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August 24, 2008 - 6:51 am - by Richard Fernandez
Peterike
2008-08-24 19:49:25

Powerline has a number of good posts about Not-so-Joltin’ Joe Biden.

My favorite bit is this clip from a New Republic profile of Biden in October 2001, conveying a meeting of Biden and staff shortly after 9/11.

Biden launches into a stream-of-consciousness monologue about what his [Senate Foreign Relations] committee should be doing, before he finally admits the obvious: “I’m groping here.” Then he hits on an idea: America needs to show the Arab world that we’re not bent on its destruction. “Seems to me this would be a good time to send, no strings attached, a check for $200 million to Iran,” Biden declares. He surveys the table with raised eyebrows, a How do ya like that? look on his face.

These may be the two biggest idiots ever to (dis)grace a major party ticket.