Biden And Murtha?

In digging into Joe Biden, Barack Obama’s chosen VP, I have found some rather interesting history.

About two years ago, now, (June, 2006) Joe Biden did a  Meet The Press. On that program, Biden said the following: (As quoted by

I said last night that Obama was revealing himself as an anti-private -property, anti-capitalist socialist. From that thought, a couple of fantasy scenarios occur to my mind to help ilustrate this::

* What would have happened, had Obama been asked

So now, we see Barack Obama trying to make something out of the number of houses McCain does or does not own, and because he didn’t know the exact answer…(Seven, by the way, including investment property) this is supposed to

The experts are now starting to wonder if the tide isn’t shifting toward McCain:

Alexander Mooney at CNN:

In what could be an ominous sign for Barack Obama just days before he is formally named the Democratic presidential nominee, a

Is this person really so craven that he would not“intervene” for himself? Would he really just stand there and let someone elsemaim or kill him without raising a hand in his own defense?

Billy, I have to tell you,

Fellow Swamp Stomper Sister Toldjah takes on St Andrew the Incontinent:

June 30, 2008:

McCain himself disowned the Swift Boat nutters in 2004 as “dishonest and dishonorable.” I find both attempts to smear the war records of people who

Bruce McQuain at Q&O:

Bill Donahue of the “Catholic League” is demanding that certain “credentialed blogs” covering the Democratic Convention be cut from the list for being “offensive” to Catholics.

“The list of credentialed blogs include radical sites like The

Apparently, the time has come, by the lights of Saint Andrew the Incontinent, to swift boat John McCain.  Now, you will recall, I’m no major fan of John McCain. At the same time, this stuff, as pointed up by Tom

Dan Riehl:

Via NewsBusters today it’s Andrea Mitchell hinting that Senator John McCain may have “cheated” at the Saddleback Civil Forum.

MS. ANDREA MITCHELL: Oh, absolutely. And, you know, there was the crisp, immediate, forceful response by John McCain, clearly

Yeah, I know. I”ve not said much about The Olympics.

Truth to tell, it really hasn’t managed to capture my interest this time around. Then again, there are very few spots that do, anymore. No, it’s not that I’ve turned

Ben Smith over at The Politco writes:

The executives of a gay sex site are apparently more concerned about the perception that they’re associated with John McCain than McCain is about the association with them.

The chairman of the board

Interesting report from the New York Times:

TBILISI, Georgia — It was nearly 2 a.m. on Wednesday when President Nicolas Sarkozy of France announced he had accomplished what seemed virtually impossible: Persuading the leaders of Georgia and Russia to agree

James at OTB this morning examines an issue which the price of oil has been bringing to the fore, called “The Future of Suburbia”.   Now, look; I admit I pushed this one a bit off James’ intended thrust. I

From the Business and Media institute:

There’s a huge concern among conservative talk radio hosts that reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine would all-but destroy the industry due to equal time constraints. But speech limits might not stop at radio. They

Lots of comment this morning, centered on the Washington Post Op-Ed of yesterday, which spends it’s time destroying three basic arguments of those against offshore drilling.

However, it propagates a couple barrels of snake oil. The most offensive of the