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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
Back Story...

 

As he campaigns for president, Joe Biden tells a moving but false war story
Washington Post ^ | 08/29/2019 | Mat Viser and Greg Jaffe

Posted on ‎8‎/‎29‎/‎2019‎ ‎12‎:‎41‎:‎32‎ ‎PM by Responsibility2nd

21 posted on 08/30/2019 8:35:15 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

Ode de bullshit


22 posted on 08/30/2019 8:35:52 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (If you want a definition of "bullying" just watch the Democrats in the Senate)
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To: C19fan

So whenever Trump says that Puerto Rico got $92 billion in hurricane aid when only about $40 billion was appropriate and only $14 billion actually spent will the media stop giving him grief because “he got the essence right”?


23 posted on 08/30/2019 8:38:39 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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Pick a subject, and Ol’ Chains has made a story up about it.

They almost always involve dead people that can’t say, WTH are you talking about.

Slow Joe is like those places where signs say, Antiques made Daily, except Joey doesn’t have the Integrity to say he makes up stories for Political benefit.

I guarantee you his camp doesn’t see he Career-long habit of lying as the problem, but rather, having it reported in the Paper.

Gifts to Press, calls to Management, etc. is the plan.

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24 posted on 08/30/2019 8:40:07 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano
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To: C19fan

"Now, there's nothing wrong with what Biden said!"

"I should know about the dangers of war; I've been in fighter jets hit by RPGs more times than I care to discuss!"


25 posted on 08/30/2019 8:40:45 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Hillary Clinton: Just like Joe with only half the dementia.)
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To: dfwgator

lol


26 posted on 08/30/2019 8:41:02 AM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: AnthonySoprano

“MY WORD AS A BIDEN”

That statement alone shows Slow Joe should be institutionalized.

The Bidens are a bunch of crooks.

BUMP. Federal pen institution.


27 posted on 08/30/2019 8:42:55 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: C19fan

What is really pathetic is Biden telling the story at all, as if ‘good character’ by association means Biden is a good guy.


28 posted on 08/30/2019 8:45:05 AM PDT by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: Olog-hai
And to think that “essence” is French for “gasoline”.

Biden Campaign:


29 posted on 08/30/2019 8:46:01 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("...a choice between Woke-fevered Democrats and Koch-funded Republicans is insufficient."-Mark Steyn)
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To: C19fan

There he was ‘soldiers’ fallen to the right & left of him.
Down to his last shot!

So he drank it and left!


30 posted on 08/30/2019 8:46:50 AM PDT by Reily
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To: C19fan

Well, unlike a certain General Ripper, he sounds like he is willing to share his essense with women.


31 posted on 08/30/2019 8:47:37 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("...a choice between Woke-fevered Democrats and Koch-funded Republicans is insufficient."-Mark Steyn)
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To: C19fan

Keep this insane and dangerous man away for being our president!


32 posted on 08/30/2019 8:47:45 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Here's the Formula: Hatred + Government + Disarmed Civilians = Genocide !)
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To: Lurker

“I had to check to make sure this wasn’t from the Babylon Bee or The Onion.”

The Babylon Bee and The Onion have higher standards and would not allow this bs to be broadcast under their names.


33 posted on 08/30/2019 8:49:57 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Here's the Formula: Hatred + Government + Disarmed Civilians = Genocide !)
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To: mmichaels1970

Confabulation


34 posted on 08/30/2019 8:50:06 AM PDT by oldsicilian
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To: C19fan
"'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."


35 posted on 08/30/2019 8:53:09 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: C19fan

He’s taken this response right from AOC’s playbook “I think that there’s a lot of people more concerned about being precisely, factually and semantically correct than about being morally right.” — AOC


36 posted on 08/30/2019 8:53:36 AM PDT by Frapster ("Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning.")
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To: C19fan

“Just buy a shotgun, a shotgun, and shoot it through the door..Pew...Pew..Pew!”


37 posted on 08/30/2019 8:56:34 AM PDT by Beagle8U (It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you place the blame.)
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FR THREAD POSTED——Three CNN staffers have resigned following the publication and subsequent retraction of a story linking a Trump transition team member to the Russia-related investigations.

The piece, published late last week, cited an anonymous source saying the Senate Intelligence Committee was looking into the chief executive of a $10-billion Russian investment fund who met with financier Anthony Scaramucci before the inauguration. The report also said that two Democratic senators wanted to know whether Scaramucci had indicated in the meeting whether sanctions against Russia would be lifted, a decision that could impact the investment fund.

Out are: The reporter, Pulitzer-Prize nominee Thomas Frank; assistant managing editor Eric Lichtblau (who recently joined from the New York Times and is a Pulitzer winner himself); and Lex Haris, the executive editor in charge of investigations.

“In the aftermath of the retraction of a story published on CNN.com, CNN has accepted the resignations of the employees involved in the story’s publication,” CNN said in a statement.

Stop the hammering for a second, O’Donnell. You stepped on a rake. This was avoidable.


38 posted on 08/30/2019 8:58:14 AM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: C19fan

The facts were wrong, but the narrative was right.

So essentially he’s just like every other Democrat.


39 posted on 08/30/2019 8:59:39 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: C19fan

He can make up all the stories he wants with all the right essence....

.. still doesn’t have a policy or a background of being any good for America


40 posted on 08/30/2019 9:00:20 AM PDT by AmericanCheeseFood (Fox Shadowbans People On Comments)
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