Mr. T Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Barack Obama throws Joe Biden under the bus Posted by: Toby Harnden on Feb 10, 2009 at 02:30:33 Posted in: Foreign Correspondents Pity poor Joe Biden. His "there's still a 30 percent chance we're going to get it wrong" quote is put straight to President Barack Obama during the White House press conference just now and his boss seemed to want to say: "Vice-President Who?" As reporters started giggling, Obama came close to conceding that Biden was indeed a joke. "You know,..... You know,....... You know, I don't remember exactly what Joe was referring to, not surprisingly." The President went on to say that "I think what Joe may have been suggesting, although I wouldn't ascribe any numerical percentage to any of this, is that given the magnitude of the challenges that we have, any single thing that we do is going to be part of the solution, not all of the solution." Of course, Biden wasn't saying anything of the sort ... Read more... http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/toby_harnden/...n_under_the_bus My guess is ole Joe the biden didn't know what he signed up for or who he signed up under. Pity poor Joe Biden. His "there's still a 30 percent chance we're going to get it wrong" quote is put straight to President Barack Obama during the White House press conference just now and his boss seemed to want to say: "Vice-President Who?" As reporters started giggling, Obama came close to conceding that Biden was indeed a joke. "You know, I don't remember exactly what Joe was referring to, not surprisingly." The President went on to say that "I think what Joe may have been suggesting, although I wouldn't ascribe any numerical percentage to any of this, is that given the magnitude of the challenges that we have, any single thing that we do is going to be part of the solution, not all of the solution." Of course, Biden wasn't saying anything of the sort - Obama knew that and all the rest of us did too. Biden's exact quote, read out by Fox's Major Garrett at the presser was: "If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, if we stand up there and we really make the tough decisions, there's still a 30 percent chance we're going to get it wrong." Clearly, Obama and his aides were unhappy about Biden's loose lips. On Friday, top Obama adviser David Axelrod said on CNN: "I don't know exactly about what that math was." We're probably going to have to get used to Obama explaining "what Joe may have been suggesting". And Biden must be wondering if he's going to end up as a Dan Quayle figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AdaM Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Wow. You actually took that as an insult to Joe Biden? And not that I duno... Obama didn't remember what the specific quote that some reporter overheard in conversation was referring to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damajuki Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Wow. You actually took that as an insult to Joe Biden? And not that I duno... Obama didn't remember what the specific quote that some reporter overheard in conversation was referring to? I don't see how Obama's throwing Biden under the bus. He actually gave a bemused but accurate take: Biden was being realistic about a. how what they do will be perceived and/or b. them getting it "right" will still have a chance to go wrong 30% of the time. I like Joe's gaffes because most of them come from a place of real candor and honesty. He says things that sound goofy but they are almost always true. You gotta like a little bit of honesty in this day and age, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choco Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 i think there's some confusion here... we may be too used to the old regime...ya know, lie about everything....even if the truth wont hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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