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Neil Cavuto just reported that VP Biden's Motorcade was involved in a fatal accident earlier this morning.

Here is comedian Steven Crowder's latest video where he asked people some simple questions about the Obama administration. Crowder asked people who the Vice President was and the majority had no idea, even when asked "who is Joe Biden?" people did not know...(Video)

Leadership: As Palin jousts with Biden on energy independence, the government reports that we lead the world in energy reserves. From oil to gas to coal, we are sitting on prosperity. So why are we importing anything? One of the interesting sidelights of the NY-23 race was an exchange on energy independence between Vice President Joe Biden and the former governor of energy-rich Alaska, Sarah Palin. Biden, who came in to campaign for Democrat Bill Owens, was reminded of the issue of energy. "The fact of the matter is that Sarah Palin thinks the answer to energy was 'Drill, baby,...

Here is video of Vice-President Joe Biden yesterday campaigning in upstate New York for 23rd Congressional District Democrat Bill Owens, where he used the opportunity to attack Gov. Sarah Palin. "Sarah Palin thinks the answer to energy is Drill, baby, drill,' " Biden said at a rally this afternoon. Then he leaned in to the microphone: "It's a lot more complicated, Sarah."It did not take Palin long to respond via Facebook: As the vice president knows, I have always advocated an all-of-the-above approach to American energy independence. Among other things, my alternative energy goal for Alaska sits at 50 percent...

Vice President Joe Biden has stepped in it again. Up in NY-23 today, while campaigning for democrat/communist candidate Bill Owens in front of a reportedly sparse crowd, Biden took a swing at Rush Limbaugh (naturally) and Sarah Palin. He went after Sarah hard on energy: “The fact of the matter is, Sarah Palin thinks the answer to energy is ‘drill, baby, drill,’” said Biden. “It’s a lot more complicated, Sarah!”

Joe Biden drew a pitifully small number of people to an Owens rally on th eve of a special election in New York's 23rd Congressional District Monday, prompting the Weekly Standard's John McCormack to title his first blog post from the Watertown event "Biden Packs 'Em In": "There are maybe 250 people gathered (50 of them are with the media); Watertown has a population of 30,000. The event is open to the public--no one needed a ticket to get in--but the room is only about 65 percent full. The turnout suggests that Joe the Vice President might not connect with...

Joe Biden's pretty happy with himself for avoiding any major gaffes recently. "You know, I'm sort of a gaffe-free zone right now, you know," he told CNN's Ed Henry in an interview airing today. Biden's been particularly careful to avoid verbal slips recently. After almost taking a shot at Dick Cheney in a recent interview with reporters, Biden caught himself and backtraked. "Yeah, yeah, I know. I can see the headline now," he said, according to a pool report. "I’m getting better, guys. I’m getting a little bit better, you know what I mean?" Biden's foot-in-mouth disease has caused Obama...

Vice President Joe Biden at a rally for Bill Owens: "No, no, no. Look, she just has -- her views are real and they're consistent with [Dick] Armey's and with Rush Limbaugh, with Dick Cheney. I mean, look, these guys are entitled to their views."

As the vice president knows, I have always advocated an all-of-the-above approach to American energy independence. Among other things, my alternative energy goal for Alaska sits at 50 percent because Alaska reached more than 20 percent during my term in office. The Obama-Biden administration, on the other hand, recently announced a renewable goal of only 25 percent. However, domestic drilling should remain a top priority in order to meet America’s consumption and security needs. The vice president’s extreme opposition to domestic energy development goes all the way back to 1973 when he opposed the Alaska pipeline bill. As Ann Coulter...

Washington -- Vice President Joe Biden plans to travel to Watertown on Monday morning for a last-minute campaign stop to boost Democrat Bill Owens in the 23rd Congressional District race. Biden will attend a "get out the vote" rally at 8:30 a.m. at the North Side Improvement League, 633 Mill Street, Watertown, the Owens campaign said today.

The nation would live happily every after.... See an awesome pic at the below link.

On March 12th of this year,the SHMOTUS. Joe Biden, told the American People that he was going to protect them from stupid uses of the $787 billion dollar stimulus money: So if this -- six months from now, if the verdict on this effort is that we've wasted the money, we built things that were unnecessary, or we've done things that are legal but make no sense, then, folks, don't look for any help from the federal government for a long while. They're going to make sure -- the folks in the House and in the Senate are going to...

Pakistan Bloggers Expose Blackwater and U.S Covert Ops in Pakistan Pakistanis Angered over U.S. Security Forces Antics University Town of Peshawar Center of Blackhawk Activies, U.S. to Employ 1,000 Marines to Guard U.S.'s Largest Embassy in Islamabad If you asked the average American what they knew about the war on terror and the U.S. military and Pakistan, they might tell you that the U.S. military involvement is a "small one", that the U.S. "involvement" is in the form of aid, or that the military is using drones to combat al-Qaeda based on reports by CNN and the MSM. While the...

Vice President Joe Biden's favorable rating has fallen to 42 percent in a new Gallup poll, down from a high of 59 percent just after last year's election. Biden's unfavorable rating in the new poll is 40 percent, up from 29 percent last November. (Eighteen percent of those surveyed say they have no opinion of Biden.) Biden's average favorable rating during his time in office so far is 45 percent -- well below the average 65 percent favorable rating for Vice President Dick Cheney during Cheney's first year in office. Vice President Al Gore's favorable rating during his first year,...

(CNN) - It was an oft-repeated anecdote on the 2008 campaign trail: then-Sen. Joe Biden accepted the request to be the No. 2 on the Democratic presidential ticket at a Delaware dentist office as his wife was undergoing a root canal. Less discussed however was how Biden first said no to the post when then-Sen. Obama raised the subject months before the final announcement was made. "I initially said no, that I wasn't interested," Biden told a Pennsylvania crowd Monday night at the annual Allegheny County Democratic Committee dinner. "He asked me to think about it." Biden said he finally...

VP pushes green jobs, saying, "When you're out of work, it's a depression."

War Strategy: When Bush and Petraeus proposed the surge in Iraq, Democrats demanded that the general testify before Congress. So why has the Senate blocked a similar invitation to our commander in Afghanistan? Those with memories longer than the 24-hour news cycle recall that in the dark days of the Iraq War, David Petraeus was summoned to Washington to explain the surge strategy that would eventually lead to victory in Iraq. Democrats hoped for a show trial. MoveOn.org took out a full-page ad in the New York Times labeling the commanding general of our efforts in Iraq "General Betray-us." Then...

Warfare: As the commander in Afghanistan tries to get President Obama's attention on troops, it's political players like Vice President Biden who have his ear. Yet the military has a record of success. Biden has only blunders. By sending in 21,000 more troops and adding $44 billion to the war budget, the president erased doubts early in his term that the goal in Afghanistan was victory. Even more impressive, he appointed Gen. Stanley McChrystal, a successful Iraq War commander who excels in unconventional warfare, to lead the fight. But the doubts have returned. McChrystal has merited just two encounters with...

Obama's liberal buddies are blocking a surge. This is from the blog at TheHill.com, the Briefing Room. "Nearly two dozen House liberals have signed onto a bill introduced this past week that would prohibit an increase of troops in Afghanistan. A bill introduced by Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) Thursday would bar funding to increase troop level in Afghanistan beyond its current level. Lee and 21 lawmakers, largely from the liberal Congressional Progressive Caucus..." Do they really need a separate liberal caucus in the House? Aren't they all liberal socialist jerks? They need their own separate caucus? They introduced the bill,...

Link to YouTube on Biden's comments IRANIANS WILL HAVE A NUKE IN ONE YEAR What do some of the idiots have to say at the Huffington Post? Obama knew all along that Iran had a secret uranium factory. He may be more of a master strategist than his foes--and even his friends--have realized. The key to understanding today's announcement on Iran is this: President Obama knew about the secret Iranian facility nine months ago. Before he began his strategy of engagement, he knew Iran was lying about its program. When he extended his hand in friendship, he knew Iran...

Off-script Biden says some Democrats 'turkeys' Posted: September 25th, 2009 09:12 AM ET From From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney (CNN) — Joe Biden has campaigned for a lot of Democrats during his lifetime in politics — including a few who are "turkeys," the vice president joked at a Thursday night fundraiser in Virginia. Attending the fundraising event on behalf of three Democratic House members from Virginia — Reps. Glenn Nye, Gerry Connelly and Tom Perriello — at the home of former Virginia Sen. Chuck Robb, an off-script Biden suggested competence doesn't stretch across the entire Democratic Party. "These guys...

Vice President Joe Biden did not need Air Force Two Thursday night to travel across the Potomac River to McLean, Virginia to the home of former Democratic Virginia governor and senator Chuck Robb. It was, of course, a fundraiser, designed to help finance three freshman Democratic House candidates -- Glenn Nye, Gerry Connelly and Tom Perriello -- in their challenging re-election races 13 months from now in what once was a predictably GOP state. Robb himself did not speak at the event. His wife Lynda, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, introduced the trio of representatives. But it looks like...

Don't laugh, but Vice President Biden said something important earlier this week. ABC News reports: Biden said [Monday] that if Democrats were to lose 35 House seats they currently hold in traditionally Republican districts, it would mean doomsday for President Obama's agenda. Biden said Republicans are pinning their political strategy on flipping these seats. "If they take them back, this [is] the end of the road for what Barack and I are trying to do," the vice president said at a fundraiser for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ). It's not exactly an earth-shattering insight that a political party would pin its...

Earlier this month, Vice President Joe Biden was explaining the administration's efforts to work with local governments to distribute stimulus money. The law doesn't give the federal government the authority to force cooperation between states and municipalities, he said, but the administration was trying to—well, best to let Biden's statement speak for itself:

Here is video of conservative Gary Bauer hammering liberals for their selective outrage on "race." Bauer reminded everyone how liberal Democrats treated Clarence Thomas during his confirmation hearings to the Supreme Court. Bauer said the liberals are not "pro-Black." They are "pro-liberal blacks," as long as "they stay on the plantation." Below is video of Clarence Thomas firing back at his liberal inquisitors during the hearings . . . (VIDEOS)

Why has the Obama administration decided to toss eastern Europe under the bus in order to make nice with Russia? According to CNN, Joe Biden says that a missile-defense system in Europe isn’t really necessary, because Iran isn’t much of a threat. No, really: Vice President Joe Biden earlier refused to confirm to CNN that the George W. Bush-era plan was being shelved. But he did explain the logic of doing so, saying Iran — a key concern for the United States — was not a threat. --------------------------------------------------------- “I think we are fully capable and secure dealing with any present...

Biden Makes Unannounced Trip to Iraq Washington Post - Scott Wilson - ‎2 hours ago‎ As he emerged from his C-17 aircraft into a hot dusk about 4:50 pm local time, the vice president was greeted by Gen. ...    US Vice President Visits Iraq, Meets with Leaders Voice of America - ‎3 hours ago‎ By VOA News US Vice President Joe Biden has arrived in Iraq for talks with top Iraqi leaders and to visit American troops. The White House says Biden will ...   Mortars hit Baghdad Green Zone during Biden visit Reuters - Ross Colvin, Michael Christie - ‎33 minutes ago‎...

TODAY’s Meredith Vieira talks to Vice President Joe Biden about President Obama’s speech on health care reform and Rep. Joe Wilson’s outburst during the president’s speech.

Joe Biden has given an excellent example of the famous aphorism that "a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth." Appearing on Good Morning America today to talk up Pres. Obama's health care speech to Congress, the veep praised his boss for debunking various supposedly false assertions, including "how we're going to insure illegal aliens." Biden was just about to move on when, realizing his crime against political correctness, he revised his remark: "undocumented aliens," quoth the VP. View video here.

Really? That's your claim to success? The millions of people on unemployment is now something to brag about? I also like how he takes Harry Truman's words, made popular again by Ronald Reagan, and attributes them to his grandpa. How many of those people on unemployment would have jobs but for Democrat meddling in the free market? How many were put out of work because of your social programs that caused this recession?On this Labor day, let's not be fooled by the rhetoric of this administration. Let's look at the facts, which are that unemployment has risen to 9.7 percent...

Joe Biden asks the American people to help debunk health care myths by creating videos explaining why you want reform.

Here is video of a very emotional Vice-President Joe Biden today talking about the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy. Biden quoted Shakespeare, saying "we shall never see the likes of him again." . . . . . (Watch Video)

Syracuse, N.Y. (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden plans to visit Syracuse next month to attend a private fundraiser for Democratic Rep. Dan Maffei.

No link, this was just on BOR with Laura Ingraham sitting in. Mathew Littman (a Dem strategist and speechwriter) said he'll listen to Sarah Palin when "she's on VH1 dating Flavor Flav" which is what he expects in a few years. He later said he thinks she isn't genuine, that she's a phoney.

(Wolf Blitzer is at the CNN Situation Room Mission Control with a countdown clock.) WOLF BLITZER: Good evening. In just a few seconds the White House Beer Summit between President Obama, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, and Cambridge police officer James Crowley is about to commence. And now the final countdown begins: 5...4...3...1… The Beer Summit has now been launched! President Obama has stated that this summit will be restricted to only the three of them. Our cameras are tracking the summit so let us now zoom in on the action. (We see a closeup of the outdoor picnic table...

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Were you, like me, surprised to see that Biden turned up at the beer fest? I hadn't picked up any prior indication he was going to be there. To the contrary, check out what Pres. Obama said just before the event: A short time earlier from the Oval Office, Obama had done what his aides had been doing for days: lowering expectations. "I noticed this has been called the 'Beer Summit.' It's a clever term, but this is not a summit, guys," Obama told reporters. "This is three folks having a drink at the end of the day."

Here is video of Sen. Jim DeMint last night on Greta Van Susteren responding to Vice-President Joe Biden's recent question to critics of the Administration, "What would they do?" As Ed Morrissey writes, Biden and Obama should have been asking that question back in February BEFORE they passed the $787 Billion Stimulus Plan. DeMint lays out what Republicans had said they would do back in February and since. The truth is that Biden and Democrats do not want to hear what critics would do. They are focused on imposing their remake of American society into a version of European-style socialism....

A hand-clap to Andrew Malcolm at the L.A. Times politics blog "Top of the Ticket." Today Malcolm has a not-so-flattering post on Veep Biden holding secret closed-door meetings on the Recovery Act. (What for? Didn't his boss tell us not too long ago that the stimulus is working exactly as intended? So what's there to discuss?) Malcom writes: While the president hops down to North Carolina and back to Virginia today, selling more healthcare plans whose billions of dollars will absolutely positively not add one Chicago dime to the deficit [Do I detect an sprinkle of sarcasm there?], Vice President...

Face-lifts, tummy tucks and hair transplants could be hit with a new tax to help finance the trillion-dollar healthcare overhaul plan, according to sources familiar with the Senate talks. The Senate Finance Committee has discussed imposing a 10 percent excise tax on cosmetic surgery deemed unnecessary for medical purposes. The idea was broached in a meeting with OMB Director Orszag in mid-July, after which Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus told reporters he had heard some "interesting," "creative," and "kind of fun" ideas. The tax, which has not been officially scored, would plug some of the revenue gap senators are seeking...

SIX months ago, when President Obama and I took office, we were confronted with an economic crisis unparalleled in our lifetime. The nation was hemorrhaging more than 700,000 jobs a month, the housing market was in free fall, and the fate of the financial system hung in the balance. Credible economists were handicapping the probability of a depression. The actions we took — passing the Recovery Act, stabilizing the banking system, pressing to get credit flowing again and helping responsible homeowners — brought us back from the precipice. Monthly job losses are down, financial markets are improved, and economic contraction...

Joe Biden's mouth just made its daily appearance in the news...

(CNSNews.com) – Vice President Joe Biden told people attending an AARP town hall meeting that unless the Democrat-supported health care plan becomes law the nation will go bankrupt and that the only way to avoid that fate is for the government to spend more money. “And folks look, AARP knows and the people with me here today know, the president knows, and I know, that the status quo is simply not acceptable,” Biden said at the event on Thursday in Alexandria, Va. “It’s totally unacceptable. And it’s completely unsustainable. Even if we wanted to keep it the way we have...

God am I glad the “Slow Joe” is Vice President. I don’t have to feel so bad about mocking the poor, the handicapped, the blind, illegal immigrants, or other left wing special interest groups in order to feel superior. I can mock Joe and get away with it. Why? Because evey left wing special interest group also treats “Slow Joe” just like your crazy uncle.

POLITICO: In a speech in upstate New York, Vice President Biden again took on critics of the Obama administration's stimulus plan. "And I say to those who are our critics who say we're doing too much...is there any possibility that we’re going to be able to lead the 21st Century like we did the 20th?" "It's easier to throw those bombs than to catch them. It’s a lot easier to b

In an interview on ABC's "This Week" program, Biden said Israel can determine for itself how best to deal with the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran. "We cannot dictate to another sovereign nation what they can and cannot do when they make a determination, if they make a determination, that they're existentially threatened," Biden said. *** US President Barack Obama on Tuesday strongly denied that the United States had given Israel an approval to strike Iran's nuclear facilities. Asked by CNN whether Washington had given Israel a green light for such an attack, Obama answered: "Absolutely not."

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Sunday that the Obama administration would not stand in Israel's way should the latter chooses to take military action to eliminate Iran's nuclear threat. Israel has the right to determine its own course of action with regard to the Iranian nuclear threat regardless of what the Obama administration chooses to do, Biden told ABC reporter George Stephanopoulos. When asked whether the Obama administration would restrain Israeli military action against Iran, Biden responded: "Israel can determine for itself - it's a sovereign nation - what's in their interest and what they decide to do...

ABC News: "The truth is, we and everyone else misread the economy," Biden told George Stephanopoulos during an interview on "This Week" in Iraq. Biden acknowledged administration officials were too optimistic earlier this year when they predicted the unemployment rate would peak at 8 percent as part of their effort to sell the stimulus package. The national unemployment rate has ballooned to 9.5 percent in June -- the worst in 26 years. "The truth is, there was a misreading of just how bad an economy we inherited," said Biden, who is leading the administration's effort to implement it's $787 billion...

The man who said the surge wouldn't work and thought we should partition Iraq, not to mention criticized Petraeus, has a few words for Saddam (Who had no WMD as he always remimded us)

ABC News: Vice President Joe Biden today rejected Gov. Sarah Palin's complaint that she has been the victim of political blood sport. "No, I respect her decision, I don't," Biden told George Stephanopoulos when he asked him if he agreed with the Alaska governor's complaint that she had been the victim of "superficial, wasteful political blood sport."