Biden to Supporters: "Gird Your Loins", For the Next President "It's Like Cleaning Augean Stables"

ABC ^ | Oct 20, 2008 | Matthew Jaffe

[RDTF]

ABC News' Matthew Jaffe Reports: Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., on Sunday guaranteed that if elected, Sen. Barack Obama., D-Ill., will be tested by an international crisis within his first six months in power and he will need supporters to stand by him as he makes tough, and possibly unpopular, decisions.

"Mark my words," the Democratic vice presidential nominee warned at the second of his two Seattle fundraisers Sunday. "It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We're about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here if you don't remember anything else I said. Watch, we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy."

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[umgud]

Maybe he’ll get a chance to prove to all the Jews he duped into voting for him that he will support Israel in a crisis.

[Momto2]

So now 0bama is like John Kennedy again. I thought he was the new Jesus.

Not only that, according to this "Cleaning the Augean Stables" quote he is also Hercules - wondering which river O will divert to accomplish this task? Since he apparently will have super human powers over the environment...

[Rockitz]

These guys are pretty cock sure they’re gonna win with such a thin lead at the moment. The Dewey-Truman vote comes to mind. I say McCain-PALIN in a squeaker.

[Yankee]

Gird your loins, and your wallet too.

[bushfamfan]

We are offering up the United States to him with Obama. Suicide and I have already been telling people that within a yr. they will appreciate what President Bush has done for our country. Demonrats are our enemies best friends because they share the same hatred for this country and come from a point of weakness. Obama is going to be hated more than Bush ever was when this is through, even with the mock ‘elections’ we will have and the continued media fawning. A lot of suffering is about to happen and these a**hats are going to get their karma.

[Portcall24]

Yeah, under “O” we’ll have a hard choice...put our hands on our knees or bend all the way over and touch our toes.

[Carry_Okie]

He doesn't have to.

Bush never got rid of the Clintonoids in the first place.

[Dawn531]

Unpopular decisions...code for I played to the far left, but I’m not going to keep my promises. He’s already talking about Powell in his administration. The evil Powell...the Bush puppet, now part of the 0’s administration...now that’s rich!

[rvoitier]

Is that Paul Simon in the background I hear?

Still plagarizing after all these years

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

He could be quoting Ida Lupino from an obscure 1973 movie, “I Love a Mystery.” David Hartman was in it.

[Cheerio]

What crisis could Obama face? Virtually all of America’s enemies support him.

The terrorists support him because they know the first thing he will do after an attack it to raise the white flag. The terrorists support him in the election process - this doesn't mean they still have as their number one goal the destruction of America.

[Ezekiel]

Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., on Sunday guaranteed that if elected, Sen. Barack Obama., D-Ill., will be tested by an international crisis

And...

Watch, we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy

Reads like some sort of terrorist go signal.

[epluribus_2]

how he will handle all crises. Call on Nancy, Barney, Chris, and Harry to legislate a big-gobmint “solution”. Hang on to yer wallets, bibles, and 12-gauges...

[Jackson57]

If the FBI truly is doing a full background on Obama, can you imagine the size of the file and what’s in it? It’s got to scare the living daylights out of the agents doing it.

[Shelayne]

(If, God, please no! Obama is elected) I’ll give him the same amount of respect and support that the left has afforded President Bush when he’s been faced with some tough decisions.

[RasterMaster]

"Mark my words...we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy."

Thanks Biden, you're the gaffe that keeps on giving...I cannot think of a better reason NOT to elect this a$$clown! We haven't been attacked since 9-11 under Bush.

THAT's The change you're offering.

[ichabod1]

Naw, that’s destabilization. Crisis will come after the election and will be the excuse for him to come down (on Americans) with the iron boot.

[faq]

Yeah, electing a weak leader would pretty much guarantee an international crisis somewhere. Some foreign country will be invaded and destroyed all because we wanted hope and change. Those are real people living in those countries. But, all will be well as long as Obama passes the “test” according to Joe.

[Thrownatbirth]

"We do not have the military capacity, nor have we ever, quite frankly, in the last 20 years, to dictate outcomes,"

Someone should ask Mr. Foreign Policy if he's spoken with Saddam or Slobodan lately.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I remember that was the only movie where I ever heard “Gird Your Loins” mentioned. Here's the IMDB listing;

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0070207/

Was also the only movie I ever saw where the contact the heroes were supposed to meet was a man wearing a fur beret.