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The hidden hand of Joe Biden
politico ^
| 7/2/10
| GLENN THRUSH
Posted on 07/02/2010 3:34:59 PM PDT by Nachum
When President Barack Obama announced in the Rose Garden last week that he had sacked Gen. Stanley McChrystal, he also made a point of telling his fractious Afghanistan team that he welcomed “debate” but would not abide “division.”
The poster child for that all-for-one approach was standing directly on the president’s right: Vice President Joe Biden.
On Afghanistan, Obama’s most problematic foreign policy issue, Biden has earned the president’s respect and confidence by being both private skeptic and public cheerleader for administration policy. With a combination of subtlety and discretion that belie his reputation as a glad-handing chatterbox, Biden has parlayed the tricky dual role into a steady — if somewhat improbable — path to power in the Obama White House.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biden; hand; hidden; joe
Ahhh, someone else to blame for all the GI's dead in Afghanistan.
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posted on
07/02/2010 3:35:02 PM PDT
by
Nachum
To: Nachum
T.T. Joe = Total Turd Joe
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posted on
07/02/2010 3:45:00 PM PDT
by
Walrus
(My congressman is toast in 2010 --- how about yours?)
To: Nachum
Whatever. Wonder why this writer is trying to suck up to Biden?
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posted on
07/02/2010 3:46:53 PM PDT
by
Mere Survival
(Mere Survival: The new American Dream)
To: Nachum
Joe Biden gets along by kissing the rectum of the HMFIC.
What else is new?
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posted on
07/02/2010 3:47:14 PM PDT
by
Venturer
To: Nachum
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posted on
07/02/2010 3:52:44 PM PDT
by
Candor7
(Obama .......yes.......is fascist... ...He meets every diagnostic of history)
To: Nachum
One book I probably will read will be the Joe Biden tell-all after he gets bounced from the 2012 ticket for Hillary.
I imagine Biden probably has a lot more influence than probably is let on by the WH since Obama is a neophyte of the first degree
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posted on
07/02/2010 3:54:48 PM PDT
by
Popman
(Obama Presidential Timber: Worm Eaten Balsa Wood)
To: Nachum
“The hidden hand of Joe Biden”
Ya think maybe if they find his hidden hand
they might find his hidden brain too?
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posted on
07/02/2010 3:55:44 PM PDT
by
Sivad
(NorCal Red Turf)
To: Nachum; All
"Ahhh, someone else to blame for all the GI's dead in Afghanistan."
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posted on
07/02/2010 4:12:03 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: Nachum
I didn’t know it was possible: A Joe Biden Puff Piece.
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posted on
07/02/2010 4:18:02 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Build a man a fire; he'll be warm for a night. Set a man on fire; he'll be warm the rest of his life)
To: Nachum
Wowsers, the idiot facade is a diabolical plot!!
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posted on
07/02/2010 4:45:03 PM PDT
by
Sybeck1
(ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS.)
To: Walrus
WAKE UP AMERICA
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posted on
07/02/2010 5:05:42 PM PDT
by
BobP
(The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
To: Nachum
Oh brother. The dumbest man ever to grace government is getting kudos from Pravda on the Potomac.
Where is the stinking Barf Alert?
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posted on
07/02/2010 5:50:55 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(I Don't Want Hussein to Kick Ass. I WANT HIM TO GET OFF HIS ASS!!!!)
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