Joe Biden Never Got a Fact Confused with the Truth

Mark Steyn in NRO (http://tinyurl.com/4aj6ms) wrote:

"Senator Biden was glib and fluent and in command of the facts  if by in
command of the facts you mean talks complete blithering balderdash and
hogwash. He flatly declared that Obama never said he would meet
Ahmadinejad without preconditions. But, on Debate Night, the official
Obama website was still boasting that he would meet Ahmadinejad without
preconditions. He said America spends more in a month in Iraq than its
spent in seven years in Afghanistan. Er, America has spent over $700
billion in Afghanistan since 2001. Its spending about $10 billion a month
in Iraq. But no matter. To demonstrate his command of the facts, Senator
Biden sportingly offered up his own instant replays:"
(Steyn)

Biden said:
"My friend John McCain voted 422 times against tax cuts for the middle
classes. Let me repeat that so the American people are clear on this. My
friend John McCain voted 673 times against tax cuts for the middle
classes." (Biden)


Steyn continued:
"The problem was that it all sounded drearily senatorial. Mention any
global crisis  civil war in Bosnia, genocide in Darfur, Russian aggression
in Georgia, the lack of five-star restaurants in Wales  and Biden has been
there, usually within the last two weeks, and always at public expense.
What the American taxpayer gets for the Emir of Delawares frequent-flyer
miles is harder to discern. Biden was doing his best to turn in a decent
karaoke version of Lloyd Bentsen, but, unfortunately, Governor Palin
declined to play Dan Quayle. That left Joe sounding like an ancient pol
being generically vice-presidential. Sarah, at her best, sounded like the
citizen-politician this countrys Founders intended. She hasnt voted 397
times against this or that in the U.S. Senate, because shes been running a
state, and a town, and a commercial fishing operation. Shes a doer, not a
talker, which is why so many of my fellow professional talkers disdain
her."

   Joe Biden Never Got a Fact Confused with the Truth
POINTER: Mark Steyn in NRO (http://tinyurl.com/4aj6ms)