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-Short Attention Span Theater-
The Fact That I'm Vice President of the United States is Very Reassuring to Iraqis
2009-07-08
Iraq's feuding leaders may be nudged toward political compromise by one hard fact: as the U.S. military occupation ends, Iraq still badly needs American help to rebuild, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Sunday.

"Once they realized that their old buddy Joe wasn't coming to impose something on them, they were then willing to say, 'We need you to help us,'" Biden said.
Oh. Come. On. Does he really talk like that?
Biden's hopeful words were repeatedly put to the test during his brief trip. On Friday, hundreds of supporters of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr paraded through a Baghdad slum burning U.S. flags, a sign that not all Iraqis are persuaded of America's good intentions.

Biden spoke to both by phone and officials said he planned further in-depth discussions with them by phone this week.

"My impression is that they feel very comfortable," he said. "The fact that I'm vice president of the United States is very reassuring to them."
Well I'm glad somebody is reassured by that...
Posted by:Beavis

#7  This administration is plodding slowly, arduously, and narcissisticly. Looking at Joe's ominously stupid activities, it going to be a long four years. Thank God they are losing popularity fast.
Posted by: GirlThursday   2009-07-08 22:15  

#6  The Fact That I'm Vice President of the United States is Very Reassuring to Iraqis

Good. Because it scares the bejesus outta ME.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2009-07-08 20:15  

#5  "The fact that I'm vice president of the United States is very reassuring to them."

Yeah, Joe - they're grateful you're not their vice president.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2009-07-08 19:50  

#4  "The fact that I'm vice president of the United States is very reassuring to them."

Too damn bad they are not paying your wages.
Posted by: Besoeker   2009-07-08 18:22  

#3  good God! What a narcissistic moron. Dan Quayle is smiling somewhere
Posted by: Frank G   2009-07-08 17:58  

#2  The fact that Iraqis CAN march in protest in the streets of Bagdad without fear of being skinned alive is brought to you by the blood of American soldiers.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2009-07-08 17:47  

#1  Nyuck, Nyuck, Nyuck.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2009-07-08 17:30  

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