Posted on 02/06/2015 12:38:43 PM PST by Nachum
Vice President Joe Biden will not be attending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech before a joint session of Congress next month, news agencies reported.
A statement released by aides to Biden, who is usually in his seat whenever a foreign leader addresses the legislature by dint of his position as president of the Senate, indicated that the vice president will be traveling abroad during the speech.
"We are not ready to announce details of his trip yet, and normally our office wouldn't announce this early, but the planning process has been underway for a while," an official in the vice president's office told The Jerusalem Post, suggesting planning for the trip began before Netanyahu's visit was announced.
"We will announce additional information as soon as we are able," the official said.
The possibility that Biden would skip the premier's speech was first reported earlier in the week by the American online newsmagazine Politico.
The speech has created a rift amongst Democrats, Politco reported. The lawmakers are torn between supporting Israel and supporting their president whose absence from Netanyahu's speech has been long confirmed.
The leading Democrat in the House of Representatives blames Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio), not Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for “politicizing” the US-Israel relationship with his invitation to Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress next month, but voiced the hope that “the event will not take place.”
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Good!
Very good!
Boehner should put a Howdy Doody doll there instead.
Doubt if he would understand it anyway.
Do democRATS EVER do the right thing?
He’s travelling to his hair plugs appointment at the hair club.
Biden is a coward.
Dear Joe.....Couple of blasts out the door instead, eh numbnutz?
“Do democRATS EVER do the right thing? “
When they commit suicide......
Might be kinda hard to tell the difference...
Well, if the dims skip the meeting could bonehead call Congress into session and start passing some really fun things?
That’s okay, Joe. When Bibi’s done, he’s going to have a fine dinner, and you weren’t invited.
No the real live Clint sitting next to the empty chair
Good, we won’t have to see that worthless little beady-eyed twerp in the backdrop for Bibi. Furthermore, Biden would not be able to comprehend what’s being said anyway. Give his seat to a sentient being.
No problem for PLUG! He will probably sleep somewhere else!
That lets Netanyahu off the hook for having to use only little words.
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