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Biden: ‘My Image of the Military Commander' Was 'Slim Pickens...on the Back of an Atom Bomb'..
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Posted on 04/27/2012 3:43:11 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Biden: ‘My Image of the Military Commander' Was 'Slim Pickens...on the Back of an Atom Bomb' 'Yelling Yippee-Ki-Yay' By Michael W. Chapman April 26, 2012

(CNSNews.com) - Vice President Joe Biden said that when he was first elected to the U.S. Senate back in 1972, his view of U.S. military commanders was epitomized by actor Slim Pickens in the movie “Dr. Strangelove,” riding an atomic bomb like a cowboy and “yelling yippee-ki-yay!”

In a campaign speech focusing on foreign policy, delivered at New York University on Thursday, Biden said he ran for the Senate in 1972 “because I thought the policy we had in Vietnam, I didn't argue it as immoral, but I thought it just didn't make sense, the notion of dominoes and so on and so forth."

“And I came to Washington as a 29-year-old kid," said Biden. "I got elected. Before I was eligible to serve, I had to literally wait to be sworn in because I wasn’t eligible under the Constitution. You must be 30 years old. And my image of the military commanders at the time was, if you ever saw that old movie, if you ever rented it, where Slim Pickens is on the back of an atom bomb, dropping out of an aircraft, yelling, yippee-ki-yay! And 'Dr. Strangelove' was the movie.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Delaware
KEYWORDS: biden; dopeydems; slimpickens
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Words fail me.......
1 posted on 04/27/2012 3:43:15 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver
>"Biden: ‘My Image of the Military Commander' Was 'Slim Pickens...on the Back of an Atom Bomb'.."

Some folks just can't stop talkin bout themselves.

2 posted on 04/27/2012 3:44:51 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
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To: Sub-Driver

VP moron


3 posted on 04/27/2012 3:45:16 AM PDT by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Sub-Driver

Too much fantasy TV, Joey “Plugs” Bidet (IDIOT-DE); go back to Kukla, Fran & Ollie, you moron!

Definitely the dumbest buttwipe ever to occupy the VP slot; probably in the US Senate, too.


4 posted on 04/27/2012 3:46:37 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (I'd vote for a "orange juice can", before 0bummer&HisRegimeFromHell, gets another 4yrs. Can-> later.)
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To: Sub-Driver

While at Syracuse he obviously should have plagiarized from someone who knew something about the Military.


5 posted on 04/27/2012 3:49:29 AM PDT by BilLies (two)
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To: carriage_hill

per•spi•ca•cious, having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment. Antonym: Biden,Joe.


6 posted on 04/27/2012 3:52:08 AM PDT by Recon Dad (Gas & Petroleum Junkie)
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To: Sub-Driver
Bidens Commander in Chief


7 posted on 04/27/2012 3:54:50 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: rawcatslyentist

Hey Joe, It’s a shame that stupidity isn’t painful!


8 posted on 04/27/2012 3:56:51 AM PDT by Recon Dad (Gas & Petroleum Junkie)
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To: Sub-Driver
I got elected. Before I was eligible to serve, I had to literally wait to be sworn in because I wasn’t eligible under the Constitution. You must be 30 years old.

So how did he get on the ballot then and get elected if he was not yet eligible ?????

9 posted on 04/27/2012 4:00:27 AM PDT by Mopp4
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To: Sub-Driver
“And I came to Washington as a 29-year-old kid,"

..and he still hasn't grown up, and that's a big ******* deal!

10 posted on 04/27/2012 4:05:16 AM PDT by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Sub-Driver

That proves it ... he’s not just old and senile. He’s always been stupid.


11 posted on 04/27/2012 4:08:41 AM PDT by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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To: Recon Dad
Yep; right next to "dumbsh•t" in Webster's. LOL.
12 posted on 04/27/2012 4:24:42 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (I'd vote for a "orange juice can", before 0bummer&HisRegimeFromHell, gets another 4yrs. Can-> later.)
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To: carriage_hill

It’s alright, Joey....most military commanders envision you as a blithering weapons-grade doucherocket. You don’t disappoint.


13 posted on 04/27/2012 4:30:36 AM PDT by 98ZJ USMC
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To: Sub-Driver

In a sane world this a$$ clown couldn’t even get a driver’s license... friggin’ unbelievable.


14 posted on 04/27/2012 4:43:30 AM PDT by Common Sense 101 (Hey libs... If your theories fly in the face of reality, it's not reality that's wrong.)
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To: Common Sense 101
Yep, something is wrong with the entire world ... it's almost like we have become that movie “idiotocracy” or something.

And it's not just our political leaders, it's everything! I listen to the radio and think... what the heck! nobody can even sing anymore! I go to Walmart and look around ... and I swear more than half of the people look like they have down syndrome or something.

Something is happening and it's widespread.

15 posted on 04/27/2012 5:10:09 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Mopp4
So how did he get on the ballot then and get elected if he was not yet eligible ?????

Birthday Nov. 20, therefore he was 30 when his his term started.

Doesn't change the fact that he's a nutburger.

16 posted on 04/27/2012 5:11:00 AM PDT by Cheburashka (It's legal to be out at night in spacesuits, even carrying a rag dolly. Cops hauled us in anyway.)
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To: Sub-Driver

So, let’s see, this bum went to DC in ‘72, that means he’s been there 40 years. And, what kind of a difference has he made? The place is more of a cesspool than ever. He joins an Administration that has no record of accomplishment other than having bankrupted the country and divided it along political, racial, and economic lines in a manner never seen before except perhaps during the Civil War. So he’s been in DC for two generations of humankind doing what? Basically running his mouth.


17 posted on 04/27/2012 5:17:50 AM PDT by chimera
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To: Mopp4
So how did he get on the ballot then and get elected if he was not yet eligible ?????

Looks like the limit is only to actually "serve" - not to get elected.

18 posted on 04/27/2012 5:22:14 AM PDT by trebb ("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
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To: Sub-Driver
This is my image of the current VP:

Except for the fact that this guy was talented, amusing and interesting.

19 posted on 04/27/2012 5:24:10 AM PDT by Cincinatus (Omnia relinquit servare Rempublicam)
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To: Sub-Driver

Little piece of trivia: In the movie, as Slim is describing the contents of the survival kits they all have, he says, “Shoot, a feller could have a pretty good time in Vegas with all this stuff.” But watch his lips. He really says “Dallas”, not “Vegas”.

The movie was released right after the assassination of JFK and they felt “Dallas” would be grossly inappropriate.

Still, one of my all time favorite movies.

Oh, and yeah, Biden is an idiot.


20 posted on 04/27/2012 5:29:52 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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