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September 23, 2008
Plugs the Unstoppable Gaffe Machine
The arugula-munching Marxists who make up today's Democrat Party aren't exactly known for their authenticity. Even so, Joe Biden's latest gaffe is remarkable for its over-the-top phoniness. Talking down to a bunch of bitter hicks clinging to their guns in southwestern Virginia, Plugs let loose with this:
Barack Obama ain't taking my shotguns, so don't buy that malarkey. If he tries to fool with my Beretta, he's got a problem.
If anyone took Biden seriously, they might report this threat to the Secret Service. Fortunately no one does.
Other recent gems from Plugs include proclaiming there will be "No coal plants here in America" because he and Obama are "not supporting clean coal." Actually Obama does support it, or at least pretends to for the sake of Rust Belt voters.
When McCain pointed out that this confirms the Obama/Biden ticket's hostility to generating energy, Biden's spokesman denounced the McCain campaign as "dishonorable" — the last word liberals should try to apply to a genuine war hero.
Speaking of war heroes, Biden apparently tried to top Shrillary's tall tale of weathering sniper fire in Bosnia by boasting that he was on a helicopter that was forced down in the mountains of Afghanistan. What he neglected to mention was that it was forced down by the weather, not the terrorists who have been openly rooting for the Democrats to win. Even Hanoi John Kerry — who was also on the chopper, and who is famous for milking minor nicks and scrapes for Purple Hearts — passed the incident off with a joke:
We were going to send Biden out to fight the Taliban with snowballs, but we didn't have to do it… Other than getting a little cold, it was fine.
But not everything Biden says is misleading. When he characterized one of Obama's own ads as "terrible," he was right on the mark. The ad in question ridiculed McCain for not being able to use a computer; this disability is the result of the years of torture McCain endured at the hands of communists for the sake of his country.
It's also hard to argue with Biden's suggestion earlier this month that Shrillary would have been a better choice for VP.
On a tip from the MaryHunter.
Posted by Van Helsing at September 23, 2008 8:34 PM
Comments
BHO doesn't want Biden's guns. Well, at least he didn't until Biden made this comment!
Posted by: Lyle at September 23, 2008 8:55 PM
Plugs is my hero. Obambi has showed his fantastic judgement (his primary qualification for president) in this VP pick. I can't wait for the debate where Plugs will bring it all home for "The One" hehehe
Posted by: Mongrul at September 23, 2008 8:55 PM
Like any liberal demacrook you cant take OBAMA for anything he says he is a big time gun control advocate he dont trust gun owners and he dont belive in the constitution just like our former dictator DER FIURER BILL CLINTON
Posted by: Spurwing Plover at September 23, 2008 9:12 PM
McCain dosen't know how to use a computer becuase he is not particularly intelligent and becuase like most right wingers he is intellectually discurious.
It has nothing to do with being a POW. I know paraplegics who know how to and do use a computer.
Meanwhile: A real Christian?
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/nation/20080923_ap_christiansoldierruledaconscientiousobjector.html
Posted by: Anonymous at September 23, 2008 10:10 PM
In the palin household like mother like daughter...both are whoring themselves out before marriage.
Posted by: John at September 23, 2008 11:03 PM
Be a good family man like McCain, leave your first wife and family after she gets in a crash.
Posted by: Tim at September 23, 2008 11:04 PM
Biden is an unstable drunk.
Posted by: Jimbo at September 23, 2008 11:13 PM
Oh...
And Anonymous, John, and Tim are true dipshits.
Posted by: Jimbo at September 23, 2008 11:27 PM
I love how the Dhimmicrats are suddenly so into abstinence! I mean, before they were totally against abstinence, but now with the emergence of Sarah Palin they have turned into Puritans.
Posted by: Anonymous at September 23, 2008 11:52 PM
So now I'm thinking that if we conservatives elect a gay Republican senator (bear with me here) perhaps the liberals will be so up in arms that they'll stop with all the perversions that they peddle!
Posted by: Anonymous at September 23, 2008 11:54 PM
"I love how the Dhimmicrats are suddenly so into abstinence! I mean, before they were totally against abstinence, but now with the emergence of Sarah Palin they have turned into Puritans. "
no, it's just fun when Puritans turn out to be hypocrites, as they all inevitably do.
Posted by: Anonymous at September 24, 2008 2:52 AM
"So now I'm thinking that if we conservatives elect a gay Republican senator (bear with me here) perhaps..."
But most Republican Senators ARE gay!
Posted by: Anonymous at September 24, 2008 3:55 AM
All of the trolls in this post need to go back under the bridge where they belong.
Biden was a $h!tt¥ choice as VP and everyone knows it. Just because the Obama campaign is already hopelessly lost is no reason to spout bitter invective at us.
Posted by: Murff at September 24, 2008 4:10 AM
VH, how could you leave out Joe Hairplugs telling Katie Couric that after the stock market crash of 1929, President Roosevelt went on television to reassure the American people. That was an instant classic.
Posted by: V the K at September 24, 2008 4:29 AM
"Biden was a $h!tt¥ choice as VP and everyone knows it. Just because the Obama campaign is already hopelessly lost is no reason to spout bitter invective at us. !"
who is spouting invective. You are the only one here insistent on swearing and ranting illogically-
Posted by: Anonymous at September 24, 2008 5:25 AM
If Palin had made the same guns comment about Obama, even in jest, the media would have had a field day with it calling for Palins arrest in threating Obama. Of course Joe Plugs Biden says it and its just no big deal.
I loved the 1929/FDR/TV quote - wow. If McCain had said that he would have been labeled senile by the media.
Posted by: Anonymous at September 24, 2008 5:45 AM
Has it occurred to anyone that Biden is on the plot with Hillary to derail the Obama campaign? What else could explain Bidens comments of late? I know the guy makes gaffs routinely but these are so blatent they cant be accidents. I suspect that deep down inside most white Democratic politicians hate Obama or at least dont like him a whole lot. Its part of the reason Bill Clinton spends more time saying good things about McCain than mentioning Obama and gives luke warm support to Obama. Of course Bills primary motive is to get his business partner Hillary into the Whitehouse in 2012.
Posted by: Anonymous at September 24, 2008 5:51 AM
From Hot Air again: Emperor Zero mints his own coins. Verum Squirrelus!
Posted by: Conservigilant at September 24, 2008 6:06 AM
Wow, Van. You must be doing something right to have accumulated quite the troll and sockpuppet following. Well done!
On topic, my fav Sir Gaffe-a-lot moment so far was the 'Stand up Graham'. That's one crack campaign prep team hard at work there.
Posted by: Hope at September 24, 2008 6:21 AM
The trolls who've taken up residence should probably review their Obama Action Wires and at least try to get on message here. They're sounding like (particularly immature) 13 year olds.
Posted by: Kathleen at September 24, 2008 7:00 AM
Obama and Biden are mixing their suarian brandy and romulan ale together
Posted by: Spurwing Plover at September 24, 2008 7:14 AM
That picture of Plugs is hysterical. The line underneath should read: "Oops, my pantalooms have just fallen and look what just popped out"
Oh, Joey Hairplugs, don't ever change. I wonder if he rides Amtrak with his pantalooms down around his ankles, hands akimbo and that mouth open like in the picture? He's a national treasure.
Posted by: The Truth at September 24, 2008 9:35 AM
A poster on another site suggested that the Donkeys are encouraging Biden's blunders so they can have him step down in favor of Hillery.
Let's add this idea to the American language, we can call it "a Biden exit", it means "to give up a position/job in favor of someone you think will do better"
Posted by: KHarn at September 24, 2008 2:08 PM
