The problem with Joe Biden is that he still has the ability to speak. He's an old, experienced foreign policy wonk, which is a definite boost to the Obama ticket, but damn it, the guy TALKS. And it gets him into trouble.
This time around, he really left the world wondering just what the hell they'd be getting themselves into with an Obama presidency. His cryptic reference to the first 6 months of the impending Obama Presidency were enough to leave even the most liberal of us clenching our asscheeks shut with the force of the Jaws of Life.
Read it for yourself:
"...he's gonna need your help. Because I promise you, you all are gonna be sitting here a year from now going, 'Oh my God, why are they there in the polls? Why is the polling so down? Why is this thing so tough?' We're gonna have to make some incredibly tough decisions in the first two years. So I'm asking you now, I'm asking you now, be prepared to stick with us. Remember the faith you had at this point because you're going to have to reinforce us."
"There are gonna be a lot of you who want to go, 'Whoa, wait a minute, yo, whoa, whoa, I don't know about that decision'," Biden continued. "Because if you think the decision is sound when they're made, which I believe you will when they're made, they're not likely to be as popular as they are sound. Because if they're popular, they're probably not sound."
Biden emphasized that the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border is of particular concern, with Osama bin Laden "alive and well" and Pakistan "bristling with nuclear weapons."
"You literally can see what these kids are up against, our kids in that region," Biden said in recalling when his helicopter was forced down due to a snowstorm there. "The place is crawling with al Qaeda. And it's real."
"We do not have the military capacity, nor have we ever, quite frankly, in the last 20 years, to dictate outcomes," he cautioned. "It's so much more important than that. It's so much more complicated than that. And Barack gets it."
After speaking for just over a quarter of an hour, Biden noticed the media presence in the back of the small ballroom.
"I probably shouldn't have said all this because it dawned on me that the press is here," he joked.
"All kidding aside, these guys have left us in a God-awful place," he then said of the Bush regime, promptly wrapping up his remarks. "We have the ability to straighten it out. It's gonna take a little bit of time, so I ask you to stay with us. Stay with us."
So what does this mean? Simple. Ignore the Biden code and hone in on a few key points:
1)"Sound" decisions won't be popular ones. This means, even the most liberal amongst you will be wondering what kind of an incompetent ass you just voted into office. The rest of you will just be assured that, as you suspected, the liberals voted an ass into office, which won't surprise you, but WILL dismay you.
2)"Be prepared to stick with us." This means, THEY'RE sure as hell not sticking with YOU. They're saying one thing now to get your vote, but once they're in office, that crap's going straight out the window, baby. But hey- stick with them! They'll learn ya.
3)Here is the scariest part of all of it: ""We do not have the military capacity, nor have we ever, quite frankly, in the last 20 years, to dictate outcomes. It's so much more important than that. It's so much more complicated than that. And Barack gets it."
This one means, We're either surrendering to Al Qaeda and pulling out of Afghanistan, or we're going to have a little sit down with them (yes, our Generals will sit down with TERRORIST LEADERS) and come to some sort of agreement. Some hug-each-other solution to them sending suicide bombers into markets and jet airplanes into buildings. We'll stroke 'em all we have to and then declare (this will be amusing) "victory." And then we'll slouch out of the region in hot-faced shame, with the entire world knowing full well we just had our asses handed to us.
But hey.
It will feel like the worst thing our country has ever done, sure, but "stick with them!"
They know better than you, after all. You? You're just a dumb American. Whose vote they desperately need.
Good God, people, I have played a fairly even hand throughout this election, but I think my vote was just decided.
2 comments:
have you seen lions for lambs?
I guess first I will say hi, since my sister is the one who told me I should check out your blog, and I have been reading it. Most of the time thought provoking and intelligent (I would have expected nothing less from you and would have been sorely disappointed had it been any other way) but then I see some of your comments and I wonder if you get sucked up by the media just like everyone else? I could say more, but it would take too long and since it has been quite literally several years since I have seen or spoken to you at all, I would rather it not be a battle of political whits...
On the other hand, you look wonderful, I enjoy your photography and the kids are just gorgeous!
~Emily
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