Political Republican Opinion:
The problem with making a statement that questions the worthiness or policies of a presidential candidate that the mainstream Liberal media seems to think is the second coming of the messiah is, it creates quite a backlash. The media starts digging and asking questions. The American public starts to ask questions, too, that the Obama campaign doesn’t want asked. When innocent questions and statements cause this kind of a backlash, it’s no wonder that it would cause someone to go into hiding?
So where is Joe? No, not Joe the plumber; he’s a stand-up kind of guy who has withstood the smarmiest of media attacks and Obama campaign ploys that have been aimed at discrediting him. I’m talking about Joe Biden!
Ever since making the mistake of speaking his true feelings - that electing Barack Obama would lead to an immediate worldwide crisis and that we would not like the way that Obama would handle the situation - Joe Biden has, for all intents and purposes, crawled into a hole and covered himself with a rock. The American public, however, has one question it wants answered; that is, what the heck were you talking about, Joe?
Because Biden has not made himself available to answer this one reasonable question, it has led to all kinds of speculation as to what the vice presidential candidate might have been talking about. Barack Obama has dismissed the comment by Joe Biden as a “rhetorical flourish” and has attempted to twist the embarrassing statement into another opportunity to attack George Bush saying, “the key reason the next president will face such threats is because of the damaging policies of the past eight years.”
John McCain has a different take on the situation. Speaking at a campaign rally in Harrisburg, PA, McCain said, “We don’t want a president who invites testing from the world at a time when our economy is in crisis and Americans are already fighting in two wars.”
Tucker Bounds, a McCain campaign spokesman added, “It’s not leadership for Barack Obama to promise to be straight with Americans, only to dismiss serious statements and concern from his own running mate as simple ‘rhetorical flourishes.’ Joe Biden guaranteed a generated international crisis if Barack Obama is elected, and a smile-for-the-cameras press conference isn’t going to mitigate the risk of an Obama presidency.”
In an interview with Drew Griffin on CNN on Tuesday night, Sarah Palin said, “Can you imagine if I would have said such a thing? … No, I think that you know we would be hounded and held accountable for — what in the world did you mean by that, VP, presidential candidate? Why would you say that, that mark my words, this nation will undergo international crisis if you elect Barack Obama? If I would have said that, you guys would have clobbered me.” Griffin responded: “You’re right. You’re right.”
Well, it’s nice t be right, isn’t it Sarah? It would be better to get an answer to the question, though, wouldn’t it? The reporter can’t answer it, Barack Obama can’t answer it and; most importantly of all, the American public can’t answer it. The Obama campaign has, no doubt, told Joe Biden to shut up and disappear. Barack Obama’s hiatus from the limelight to visit his ailing grandmother, frankly, couldn’t have come at a better time for him.
So, what’s the answer? It’s left up to us to create our own scenarios as to what Joe Biden was talking about …
Perhaps Joe Biden’s dire warning has to do with a terrorist attack. If so, does Biden have information that supports this? Where will the attack be? Here, in the US? Abroad? Only Joe knows!
Is Biden talking about an international incident? Today, a popular radio talk show host that shall go unnamed (at this point) sited an anonymous source that said that Iran is preparing a preemptive attack on Israel. Would the US back up Israel militarily under Barack Obama or would we sit idly by and let them defend themselves alone? Either way, there are bound to be a lot of unhappy Americans. Is this what you are talking about Joe?
Amanda, a commenter on my post, “Biden Warns: Obama Presidency Will Lead To World Crisis!,” thinks that Biden is hinting that Obama is going to reinstitute the draft. Her comment was as follows:
I believe Biden’s recent gaffe about Obama being tested by a rogue nation and that he and Obama will have to do something that All Americans will be against is a warning that Obama will impose the draft. After reading Biden’s remarks that day and comparing them to remarks Obama made about his support for a draft at the ServiceNation Presidential Forum at Columbia University on Sept. 11, 2008 I can come to no other conclusion.
Obama: “But it’s also important that a president speaks to military service as an obligation not just of some, but of many…..I think it’s important for the president to say, this is an important obligation. If we are going into war, then all of us go, not just some.” (see Transcript: Servicenation Presidential Forum at Columbia University)
And Biden’s remarks: “We do not have the military capacity, nor have we ever, quite frankly, in the last 20 years, to dictate outcomes,” he cautioned. “It’s so much more important than that. It’s so much more complicated than that. And Barack gets it.”… “There are gonna be a lot of you who want to go, ‘Whoa, wait a minute, yo, whoa, whoa, I don’t know about that decision.’”
Biden insists in his remarks that Obama’s decision will impact ALL of the country negatively. Biden couldn’t be talking about some random international attack that Obama would have to answer because that would only split the country. So logically there’s only one thing that would pit ALL US citizens against Obama in the way that Biden is asserting and that’s the draft! Then I remembered the ServiceNation Presidential forum Obama attended and it became pretty darn clear that’s what Biden was talking about.
The reinstatement of the draft was in the DNC platform. Charlie Rangel (NY) spoke about it saying the burden should be spread around. Obama is in favor of both boys and girls signing up at age 18. I think is connected to his call for more troops in Afghanistan.
Obama will give us mandatory military service; mandatory healthcare; mandatory taxes; mandatory suffering.
You may have something there, Amanda! Who knows, though? The one thing that struck me most in Amanda’s comment were the words of Charlie Rangel: “the burden should be spread around.” Hmmm … Where have I heard the phrase “should be spread around” before? …
Then there are those who suggest that the manufactured crisis will be economic and that the end-game will be to create a global currency. This is something that France and China have called for and Obama has certainly showed that he is deeply concerned with currying their favor. Glenn Beck made the following comments before Joe Biden’s stunning speech:
Then we have the theories that go beyond partisanship and suggest that leaders around the globe are part of a “secret society” and have been plotting to take over the world. Is this what Joe Biden is talking about? Check out this video about The Council of Foreign Relations and The Bilderberg Group:
I’m sure that there may be some (ahem) “creative” souls out there that believe that Biden was talking about an attack by extraterrestrials!
Since, Joe Biden has disappeared and Barack Obama’s cover-up spin is clearly insufficient, it is up to America to decide. What do you think Joe Biden was talking about? I would love to hear your theories!
Political Republican Opinion Quote of the Day: “A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over” – Benjamin Franklin
October 24th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Whoa! That second video definitely provides a lot to think about. It’s hard to know where the conspiracy theory meets reality, but the trend towards one-world governance is unmistakable.
Thanks for the food for thought.
October 25th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Iran will make a preemptive attack on Israel and Obama will prevent any aid from the USA because it may offend other countries. God Help Us!!!!!!