More Biden Fallout: Napolitano Explains, Harkin Scolds

This is all Mexico's fault. It's time they face the facts and stop riding on the coat tails of the world!

The majority of Mexico's wealth has come from American soil (that's USA soil) and yet they act as if though they are the entitled to all that is good and have no obligation to their people (just look how they treat their people) and even less to the rest of the world. We wouldn't even be having this discussion today if the Mexican Government had grew some ##### for once and faced their own problem (this outbreak) in a timely manner. Mexico should have closed their borders and requested that we do the same immediately after this began. Not only that they haven't interviewed a single family member of a victim...therefore they have no idea of any leads as to where this started....

Just yesterday they said it was the World Health Organizations fault...I guess their next excuse was they didn't speak English...idiots

I wonder if Joe rode the train back to Connecticut last nighyt ?

Biden is a buffoon who talks before he thinks, this isn't the first time his made such a mis-statement. Experts at the CDC have stated he is wrong, ABC's own Dr. Tim Johnson says he's wrong. But all the Biden apologists are out trying to protect his looney-tunes statement. Besides, swine-flu seems to be much ado about nothing. Regular flu kills 36K per year in the US, nobody runs around crying “the sky is falling though,” do they?

It is plain simple. The Obama administration is putting the travel industry, before the well-being of the people. Biden was absolutely right, the administration is catering to special interest.

Besides, we get mixed messages from this administration daily about the seriousness of this flue. Robert Gibbs who cant form a 3 syllable word without crapping in his Depends certainly should not be correcting Joe Biden, or anybody else for that matter.

BOY! Talk about much ado about nothing! Jake Tapper, I understand you're trying to build a career via blogging, and I wish you luck, and I understand that the talking heads need to justify the expense of 24 hour news... but GEEZ! This man is no George Bush... and remember how HE couldn't open his mouth without sticking at least one of his feet in? So WHAT if Biden advised against going into crowds if you could avoid it - I SAY THE SAME THING! I think all this is a tempest in a teapot. Get real, his common sense comment is national news? Slow news day? And to the fool who said it was maybe time to 'thin the herd' - I think you should get in line for the 'thinning'...

Come on people. He didn't say commercial air travel should come to a grinding halt. That's just how the talking heads are presenting it. He was asked what advice he'd give to his family. And he answered. Truthfully. Like any responsible parent, he advised his family to use caution and prudence. I think his words were sensible and practical. He didn't tell them to hole themselves in...just to use common sense and avoid the obvious.

You are probably surprised at all of the support VP Biden has received for being an honest man who gave a loving response to a question about his family. He's smart and talks the truth...big oddity in politics, I don't care what party you're with. Many of us would listen to Biden before most anyone else; do you know why? He doesn't gaffe, that's merely a media term; he say things with integrity and because he has true affection for others. Frankly, I don't care anymore if that fact is disputed, we love Joe and would go to the mat for him because we know he would go to the mat for us. How many people could you say that about? BTW, Biden was purely and simply correct. He spoke with calm, and left it up to viewer to use their own judgment and intellect with travel and work choices. Good for him. The only reasons this became anything more than a really nice interview was because the White House jumped in suddenly to tell the rest of us what Biden really meant (sheesh) then MSM, (who can't seem to leave the word gaffe alone, right?) jumped on the correction. WH and Harken were only protecting big business rather than Americans. Sad really. Love ya Joe Biden...keep on being real; it's refreshing.

Since the swine flu is no more dangerous than the common flu (so far) Biden's comments are inflammatory and over the top. But for me, personally, I agree with him. I don't want to catch it so I'm trying to avoid confined public places. The people who should avoid travel are the young, the old, and those with compromised immune sytems. The rest of us are not likely to die due to swine flu regardless of what we do.

Jake Tapper, you are by far the most respectable, investigative political journalist ABC has. The rest seem to have resigned to covering the First Dog, and the enchanting moments of Obams first 100 days .

Having said that, Why do we not see stories on the sealing of Obamas Birth Certificate, college admissions records, campaign donor list, selective service information, etc? How about confronting Obama on his broken pledges of transparency, earmarks, and lobbyists? Why not more scrutiny over the boneheaded Air Force One flyover in Manhattan? Why is the transformational, candidate who pledged transparency to the people for their votes, not being held to the lofty standard he set for himself?

Watching both Obama and Biden these last 100 days, I would say Obama by far has made the most egregious gaffes, and is faaaaaar more dangerous,insideous, coniving, and evil. Anyway, Good for Joe Biden not towing the (special interest first, american people second)White House mentality.

Joe ! Aren't you supposed to be watching the TARP funds ? There disapearing.

After Biden was picked as the VP nominee he was hailed as the "8th Wonder of the World" but there's a reason why he never got more than 1% of the vote and past the Iowa primary everytime he ran for president. Obama would do well to reel this loose cannon before he opens his mouth again and causes a serious diplomatic blunder.

Um why is he being flammed for this comment. I think what he says makes sense! Isn't that why they are closing all the schools? close quarters large groups of people.. just saying everyone got all mad at him but I think he makes a good point. Heck before he even said this I was doing the same thing.. stayign awat from large groups of people in close quarters.

Biden spoke truthfully about what he would tell his own family.. can't fault him for that..

Spreading fear never helped anyone. Biden is a complete idiot.

I cant figure out the reasoning for telling us we shouldnt travel to Mexico but they continue to let them travel north to here unabated.

I am so tired of being told that what I saw with my own eyes didnt happen (that bowing thing), and now apparently what I hear with my own ears cant be trusted either.
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It didnt take 2 hours before the various talking heads started telling us what Joe really said, as opposed to the words that left his mouth.

Sad thing is, he spoke like a true father and family man....when did we outlaw that.

Obama needs to throw Biden under the bus like all the other incompentent people he associates with.

We're just over 100 days in and there's trouble in paradise already. How funny!!!

Well, Tom Harken is a member of the Transportation Committee and derives a lot of contributions from the transportation industry. Whereas, Joe Biden is one of the poorest members of the Senate and just tells it like it is. I know who I trust on this issue. Just as in everything else in politics, if you follow the money, you will see who the players are.