Biden Comes Unglued Over Palin

Thanks to Dave Andrusko from National Right to Life who posted a quote from Dem VP nominee Joe Biden after Gov. Sarah Palin’s magnificent acceptance speech last week. Here is the exchange between reporter Tom Brokaw and Biden:

Brokaw: Who was the first person you called after the speech?
Biden: After my speech?
Brokaw: After her speech.
Biden: I didn’t call anybody. I didn’t–I happened to be–I didn’t get her–I didn’t see her speech, I saw part of it. I–we were, we were flying to–from Florida to Virginia, and I caught the tail end of it. And–oh, I guess I–actually, I called my wife. I called my wife.

Unglued, for sure. I would love to see the phone records. And, here’s the sequel. Traditionally, the VP nominee is supposed to be the person who attacks the opposing presidential nominee — in this case, that would be McCain. Instead, Biden is using precious interview time to attack Palin instead! And, he is blowing it.

When asked by a reporter if Palin wins, would it be a step forward for women, Biden responded “I assume she thinks and agrees with the same [pro-life] policies that George Bush and John McCain think…And that’s obviously a backward step for women.”

He further compounded his Palin problem by using her Down syndrome son to belittle her position against embryonic stem cell research. In Biden logic, if you care about people with disabilities, you have to support the destruction of embryos to help them. Didn’t Obama say the candidates’ children are off limits? Perhaps Biden forgot to read the talking points.

In Biden-land, Palin is neither a good woman nor a good mom simply because she doesn’t fit his mold of what that is. How insulting, condescending and demeaning!

The October 2 VP debate is likely to generate as much as, if not more than, the presidential debates. Let me know if you are salivating the promise of Palin putting Biden in his place.

Barbara Lyons