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Joe Biden skipping Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech
Politico ^
| 2/6/15 2:29 PM EST
| Edward-Isaac Dovere
Posted on 02/06/2015 12:30:05 PM PST by Dave346
Joe Biden won’t be there to welcome Benjamin Netanyahu to a joint session of Congress — or even shake his hand.
The vice president will miss only his second address by a foreign leader to a joint session of Congress next month, when he’ll be out of the country while Netanyahu makes what’s become an increasingly controversial speech warning against the Iran nuclear deal.
The vice president’s office on Friday confirmed the plans to skip the March 3 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,” a spokesperson for the office said.
Biden’s absence heads off some awkwardness — the White House deeply opposes the politics of this speech, as well as the allegedly violated protocol, so not having the vice president sit behind Netanyahu avoids what could be taken as a symbolic show of support. His facial expressions won’t be parsed, nor will anyone be counting which lines he applauds, and for how long.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 1; americanantisemitism; bidenantisemitism; bomb; brainlessjoe; dncantisemitism; israel; joebiden; nuclear; obamaantisemtism; terror; war; waronterror
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posted on
02/06/2015 12:30:05 PM PST
by
Dave346
To: Dave346
This is Senator Biden’s announcement he’s decided not to run for President.
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posted on
02/06/2015 12:31:51 PM PST
by
faithhopecharity
((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..😜)
To: Dave346
“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,” a spokesperson for the office said.Translation: "We haven't figured out yet where to send the idiot!"
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posted on
02/06/2015 12:32:05 PM PST
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: Dave346
Why the WH would provide free positive endorsement for Netanyahu is puzzling, but take the gift!
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posted on
02/06/2015 12:32:14 PM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
(The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
To: Dave346
Joe Biden skipping Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech BiBi uses big words and abstract concepts that make it too hard for Idiot Joe to follow.
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posted on
02/06/2015 12:32:32 PM PST
by
The Sons of Liberty
(OK. Now How many votes do we need to IMPEACH and REMOVE the bastard?)
To: Dave346
LOL! I’m sure he’ll be missed. Or as jojo would say, “One word. See ya later.”
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posted on
02/06/2015 12:32:50 PM PST
by
rktman
(Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
To: Dave346
Out of the country. Perhaps The Emperor is sending Biden to a favorite take out restaurant to pick up some fried goat?
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posted on
02/06/2015 12:33:24 PM PST
by
BigEdLB
(Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
To: Dave346
They’ll just have to hire Don Rickles or Dave Attell to warm up the audience.
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posted on
02/06/2015 12:34:04 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: exit82
Translation: "We haven't figured out yet where to send the idiot!" I have a suggestion or two.
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posted on
02/06/2015 12:34:32 PM PST
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: The Sons of Liberty
Biden does have a problem with words of more than two syllables...
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posted on
02/06/2015 12:35:22 PM PST
by
BigEdLB
(Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
To: Dave346
Biden will be too busy that afternoon watching SpongeBob.
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posted on
02/06/2015 12:36:22 PM PST
by
Obadiah
(Wind turbines, aka: bird choppers, cause earthquakes due to their harmonic frequencies.)
To: Dave346
Boehner should sell the seats of all missing Democrats to conservative donors.
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posted on
02/06/2015 12:36:37 PM PST
by
Dr. Thorne
("Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads." - Luke 21:28)
To: Dave346
If you want to get all the big wig dems to come then just pass a resolution banning them from attending.
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posted on
02/06/2015 12:37:44 PM PST
by
Revel
To: Dave346
Stay out of the country, Joe.
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posted on
02/06/2015 12:38:01 PM PST
by
doug from upland
(Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
To: Dave346
McConnell & Boehner should make sure the seat STAYS empty and not allow the ‘RATS to put a “substitute” in the seat to avoid a bad photo op. Better yet, they should place a Joe Biden sign in the empty seat.
But, of course, the Stupid Party will likely do neither.
To: Dave346
Say it ain’t so, Joe.
Nevermind. Say it is. Who cares?
To: Dave346
Biden the brain! Who needs a dunce.
To: Dave346
The great thing about the left’s whining about this address to Congress is that it’s made people that much more interested in Bibi’s visit.
To: exit82
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posted on
02/06/2015 12:42:34 PM PST
by
faithhopecharity
((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..😜)
To: Obadiah
educational television for him?
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posted on
02/06/2015 12:44:12 PM PST
by
faithhopecharity
((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..😜)
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