorant President is some sort of mullah, emperor, king, pharaoh, dictator, or god. Thats just Joe being Joe, isn’t it ?
Somehow the truth always eludes this clown, as it does the entire Liberal media, and Democrat Party. Lies and deception are their “core values” , and most of the voters in America are now very well aware of this, aren’t we ?
Report Post »casstom
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:31pmI guess Joe will feel the same, when Obama, decides on a new running mate. I hope he heard, that was a possibility. Joe Biden had a long career as a senator from Delaware, to possibly, be a one term vice president. Please Joe get with the program.
Report Post »geonj
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:29pmdid biden wake up from his nap?
Report Post »Repeal10
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:29pmI kept falling asleep during the video! What did he say?
Report Post »Donald
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:29pmJoe “The Hair” is the mater of oblivious…..he has no clue
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 2:35pmEven Biden’s hair plugs are deserting him.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:25pmIt is like dumb and dumber.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:36pmDumbo & Rip Van Winkle……….
Report Post »godhatesacoward
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:37pmOdumbo & Dumber!!!!
Report Post »Trying to Remain Calm
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:24pmFreedom of speech is one thing but the crap that these Westboro nuts do to people that are suffering is inexcusable. All politics aside, it pains me to see people who are trying to pick up the pieces of their lives after a tragedy like Joplin or families who have lost loved ones who have served their country being put through this. I know that what these people do is not right.
Report Post »Hang in there. My prayers, for what they are worth, are with you.
crackerone
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:24pmAnother Lib. Someone has to do all the work for you!
Report Post »krjones
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:17pmBiden my be right. The republicans and the tea party are caving on principles like Medicare and the Patriot act. Our country does not seem willing to pay the price that must be paid to get our fiscal house in order. If we can’t reform Medicare, Medicaid, and SS, we will be doomed.
Report Post »psst
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 10:36pmAbsolutely.
Report Post »The ameriKan public have been so dumbded down they can’t see that pay me now is much better than pay me later 100 times more.
Or take 3/4 loaf now or soon there wil be no loaf at all.
IMO. There will be no loaf at all.And sooner rather than later.
Jenny Lind
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:16pmThe only way I could even listen to Biden, is if he was reading his resignation. I cannot think of a sorrier excuse for a v.p. in my life. The very fact he could become president is really a nightmare.
Report Post »one yrs. food ration like Glenn says..
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 7:38amNow you know why Obama chose him as a running mate… No one would DARE assassinate Obama for fear of having this boob take over…lmao..
Report Post »On The Bayou
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:14pmLets all pray that Joe Biden is looking at Washington DC in his rear view mirror and he`s got Obama in the passenger seat. It`s time to send these two fools home.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:13pmBiden the top banana.
Report Post »momprayn
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:11pmI think most people ignore anything he says – if not, they should….truth is they’re probably scared to death & there are many up there in the White House who are going crazy with how to make him a one term president bc they realize what a disaster he is & all the lies he’s gotten away with. Re bin Laden – dream on Biden. I don’t think he made the call at all & hopefully the truth about that will come out in time plus this birth certificate deal hopefully is not over with that book by Corsi saying/proving the copy they put out was a forgery & Trump isn’t giving up.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=303181
Report Post »Even if it doesn’t come out about bin Laden, memories are short about these things — don’t see it anywhere anymore. This and the MediScare are their big strategies — won’t work.
PALIN/CAIN 2012 !!!!!!
Whostolemypig
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:07pmI‘m so thrilled that Obama personally killed bin Laden that I think I’ll go over to the airport and get groped.
Report Post »earlsmith1952
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:06pmI see Obama being removed from office very, very shortly.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 10:33pmAfter assuming room temperature???
Report Post »NHABE64
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:05pmJoe Biden is an incompetent boob and everybody know it including him. I can’t actually believe he said a complete sentence without screwing it up. Like El Cockroach aka barry obama, joe biden will be booted out in 2012 as well if not sooner. Talk about a nincompoop. Ha!
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 12:54amJoe “BFD” Biden needs an eye exam if he is having “visions”
Everytime a moonbat Democrat mentions how great “THE RECOVERY” is going—I want them to have a psychiatric evaluation immediately.
I guess they think if they say it enough—it will be believed.
Report Post »NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
heavyduty
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:04pmSorry to hear that Westboro is at it again. Just maybe a tornado will visit them in the near future. Then we can all go to their funerals.
Report Post »Nigel2
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 11:47pmAre your initials J.R.? Xray
Report Post »npbreakthrough
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:02pmCOMPASSION is the very foundation, the bread, and the overall arching theme of christianity, without compassion the entire message from jesus falls apart……….the westboro baptists have allowed that spiteful , hateful old man to lead them into false doctrine and the spread of contrast to gods grace…..real people of faith pray with those in joplin, not against them………
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 8:57pmOsama Bama will leave as a one term president. There is no way for him to recover his election in 2012 unless he pays off the debt himself. RIGHT!!!! That’s like him growing wings and flying to Kenya. It just isn’t going to happen.
Report Post »SHASTADIANE1
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 11:29pmI hope your right…!!!! Biden said WHAT???? If Obama is so smart, why do we not have a budget for 2 years now???? Why are we still in 2 wars, and almost (3)….why are we building more debt than our grandkids can ever repay, and why are we looking at bankruptcy to more and more of these social programs that these people keep voting in…why can my cousins child, able bodied get one tattoo after another, go to eat at all these restaurants, and go to spas and have pedicures and manicures and not work a minute of her miserable little life??? And 60 plus folks like me, drag their arthritic bodies out of bed each day and do 3 peoples jobs, and do a good job of it…never taken a dime off the government, and only PRAY we don’t have to pay even thousands more in taxes each year because we go out and work 12 hour days??? Something is bad wrong here…
Report Post »david3755
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 8:57pmSo obama decided to risk the lives of special forces people to kill bin laden. If the world had found out that bin laden was within reach and obama did nothing, he would have been ridden out of Washington on a rail. No guts to come to the right decision, he was trying to save his own ass.
Report Post »PatriotsLikeMe
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:54amWe are all expendable. Killing Bin Laden was a necessary evil in order to get re-elected. He would kill a lot more of us to achieve his ends. He has a fire in his belly and he is nothing if not his daddy’s boy.
Report Post »@ Coyote2
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 1:24pmHow many times does Osama have to die???
Report Post »EddardinWinter
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 8:53pmMan it looks like he stayed awake the whole speech! Way to go Joe!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 8:56pmYeeeeaaah !
Report Post »Obama took 8 months and16 hours to get out of the way of those who wanted to kill bin Laden,
for that we should reward him by killing our country
MiketheTrucker
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 8:59pmStill waiting for old Joe to say something intelligent.
I‘m thinkin’ it may not happen during his one term.
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:03pmWHAT the HECK is this airhead Biden talking about?
With a name like Schmuck, Obama’s GOT to be good, yes? No!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:08pmBO JOE gotta GO in 2012
The Barracuda for 2012
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:08pmTalk about the party of NO, or better yet NO IDEAS. What is their solution or plan? I thought these morons were the ones calling for compromise or debate. Progressives are evil and clueless.
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:08pmBiden’s got all the intelligence of a lobotomized penguin (and nothing more).
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:10pmA can of corn has my vote over this pair!
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:10pmBiden thinks Napoleon was a ‘great man’, too.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:17pm“The American people now … have a crystal clear picture of how strong and decisive this president is.
Report Post »————–
We all remember his strong decisions during the BP oil -leak
and when he finally decided to meet Gen McCrystal for 20 min
but I digress..
cheezwhiz
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:25pmWoooohoooooo BeenLyin killed bin Laden!!!
Report Post »Lets borrow a few more trillion dollars and give them to moozies all over the world
woooooooohhhooooo !!
thebarbarian
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:27pmWHAT THE????????????????????????????????????????
Report Post »do they really believe that all of America is on the socialist band wagon? KOOL AIDAHOLICS!!!!!!!!!!
cheezwhiz
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:43pmLooks like # 2 has lost his marbles.
Report Post »And # 1 is totally mentally incompetant .
But they are both clinically insane , just look at them !!
Their mental health needs to evaluated by independent doctors.
poverty.sucks
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:45pmHey man, Red Bull & Vodka will get Biden through Obama’s all nighters.
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:50pmHey, that is GREAT news for us. biteme has never said anything that was correct. If he says that because of those two things that the demoncrats will win because of it, that means we’ve got 2012 made in the shade. There is no way that we can lose now that biteme has spoken.
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:53pmHey, Joe has to say something in order to keep his present job….there have been whispers in the DNC about finding another sidekick for our beloved Supreme Leader…..and Joe knows how hard it will be to actually have to find gainful employment in THIS economy…..don’t be surprised to see Joe dancing around in a rented chicken suit as the election draws closer….
Report Post »@ Coyote2
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 10:14pm@MiketheTrucker
Report Post »At his age, and not ever saying anything intelligent, it’s not apt to happen. That’s just part of being a liberal. It comes natural.
survivorseed
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 10:29pm@ CHEEZWHIZ – Dude, get a life already. You spend your whole day posting on a website with your embarrassing comments. Here’s a tip, total and neverending butthurt that the president is not the one you voted for is classic comedy for me but I feel sorry that your life is so void of any other happiness.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 10:51pm@ survivorseed
Report Post »Awwww….Lets lets hand over our country to the islamomarxists and do a Polpot in USA .
Since binLaden is dead
101
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 10:58pmBiden: meaning brain dead!
Report Post »mwhaley
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 11:10pmKeep preaching the prosperity message bro. The king still is not wearing any clothes.
Report Post »nosycophant
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 11:17pmBiden = ass clown
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 11:31pm@ AOL_REFUGEE
“Biden’s got all the intelligence of a lobotomized penguin.”
Laughed till my eye’s watered, Tks. Hope you dont mind
I’m gonna have to use that one…Thats right on, though !!
Report Post »jzs
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 11:35pmSorry to be a troll on this thread, but I didn‘t read one single logical rebuttel to Biden’t comments. Not one.
Cheeze says, “has lost his marbles, mentally incompetent, clinically insane, Islamarxist, and moozie.” Cheeze I admire your vast repertoire of insults and see that it where you invest the intellectual resources that you have.
But your please go back and read your posts. There is simply no intelligence there. You effort is only to come up with a new, cutsey, insult. “Lost his marbles” for one, goes back decades. Can’t you come up with something newer and more clever to impress your imagined audience.
Cheezy, are just stupid? You’re not stupid are you? Do you have not argument to bear on the issue in the thread? Seems to me you have only insults. It seems like you are nothing but a moron, an idiot, imbecile, bipolar, kook, nut, silly, fatuous, sensless, irrational, uneducated stupid fool.
Please don’t take that personally. I’m only trying to respond to your post the way your respond to these threads. I truly do not think your are a pedophile, criminal, felon, drug user, wife beater, racist or a slobbering idiot, despite what people who know you say.
I think you’re real smart and I think your creative insults show that.
Report Post »GIDEON612
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 11:38pmHitler was a gifted painter too.
Report Post »Swamp B Gummer
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 11:48pmyes, Joe is as dumb as he looks.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 12:10am@ jzs
Report Post »Lets follow Bidet’s theory.
According to Biteme, because Obama slayed Osama,
American people will just STFU and stop questioning O‘bama ’s soopermegaextradoubleoversized intellect and his intentions and beg him , on their knees , for pure unadulterated islamomarxism for USA.
Lets suppose he is right.
What that means is we should now destroy the prosperity, power and liberties of the people of this country because Osama is dead .
It makes sense only to someone with suspicious neurons and no grey matter .
No wonder it makes sense to #2
Komponist-ZAH
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 12:43amObama will never be a “great man”, because only those who don’t want to be great men ever are great men (cf. George Washington).
….but he since he killed Osama, and because those mean, evil Republicans want to throw Granny off a cliff (read: save and improve MediCare), I—and I’m sure I speak for us all, right?—am now willing to support his being the second coming of FDR. (……not.)
And, JZS, cool down. I might be somewhat inclined to agree with you, but the fact is he (Biden) doesn’t really have an argument that lends itself to anything but mockery.
Report Post »Intellectual Honesty
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 1:54am@ JZS
Have you noticed how much less specific the criticism of Obama is here recently? Sure there are the same people that post here non-stop that use these friendly confines as a comforting echo chamber. But lets face it, there are probably fewer than five conservatives on this board whose comments are EVER worth reading in their entirety…and please don’t challenge me to name them, I couldn’t. Just think, this group makes up the base of the GOP, these are the de-facto kingmakers of the GOP primary field! I think your critique illuminated this vacuum of critical thought quite well….and demonstrates a deeper problem for the GOP….and specifically the problem for the “dead-enders” that post here morning, noon and night. Their message (or lack thereof), is appreciated essentially by those in their own group…while the remaining *majority* of the country merely roll their eyes as I‘m sure you and I would both agree we do daily while sifting through this blazin’ trash. It would certainly be funnier if it weren’t so sad….but hey, its good to keep your finger on the pulse of these types, tedious as it is.
Report Post »Jediusetheforce
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 2:44amBiden is a fool who will eat his own dung. The judgement is near. Peace be with him.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:25amThrough the lens of Joe’s eyes all men are Great Men.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:51amAnd you. Biden, are a suck A$$ and a MORON. Always are and always will be …
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 4:36amThe American people will no longer confuse being contemplative with being a coward. People are now beginning to take a second look at those incredibly difficult but absolutely necessary decisions the president had to make the day we walked into the West Wing.”
Yep Joe…People are waking up and realizing we have an absolute moron for a president, who thinks he is a king. He is ONLY getting accolades when he follows up on what Bush started. Think about that Joe. I think your hair plugs have become entangled with your brain.
Report Post »one yrs. food ration like Glenn says..
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 7:18amOMG !!!!! The boldest thing any man can do ? WOW !! What the hell was he supposed to do but say yes go get him ? I mean Christ, what is so hard about saying YES ? !!!!
Report Post »Ok imagine.. Obama has a knows where bin laden is hiding and he says nah leave him be will get him someother time.. Biden is a fool.. Oh can I ask ? Where and what are you doing with that 10 million that we got back from Chrysler ?
Welcome Black Carter
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 9:08amI can give you a good idea of Biden’s gray matter. He wants us to keep him in mind when he makes a run at the white house in 2016…
Report Post »JohnGalt
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 9:46amHe saw an opportunity to bump up his poll numbers and he took it. I have no doubt if he wasn’t on the campaign trail, (a lot early, he maybe afraid of something) he wouldn’t have killed him.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 9:55amIntellectual Honesty (Not possible for a Liberal)
So I see we have another liberal troll trying to point out how wrong conservatives are. Have you tried to follow coherent discussion on progressive websites like Huffpo? Why would we waste our time pointing out Obama’s specific faults when they are obvious for all to see? Liberals have now shifted to fear mongering like they did in the 2008 election except this time the people are not falling for it and it’s making them very nervous. Why else would Biden be grasping at straws to try and prop up and cover for the Obama failures? Maybe I should help point them out to you liberals. 9% Unemployment due to Obama’s policies. $3.5 Trillion in new debt since Obama’s inauguration. Over $5 Trillion in new debt since Democrats controlled congress in 2007. (Obama was a Senator then) 15 Million more Americans on Food Stamps. Under Obama, daily crude oil prices have been 41% higher on average and the average weekly retail gasoline price has been 25% higher. Average monthly housing starts are 66% lower under Obama. Do I really need to keep going?
Report Post »hud
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:10amb & o, o & b, what a team for America, stinks either way you look at it
Report Post »freeus
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:15amJoe is working consummating a reality TV series deal for 2012.
Report Post »PatriotsLikeMe
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:22amWell this all makes me feel encouraged–if that tired, daft old man thinks it bodes well for his bosses’ re-election then we’re okay!! Thanks Biden–now go back to sleep. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Report Post »PatriotsLikeMe
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:41amIntellectual Honesty?? Really? Kind of a bold move for someone seemingly short on intellect and honesty. Where do I begin?
You wrote:
“Have you noticed how much less specific the criticism of Obama is here recently? ”
There is just sooooooo much to choose from–just looking at his gaffs during his European odyssey we could post ad infinitum. Why deal with the minutia when there are so many examples of his utter duplicity to this nation? It is much less time-consuming to call him Marxist/ Anarchist/ Socialist/ then relate the litanny of his offenses. Or do you not read or watch the news? Is that it, you have come here with an eager and earnest desire to be informed?
Unfortunately, you contradicted yourself when you wrote–
“this group makes up the base of the GOP, these are the de-facto kingmakers of the GOP primary field! I think your critique illuminated this vacuum of critical thought quite well….and demonstrates a deeper problem for the GOP…Their message (or lack thereof), is appreciated essentially by those in their own group…while the remaining *majority* of the country merely roll their eyes…”
So which is it you utterly intellectual and honest blogger, you–do these regular contributors represent the GOP base or are they just one of its anomalies?
Something sounds very familiar about the terminolgy you use–so reminiscent of Media Matters’ guerilla war on Fox News. I haven’t outed you, have I?
Report Post »wbedding
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:44amJZS -
Fact #1 for you – Obama is stripping $500B out of Medicare. How is that insuring it’s continuation?
Fact #2 for you – Ryan’s plan ADDS $900B+ into the program.
Do the math if you are capable. +$900B is MORE than -$500B. You aren’t smarter than a 5th grader, are you?
Report Post »PatriotsLikeMe
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:50amOh, one more thing Intel Hon–may I call you that? I noticed you posted in the wee hours. I, personally, sleep quite well. You might try ridding your conscience of any guilt. It works wonders. Be well. Ciao!
Report Post »vincere vel mori
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 1:13pmHe looks like the thug he tries to hide. Both of them are marxist gangster thugs, who do they think they are kidding, we know who they are.
Report Post »@ Coyote2
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 1:20pmI really feel sorry for him. To be stupid and look it too. Apparently it comes with being a liberal because it shows up every time one turns up.Take Obumer for example…….
Report Post »mdwalke
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 6:45pmAnd the beat goes on. LOL
Report Post »101
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:50pmBiden hero…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcYnJi3aZXQ
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