Conservative sites have exploded with a new controversy surrounding Joe Biden who appears to distinguish between true abuse or worrisome signs of abuse and a “garden variety slap across the face.” However, listening to the YouTube clip it is clear that the statement has been cut off.
In the excerpt appearing on National Review, Drudge, and many other sites, Biden is shown ending the final line with the offensive line with the word “face.”
We’ve learned that certain behaviors on the part of an abuser portend much more danger than other behaviors. For example, if an abuser has attempted to strangle his victim, if he has threatened to shoot her, if he has sexually assaulted her, and there’s a number of other signs, about eight others. These are tell-tale signs to say this isn’t your garden-variety slap across the face.
However, when I listen to the tape it sounds like Biden continues the sentence with a “which” that has been cut off in both the transcript and tape. It is curious that these sites can include the lines leading up to the offensive statement, but not the whole statement or what follows. If he did make this statement, he should be condemned. However, such condemnation should only follow a full transcript in fairness to the Vice President.
Does anyone have the full remarks?
“To do an illegitimate edit of Biden to make him look bad is stupid and lazy. There are so many foot in mouth ones out there that are pure Dumb Joe that need no misleading edits.”
It’s also dishonest, but by in large a statement of yours I’ll agree with, nick.
Thanks Nal. Nal comes through again!
Rafflaw & Blouise, exactly. The problem is they are playing to an audience that gets all of its news from within the rw bubble. Those folks are only interested in having their predispositions fed.
Blouise, I recall Rove’s meltdown, perhaps this has something to do with it. You’ve probably seen this elsewhere but just in case you haven’t:
http://www.theprogressiveunion.com/did-anonymous-save-democracy-on-election-night/
Along with David’s quote of what was said, I would agree that the editing was clearly intended to present the vice president in the opposite manner for what he was trying to convey.
I listened to the audio / video clip very carefully and I am convinced also that he ended with “…which is..” and the final part ends abruptly and could be the word “not”
This is a classic example for others to learn is why one should not take an incomplete thought or sentence out of context based upon a truncation. Truncations are especially suspicious, especially with regard to some languages that don’t put the negation or split verb until the end of the sentence or clause.
This action was greatly unfair to Vice President Biden.
Thanks, Nal.
What else would one expect from the Drudge Report? It looks like our Vice President has gotten the Sherrod treatment.
to all the sanctimonious people complaining about conservative editing, please, get a life, low lifes are found on all 6 sids of the aisle.
And Dumb Joe has a new pope..from Argentina! The first Jesuit to be pope, born in Argentina of an Italian father. Animal lovers will like his picking Francis[St. Francis] for his papal moniker.
Someone must have bailed O’Keefe out of jail.
To do an illegitimate edit of Biden to make him look bad is stupid and lazy. There are so many foot in mouth ones out there that are pure Dumb Joe that need no misleading edits.
Philip S. Zivnuska
Fraud is not exclusive to conservatives
Thank you Nal. We’ve all seen enough conservative malarky not to be surprised by a fraudulent edit.
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“This isn’t your garden variety slap across the face, which is not acceptable in and of itself,” he said.
raf,
Because republicans are that desperate. Remember Rove storming through the television studios on election night? This is just more of the same. Kind of ironic given the attention Watergate is receiving this week.
Why would anyone believe any conservative sites with liars like O’Keefe still in business?
It would appear he was going to say: which is itself a tell tale sign…. Unfortunately the editing cut off a very important modifying phrase.
It’s easy to slam Joe Biden. He is a very plain-spoken guy who, obviously, detests mincing words and parsing phrases for political correctness. The fact is Joe Biden is a very smart guy with a heart of gold and would make an excellent President but for his predilection to speak what he feels. The PC Vultures of the CON side will just have to settle for attacking him while VP.
It’s definitely selective editing. Let’s hope he recognizes that any abuse, including the “garden variety” slap across the face is also abuse. It is indicative of someone who believes he is entitled to physically punish another.
Bruce. School. Return. And try again in English.
The buffone speaks, the main reason obummer chose Biden as his vp was to lower his chances of assaniation, can you imagine president Biden
These sites are run by bottom feeders for bottom feeders. Low IQ transferred to an inflated sense of “knowledge” conferred to them in talking points with little connection to reality. The GOP knows who their followers are and will issue marching orders accordingly until they are extinct.
I don’t but definitely the last word is “which…”