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Biden Pledges To Be The Leader In Automotive Production In The Last Century

 Vice President Joe Biden has many fine attributes but his gift for gaffes is beginning to rival Dan Quayle’s record.  In this gem from Blacksburg, Virginia, Biden declares that he has never seen it written that we cannot be the leader of the world in automobile production in the 20th Century.

It’s astounding
Time is fleeting
Madness…takes its toll
But Listen Closely
Not for very much longer
I’ve got to…keep control

It is clear that Biden recently ran into this lot:

68 thoughts on “Biden Pledges To Be The Leader In Automotive Production In The Last Century”

  1. Joe’s passing acquaintance with the English language is well established but being off by more than a decade on which century he is in is still a fairly standard blunder in his book. Amusing? Sure. News? Eh, not really. He’s got to be used to the taste of his own shoe polish by now.

  4. DHMCarver, Thanks. Ryan just looks like the young kid that Romney would send out to fire you.

  7. I have two favorite Dan Quayle quotes

    “The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation’s history. I mean in this century’s history. But we all lived in this century. I didn’t live in this century.”

    “Vietnam is a jungle. You had jungle warfare. Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, you have sand. There is no need to worry about a protracted war because from a historical basis, Middle East conflicts do not last a long time.”

  8. This is a blunder. The “Y’all in chains” was despicable. It was not as much a low blow to Romney, but even more so to black voters. A white politician, going down south and pandering to a black audience. The Congressman, Artur Davis, who seconded Obama’s nomination in Denver, just came out condemning this and endorsing Romney.

    In 2008 I did something I had never done in my life, I contributed money to candidate, Barack Obama. We lived in Chicago in the 80’s and I followed Obama before most anyone heard of him. I had so much hope and cried like a little girl when he won. Power corrupts. “Fool me once..” you know how it goes.

  9. What is all of the fuss about? Wasn’t the US the leader of the automotive world for most of the 20th century??? 🙂

  12. idealist, I guess the very young fit man Ryan is preferred around here. He remembers his lessons from Ayn Rand very well but is trying to pretend he forgot them.

  13. Almost every century seems to have time travellers like Biden.

    For example, The [Time] Travelling Wilburys wrote a song about future tweeting way back in the 88th episode of the 20th century:

  16. It is said that the Roman Emperor, Caligula, planned to name his horse, Incitatus, as Consul. We’ve come full circle. Now, the President has named his jacka** as VP.

  17. I know that people like to pretend “both sides are just the same”, but a misstatement such as this is not the same as a gaffe. I think it is best to keep in mind Michael Kinsley’s definition of a gaffe: ” A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth – some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.”

  18. An example of what makes me cry or rage:

    http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mosque-spying-20120815,0,7626350.story

    excerpt:

    Federal judge throws out lawsuit over spying on O.C. Muslims
    The judge says allowing the suit to go forward would risk divulging sensitive state secrets. Several groups had sued over the activities of an FBI informant.

    [photo]
    Craig Monteilh, who says he was an FBI informant who infiltrated mosques in Orange County, says these IDs were issued to him while serving time in state prison. (Los Angeles Times / August 14, 2012)

    By Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times

    August 15, 2012

    A federal judge Tuesday threw out a lawsuit filed against the U.S. government and the FBI over the agency’s spying on Orange County Muslims, ruling that allowing the suit to go forward would risk divulging sensitive state secrets.

    Comparing himself to Odysseus navigating between a six-headed monster and a deadly whirlpool, U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney wrote that “the state secrets privilege may unfortunately mean the sacrifice of individual liberties for the sake of national security.”

    The judge wrote that he reached the decision reluctantly after reviewing confidential declarations filed by top FBI officials, and that he was convinced that the operation in question involved “intelligence that, if disclosed, would significantly compromise national security.”

  19. Biden’s gaffs and now those of the Mitt are what make it possible to smile at political discourse. Everything else makes me cry.

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