Posted on 11/11/2014 5:49:10 PM PST by Nachum
Vice President Joe Biden misstated the number of troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan by 47,000 at a Veterans Day event today at Arlington National Cemetary. Here´s audio of his remarks: "Every day for the last six years, I ask my staff early in the morning to contact the Department of Defense to get a detailed report of the number of troops deployed, the number wounded, and the number killed. Not a general number; the exact number every day," said the vice president. "Because for every one of those warriors there´s an entire family, extended family, back in America that has bled or is bleeding." Biden continued, "As of this
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$10 says Biden is lying. Not only lying, plagiarizing AGAIN! Those of you who read Gates’ book, know he lifted and paraphrased the passage quoted from his speech from Gates’ memoir.
I call B.S.!
I really shouldn’t read or think about anything Biden or 0bama say. Not now. Gives me a splitting headache.
Wow. How can somebody this stupid remember to wake up every morning?
You know, 47,000 here, 47,000 there - pretty soon you’re talking real numbers.
You don't remember 10,000 killed by one awful tornado?? Join the club.
Oaf.
True, Biden is an idiot, is an idiot better than evil?
Biden is a lying sack of emu shit !
At least he didn’t ask them to stand up.
Or maybe he did.
Run Joe, run!
Differential is 47K
I suspect a typo on or a misreading of his notes.
I'd cut him some slack on this one.
Now you will excuse me while I get my Nomex cover alls.
He’s a heartbeat away from being POTUS.
Who writes his stuff? Jonathan Gruber?
A heartbeat yes, but a brainwave?
He just makes this stuff on the fly. I’ve seen him speak - just another lying liar, but a pretty good delivery.
“Every day for the last six years, I ask my staff early in the morning to contact the Department of Defense to get a detailed report of the number of troops deployed, the number wounded, and the number killed. Not a general number; the exact number every day,” said the vice president.
You would think that after every day for six years he wouldn’t have to ask anymore. It’s almost like he’s lying or something.
I’m sure you’re right.
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