Comments on: Biden: Look Him in the Eye and Say It

By: realprofound

realprofound — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:25:18 +0000

Boom…perfect reply. If anything along these lines are even whispered in McCains direction, I see him running for Alaska. Maybe that's why he picked Palin. To hide out afterwards ?!

By: GreenDreams

GreenDreams — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:31:57 +0000

“Yes, John, I served on an educational nonprofit board with a dozen people, one of whom was a reformed campus radical who was never arrested, indicted or convicted of a crime and when I met him, was a respected professor. I also serve in the Senate, with 99 other people, some of whom, like you, Senator, were deeply involved in influence peddling during the last big economic crisis. You didn't just associate with the infamous Keating Five, John, you ARE one.”

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:11:19 +0000

I guess in CO's world one minor 20-year-old blot on a lifelong career in public service means that you are no longer an honest or honorable person.

If you looked closely he's probably got one of the cleaner records out there for those who have served 30+ years. In a world of Stevens and Jeffersons, I think Biden measures up pretty well. He opposes the war but his oldest son is serving there proudly. Way to go, Joe!

By: Michilines

Michilines — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:57:46 +0000

co fails to look forward. That's a flaw, right?

By: Jim_Satterfield

Jim_Satterfield — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:39:56 +0000

Yes, it's been 20 years. He hasn't had any hint of anything like it or the slightest whiff of similar errors or other ethical lapses in that time. Just remember, McCain fans, what your guy was doing in the early '80s was much more egregious than Biden's plagiarism.

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:42:00 +0000

co- how old is that charge— 20 years? Surely you can come up with some better dirt than that!!!!

By: casualobserver

casualobserver — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:16:59 +0000

Joe is just such a decent honorable guy.

except perhaps on matters of plagiarism and resume enhancement

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:43:24 +0000

I do believe that McCain has shocked many former supporters with the tactics he is willing to use to win. Rove IS one of his advisors- after all. The WH may fear a mountain of investigations coming out of an Obaman presidency and be begging McCain to hit below the belt.

I also think you can correlate the slide of the Dow Jones, McCain's poll numbers, and his willingness to use smear tactics. The further behind he gets, the dirtier the mud he's been slinging. I was wondering how long it would take the man who pledged to Americans that he would not fight dirty, to start using Obama's middle name at every rally.

After all, how many know that Sen McCain's middle name is Sidney????

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:38:55 +0000

Joe is just such a decent honorable guy. He doesn't demand special treatment or put on airs and since he was willing to even do the politically unwise and unheard of thing of condemning his own party's

attack ads that he thought were below the belt- you've just got to believe that he's a straight shooter.

By: T_Steel

T_Steel — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:11:27 +0000

Actually I'm somewhat shocked how McCain has handled everything in the home stretch. Right now, Palin is working against him since he doesn't really identify with the "Palin Conservatives". As Michelle Malkin said:

It tells you what I’ve been saying out loud for quite some time — that McCain has always had much more of a stomach for taking own his own base than he has had for taking on the radical Left.

He should have chosen Mitt Romney.

By: Michilines

Michilines — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:05:18 +0000

While I'm sure Obama needs no advice from me, if McCain does say something to his face, I would hope that Obama would thank McCain for finally doing so and then go with what T_Steel said, perhaps adding that he would let the middle class judge him.

Or something like that.

By: RevDave

RevDave — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:04:31 +0000

McCain is looking and acting more and more like the cowardly lion, hiding behind Dorothy's (Palin and Cindy) skirt.

By: T_Steel

T_Steel — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:51:19 +0000

If McCain looked at Obama and repeated every past association accusation line-by-line, Obama will may reply:

And tell me how that will fix your dismal plans to help the middle-class in these hard times?

Maybe...

By: jchem

jchem — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:27:47 +0000

JSpencer, I know the difference, I was just trying to figure out what Obama's response to McCain would be. And I'm not so sure of that out of control McCain either…he came across as almost tired during that last one. Maybe they'll have to put some Red Bull in his glass this time?

By: JSpencer

JSpencer — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:17:36 +0000

jchem, here's the difference: The Keating 5 was a real event, and John McCain's part in it was real as well. Just because he got off with the equivalent of a handslap doesn't mean he wasn't in the thick of it. All the trashing of Obama which is being used to whip up certain not-so-bright McCain/Palin audiences is precisely that, trash. As for the 3rd debate? I think we're going to see a cool and steady Obama and a rather out of control (and probably offputting) McCain. I hope I'm wrong about that last part.

By: jchem

jchem — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:07:43 +0000

I wonder then if Obama is going to look McCain in the eye and challenge him about the Keating 5? Just trying to be fair.

This third debate just might be the cage match that everyone thought the last one would be. If Biden is essentially daring McCain to bring this up, it does make me wonder what Obama would say in response.

By: JSpencer

JSpencer — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:56:52 +0000

“In my neighborhood, when you’ve got something to say to a guy, you look him in the eye and you say it to him.”

Yup, that's the way it was when I grew up too. These days honor doesn't seem to mean as much. The accountability thing used to mean more too. Not so much anymore.