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Biden Lashes Out at Obama
August 02, 2007 10:43 AM
ABC News' Jake Tapper reports: On NPR's Diane Rehm Show Thursday morning, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., lambasted the speech Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, gave Wednesday about counter-terrorism programs, in which Obama said that if the U.S. gets actionable intelligence about al Qaeda in Pakistan and President Gen. Pervez Musharraf does not act, the U.S. will.
"In order to look tough, he's undermined his ability to be tough," Biden said, arguing that Obama's rhetoric would hurt the U.S.'s ability to get the very same "actionable intelligence" that might prompt an Obama administration's military incursion.
"It's a well-intended notion he has, but it’s a very naïve way of thinking how you're going to conduct foreign policy," said Biden who yesterday said of Obama's speech, "the way to deal with it is not to announce it, but to do it. The last thing you want to do is telegraph to the folks in Pakistan that we are about to violate - quote - 'their sovereignty.'"
Biden, the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he thinks his experience will ultimately lead Democratic voters to choose him.
"Having talking points on foreign policy doesn't get you there," Biden said of Obama.
August 2, 2007 in Tancredo, Tom | Permalink | User Comments (8)
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Smilin' Joe is pretty much irrelevent at this point.
Posted by: Chas | Aug 2, 2007 2:52:58 PM
Yeah, Greasy Joe is trying to get his Presidential poll numbers above 1%. He is starting to overtake Kucinich! Feel the momentum building!
Posted by: carl | Aug 2, 2007 5:32:42 PM
Obama doesn't know what to do while running for president, how can we expect him to know what to do while BEING president!? He is clearly showing he is not presidential material and just a gifted speech giver. Someone get this guy out of the race!
Posted by: Ryan | Aug 2, 2007 11:20:39 PM
Biden's been in office too long. We, the people, need representatives that can act, not talk. To quote a movie: If your gonna shoot, shoot, don't talk about it.
Posted by: Joe | Aug 3, 2007 2:58:52 AM
Biden is right on. You won't have "actionable intelegence" if you don't work with Pakistan. Obama, Bush and numerous others have said the same thing, only Biden was clear and insightful in his comment. Good job Joe!
Posted by: Pat | Aug 7, 2007 11:56:06 AM
A good reputation is more valuation than money, so all the money than OBAMA'S T friends get him is not going to get him ready for the 3:00 moment
Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recall. OBAMA, LIFE IS A COIN. yOU CAN SPEND IT ANYWAY YOU WANT BUT YOU CAN SPEND IT ONLY ONCE. Your mind was on your vacation, you have a one track mind, therefore you could not think which means not qualified for PRESIDENT. The President's job is a 24/7 365 day job. JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS WILL GET YOU ON THE WRONG SIDE OF A WAR, WHICH PROVES YOU NOT READY ON DAY ONE TO BE PRESIDENT. TIME IS STILL ON MCCAIN'S SIDE. CLEAR YOUR MIND OF CAN'T MAYBE IT WILL HELP. LEARN BY EXPERIENCE PREFERABLY OTHER PEOPLE, SO IF YOU HAVE LIVED REAL CLOSE TO A PRESIDENT THAT QUALIFIES FOR EXPERIENCE (HILLARY)OR HE THAT HAS LEARNED TO OBEY WILL KNOW HOW TO COMMAND(MCCAIN)
THE WISE DOES AT ONCE WHAT THE FOOL DOES AT LAST.
Posted by: minnie | Aug 11, 2008 7:52:48 AM
This whole discussion is ridiculous in the context of what's happened over the past eight years. We're in a way that we were tricked into under false pretenses, we've conducted the war terribly for the most part and have reduced the level of security in the United States. In the meantime we have McCain -- who'se beginning to show signs of senility, can't consistently remember that the Sunnis and the Shiites are different and why, and has an unstable hawkish temper that continues a pathetic flip flop. One day he's for regulation, the next day he isn't. He's picked an absolutely ridiculous vice president! Seriously, this man is 72, and refuses to discuss his health. Do we think either he or Palin are really ready to take that 3AM phone call? He's likely to forget, she's likely to suggest that Al Qaeda calm down and have a moose sandwich. Let's get real people We need change. We need OBama. We need this now while 700 billion is on the table and unless we have a democrat (I think we can all agree that economics is Obama's strong suit) that will wind up costing the tax payers a fortune!
Posted by: David Salvage | Sep 23, 2008 2:27:13 PM
obama and biden are the ones to vote for. McCain has no idea what it is to buy milk bread and butter, feed a family and get his hands dirty mowing grass. Palin what a laugh. she has a special baby which needs her more than any other child. She has no foreign experience....
maybe she thinks she will get by on her looks?????????????????????????what else??
Posted by: june | Sep 27, 2008 8:20:48 AM
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