Steyn on the Debate: Joe Biden is a Terrible Fantasist, But He Gets Great Press
Mark Steyn has wandered back from the wilderness with a blisteringly arch column on the Vice Presidential debate. He is, as he always is, a must-read.
By contrast, Senator Biden was glib and fluent and in command of the facts — if by “in command of the facts” you mean “talks complete blithering balderdash and hogwash.” He flatly declared that Obama never said he would meet Ahmadinejad without preconditions. But, on Debate Night, the official Obama website was still boasting that he would meet Ahmadinejad “without preconditions”. He said America spends more in a month in Iraq than it’s spent in seven years in Afghanistan. Er, America has spent over $700 billion in Afghanistan since 2001. It’s spending about $10 billion a month in Iraq. But no matter. To demonstrate his command of the “facts”, Senator Biden sportingly offered up his own instant replays:
“My friend John McCain voted 422 times against tax cuts for the middle classes. Let me repeat that so the American people are clear on this. My friend John McCain voted 673 times against tax cuts for the middle classes.”
You know, it’d sure be good if the people who are paid good money to report this sort of stuff to us would do their jobs. Instead, they’re all jockeying for jobs in a Barack Obama administration or writing books and, as such, are far too busy to be objective news reporters.
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