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Home Front: Politix
Biden Tells Europe to Chill Out Over Elections
2005-01-19
Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., urged Europe to "get over" the fact President Bush was re-elected and work with the United States on common problems.
Too bad he didn't tell his own party the same...
"I spent a little time in Europe recently, and I have one simple message: Get over it. Get over it. President Bush is our president for the next four years, so get over it and start to act in your interest, Europe," Biden said during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to confirm U.S. Secretary of State nominee Condoleezza Rice. "But that requires us to engage in the hoped-for diplomacy from the gentle lady from Stanford." Rice was provost of Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., before Bush tapped her to become national security adviser in 2000. Rice has vowed to work with Europe and other U.S. allies on issues, including Iraq. Trans-Atlantic relations were hurt following the U.S.-led decision to ignore Chirac invade Iraq.
Posted by:Desert Blondie

#3  Biden has nothing to lose. He won't be a presidential candidate, and it's unlikely he'll ever be sec'y of state, either. A free man, capable of speaking the truth.
Posted by: lex   2005-01-19 7:17:07 PM  

#2  If even Biden is getting pithy with the Euros, they must really be obnoxious. They should never have put so many emotional chips on Kerry. What fools.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2005-01-19 7:09:33 PM  

#1  I am all for open, honest, and productive bilateral relations. But these relations must be based on mutual trust and interests. We can work together if we establish a good basis for working. However, France has shown that it will work with our enemies against us, so the government should be considered an enemy, as far as diplomacy goes, until they get their act together, the first step of which is to dump Chiraq.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-01-19 6:56:53 PM  

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