Joe Biden's fantasy life...

president hussein has been known to say some pretty stupid things... among them "I do" when asked if he would take Michelle to be his lawfully wedded wife... but there's just something so endearing about his VP, natural-born American Joe Biden, that when he speaks you just wanna listen... for the laugh track.

In this brand spanky-new CNN.com article the veep speaks in characteristically vague terms about such ideas as how Dick Cheney's "power" weakened America and how George W. Bush was not a leader.

Cheney's power, which we might infer from Joe, is some sort of mystical Power Rangers kind of thing... was that he was vice president. He is a gruff man and not prone to mincing words, but then he works with democrats sometimes, so that's not necessarily a bad trait. Beyond that, I believe, there was no mystical quality to the man, nor did he have Rasputin-esque tendrils of control over the Bush administration.

I suppose it might be argued that Bush was NOT a leader. Not in the traditional sense, anyhow, of a man who formed two multi-national coalitions against enemies who posed threats not only to America but to the rest of the world. Nor in the traditional sense of a man who would walk confidently into the seats of other nations' governments and look them in the eye and declare that he was an An American. You could also argue that he might not have been the kind of a leader who proceeded with what he knew in his heart was the right thing to do, even though touchy/feeley naysayers suggested otherwise, and then went ahead and did it. Hell, you might even be able to argue that he was certainly not the kind of leader who would tell you in advance what he planned to do, and then go ahead and keep his word.

But you'd be wrong.

Bush raised two coalitions of nations to help fight against the tyranny of Islamo-fascism by leading an invasion against the Afghan regime that protected and supported Osama Bin Laden (funny how I can write HIS name, but still can't really put the new guy's name with his job title yet...) and again to overthrow the brutal regime of Saddaam Hussein.

Bush visited many foreign countries and greeted many foreign leaders, and never once apologized for his country. He loves America with all his heart, and whether or not he made mis-steps he will be remembered as a true and loyal protector of America, who spoke often of how great a nation we are.

When he stood up to make his case for invasion of Iraq, a risky proposition as it was the first time in US history that we would initiate a war with another country, he told us in advance what he would do, and despite populist sentiment he went ahead and did it. His unswerving belief that S. Hussein was a threat and his moral core guided him to defy the protesters.

Joe's fantasy life is very interesting. He repeatedly states that he is not worried about the events going on around him in the world. He points out how other countries are expected to make the big decisions in the world (I was under the impression big government was the answer... guess I misunderstood his boss.....) and he has made the greatest case for why we should be confident in the stimulus package... that we won't see any benefit from the $780,000,000,000.00 stimulant package anytime soon.

Feel like buying a used car from this guy?

But my favorite part... the one that really sparked this particular rant, is where he asserts early on in the piece that the rest of the world is following our lead now, thanks entirely to this administration.

Now this may surprise you, but he's right. and I'm gonna prove it.

His boss, president hussein, has gone overseas and apologized for us, making a laughing stock of America in front of those countries, many of whom we pulled out of the frying pan just a few decades ago..., and now, with hussein as their bandleader the rest of the world is laughing at us.

Some leadership. I'd sooner follow Dan Quayle.

It's okay-ish to have a man of mystery going around the world telling them to laugh at us and not be put off by our bad breath or whatever... we expect that from hussein. But Joe Biden was born in this country and grew up here, presumably with two American parents. What the hell does HE have to hate America for?

Joe's fantasy life, by the way, could use some spicing up. Maybe he could talk about that hot date he's always wanted to have with Dem hottie Madeleine Albright.... hey.. it's just fantasies, y'know?

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