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| 2008-10-20 |
| ABC News' Matthew Jaffe Reports: Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., on Sunday guaranteed that if elected, Sen. Barack Obama., D-Ill., will be tested by an international crisis within his first six months in power and he will need supporters to stand by him as he makes tough, and possibly unpopular, decisions. "Mark my words," the Democratic vice presidential nominee warned at the second of his two Seattle fundraisers Sunday. "It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We're about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here if you don't remember anything else I said. Watch, we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy." "I can give you at least four or five scenarios from where it might originate," Biden said to Emerald City supporters, mentioning the Middle East and Russia as possibilities. "And he's gonna need help. And the kind of help he's gonna need is, he's gonna need you - not financially to help him - we're gonna need you to use your influence, your influence within the community, to stand with him. Because it's not gonna be apparent initially, it's not gonna be apparent that we're right." Not only will the next administration have to deal with foreign affairs issues, Biden warned, but also with the current economic crisis. "Gird your loins," Biden told the crowd. "We're gonna win with your help, God willing, we're gonna win, but this is not gonna be an easy ride. This president, the next president, is gonna be left with the most significant task. It's like cleaning the Augean stables, man. This is more than just, this is more than – think about it, literally, think about it – this is more than just a capital crisis, this is more than just markets. This is a systemic problem we have with this economy." The Delaware lawmaker managed to rake in an estimated $1 million total from his two money hauls at the downtown Sheraton, the same hotel where four years ago Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., clinched the Democratic nomination. Despite warning about the difficulties the next administration will face, Biden said the Democratic ticket is equipped to meet the challenges head on. "I've forgotten more about foreign policy than most of my colleagues know, so I'm not being falsely humble with you. I think I can be value added, but this guy has it," the Senate Foreign Relations chairman said of Obama. "This guy has it. But 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." No crisis under McCain....? What is it Joe, Russia tanks take the breakaways? Norks invade SKOR? Israel destroyed? China invades India? All privately owned firearms recalled for safety inspections? One world currency? What have you been briefed Joe? |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #14 "'I can give you at least four or five scenarios from where it might originate,' Biden said." "But we're still in negotiations with America's enemies to see who will get to do the honors, and how much it will cost There - fixed. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-10-20 20:24 |
| #13 This is more than just, this is more than -- think about it, literally, think about it -- this is more than just a capital crisis, this is more than just markets. This is a systemic problem we have with this economy." Uh-oh. Obama plans to destroy free enterprise, no doubt. And no doubt Soros is involved. And the Bildeburgers--who have been trying to make a "one world" economy to better their own business interests for years. Man, you can't make this stuff up. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2008-10-20 20:00 |
| #12 The impositionm of Martial Law would permit an Obama administration and dem congress to set the Constitution aside ...... with total impunity. No, Be. NOT with total impunity. In fact your statement contains the exact reason the Founders included the Second Amendment (not self defense, or hunting, or target shooting, or collecting or...) And why the NRA and true civil libertarians have so adamantly opposed the sort of registration efforts that ended up taking the guns out of the hands of private citizens in the rest of the Anglosphere. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-10-20 19:36 |
| #11 I'm just waiting for them to come up with some kind of distinctive.....hand salute, clenched fist, cheer, whatever. Meanwhile, we're going to have a good symbol for the revolution: a raised fist clenched around the shaft of a plunger. |
| Posted by: Tranquil Mechanical Yeti 2008-10-20 19:02 |
| #10 Hand gesture? They already have one: put your hands together to make an O, then hold it up to look toward the glorious future... or something like that. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-10-20 18:09 |
| #9 I'm just waiting for them to come up with some kind of distinctive.....hand salute, clenched fist, cheer, whatever. Didn't they already do this with the hands-over-the-head Zero, kind-of-like goatse type salute? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-10-20 18:09 |
| #8 Butt wiggle? Like the black footballers used to do before it was banned. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-10-20 17:51 |
| #7 ""It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking." They love comparing Barack to Kennedy. Why not use a more recent example. The Chinese tested W by smashing into a spy plane when he was new in office. It is a common tactic and our political class would do well to prepare people for this. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-10-20 17:48 |
| #6 I'm just waiting for them to come up with some kind of distinctive.....hand salute, clenched fist, cheer, whatever. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-10-20 17:14 |
| #5 Terrified, Boeserker. Obama will CREATE this in cahoots with his foreign interest buddies in order to do what he wants. He already has said we need a military civil force in place of regular law enforcement. If this happens, just like Powell, tons of people will flock to Obama in order to be included in the NEW ORDER. Trying to do some research--does anyone know if Obama's mother was Jewish (albeit non-practising)? thanks |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2008-10-20 17:10 |
| #4 set the Constitution aside (2nd Amendment included) And the 22nd, Besoeker, the 22nd. Dem elites may be interested in Socialist Amerika, but Barak Hussein is strictly for himself. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-10-20 17:07 |
| #3 Paraphrasing here, but following 9/11, General Tommy Franks remarked that situations like this could bring "Martial Law" to the United States. The impositionm of Martial Law would permit an Obama administration and dem congress to set the Constitution aside (2nd Amendment included) and execute sweeping social changes, ie, property seizures, tax levies, travel restrictions, relocations, detentions, prisoner releases, benefits allocations, etc, with total impunity. Former SECSTATE Lawrence Eagleburger said today that he was very fearful of an Obama administration and so am I. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-10-20 15:05 |
| #2 obama is the son of a God? Kim Jong hates competition. "I've forgotten more about foreign policy than most of my colleagues know.." Ummm, I thought biden was the one to advise obama - not exactly encouraging. Perhaps McCain will avoid these potential problems in his administration like Besoeker said. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-10-20 14:51 |
| #1 The icky part is imagining what passes through the mind of his puzzled Democrat crowd, because they are unfamiliar with the expression "gird your loins." Put raw pork roasts in bondage gear? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-10-20 13:59 |