Being Bite Me
Chief Tango sends us a link from the Washington Post which reports that Joe Biden is uncharacteristically behaving himself while he tours Europe to buck-up our image there in the wake of the annexation of the Crimea this week. But, they admit that, Biden being Biden, he did inflate his support and his record of supporting Poland while in the Senate;
There was but one minor slip in Warsaw Tuesday when he met with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
“Fifteen years ago,” he said, “I was honored as the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee to lead the fight for Poland’s admission into NATO.” But it turns out Republican Sen. Jesse Helms (N.C.) was chairman back then and led the effort in committee and in the Senate to grant the country’s entry into NATO.
Biden, at the time was the ranking Democrat on the committee and, as Bloomberg News reported, was slow to embrace making that move for fear of alienating the Russians.
So, that statement was completely true, well, except for the fact that he wasn’t the chairman of the committee and he worried more about the Russians’ feelings than those of the Poles. Other than those two minor points, he was right. Of course, those two points were the only points in the statement.
I’m sure that the fact he was hired as a foreign policy expert, and the fact that not allowing Poland into NATO is yet another thing in regards to our foreign policy that he was wrong about, among the long list of things Biden has been wrong about for decades, it has nothing to do with why we get no respect from the Euros, in general, and the Russians, in particular.
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Foreign Policy
That picture was taken right after Biden was told about Chevalier eating 7 pounds of cheese
The way his face is doing two things at once in that photo (look at left vs right side) is creeping me out.
I’m sure I’m not the only one who was surprised that Biteme didn’t try to break the ice by telling polack jokes.
I wouldn’t have been surprised if Biteme got off the plane and told folks there how great it was to be back in Portland, OR!
Just warms my heart and makes me feel proud when we send our very best to represent us to the European community! You go Joe! /sarc off now/
Do be fair, Bush told everyone he saw Putin’s soul and saw how great of a guy he was – and thought it’d be cute to give Merkel an improptu neck rub at an official meeting. In general we haven’t had a great record of international representation in a while.
This guy … Argh!
Biteme keeps flaring up like a hemmorroid, doesn’t he?
Lets see…Obama & co. cringe every time Biteme talks because they know he’s a crazy drunk and a fucking idiot to boot. He carries no credibility even with the left-of-Lenin crowd. He’s the dictionary definition of “useless.” The Russians also know this.
So the message the Glorious Leader is sending by having Shotgun Joe visit Poland to show “support and solidarity” or whatever is pretty clear.
The Poles deserve a lot better than this bullshit.
Remember, kids–this guy is a heartbeat away from the Presidency because he’s the best guy the Democrats could come up with on foreign policy.
This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we’ll be lucky to live through it.
And I’m only half-joking.
Biden got the VP slot because he’s an excellent insurance policy against someone knocking off Obama. Having Bit-me in the White House would make even AQ hesitate before taking a shot at President Mom-Jeans.
Oh, nice THFRO reference too. One of my favorite quotes. 🙂
Dammit, I would’ve pointed out that he’s assassination insurance, but you beat me to it. Well played, sir.
Obama’s Dan Quayle.