'Biden' Our Time

Barack Obama may have just handed John McCain the biggest gift that could be given in a political campaign by choosing Joe Biden as his running mate.

In that sense, those of us who are committed to see Obama defeated big in November are just 'biden' our time, so to speak, until the election.

Obama referred to Biden as a 'great statesman.' He further stated he chose the Senator because 'he needed someone who can challenge him and tell him what he needs to hear.'

In other words, Barack lacks experience, wisdom, insight, and maturity that comes with age and having served one's country long enough to know the ins and outs of government.

Biden himself told reporters during the Democratic primaries that Barack 'is not ready to be President.'

Neither is Biden, not because he lacks the maturity and experience but because his ideology is diametrically opposite that of the Framers of the U.S. Constitution.

Thus, with the Democrats we are stuck with 2 ultra-liberals, both of whom are rabidly pro-abortion and anti-gun, and both of whom wish to take the country in a direction the Founders never envisioned.

Biden's lengthy record in the Senate will be quite enough fodder for the GOP to use against him. But beyond that, the Senator gained some notoriety earlier in his career over some blatant plagiarism that got him into trouble.

His mouth is also a big problem.

Biden is known for shooting from the hip, popping off about this or that, and living to pay for it dearly. He even referred to Obama back during the primaries as an 'intelligent, articulate, clean, good-looking guy' as a way of differentiating him from other African-American candidates who have run for President in the past.

He was also caught engaging in some less-than-covert racism by suggesting that 'you can't understand a word being said in some businesses anymore unless you can understand Indian.'

These may or may not be issues in the campaign, depending on what Biden says from here on in. But one thing is for certain, the campaign won't be boring, and Biden stands to hurt Obama more than he helps him, if for no other reason than being the exact thing Obama claims he stands against--a consummate Washington political insider who has been there for 36 years.

Is this supposed to be the 'change we can believe in?'

For more information on Joe Biden, Pamela Geller at Atlas Shrugs has done a thorough job at enumerating the many problems and contradictions of the new VP candidate.

A Few Biden Quick-Facts

Now that Senator Joseph Biden from Delaware is Barack Obama's running mate, here are a few quick-facts concerning the Senator that should be of vital interest to Liberty Sphere readers:

1. He is one of the most rabid, anti-gun activists in the Senate. Let's not forget that Biden is the one who made the snide remark about the gun rights advocate who asked a question by video at the first Democratic debate of this election season.

Biden suggested that the questioner was 'nuts' who certainly had no business with a gun.

Apparently the Senator believes the same about all gun owners since he essentially believes that all handguns should be banned. Obama will certainly be proud since his own record portrays the same thing.

2. Biden is staunchly pro-abortion even though he is a 'devout Catholic.' This may not matter to some, but it matters an awfully lot to me. How can a person be 'devout' when their religion of choice condemns a practice they actively advocate?

Again, Obama has found a soul-mate in Biden since Obama is on record supporting infanticide.

3. Biden is a proponent of the 'living Constitution' school of thought, which essentially maintains that the meaning of terms in the document can be changed arbitrarily to 'reflect modern culture.'

His votes on Supreme Court justices reflect that belief. Ginsberg, Breyer, and Souter are some of his favorites.

4. Biden is a tax-and-spend liberal who believes in such things as socialized medicine and cradle-to-the-grave government nanny-statism.

5. Biden is one of the Senators who has always made sure that the ban on offshore oil drilling remains in place, and he will continue to engage in obstructionism on this issue.

This is not all concerning the Senator's record, of course, but this little primer should get us started thinking about Biden as a reflection of the Obama approach to government. He certainly does nothing to 'balance the ticket' except in the realm of experience and foreign policy.