Biden Appears on Ellen, Says He’d Vote Against CA Amendment Banning Same-Sex Marriage
ABC News’ Matt Jaffe Reports: Joe Biden didn’t bust a move with Ellen DeGeneres at a Thursday taping of her show, but he did take to the couch hitting Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for not signing on to more debates and saying he’d vote against the California ballot measure that would ban same-sex marriage. As Biden entered to David Bowie’s "Changes", DeGeneres quipped, welcoming the Democratic vice presidential candidate the same way his Republican counterpart did at the onset of their October 2 debate: "Can I call you Joe?" "Yeah, as long as you wink at me," Biden replied. Biden followed actor Colin Farrell during the "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" taping set to air Monday and needled the talk show host on the line up. "Let’s talk about how I come out after Colin Farrell," continued Biden. "I’m playing the old guy role anyway, you know, this whole campaign and now I gotta come behind him! Jeez!" The candidate at the top of the Democratic ticket, Sen. Barack Obama, is 47 — 18 years junior to the six-term Delaware senator; Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate, is 44. "We appreciate both of you for lots of reasons," DeGeneres noted of her two guests. "I’d like to be appreciated for his reasons, you know what I mean?" Biden said to audience laughter, before quickly adding: "Only kidding, I’m joking." Biden’s conversation with Ellen included much of his rhetoric from the stump. As he has done repeatedly in recent weeks, he reiterated his disappointment with the campaign tactics of his Senate colleague Sen. John McCain, calling recent robo-calls "over the top" and "out of character". Biden also hit out at Plain for turning down an offer for a second vice presidential debate. "Gov. Palin said she’d like to debate me more," Biden said. "Coincidentally, we’d been asked by a national police group if we’d each appear in a debate and I agreed to do that and she decided not to do that." Biden also told DeGeneres, who recently married actress Portia de Rossi, that he opposed Proposition 8, an amendment on California’s November ballot which would amend the state constitution to define marriage as solely between one man and one woman. "If I lived in California, I’d clearly vote against Prop 8," Biden said. Biden’s appearance ended with an on-stage dunk-tank to raise money for breast cancer research with actress Julia Louis Dreyfus in the hot seat. Biden stood armed with a basket of pink ammunition to try and hit the bulls eye, warning that his Secret Service agents were standing at the ready to help him should his aim fail. And they nearly had to step in. It took Biden until the last ball — and a suggestion by DeGeneres to "pretend it’s Sarah Palin" before he hit the bulls eye and sent Seinfeld’s Elaine Benis splashing into the tank.
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“Asked if he would support gay marriage, Biden said: “No. Barack Obama nor I support redefining from a civil side what constitutes marriage.”
perhaps ABC can take a moment from attacking Joe the plumber to point out Biden is a LIAR. he said he was against gay marriage in the debate.
Posted by: geevill | October 17, 2008, 12:09 pm 12:09 pm
Biden cannot even say whether he is for or against Gay marriage. What a LIAR.
Posted by: Greg h | October 17, 2008, 12:11 pm 12:11 pm
geevil – get a job
Posted by: mudge007 | October 17, 2008, 12:12 pm 12:12 pm
Oh, that Joe. Second billing to Colin Farrell. he was also on Leno last night, with McCain on Letterman, and no doubt McCain clobbered poor Joe in the ratings.
Sure, Joe, let’s have another debate with you and Sarah again, you can do your fake Hillary tears, and shall we talk about your poor family values with your daughter getting arrested, and also your LIES about being shot down in Iraq?
But, as you run with Obama, LIES are just about all you know to get ahead, isn’t it?
But, dear Joe, everyone remembers the ONE thing you said that was true:
“Obama is not ready to be President”.
Thanks Joe, for speaking out on what everyone now knows!
Posted by: liberati | October 17, 2008, 12:13 pm 12:13 pm
Good for Joe!
Posted by: Ray | October 17, 2008, 12:14 pm 12:14 pm
What he said in the debate was that he DID support civil unions and all of the CONSTITUTIONAL rights afforded that union. However, he (and Palin) felt that marriage is a religious institution and should be defined as such.
In short, if your CHURCH says you’re “married” then so be it. But the state can legally recognize a civil union between ANY two legal eligible persons.
Jeez….
Posted by: Jay G | October 17, 2008, 12:16 pm 12:16 pm
liberati – I guess a 17 year old unmarried daughter is better? Of someone who abused her power to get someone fired.
Posted by: Bob | October 17, 2008, 12:17 pm 12:17 pm
Splittin’ hairs again, geevill? All he’s saying that he wouldn’t support a constitutional amendment that banned gay marriage. If you left it up the the right-wingers, you’d have constitutional amendment coming out of your eyeballs. This is the Constitution we’re talking about, whether it is the federal, or a state. Not something to play around with so cavalierly, as I’m guessing you would do. At any rate, whatsamatter dear? Afraid the gays are gonna have a decent life like we’re ALL entitled to?
Posted by: counting crows | October 17, 2008, 12:18 pm 12:18 pm
Joe Biden is an idiot. Can’t you see that. He, along with Obama, will say whatever, do whatever, to win. There is nothing to Biden. ABC will always be for Obama and Biden. ABC is a liberal newwork. Don’t watch them anymore, anyone, anytime.
Posted by: Janice | October 17, 2008, 12:21 pm 12:21 pm
When did Biden say he got “shot down” in Iraq? He never said that. His helicopter had to land due to severe weather conditions. And his daughter was arrested? How about Palin’s son who evidently was a juvenile delinquent, so instead of going to college, he’s now in Iraq (guess they are hoping the Armys straightens out his ***.)
Posted by: geecee | October 17, 2008, 12:24 pm 12:24 pm
Biden does not do what’s right, he’s no longer being a Catholic. He’s selling his soul to the devil.
Posted by: Anna | October 17, 2008, 12:26 pm 12:26 pm
Rememeber Joe Biden said during the debate that he goes to a restaurant that is struggling in this economy.
That restaurant that Biden claims to visit has been closed for 10 years!
Since Biden has been a career politician for so long, no wonder he is such a LIAR and a shameless one at that.
Posted by: Greg h | October 17, 2008, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm
“Asked if he would support gay marriage, Biden said: “No. Barack Obama nor I support redefining from a civil side what constitutes marriage.”
perhaps ABC can take a moment from attacking Joe the plumber to point out Biden is a LIAR. he said he was against gay marriage in the debate.
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Having a problem with reading comprehension, are we?
Biden said that he does not “support redefining from a civil side what constitutes marriage”. This is what Prop 8 seeks to do.
Posted by: FactCheck | October 17, 2008, 12:29 pm 12:29 pm
Janice,
Your “logic” has certainly swayed me!!!
Posted by: StillLearningToo | October 17, 2008, 12:29 pm 12:29 pm
Of course the Obama/Biden ticket is against the will of the people.
Posted by: State's Rights | October 17, 2008, 12:31 pm 12:31 pm
Joe Biden an idiot? From someone hoping to see Sarah Palin a heartbeat from the US presidency, no doubt. Ironic and disgusting. Repugs just can’t accept responsibility for their disastrously bad decisions over the past 8 years, and that goes double for the people voting for them. Letting a so-called “free market” run up billion dollar profits for the executives of companies run into the ground – just as like what Bush-Cheney did to the country itself. Maybe it’s something in the water making these people like this – something industrial, from one of the companies whose lobbyists and representatives practically run congress and literally run our regulatory agencies (like EPA, FDA, USDA, etc).
Posted by: Craig | October 17, 2008, 12:34 pm 12:34 pm
Then get lost Janice.
Posted by: JoeShmoe | October 17, 2008, 12:35 pm 12:35 pm
Proposition 8 = bigotry
I can’t understand why some people are so insecure about their own heterosexual marriage. Jesus would be more reasonable that these bigots.
Someone informed please help me. Where specifically in the bible did Jesus say that two members of the same sex could not marry (I’ll check back later to see if I get any feed back).
God bless
Posted by: billy smith | October 17, 2008, 12:40 pm 12:40 pm
Standing against a BAN on gay marriage is in step with being for Civil Unions, its not a lie or a flip flop.
Here’s the trick, Banning Gay marriage is discriminatory, placing limits on other lifestyles because you disagree with it.
Being for Civil Unions allows for other lifestyles to enjoy benefits from monogamy similar to married couples.
If you people let fear and the Christian conservatives run this nation, then we will be no better than the Afgans who allowed the Taliban to take over and make religious laws and hold public executions in the local stadium.
I personally disagree with the Gay lifestyle, and that’s my choice. Its not my place to decide for others, and attempting to legislate morality is a straight shot to our Founding fathers attempts to separate church and state.
Maybe you Gay haters should form your own nation, where your free to discriminate against anyone you disagree with. America is One nation, Under God, and Indivisible, unless you count Zealots dividing us down party lines, over abortion, taxation and right to life.
Didn’t Bush Jr suggest he was the Uniter, yet somehow he has divided this nation. Maybe thats something he decided to do as the decider.
Posted by: Dewy | October 17, 2008, 12:41 pm 12:41 pm
After listening to McCain spend most of the time on Letterman knocking Obama I switched to Leno and listened to Biden. It was refreshing to have someone who talked about the issues instead of trash talking his opponent. Besides, listening to McCain was like listening to a broken record, where he kept repeating the same tired old lies that everyone has repudiated.
Posted by: The Unshrub | October 17, 2008, 12:41 pm 12:41 pm
I will say it and I will continue to say it. Joe Biden is an idiot. Now it would be a toss up as to which one is the bigger idiot. Say whatever you want to say about me – get it straight -Joe Biden is an idiot.
Posted by: Janice | October 17, 2008, 12:43 pm 12:43 pm
As Biden entered to David Bowie’s “Changes”, DeGeneres quipped, welcoming the Democratic vice presidential candidate the same way his Republican counterpart did at the onset of their October 2 debate: “Can I call you Joe?”
No she didn’t Palin wore a nice dress and pumps. Ellen wore here man pants and giant sneakers.
Posted by: geevill | October 17, 2008, 12:43 pm 12:43 pm
Obama’s “spread the wealth” Socialist statement and Biden’s “I’m a Catholic but kill that baby” show just how sick and deranged the party of death has become.
Posted by: The Oxy-Morons | October 17, 2008, 12:43 pm 12:43 pm
So Pitbull Sarah is too chicken to do another debate with Joe huh? Kinda goes along with her lack of REAL media interviews that she won’t do either. Like Roland Martin on CNN said, She wants to talk to the American people, but she doesn’t want THEM to talk back. Katie Couric and Larry King are scary. First time in HISTORY someone has been scared of those two EVER.
SARAH = COWARD
SARAH = CRONY WHO ABUSED HER POWER
No wonder her campaign shields her from the news so she won’t be “depressed”.
Posted by: Christy | October 17, 2008, 12:44 pm 12:44 pm
Janice, bub-bye!
Biden supports CIVIL unions along with providing equal benefits to gay partners. Biden has clearly stated he believes legal marriage is between a man and a woman. He’s consistent with his statements and beliefs.
Take the wax and mucous out of your eyes and ears!!!!!!!
Posted by: Lisa | October 17, 2008, 12:45 pm 12:45 pm
Ellen show Joe Six-term
Biden also told DeGeneres, who recently married actress Portia de Rossi, that he opposed Proposition 8, an amendment on California’s November ballot which would amend the state constitution to define marriage as solely between one man and one woman.
Debate Joe Six-Term
“Asked if he would support gay marriage, Biden said: “No. Barack Obama nor I support redefining from a civil side what constitutes marriage
Now that Joe Biden is a three letter word. L-I-E
Posted by: geevill | October 17, 2008, 12:46 pm 12:46 pm
Since this is California, Biden says he is for gay marriage.
If he is Pennyslvania, Biden will say he is against Gay marriage.
Biden is a serial LIAR and will say anything to get votes depending on which state he is campaigning.
Posted by: Greg h | October 17, 2008, 12:46 pm 12:46 pm
If the bible thumpers want to ban gay marriage, then we should go back to the bible and ban anyone who has been divorced from remarrying. No one who has been divorced should be allowed to remarry. If the thumpers want to enforce the bible, they should not be allowed to pick and choose.
Posted by: The Unshrub | October 17, 2008, 12:47 pm 12:47 pm
Janice: Then, Janice, why are you on here? I never understood people like you that like to call certain media outlets “biased” yet you frequent these places very often. I don’t like Fox News, but I’m obviously not going to waste my time there. So, again, WHY are you here? Also, you’re giving the “biased” news forums more hits, isn’t that the opposite of what you want?
Posted by: Kim W. | October 17, 2008, 12:49 pm 12:49 pm
– Biden is a serial LIAR and will say anything to get votes depending on which state he is campaigning. –
What part of:
“Barack Obama nor I support redefining from a civil side what constitutes marriage”
Did you not understand?
Posted by: Concerned American | October 17, 2008, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm
Joe Biden has sold out all of his principles to be Obama’s VP he is nothing more than a Yes man. How can a man who attacked Obama so hard in the debates and said he was not ready to lead know all of a sudden see eye to eye with Obama on 100% of the issues. Joe Biden is nothing more than a puppet on a string. I would respect Biden if he would actually admit he does disagree with Obama on some Issues
Posted by: batesba74 | October 17, 2008, 12:54 pm 12:54 pm
geevill: there’s a difference between wanting to BAN gay marriage and just not wanting to make gay marriage LEGAL. You may not like Coca Cola, but it wouldn’t make sense for you to vote to BAN it. No one is a liar, and the only people pandering are McCain and Palin. I used to have so much respect for McCain before this election year, because he was indeed a maverick then and was definitely not the usual politician. Even people that were devoted Palin voters in Alaska say they no longer recognize her and that both she and McCain have changed themselves so much to gain the very conservative groups. Obama and Biden have always said the same things, always fought for the same things, and no one is screaming that they’ve changed into robots since the election year started.
Posted by: Corporal D.E.L | October 17, 2008, 12:54 pm 12:54 pm
I live in California, and I am going to vote no on banning gay marriage. It’s about the constitution, and the equal rights that it grants. If Californians vote this constitutional right away, then what’s next, maybe religion. Using many of the same arguments that are used for Prop 10, they want to teach religion in our schools! We will be forced to believe in obscure religions, like mormonism. It can go on and on, and further tear this country apart.
There was only one amendment to the federal constitution that took rights away from people, and it was overturned years later. That was prohibition.
As Americans we should be protecting rights, and not finding ways to take them away.
Posted by: Independent realist | October 17, 2008, 12:55 pm 12:55 pm
Asked if he would support gay marriage, Biden said: “No.
Biden also told DeGeneres, who recently married actress Portia de Rossi, that he opposed Proposition 8, an amendment on California’s November ballot which would amend the state constitution to define marriage as solely between one man and one woman.
Joe Biden is a confused idiot or a pandering liar.
Posted by: geevill | October 17, 2008, 12:56 pm 12:56 pm
Good timing. I’m sure this will help solidify the “Evangelical constituency” of the right for McCain.
Posted by: MajorTom | October 17, 2008, 12:56 pm 12:56 pm
batesba74: same to you. Read what I wrote. The people that have changed are McCain and Palin. McCain is no longer the spunky maverick he truly used to be. This campaign has left him looking empty and I wish that he hadn’t changed to gain conservative votes, and he might have still had a chance to save this thing. I would have voted for the old McCain.
Posted by: Corporal D.E.L | October 17, 2008, 12:56 pm 12:56 pm
Billy smith- this is located in Judges 19:22 and also Genesis 19:5. Enjoy-
22 As they were enjoying themselves, suddenly certain men of the city, perverted men,[a] surrounded the house and beat on the door. They spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who came to your house, that we may know him carnally!”
23 But the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, “No, my brethren! I beg you, do not act so wickedly! Seeing this man has come into my house, do not commit this outrage. 24 Look, here is my virgin daughter and the man’s[b] concubine; let me bring them out now. Humble them, and do with them as you please; but to this man do not do such a vile thing!” 25 But the men would not heed him. So the man took his concubine and brought her out to them. And they knew her and abused her all night until morning; and when the day began to break, they let her go.
Posted by: Truth | October 17, 2008, 1:00 pm 1:00 pm
Billy smith- this is located in Judges 19:22 and also Genesis 19:5. Enjoy-
22 As they were enjoying themselves, suddenly certain men of the city, perverted men,[a] surrounded the house and beat on the door. They spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who came to your house, that we may know him carnally!”
23 But the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, “No, my brethren! I beg you, do not act so wickedly! Seeing this man has come into my house, do not commit this outrage. 24 Look, here is my virgin daughter and the man’s[b] concubine; let me bring them out now. Humble them, and do with them as you please; but to this man do not do such a vile thing!” 25 But the men would not heed him. So the man took his concubine and brought her out to them. And they knew her and abused her all night until morning; and when the day began to break, they let her go.
Posted by: Truth | October 17, 2008, 1:00 pm 1:00 pm
Greg H,
Good think the election ballots do not require a lot of reading comprehension, otherwise you may not be able to vote. Biden told Ellen that he would be against allowing gay marriage.
Posted by: Mack | October 17, 2008, 1:01 pm 1:01 pm
Palin lacks Joe Biden’s experience … and that is a good thing!!
McCain ’08
Posted by: Francisco Cardenas | October 17, 2008, 1:02 pm 1:02 pm
Prop 8 would redefine from a civil side what constitues a marriage. I wish the some of the people who comment on here would just do a little research. A little knowledge goes a long way.
Posted by: Lou-NH | October 17, 2008, 1:06 pm 1:06 pm
This bible passage speaks to a practice of the time of men dominating other men by having sex with them, much in the same vain as prison sex does. This was the practice in Greece and Rome as a means of rank in society. No where in the bible say that 2 loving and consenting adults should not love each other and live with each other. Jesus spoke on how one man should not dominate another, nothing about loving each other.
People should twist the bible to fit their agenda.
Posted by: Independent realist | October 17, 2008, 1:06 pm 1:06 pm
Ultimately, there is only one winner, there will always be one winner, and that is the Lord Jesus Christ. Now argue with that.
Posted by: Janice | October 17, 2008, 1:06 pm 1:06 pm
For all of you arguing about this do you even know what Obama believes about Gay Marriage? Here are both McCain’s and Obama’s official positions on the subject! McCain: Opposes constitutional amendment to ban it. Says same-sex couples should be allowed to enter into legal agreements for insurance and similar benefits, and states should decide about marriage. Obama: Opposes constitutional amendment to ban it. Supports civil unions, says states should decide about marriage. What are you all arguing about? Do any of you really know the stances of your own Candidates.
Posted by: batesba74 | October 17, 2008, 1:07 pm 1:07 pm
Palin lacks lower 48 experience. and that’s a bad thing.
Obama 08
Posted by: Omentum | October 17, 2008, 1:07 pm 1:07 pm
People who fear same sex marriage are cut from the same cloth as those who were against inter-racial marriage. Many of the same arguments were used in defense of banning that type of marriage.
All marriage is civil. You are require to go to the court house and buy a license to do so. When the 50% of marriages that fail go to divorce, this is handled in a civil court.
People of different religions who don’t believe in the God of the Jews get married, and theirs is legal in this country as well.
Posted by: Independent realist | October 17, 2008, 1:13 pm 1:13 pm
Corporal D.E.L: The old McCain would not have won his parties nomination! If he gets elected he WILL be President and he can do what he wants and I think that will be what the OLD McCain the Maverick! Obama is no where close to being in the middle on anything he is far left and does not work with the other side. Obama is nothing like the Old McCain! The McCain you would have voted for. Remember you have to win your parties nomination to be elected. McCain did that now it is up to us to send McCain to the White House and you will see the Maverick the one everybody likes and respects.
Posted by: batesba74 | October 17, 2008, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm
In the VP debate he clearly said he was against gay marriage! What a liar!
Posted by: akfishin | October 17, 2008, 1:16 pm 1:16 pm
Yeah Joe says what Ellen’s guests want to hear but he talks out of both sides of his mouth. He just wants to get in office and will lie like Obama is doing.
The truth will come out and the American population will suffer for it.
To The Unshrub:
Read the Bible before you start making comments like you know it. I would rather be called a bible thumper than have sex with someone of the same gender. It is not normal and it never will be. Even children know that truth!
Posted by: TheRealTruth | October 17, 2008, 1:18 pm 1:18 pm
Is Obama still campaigning in all 57 states?
McCain 08!
Posted by: batesba74 | October 17, 2008, 1:19 pm 1:19 pm
Vote NO on Proposition 8 … let’s not legislate discrimination in any form!
Posted by: Francisco Cardenas | October 17, 2008, 1:22 pm 1:22 pm
BillySmith said: Someone informed please help me. Where specifically in the bible did Jesus say that two members of the same sex could not marry (I’ll check back later to see if I get any feed back).
I am not religous, I am not a church goer. I don’t discriminate against anyone. Live, and let live. I have my own door step to sweep in front of, when it comes to sin. Everyone does. So I live my live as such. I don’t begin to define anything, or tell anyone how to live. It’s everyone’s right to choose what’s best for them, and I agree with the other poster…if Jesus came, he would be much more tolerant, and accepting.
That said…I was curious, as I don’t know the bible well at all, so I googled. *shrugs*
Lev. 18:22, “You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.”
Lev. 20:13, “If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltness is upon them”
1 Cor. 6:9-10, “Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the kingdom of God.”
Rom. 1:26-28, “For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, 27and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. 28And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper.”
Posted by: Jeanie | October 17, 2008, 1:23 pm 1:23 pm
“Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.” -James Bovard, (1994).
James Bovard is a Libertarian and although I don’t agree with most of their views, I do believe in that statement.
Our founding fathers gave us a Republic, not a pure democracy because pure democracies can not last. Minorities get trampled at the whims of the majority. A Republic gives us representatives and a system of checks and balances so that all are represented and a sense of justice can prevail.
I don’t believe it is our “Right” to vote, I believe it is our obligation. With that said, we need to have an informed electorate. The news media is biased, this includes BOTH sides. How about reading and researching the policies of both candidates from independent sources and make your decision based on what you believe is best? It works a lot better towards the strength of our country than ranting.
Posted by: Lulu | October 17, 2008, 1:24 pm 1:24 pm
batesba, McShame will have no choice but to reach across the aisle, since congress will be all Democrat. And as far as your statement as president he will do what he wants is a Bush idea, and is incorrect. The president has constitutional guidelines that he has to follow. He is president, not king or emperor. Besides, there is no chance for McShame to win.
President Obama! Get used to it!
Posted by: Independent realist | October 17, 2008, 1:24 pm 1:24 pm
These passages from the Bible were written for the Hebrews so that they could build their tribe in order to protect themselves … and to separate themselves from other tribes:
Lev. 18:22, “You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.”
Lev. 20:13, “If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltness is upon them”
Posted by: Francisco Cardenas | October 17, 2008, 1:25 pm 1:25 pm
It’s a good thing we live in a free country where we don’t have to live under other people’s rules. The bible, depending on which one you are referring to, Jewish or Christian, were written centuries ago, by people who’s knowledge of the world were limited by the times they lived in.
Fortunately we live in the 21 century, where our knowledge of the world is far broader than when the bibles were written. And even more fortunate for us, we live in a free state as opposed to a theocracy like Iran where religion rules daily life.
If you want religion to rule you life, then do so, you have that right. But have some security in your religion, and quit trying to force it on others.
Posted by: Independent realist | October 17, 2008, 1:41 pm 1:41 pm
Why I am voting Democrat!
I’m voting Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending MY MONEY than I would. I think when you spread the wealth around it is good for everybody! It’s Patriotic!
I’m voting Democrat because I believe that business should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. All profits are evil and should be confiscated for Government Redistribution.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe that MORE Government regulations and higher taxes on Business will stop Business from exporting their jobs to Countries with LESS Government regulations and lower taxes.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe terrorists should be allowed to have trials in American courts. And be able to subpoena top secret documents, soldiers, government officials, etc. to cross examine for their defense. They should have ACLU lawyers who can help intimidate Americans who serve on the juries!
I’m voting Democrat because I believe in a FREE government health care system. I believe doctors, nurses, hospitals, drug companies, etc. will gladly donate their time, products, services, facilities, etc. for FREE and that will be a better system.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe in and support trial lawyers, frivolous lawsuits and outrageous jury verdicts.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe 9/11 was an inside job to con the American people to go to war for oil.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe social security is solvent and that there is a social security lock box and I don’t believe social security is a Ponzi scheme.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe Gay Marriage should be the law of the land and will probably produce better children.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe English should not be the official language of the United States. I don’t mind pushing one for English when I use the phone.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe partial birth abortion is okay but water boarding a terrorist is disgusting.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe having a domestic terrorist like Bill Ayers as a close friend is a good thing. It allows for great relations with foreign terrorists.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe MOST AMERICANS are bitter and cling to their guns and religion. Let’s rid our country of guns and religion!
I’m voting Democrat because I believe illegal aliens deserve all the rights of ordinary Americans plus some additional rights Americans do not have.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe groups like ACORN who register felons, drug addicts, wino’s, homeless drifters, illegal aliens, dead people, children, fictional Disney characters, etc. makes my vote count more.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe celebrating the winter solstice shows compassion for the small minority of people that do not celebrate Christmas.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe hard core criminal murders and rapists deserve life and that the innocent unborn deserve death. It’s a choice I can live with.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe Bush caused Hurricane Katrina and he blew-up the levies in the ninth ward of New Orleans.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe our soldiers are AIR RAIDING villages and killing innocent people.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe sex in the Oval Office with an intern is a private matter and that everybody lies under oath about sex.
I’m votin Demokrat becuse I wus edumkated at a publick sckrool.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe that any one who is not partaking in one of the many wonderful government programs obviously has too much money and should pay higher taxes.
I’m voting Democrat because when we pull out of Iraq the terrorists will be happy and now think of us as good people.
I’m voting Democrat because freedom of speech is fine as long as it does not offend people. Can’t we all just get along?
I’m voting Democrat because I believe oil companies’ profits are wrong. I believe higher taxes on oil companies will produce lower prices at the pump.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe we need to rid ourselves of dependency on foreign oil, BUT I AM AGAINST offshore drilling for oil and natural gas, drilling in Anwar, building nuclear power plants and clean coal technology.
And finally, I’m voting Democrat because I believe Reverend Wright when he said “GODDAMN AMERICA” and “OUR CHICKENS ARE COMING HOME TO ROOST”. Hey let’s make a comfortable nest for those chickens!
Why are you voting Democrat?
Posted by: Average American Mom | October 17, 2008, 1:43 pm 1:43 pm
Because the republicans have destroyed this country, and can not be trusted with it anymore. And because there are too many ignoramuses who believe in the republican party, and they contributed to the destruction of our beloved country.
President Obama! Get used to it!
Posted by: Independent realist | October 17, 2008, 1:45 pm 1:45 pm
geevill:
Let’s also point out the fact that because you personally stand for or against something, does not mean you support legal action that coincides with that. Because Joe Biden is against gay marriage personally doesn’t mean he’s against it professionally. If only more people could separate their personal beliefs from those of others, maybe our country wouldn’t be so darn divided all the time.
Posted by: Jodi | October 17, 2008, 1:47 pm 1:47 pm
Independent Realist…I agree.
To many times, religion is used as a weapon….which is why I am turned off by it. It’s to easy to twist, mangle, and distort, to bend it’s will toward ones own personal interpretation, and that interpretation is passed on to others, or forced on others, in the name of God.
One’s relationship with God doesn’t require a preacher, priest, organs, pews, etc… It’s your own personal journey with God that counts.
I won’t begin to say in the name of God what is right, and what is wrong.
Posted by: Jeanie | October 17, 2008, 1:49 pm 1:49 pm
I will take Joe over Sarah any day!
Posted by: beck | October 17, 2008, 1:50 pm 1:50 pm
Jeanie, you are a true American. Let people have their rights whether they are about marriage, religion, freedom of speech, and the freedom from government, but don’t try and keep me from exercising mine, as long as I don’t tread on yours.
Posted by: Independent realist | October 17, 2008, 2:06 pm 2:06 pm
Average American Mom,
You sound more like the average American Conservative Troglodite – just another of the people who protect the fetus and then throw the baby to the wolves.
There’s nothing wrong with playing well with others. Who are you the playground bully or his toady?
If YOUR village was being air raided and YOUR innocent friends, neighbors and relatives killed, you might think differently.
I’m NOT going through your whole list, but you sound as though you are incapable of putting YOURSELF into the shoes of others, or of “doing unto others as you would have them do unto you”! That’s VERY Christian of you.
Posted by: Donna Hughes | October 17, 2008, 2:07 pm 2:07 pm
Geevill’s passion in life is to show up and trash Joe Biden. Have a good time Geevill! Poor ol’ Geevill. So Bitter.
Posted by: Donna Hughes | October 17, 2008, 2:12 pm 2:12 pm
After reading Proposition 8 on the California ballot I would not support it either. Although I’m not an advocate of same sex marriage because of the way the Propostion is written I wouldn’t support it either. Way to go Joe “the Senator”.
I’m voting the Democratic Party all of the way down the ballot. The wonderful Bush/Cheney policies has really done such wonders for this country, so wonderful that I just don’t think that we can stand another 4 years of such bliss.
What a joke the Republicans are??? If they’re not being busted soliciting same-sex encounters in public men’s rooms then they are trying to molest the young teenage boy pages on Capitol Hill. Enough already.
Posted by: Congolezza Rice | October 17, 2008, 2:14 pm 2:14 pm
You expected more from the plumber joes of this country? There has not been one intelligent move made by the republican president in 8 years, yet these people voted for him twice. And now they want to vote for his biggest cheer leader.
Posted by: Independent realist | October 17, 2008, 2:18 pm 2:18 pm
Obama/Biden ’08 by a historical landslide!
President Obama……has a nice ring to it, don’t you agress?
Posted by: Congolezza Rice | October 17, 2008, 2:19 pm 2:19 pm
President Obama! Get used to it!
Posted by: Independent realist | October 17, 2008, 2:20 pm 2:20 pm
I will take Joe the plumber over Biden any day!!!!
Posted by: Real Story | October 17, 2008, 2:21 pm 2:21 pm
Good, Real Story! You take Joe the Plumber. I’ll take Joe Biden. Plumbers a dime a dozen. Joe Biden is one of a kind!
Posted by: Donna Hughes | October 17, 2008, 2:26 pm 2:26 pm
Independent, we probably wont’ agree politically, but I will never name call toward anyone, as that is demeaning them, and myself. It dissipates ones opinion, rather than enhances. I think we can all converse, discuss, and debate, without resorting to petty childish antics.
I enjoy discussing, but I refuse to continue, if name calling, and mean comments are made by anyone toward another, and that goes for both sides. I just think it makes us all hypocrites. We accuse one side of the evils of calling out names, and using racism, or racial slurs, etc…then we turn around and show everyone we’re no better than what we accuse another of.
I also, will never tell anyone to leave a forum because I disagree with them. I believe these forums were put in place to openly discuss, and debate, using facts, and opinions…but when the name calling, and mean remarks come, from either side, I close my window. I just don’t want to deal with that.
At the end of the day, when we all lay head to pillow, we’re ALL Americans, and if we were attacked, we’d all stand as Americans, side by side, and fight against our aggressors. So if we can’t find some common ground here, and show each other respect, even if we don’t agree with someone….then how can we ever expect world peace.
Posted by: Jeanie | October 17, 2008, 2:27 pm 2:27 pm
Donna Hughs, So are lying Politian’s
Posted by: Real Story | October 17, 2008, 2:30 pm 2:30 pm
Jay G:
What part of the fact that Joe Biden
just flipped on gay marriage don’t
you get? In the debate he said he
supported civil unions but opposed
gay marriage and on Ellen he said
he would oppose a ban on gay marriage!
Duh! What kind of Kool-Aid do they
give you Obama/Biden Lemmings?
Posted by: reaganfan | October 17, 2008, 2:36 pm 2:36 pm
After 15 years of the Rush and Savages of the world labeling Liberals as un-American, now that their house of cards have fallen, you still see the arrogance in them and in those who follow them, and they come on these sites. If I push back and most times I push back hard, it’s because it’s now from a position of strength.
No one has learned from the two bubbles that just popped over the last 8 years. First the DotCom bubble, and then the Housing Bubble. People are loosing their jobs, and houses, and companies, and yet you still see the arrogance in those who participated in these bubbles trying to blame someone else. No one takes ownership in the mistakes that they make. This is a country of wave a shinny object in front of them and they will follow it.
Our political positions are probably closer then we may think. These parties aren’t sports teams that we are cheering for. I am an independent with only two real choices for president. One is inspirational, and the other is resorting to old time name calling politics.
It’s not about money, or a team, it’s about protecting the constitution.
Posted by: Independent realist | October 17, 2008, 2:39 pm 2:39 pm
Let’s see, Joe the Plumber doesn’t have a plumber’s license, doesn’t have money to buy a plumbing business, and is on the hook for back taxes. Not exactly Honest John.
Posted by: Donna Hughes | October 17, 2008, 2:41 pm 2:41 pm
thank you LISA! a whole lot of people on this board just can’t comprehend what their reading.
Posted by: deb | October 17, 2008, 2:54 pm 2:54 pm
Donna Hughes, I don’t think Joe every said he had a plumber’s license so where is he dishonest? He works under a licensed plumber he doesn’t need a license. A lot Americans owe back taxes I don’t think he every said he didn’t so where is he dishonest?
Posted by: Real Story | October 17, 2008, 2:57 pm 2:57 pm
“Because Joe Biden is against gay marriage personally doesn’t mean he’s against it professionally”
Joe said he would vote against Prop 8. that is a personal choice. So personally he is pro gay marriage.
professionally Joe is a lying flip-flopper taking both sides in front of different audiences.
Posted by: geevill | October 17, 2008, 3:04 pm 3:04 pm
Donna Hughes, Joe said “he was concerned about having to pay more taxes as he worked towards his goal of buying his own plumbing business” so where is he dishonest? He didn’t say he had the money today.
Posted by: Real Story | October 17, 2008, 3:07 pm 3:07 pm
Personally Joe Biden knows Obama is unqualified and will be voting for McCain.
Professionally Biden is lying to the American people that Obama should be President.
Posted by: geevill | October 17, 2008, 3:08 pm 3:08 pm
If you want to call somebody a liar, count how many lies Palin spilled out. Truth just does not matter to her.
Posted by: leighg1 | October 17, 2008, 3:19 pm 3:19 pm
Biden has been clear. He is against gay marriage but would defer to the courts and legislature on the issue and would not support an AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION banning the courts and legislature from deciding otherwise. My god. Some of you must lack the hardware to engage in critical thinking.
Posted by: nina | October 17, 2008, 3:23 pm 3:23 pm
By the way – THe gov of CA takes the exact same position. That’s why he has refused to support the California measure banning same sex marriage.
Posted by: nina | October 17, 2008, 3:24 pm 3:24 pm
A ban on gay marriage in California was put to a vote, by the people. Who then voted to ban gay marriage in California. A court overrode that vote, and instilled Gay marriage as legal.
Now I’m not going to say what’s right, or wrong on this, but when courts over step boundaries of the will of the people…that’s dangerous. It won’t stop at Gays being allowed to marry, or not.
As for Joe the plumber. He has been attacked by press, and others, since asking his question. He’s been vetted as if he’s running for public office, and he’s not. He simply, as a citizen, asked a question. The question is not at issue….Obama’s response is. Redistribution of wealth. It’s created a firestorm of controversy. Again..not the question…the answer.
So this lowly guy is being attacked now.He didn’t go seeking trouble…he just saw Obama walking in his neighborhood, and asked a question. Now a certain website has given out his home address. I think that kind of behavior is reprehensible, and they should be ashamed. This kind of crap shouldn’t befall any private citizen.
Because he answered a question, the plumbers union, who endorses Mr.Obama is striving to get this man fired. This is wrong. This could so easily happen to any one of us, and as the working source in this country, we all need to stand up against these kinds of attacks.
As for Joe owing taxes….again…a lot of people owe taxes.
Martin Nesbitt, the treasurer of Obama’s campaign, has tax liens. So do his companies.
Posted by: Jeanie | October 17, 2008, 3:33 pm 3:33 pm
Jeanie, a judge didn’t overstep his boundaries, it’s his responsibility to side with the constitution. As is the case in most situations that a judge rules, people can not make laws that are unconstitutional and judges must make that determination. In California, it was unconstitutional for the people to vote in a law banning marriage between to consenting adults of the same sex. The resolution that will be voted on to take that right away will be a constitutional amendment to the state constitution. This is much easier to do in this state than in the federal constitution.
Posted by: Independent realist | October 17, 2008, 3:58 pm 3:58 pm
Biden has been clear. He is against gay marriage but would defer to the courts and legislature on the issue and would not support an AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION banning the courts and legislature from deciding otherwise. My god. Some of you must lack the hardware to engage in critical thinking
If Biden were against gay marriage he would vote for prop 8. he lied in the debate to pander to voters.
Posted by: geevill | October 17, 2008, 3:59 pm 3:59 pm
As far as Joe the plumber goes, well as we spoke about earlier, it looked as if you are trying to blame everyone but those that are responsible.
It came out that Joe is a republican, and he was willing to do what he could to help John McCain. Unfortunately, as the old adage goes, people who live in glass houses…….
Posted by: Independent realist | October 17, 2008, 4:01 pm 4:01 pm
Geevil: “No she didn’t Palin wore a nice dress and pumps. Ellen wore here man pants and giant sneakers.”
Aah, but Ellen didn’t have to memorize her lines.
Posted by: Kitty Wilberforce | October 17, 2008, 4:02 pm 4:02 pm
Geevill, if it really upsets you that Biden lied and pandered, why don’t you feel the same for the Palin/McCain campaign? Is it because you are voting for McCain, and you have a “what ever it takes” mindset? If playing fair is really your concern, call out the other side as well.
Can you see where your argument falls a little short in light of the campaign Palin/McCain is running?
Posted by: Independent realist | October 17, 2008, 4:05 pm 4:05 pm
Killing babies is promoted by Obama and Biden. I want to know at what age killing babies is Not Okay. Is it age 1 month, 1 year, the age of being able to defend yourself?
Posted by: Is Biden a Lying Catholic? | October 17, 2008, 4:10 pm 4:10 pm
How low can you go “killing babies”.
Lets take this in another applicable direction. McCain is in favor of this war, many babies have been killed, McCain wants to keep the war going, how many dead babies are enough for McCain?
How ignorant can a person be?
Posted by: Independent realist | October 17, 2008, 4:13 pm 4:13 pm
“Biden does not do what’s right, he’s no longer being a Catholic. He’s selling his soul to the devil.”
Hold it right there! I am a Catholic. I have a brain that I use and I make my own decisions.
I, and many other pro-choice Catholics volunteer many hours to help people less fortunate, being Christians. No one is forcing anyone to have an abortion—-that’s a personal choice that each WOMAN should decide for herself but don’t take away MY right to choose! If you are against abortion-DON”T HAVE ONE. I haven’t sold my soul to Satan, I’m a good Christian and will continue to unto otheres. Don’t be so quick to judge.
Posted by: JDL | October 17, 2008, 4:22 pm 4:22 pm
Independent said: It came out that Joe is a republican, and he was willing to do what he could to help John McCain. Unfortunately, as the old adage goes, people who live in glass houses…….
I will concede that, but the fact that a journalist, from a liberal based newspaper cried wolf, when he said he heard “kill him” at a rally, and no one expressed outrage, or bias toward Obama for that, in order to sabotage a rally.
It just keeps coming from both sides.
I sometimes wonder if we’re all guinea pigs in a HUGE experiment here.
Posted by: Jeanie | October 17, 2008, 4:40 pm 4:40 pm
I believe in truth, honesty, justice, traditional values and decency. Somehow, I do not see those same qualities coming from the Obama/Biden campaign rhetric.
It is sad that Joe the Plumber is being rideculed by the Obama people for speaking up.
Posted by: Mary | October 17, 2008, 4:53 pm 4:53 pm
All news papers and news sources are liberal. Thats why Bush was given a free ride for most of the 8 years that he has been in office.
I does keep coming from both sides. Obama said he wouldn’t start it, but he would fight back. That was the difference between Obama and Kerry. Kerry kept taken it, and fell back in the polls.
Fact checkers have already said that 85% of McCain’s ads have been negative, and only 35% of Obama’s have been negative.
I would think if McCain wants them to stop, he should lead by example. It couldn’t hurt him in the polls.
Posted by: Independent realist | October 17, 2008, 4:58 pm 4:58 pm
So I don’t appreciate Joe the Plumber.
As far as Joe the Biden is concerned, there is an old saying about one person’s junk being another’s treasure. Joe Biden is my treasure, and the opinions of anyone who would vote for a ticket with Palin on it don’t matter to me. I just can’t fathom how she ever got elected governor. I can’t! She might make a good person to head up an organization for special needs children, but VP of the USA? NO!!
As to baby killers, I don’t consider a fetus to be a baby until it is viable to live outside the womb. Up to that time things can go wrong, as in miscarriages. For that matter there are still births too. But I don’t see abortion acceptable as birth control, however I believe it should be available for at least the first 3-4 months. After that it should be progressively harder to get one. Partial birth abortion – not unless it is necessary to save the mother, which is Obama’s and Biden’s position on it.
Killing babies, as mentioned above, who were born alive, is just a stupid thing to say, because nobody is recommending that. However it DOES sometimes happen when women bring babies into bad environments.
Posted by: Donna Hughes | October 17, 2008, 5:00 pm 5:00 pm
Joe the plumber is not being ridiculed by the Obama campaign. The press is following up on McCain’s example, and the truth is coming out. Don’t blame Obama because he is the other side, and don’t blame the press for doing their job. Blame McCain and Joe the plumber for sticking their neck out.
Politics is a dirty game, and Joe stepped into a game he was not prepared to play in. He is the one who went on all of the morning TV news shows, so if they follow up on them, hurray for the press doing their jobs.
In hind sight it would have been nice if they did their job when the president was telling us of the WMD’s that were never found.
Posted by: Independent realist | October 17, 2008, 5:02 pm 5:02 pm
greg h – for or against? Liar? I guess English is not your first language. Or maybe your the typical uneducated ignorant republican.
Posted by: George C | October 17, 2008, 5:05 pm 5:05 pm
>> I believe in truth, honesty, justice,
>> traditional values and decency.
>> Somehow, I do not see those same
>> qualities coming from the Obama/Biden
>> campaign rhetric.
Then how do you rationalize away the fact that Palin violated Alaska state ethics laws, and now the investigation is being expanded to look at other ethic violation charges against her and her staff?
Posted by: GBA | October 17, 2008, 5:15 pm 5:15 pm
McCain is so toast. Obama 52-47. Read it and weep GOP whack jobs.
Posted by: Mark | October 17, 2008, 5:17 pm 5:17 pm
Geevil–
He said he was against a constitutional amendment on gay marriage (either way), i.e., he would vote against prop 8. If the vote was for a constitutional amendment to add gay marriage, he would vote against that as well.
So, he did not lie, but you, my friend, are a liar.
Posted by: Joke | October 17, 2008, 5:27 pm 5:27 pm
Joke, you are beating a dead horse to argue with Geevill about Joe Biden.
Geevill has a hatred of Biden, and if Biden is for something then Geevill is against it – doesn’t matter what it is.
Posted by: Donna Hughes | October 17, 2008, 5:40 pm 5:40 pm
Wow…after reading every one of these posts, I am now positive that average person who visits sites like this are total intellectual slugs. This is even more disillusioning if one takes into consideration that fact that the REALLY moronic and stupid Americans aren’t even here. They are out being moronic and stupid.
FACT….essentially, Biden said he does not wish to legislate morality. Prop 8 does just that. He said on “Ellen” that he opposes Prop 8…because it intends to legislate morality. …Not hard to comprehend people.
Question….When did the Republican party, the party of LESS intrusion by government into the lives of private citizens, become the party of neochristoconservenazi-ism? When did they decide they wanted to become intrusive, subversive, and totalitarian?
Question….When did the Republican party, the party who abolished slavery, and preached freedom and equality, become the party embraced by the far right-wing, ultraconservative, racist bigots, imbeciles, sheep, tools, idiots, and misguided-few?
PLEASE DON’T ANSWER….THOSE QUESTIONS WERE RHETORICAL….(YEAH YOU’D BETTER LOOK THAT UP IN THE “DICKSHUNAYREE”)
Posted by: SoldierSeven | October 17, 2008, 5:46 pm 5:46 pm
Well said SoldierSeven, well said!
Posted by: Independent realist | October 17, 2008, 5:52 pm 5:52 pm
You guys are having a great discussion here. Just thought I’d point out to the person who talked about Joe Biden not being Catholic – well, pro-choice does not mean pro-abortion and pro-life candidates are very likely not anti-abortion. Why would they be – if they outlawed abortiong, they wouldn’t have you glued to them for their career!
So, there is another way – to work to Choose Life – just like Obama and Biden say. Fix things so a young woman doesn’t feel that she has a choice between being shot and being hung.
Now, one more thing. We had a priest in my grade school. He abused lots of boys and, to my knowledge, was never forbidden to receive communion. So, so much for bishops and cardinals who won’t give Biden communion – they are not infallible – in fact, they may not even be serious about ending abortion.
It may be that there is a limit to how long we are alive because it would drive us all crazy to see everything come around again and again. I am a bit tired of the Church heirarchy trying to find ways to keep women from being a more powerful force in this world.
Jesus asked us to choose him – to choose our faith. We should also find ways to help young women choose life. We can do that by choosing Obama/Biden.
Now, I know the McPalin supporters are shaking in their boots and that worries me. We have to find a better way to help them see that their beings are not at risk with an Obama presidency. Obama is not a socialist – he is a realist. Einstein didn’t come from the upper class. I don’t know many great scientists who did – there may be some – but there is something about overcoming a hardscrabble existence that can lead to great creativity, heart, and leadership.
Have to go. Get your rest and keep smiling – this whole thing will work out if we work together.
Love, Mom
Posted by: Mom | October 17, 2008, 6:43 pm 6:43 pm
Liberati, get a job!
Posted by: Jo | October 17, 2008, 7:23 pm 7:23 pm
The only person I know of that eminently qualifies to be president is a man who was invited by an African dictator to help him improve his government. His staff has eliminated most of the need for lock downs in a nearby penitentiary. He has returned all the salary he had received from a church that he started for unchurched people and gives away 9 tenths of his remaining income.
He has written a book on disciplined living that was on the Best
Seller list for a whole year. This book has been used by thousands of groups for joint study.
I would nominate Rick Warren as a write in candidate.
Posted by: David Larson | October 17, 2008, 8:02 pm 8:02 pm
Thanks Mom…your words help to alleviate some of the worries I have. You, Independent Realist and a handful of others give me hope that idiocy, though rampant today, might be counterbalanced with rationalism and intelligence…maybe not tomorrow, but hopefully someday soon.
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!
Posted by: SoldierSeven | October 17, 2008, 8:07 pm 8:07 pm
Republicans fear gay marriage because they think it is a requirement, not a choice.
Gays should be allowed to marry, why shouldn’t they be as miserable as everyone else.
Posted by: Rich | October 17, 2008, 8:17 pm 8:17 pm
“perhaps ABC can take a moment from attacking Joe the plumber to point out Biden is a LIAR. he said he was against gay marriage in the debate”
Huh? Better to keep your trap shut and be thought a fool then to open it up and remove all doubt!!
Posted by: Just Capri | October 17, 2008, 8:30 pm 8:30 pm
Joe Biden is a tool. He says something stupid almost every time he opens his mouth but the media gives him a pass. How is Biden more qualified when he thinks President Roosevelt went on TV after the 1929 stock market crash to calm people down or after 36 years in the Senate he doesn’t know that the Vice President presides over the Senate? And I think it is absolutely despicable that Biden has embellished the tragic story of his wife and daughter’s death by falsely saying on numerous occasions that they were killed by a drunk driver when the investigation showed no evidence of alcohol.
Posted by: professorj | October 17, 2008, 8:43 pm 8:43 pm
I’ve never heard Joe say that the truck driver in the accident was drunk. He doesn’t say in his book, where he writes about the accident, that the driver was drunk. Don’t know what to tell you there, other than that I know from personal experience that pain and bitterness will sometimes make a person go a little too far.
The other thing is making much of nothing. Campaign fatigue. Roosevelt did get on the radio when he was elected and talk to Americans about the depression. I’m sure that’s what Joe was getting at. It just got tangled up with thoughts about how it would be on television today and that the Crash that started the depression happened in 1929. I don’t know why it came out wrongly but I do know what he meant.
Joe Biden makes a lot of campaign stops, and gives a lot of interviews. There is a cottage industry that concerns itself with making sure that every “gaffe” is duly reported.
Posted by: Donna Hughes | October 17, 2008, 9:07 pm 9:07 pm
oxy MORON…We prefer to call our party the party of choice. Freedom, tolerence, acceptance and forgiveness. You should try it. Maybe you wouldn’t be so angry. The last thing I need is someone like you telling me how to live my life.
Posted by: Bea | October 17, 2008, 9:59 pm 9:59 pm
Truth….what does that have to do with gay marriage and consentual sex? Sounds like rape to me. Whether it be a man or a woman, taking someone against their will and having their way with them all night. So your bible says it’s ok to rape the woman, but leave the man alone?I believe the vile act was rape.
Posted by: Miki | October 17, 2008, 10:09 pm 10:09 pm
Loving MOM……
Posted by: Bea | October 17, 2008, 10:13 pm 10:13 pm
Read this to get to know the real John McCain.
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/make_believe_maverick_the_real_john_mccain
Posted by: Sarah | October 17, 2008, 11:52 pm 11:52 pm
bea..the comments on abc web sites toward the opposing side, mccain/palin, has shown anything but
compassion..understanding..forgiveness..freedom
if anything, the liberals have created distrust and bitterness within the repubs that it will be impossible for them, repubs, to accept Obama as their new president..that is what this election has created..not a whole lot of change as the repubs will feel toward the media and the dems as you have felt aganist Bush…nothing changes
Posted by: socalvoter | October 17, 2008, 11:56 pm 11:56 pm
Thanks SoldierSeven, that means a lot!
President Obama! Get used to it!
Posted by: Independent realist | October 18, 2008, 1:05 am 1:05 am
With all those conservatives and church groups Obama.Biden can’t say ‘out loud’ that they would support gay marriage. It’d be a disaster.
These days you have to quote scripture to get elected.
It’s a farce. Sick country with all these creation wackjobs. Education anyone?
Posted by: PJC27 | October 18, 2008, 8:22 am 8:22 am
Dear Bea, Seven, and SoCalVoter, I am doing my best to try to help people deal with the fear. I am an Obama supporter and would have not had trouble with McCain, except for Palin, who hasn’t spent much time thinking about the world outside Alaska.
SoCalVoter, let me say that I lived in Alaska, survived for 3 months on what I could hunt and gather (I was a great shot) – so I know something about that, too.
It is very important for all of us to remember what Jesus did in these times – and reflect that love for all people. That is the only way.
I ran into a pro-life woman the other day who was calling some kids for Obama stupid. I was dressed up, so wasn’t reconizable as an educator – I asked her if she thought I was stupid and she replied “no”. We started talking and it was clear that she was terrified that Obama was going to socialize this country.
What she doesn’t seem to see is that the breaks we gave to the rich ended up redistributing the wealth. There is an agrument of fairness here – and Ford’s belief that he had to pay his workers enough to afford his cars – that – taken to an extreme could be called socialism, but it isn’t and it works.
We talked about pro-life/anti-abortion/pro-choice things and I brought up the Choose Life option, which seemed to touch her heart.
Anyway, the best we can to is to stop any sort of negative thing on a personal level against the right and work to talk with them about options that get them out of the corner of the corral with their guns drawn.
Hard to know if anyone will read this. The right is going to hit hard on fear for the last few weeks and we can only deflect this where we are – at the grocery store, at church, with our neighbors. There are good people everywhere who know that this level of battle is wasted energy.
Stay strong. Love you all, too, Mom
Posted by: Mom | October 18, 2008, 10:42 am 10:42 am
McCain’s association with Liddy isn’t news. The Chicago Tribune covered it back in May, when the Clinton campaign was roadtesting the McCain campaign’s tactics. Let’s compare:
* Bill Ayers participated in bombing a statue, the New York Police headquarters, the U.S. Capitol, and the Pentagon. G. Gordon Liddy participated in a White house plot to subvert the Constitution.
* Ayers has never been convicted or served prison time. Liddy was convicted of conspiracy, burglary, and illegal wire-tapping, was senteced to 20 years, and served 5.5 until President Carter commuted his sentence.
* Ayers is now a professor of education. Liddy is a conservative talk radio host.
* Ayers has said “we didn’t do enough” to stop the Vietnam War, a statement interpreted by some to mean he thinks he should have set off more bombs in the early 1970s. In 1994, after the feds stormed the branch Davidian compound in Waco, Liddy said on his radio program, [sorry, rough language coming] “Now if the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms comes to disarm you and they are bearing arms, resist them with arms. Go for a head shot; they’re going to be wearing bulletproof vests. … Kill the sons of bitches.” (And as for Liddy on Hitler….)
* Ayers and his wife hosted a campaign event at his house for Obama in 1995. Liddy hosted a campaign event for McCain in 1998.
* Ayers donated $200 to Obama in 2001. Liddy has given at least $5,000 to McCain over the years, including $1,000 this year.
* Senator Obama has called Ayers’ terrorist acts “despicable” and condemned them. Senator McCain appeared on Liddy’s radio show last November and said, “I’m proud of you, I’m proud of your family…. It’s always a pleasure for me to come on your program, Gordon, and congratulations on your continued success and adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great.”
I’m not going to bother with quantifying the sins of Ayers and Liddy. And please note, I offer no defense of Ayers here. Go ahead, assume the worst of both men, and you can say, as does Chapman, that each man “back in the 1970s, extolled violence and committed crimes in the name of a radical ideology — and… has never shown remorse or admitted error.”
It’s simple: if you think Ayers is a voting issue, then you must think Liddy is a voting issue. Have fun voting for Barr or Nader.
Posted by: Sick of Double Standards | October 18, 2008, 11:48 am 11:48 am
Donna Hughes:
You’re right Joe Biden is a
one-of-a-kind! He’s a Moron!
He thinks that President Franklin Roosevelt went on TV during the 1929 stock market crash and calmed the fears
of Americans.
The only problem is that Herbert Hoover
was president and there was no TV!
Joe Biden also thinks that Sarah Palin
is the Lieutenant Governor of Alaska!
Biden also thinks that JOBS is a
Three Letter Word!
Joe Biden opposed the “troop surge” in
Iraq and instead proposed that Iraq
be divided into Sunni, Shia, and Kurd
areas! That would have given the
Iranians a chance to dominate Iraq and
move a step closer to dominating the
Middle East! I repeat Joe Biden is
a Moron!
Posted by: reaganfan | October 18, 2008, 8:08 pm 8:08 pm
The economy is going into the tank after eight years of mismanagement, but you can see from the above that the Republicans are much more interested in gay marriage… as usual. At the risk of giving away hints, this is the reason the GOP is about to get the boot in the election, you guys.
Posted by: Mr. X | October 19, 2008, 12:54 am 12:54 am
Well of course the republicans are focusing on gay marriage because that’s what brings out all the right wing religious nut jobs to vote. The ones who have less brains than the scarecrow in Oz.
Posted by: Paul | October 19, 2008, 6:11 am 6:11 am
Joe is against redefining marriage. That is consistent with being against Prop 8. Marriage is a state issue, with each state deciding what age, what fees, what processes, etc. CA’s courts decided that gay marriage is legal under CA law as it stands now. Prop 8 seeks to redefine marriage to exclude gay couples who are currently legally married in CA. Since we’re close to bankruptcy, no doubt the govt will try not to even refund them their marriage license fees after invalidating their marriages. Biden is against messing with the civil definition of marriage as it stands, including in CA.
And, no, having gay marriage be legal in CA has not resulted in kids being taught in school about gay marriage or requiring any religious leaders opposed to gay marriage to perform marriage ceremonies for gay couples. None of the rest of us see any difference. Only those who have been waiting for the rights of marriage while being told they didn’t have them have noticed, and it means a lot to them.
Posted by: Paula | October 19, 2008, 6:44 am 6:44 am
Colin Powell could not have said it any better this morning when he endorsed Obama.
All you idiots out there that are voting for McCain are certainly lining yourselves up with the same caliber of mentality. McCain is a washed up veteran that has exhausted every story he can come up with. His selection of Tina Feylin for VP is the most ridiculous move yet, a demonstration of his senile judgement that would lead this country, and the world, to more hate.
Wake up America! It’s very obvious which ticket has the most intelligent and experienced members that will tap into the most talented folks in America to help get this country back on track. We need to stop the shoulder-me-pads mentality we express to the world that is progressively disliking USA policies. Fabricating nonsense and pandering to folks with the same old rhetoric is the only thing we hear from these so-called mavericks. Biden said it right, “McCain is no maverick, he never was a maverick, he’s a sidekick.” Why would we want to reward a chump that was mixed up in the Keating scandal years ago and have him sit at the helm with the resposibility to unravel our recent banking situation?
If you have not done your own in-depth research on all of these accusations, then SHUT UP and quit amplifying false propaganda. You only expose your own ignorance.
Posted by: Maxwell Smart | October 19, 2008, 11:30 am 11:30 am
It really is disappointing the Biden and Obama pander to specific crowds. First it was Obama who at a human right debate hinted at supporting gay marriage at one point, but at the religous debate he had with mccain, he said he doesn’t support gay marriage. And now Biden does the same thing at the debate with Sarah Palin he says he doesn’t agree with gay marriage, and now when he goes in front of Ellen he supports gay marriage.
Posted by: K.C. | October 19, 2008, 1:33 pm 1:33 pm
All you gay idiots and folks hung up on this issue need to figure out that families don’t get started thru gay sex. I don’t believe there is any other living species on earth that engages in bisexual activities. The only difference between other species and humans is intellect. If a person cannot carry on a heterosexual lifestyle then I venture to say that they have a mental disorder that needs treatment, not promotion.
Posted by: Maxwell Smart | October 19, 2008, 2:52 pm 2:52 pm
It all depends on what state Biden is in at the time he is asked the question. He is for gay unions in Ca. and NY and against in Pa. and Ohio. Same as clean coal!! He likes to talk about being a Catholic but supports abortion. 36 yrs in the Senate and he has not accomplished what Palin has in 3-4 yrs of public service in Ak!
Posted by: Kathy | October 20, 2008, 3:46 pm 3:46 pm
I’m glad Senator Obama picked Senator Biden for his VP pick–they are a much better pair than an old geezer and a beauty pageant runner up who likes to wink and talk about pit bulls. We need change and we’ll get it with Obama!
Posted by: donya | October 20, 2008, 4:03 pm 4:03 pm
The “troop surge” was a complete joke! Just something the bush adm. dreamed up thinking the could recover from the disaster that the iraq war was! Bush is one great big liar and he cares nothing about this country. And he talks patriotic? He is the least patriotic person in the world!!! All he cares about is how much money he and Cheney can pile into their pockets before leaving office!
Posted by: kara | October 20, 2008, 4:06 pm 4:06 pm
I am totally against Obama and Joe Biden and i would not vote for them because there values are in the worng place
Posted by: Michael | October 20, 2008, 5:13 pm 5:13 pm
Biden was a “man” at the Dunk Tank. Where Colin Ferrell, 30 years his younger, had to scamper up and push the bullseye to sink his victim, Biden threw 90 mph fastballs that methodically closed in on the Bullseye. And how about that lip kiss with Julia Louis Dreyfus and the sincerely whispered, “I’m sorry”. He’s the hot one not Obama. I’m sorry, where does he stand on the gay issue… I got caught up in the dunk tank exchange with Julia.
Posted by: stillrepublican | October 21, 2008, 8:18 am 8:18 am
To the one who asked if anyone could tell him where in the Bible it says two people of the same sex should not get together: Answer: Leviticus 18:22:
“Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.”
That verse is right before the one that tells people not to have sex with animals. (Lev. 18:23) And then in the New Testament, Romans 1:26,27 says:
“Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lusts for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the penalty for their perversion.”
Other verses for you to study, should you care to, are: I Kings 14:24, Judges 19:22, and Genesis 19:5. Please read this! And know that Jesus loves everyone but he hates sin, and sin is what separates you from Christ. If you are living a lifestyle of sin and have not committed your life over to Jesus, then His love for you makes no difference, you must accept him in your heart and accept the fact that He died on the cross for you, ask him to forgive you of your sins and to cleanse you and purify you of your sins (I John 1:9) and then He WILL. That simple. And your life will never be the same again!
Posted by: Michelle G. | October 21, 2008, 11:16 am 11:16 am
This guy is all over the map and is perhaps no longer a viable candidate for VP. Palin is attacked left, right and center, and this guy is out there unhinged allowed to say whatever comes to mind. He said Roosevelt came on TV during the Depression. O.k.??? He said he and Obama were against gay marriage at the debate. Now, he’s for it on Ellen’s show. He said that we will have a “generated crisis” if Obama is elected. Can the media please get clarification on these comments?
Posted by: katherine | October 21, 2008, 12:55 pm 12:55 pm
I want to comment on a couple things:
1. If you read the news, you would know that there is already a lawsuit in Mass. because of a 2nd grade class being taught that 2 men can marry as part of their “diversity curriculum”. Don’t tell me it won’t be taught in the schools. It is already happening elsewhere.
2. Since when is it bigotry to state and support your religious beliefs here in the U.S. You may not agree with what I believe, but I am not a bigot just because I believe in something different because of my Christianity.
3. All rights that have been voted into law in the State of California for same sex/civil unions (hospital visits, shared property, health benefits, etc.) will remain in effect and NOT be affected by Prop. 8 passing. Prop. 8 will put into the constitution of the state that marriage is between one man and one woman only. That is all. Some of you may recall that we voted on this when it was prop. 22 and it passed by 61% of the votes in California. The people spoke, and some people (the minority) didn’t agree, so they stomped their feet and got it reconsidered by judges, not the people.
4. You are either for same sex marriage, or you are not. Pick a side and be willing to stand up for what you believe. This is about families, children and the basic unit of society.
5. If you DO NOT vote yes on Prop. 8 you are inviting the government to get involved in and blur the line in the separation of church and state! The government will have to get involved every time someone tries to compel a religious organization to marry same sex couples, place children for adoption in a same sex household from a religiously funded adoption agency, and many other yet unforeseen situations. Why should anyone be a be able to force someone to overlook their own religious and moral beliefs to perform a service such as artificial insemination by a Dr. or wedding photography for a same sex couple if it is against their beliefs? THey can find another Dr. or photographer or adoption agency.
6. It is pretty humorous to read the accusations of sleazy behavior by republican politicians when Bill Clinton was able to completely slime the office of President of the United States of American with his sexual antics IN the White House! Wow! The guy couldn’t even take it somewhere else. He has FOREVER shamed the office of President with his immoral, indecent and dishonest behavior. He has changed forever the definition of “sex” because of his protests over being questioned regarding sex in the White House. “I did not have sex with that woman!”
Finally, it is the most un-American thing I can think of to display this level of name calling and mud slinging. Where is the celebration that we have CHOICES? We are able to vote and discuss and try to understand each other? Get a grip people!
Posted by: Lisa H. | October 22, 2008, 1:41 pm 1:41 pm