Joe Biden's Hot Air

I cannot listen to Joe Biden anymore. He's a fiction writer. Did any of you watch his speech tonight at the DNC? Check out this rebuttal:

Lie #1

But John McCain doesn't seem to get it. Barack Obama gets it, though. Like many of us in this room, like many of us in this hall, Barack Obama has worked his way up. He is the great American story, you know?

Barack Obama is the Harvard educated son of a Harvard educated man. His grandparents sent him to a prep school in Hawaii that costs $17,000/year, and the student body consisted of actors and celebrities. That is not the typical American story. Most kids either go to public school or private school, not a prep school with celebrities.

Lie #2 (Also told by Michelle)

And, ladies and gentlemen, Barack Obama could have done anything after he graduated from college. With all his talent and promise, he could have written his own ticket to Wall Street. But what did he choose to do?

How could Barack Obama go to Wall Street. He didn't study Finance and he's not an investment banker. What are his qualifications for Wall Street. Is this just another one of his inventions? And, he's already proven he knows nothing about economics with policies like raising taxes during a slowing economy.

Lie #3

And when he came to Washington, when he came to Washington, John and I watched with amazement how he hit the ground running, leading the fight to pass the most sweeping ethics reform in a generation.

John McCain has already said he was angry that Obama just gave up on the ethics bill. Just gave up.


Lie #4

And then he moved Congress and the president to give our wonderful wounded warriors the care and dignity they deserve.

Obama voted against funding the troops. Exactly what kind of care is he talking about?

Lie #5

And when John McCain proposes $200 million in new taxes for corporate America, $1 billion alone for the largest companies in the nation -- but no, none, no relief for 100 million American families, that's not change. That's more of the same.

John McCain is proposing lots of relief for 100 million American families, its Obama that doing away with the Bush cuts. Its Obama that wants to raise the capital gains rates and the dividend taxes.

Lie #6

Even today, as oil companies post the biggest profits in history, nearly $500 billion in the last five years, John wants to give them another $4 billion in tax breaks. That's not change. That's the same.

John McCain wants to get the economy moving by reducing corporate taxes, not just the oil companies. Obama wants to have a windfall tax on oil companies that will just get passed on to consumers, and you'll end up paying even more at the pump.

Lie #7

And during the same time, John voted again and again against renewable energy, solar, wind, biofuels. That's not change. That's more of the same.

John McCain has continually said that he believes in alternative energy and reducing dependence of foreign oil, he isjust way more practical about the situation and realized our economy will just stall if we don't drill now; alternative energy developments later.

Lie #8

Millions of Americans have seen their jobs go offshore, yet John continues to support tax breaks for corporations that send them there. That's not change. That's more of the same.

Tax breaks aren't going to send companies offshore, unions will. They simply go where there is cheaper labor. Americans need to retrain themselves. Factory jobs will not be here forever unless you are willing to make the same labor wage that someone in a third world country makes. You need to retrain yourself to learn computers, multimedia, and technology. And, McCain has plans for training programs for out of work Americans.

Lie #9

He voted 19 times against the minimum wage for people who are struggling just to make it to the next day. That's not change. That's more of the same.

Raising the minmum wage won't do a bit of good, it will just raise prices. If you are a grocery store and have to pay your employees more, you are just going to charge more for food. So, your higher wages, will buy you the same or less.

Lie #10

And when he says he'll continue to spend $10 billion a month, when the Iraqis have a surplus of nearly $80 billion, that's not change. That's more of the same.

McCain is not going to keep troops there if its not necessary. Only he has the judgement to make this decision about troop levels. If troop levels made the difference between losing the war in Iraq and winning why should we let Obama make that decision when he knows nothing about the military, and Biden even wanted to divide Iraq in three separate countries.

Lie #11

The choice in the election is clear. These times require more than a good soldier. They require a wise leader. A leader who can change -- the change that everybody knows we need.

McCain is more than a soldier, he has been a leader in congress, and passed several pieces of major legislation. Obama contributed in a minor way to legislation, but nothing major.

Lie #12

Barack Obama's going to deliver that change, because, I want to tell you, Barack Obama will reform our tax code. He will cut taxes for 95 percent of the American people who draw a paycheck. That's the change we need.

How is he going to cut taxes for 95 percent of the American people when he is going to raise the capital gains tax, and let the Bush tax cuts expire. Everyone will pay more under Obama's plan.

Lie #13

Barack Obama will transform the economy by making alternative energy a national priority and in the process creating 5 million new jobs and finally, finally freeing us from the grip of foreign oil. That's the change we need.

How will this transform the economy. He is just going to create subsidies for companies to develop alternative energy. This will take 10-20 years to develop. Its not like poof ok now that Obama is president we no longer need oil. McCain is the one who actually is putting incentives out there to develop better fuel batteries for automobiles to run on alternative fuels.

Lie #14

Barack Obama knows that any country that out-teaches us today will out-compete us tomorrow. That's why he'll invest in the next generation of teachers and why he'll make college more affordable. That's the change we need.

Its proven that throwing money to school is not the answer. All they do is waste the money on huge Olympic-sized pools, or whatever. That is definetly not the answer and he knows it. He just wants the teacher's votes.

Lie #15

Barack Obama will bring down health care costs by $2,500 for the average family and, at long last, deliver affordable, accessible health care for every American.

How is he going to reduce health care costs, his health care plan is going to raise the cost of health care because the system will be burdened by illegals who would be coming over with health problems to take advantage of the best health care system in the world. And, the average American will be going to the doctor uneccessarily and getting uneccessary tests done, because the hospitals want to bill now that Uncle Sam is picking up the tab. Specialized medicine will no longer be available, and the wait lines at doctor visits will be incredibly long.

Lie #16

Should we trust John McCain's judgment when he rejected talking with Iran and then asked, "What is there to talk about?" Or Barack Obama, who said, "We must talk and make clear to Iran that it must change"?

The US is already doing sanctions on Iran, and Obama thinks he can just talk to Iran and make things better.

Lie #17

Should we trust John McCain's judgment when he says we can't have no timelines to draw down our troops from Iraq, that we must stay indefinitely? Or should we listen to Barack Obama, who says shift the responsibility to the Iraqis and set a time to bring our combat troops home?

Now, after six long years, the administration and the Iraqi government are on the verge of setting a date to bring our troops home. John McCain was wrong, and Barack Obama was right.

Obama was WRONG, WRONG on Iraq. He wanted to have the troops home last March, and that would have been disaster for Iraq. Iraq would be part of Iran by now.

Our debt to our parents and our grandparents is too great. Our obligation to our children is too sacred. These are extraordinary times; this is an extraordinary election.

He's right its an extraordinary election to have someone this incompetent, yet so deceitful and popular. We will have to work really hard to defeat Obama in the 2008 election and in future elections. He should never be President of the United States.