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Biden to be Obama's 'confidant' (scary thought!)
BBC ^ | 1/25/2009

Posted on 01/25/2009 4:48:02 PM PST by markomalley

Days into his new job, US Vice President Joe Biden says he sees his role as being a "confidant" and "adviser" to President Obama.

"I don't see myself as the deputy president. I see myself as the president's confidant," Mr Biden told CBS News programme Face the Nation.

"Hopefully I'm the last person in the room with every important decision he makes," the former senator added.

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Mr Cheney was reputed to have been the architect of some of the Bush administration's most controversial policies, from the Iraq war, to interrogation tactics and an unprecedented spy programme.

In contrast, Mr Biden, a 65-year-old long-time Washington insider, said his job is to act as an adviser.

"I said, 'Barack, I don't want to be on the ticket unless you're hiring me for my judgment'," he told CBS.

"So that's what I view my role to be, a confidant, an adviser, essentially the last guy in the room when he makes these critical decisions."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; US: Delaware
KEYWORDS: bho44; obamaregime; obrother; ohelpus; ojoe; vpbiden
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To: potlatch

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“Strange” is one of the words to describe it

There, of course, may be other words.....


41 posted on 01/25/2009 9:43:40 PM PST by devolve ( ____ I told you to slow down Elvis! ____)
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To: markomalley

What Joe Biden claims he is going to do as VP is just as important to conservatives as it is to Obama. In other words, NO ONE CARES! Joe will be one of the most meaningless VPs in modern history.


42 posted on 01/25/2009 10:36:56 PM PST by Mobile Vulgus
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To: Edizzl79
I’m sure Biden doesn’t know any more than he has too.

I don't think he knows that much. What a bufoon.

43 posted on 01/25/2009 10:46:44 PM PST by pasquale
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Here's the guy making Obama's decisions.....about the economy, and foreign
policy. And here he is pledging allegiance to the USA on inauguration day.

Obama's COS Rahm Emanuel.

44 posted on 01/26/2009 8:15:34 AM PST by Liz (The right to be left alone is the beginning of freedom. USSC Justice William O. Douglas)
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To: dianed
Lol, I think I'd make some changes in that graphic. Biden would be Batman because he often makes 'batty' remarks.

O would be Robin, because he's a little jerk and needs someone to lead him I think.

And Sarah!! Sarah would be Wonder Woman, no doubt about it! Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner!


45 posted on 01/26/2009 10:19:13 AM PST by potlatch
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To: devolve

[There, of course, may be other words]
Yeah, there always are.


46 posted on 01/26/2009 10:20:45 AM PST by potlatch
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To: markomalley
Ladies and gentleman, observe God's wrath on America.

It's starting!

47 posted on 02/03/2009 10:04:10 PM PST by pray4liberty (Always vote for life!)
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