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Joe Biden DEFENDS false story saying he got 'the essence' right [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | August 30, 2019 | Emily Goodin and David Martokso

Posted on 08/30/2019 8:24:01 AM PDT by C19fan

Joe Biden defended the heartfelt war story he told a New Hampshire crowd last week as having gotten its 'essence' correct after an analysis showed it was nearly entirely fabricated, or a combination of unrelated memories.

The former vice president brushed aside a Washington Post report showing he got numerous details wrong when he talked about awarding a Navy war hero the Silver Star.

'The assertion I made was there was a young man that I attempted to pin a medal on at the request of the commander and he said "I don’t want it. He died. He died." It turns out that’s true. The young man did say that,' Biden told The Washington Post of his tale of awarding a medal to a soldier who told Biden he didn't want it because the colleague he was trying to save died.

'They went back, I’m told – I didn’t see the story – but, yeah, it’s exactly true. That’s what I was talking about. There was a separate incident that occurred in a different time and a different circumstance. But what I was talking about was a young man. I mean, what is the gaffe when I said there is a young man I tried to pin a medal on and he said "I don’t want it sir. He died. He died. He died,"' Biden said.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2020; 2020demprimary; biden; creepysleepyjoe; dimbulbjoe; fakebutaccurate; gropingjoe; plugs; potus; slowjoe
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To: C19fan

“fake but true”, right?


61 posted on 08/30/2019 10:23:16 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: C19fan

Joe is in serious need of professional help. Serious need.


62 posted on 08/30/2019 10:30:33 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
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To: Openurmind

I lost my mother 13 years ago to Alzheimers.


63 posted on 08/30/2019 10:32:22 AM PDT by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?''.)
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To: oldsicilian

Confabulation - psychiatric term. to fill in gaps in memory by fabrication
A major characteristic of brain-damaged patients is the tendency to confabulate—to hide and dissemble about their damage.
(Merriam Webster Dictionary)


64 posted on 08/30/2019 10:33:06 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: plain talk

LOL.


65 posted on 08/30/2019 10:39:30 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (If it weren't for fake hate crimes, there would be no hate crimes at all.)
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To: Olog-hai

The swamp is what it is largely due to the essence of biden and those of his “scented” ilk.


66 posted on 08/30/2019 10:40:20 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: DoodleBob

Great movie! I have practiced that General’s suggestion as a way of life. Lionel Mandrake was shocked a bit by the statement, as were others, but it is a real man’s code as far as I’m concerned! “POE!” Purity of Essence!


67 posted on 08/30/2019 10:43:05 AM PDT by BatGuano (Ya don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do Ya?)
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To: AnthonySoprano

Don’t forget that our current bankruptcy laws were written by Bank of America, handed to Biden and Carper and they pushed it through.

Then look at their homes for the payoff.


68 posted on 08/30/2019 11:12:43 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: BatGuano
You're gonna have to answer to the Coca Cola company if you don't get the President on the phone...


69 posted on 08/30/2019 11:17:50 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: C19fan

For postmodernists there is no such thing as objective truth. What is important is the narrative that furthers the agenda.


70 posted on 08/30/2019 11:52:14 AM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: DoodleBob

Short scene, but memorable. Ending with coke was priceless.


71 posted on 08/30/2019 12:17:43 PM PDT by BatGuano (Ya don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do Ya?)
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To: jmacusa

Lol


72 posted on 08/30/2019 12:30:29 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: samtheman

Interesting that The Compost was the first to call out the lies Plugs Biden included I his “story.” Maybe they’ve finally accepted that senile buffoon Plugs cannot survive the primaries, so they’re going for the mercy killing.

Plugs has told this story many times in various forms over the years; each time many of the details changed from version to version.

.......And he is completely baffled that anyone would think he did/said something wrong. His dementia is advancing in leaps and bounds.


73 posted on 08/30/2019 12:42:38 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ( "Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves”)
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To: jmacusa

Remember,
“Go see Cal
and His Dog Spot!”

Sometimes he had
An Elephant.


74 posted on 08/30/2019 2:15:20 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: cuban leaf

Lol.


75 posted on 08/30/2019 3:38:42 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: jmacusa

Sorry to hear that. We have dealt with Alzheimer’s in the family also.


76 posted on 08/30/2019 5:36:55 PM PDT by Openurmind
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To: C19fan

Larry Elder played audio clips from different times when Biden told the story. One time it happened in Afghanistan, other times Iraq. Sometimes it was a silver star, other times bronze. Sometimes an enlisted man, other times a navy captain. Different generals asked him to pin the medal on. He was all over the place.


77 posted on 08/31/2019 4:31:49 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie (Ca)
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