piper17 1 #1 September 23, 2008 Looks like Joe Biden, in his interview with Katie Couric, was copying off the wrong classmate’s exam again. He said (video here): “When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn’t just talk about the princes of greed. He said, ‘look, here’s what happened.’” My recollection is that the stock market crash was in 1929. Two problems here: Television did not even exist in 1929, and FDR was elected in 1932, so he wasn’t even the leader at the time of the crash. When Joe was in history class, was he cheating by looking over the class dunce’s shoulder, or does he just make this stuff up? Of course, TV celebrity Katie Couric also didn’t note that Biden’s statement was doubly incorrect. Her goal was a softball puff piece.” Now, if a Republican had said this.....it would be another Dan Quayle and "potatoe""A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #2 September 23, 2008 Quote Looks like Joe Biden, in his interview with Katie Couric, was copying off the wrong classmate’s exam again. He said (video here): “When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn’t just talk about the princes of greed. He said, ‘look, here’s what happened.’” My recollection is that the stock market crash was in 1929. Two problems here: Television did not even exist in 1929, and FDR was elected in 1932, so he wasn’t even the leader at the time of the crash. When Joe was in history class, was he cheating by looking over the class dunce’s shoulder, or does he just make this stuff up? Of course, TV celebrity Katie Couric also didn’t note that Biden’s statement was doubly incorrect. Her goal was a softball puff piece.” Now, if a Republican had said this.....it would be another Dan Quayle and "potatoe" Yet another Dan Quale moment that will be reported much diffently. Wont it"America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,119 #3 September 23, 2008 >Now, if a Republican had said this.....it would be another Dan Quayle and "potatoe" McCain has made such gaffes concerning Iran's backing of Al Qaeda, where Spain was, forgetting about the breakup of Czechoslovakia, the "Iraq-Pakistan border" etc. Indeed, CBS went to some lengths to hide his gaffe on the surge when he was interviewed. I suspect Biden will get as much a pass on his gaffe that McCain has gotten on his. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #4 September 23, 2008 Hey look, a chance for Republicans to laugh at a gaffe by a Democrat. I think the Democrats are pretty worn out on such things after the last 8 years. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #5 September 23, 2008 QuoteMy recollection is that the stock market crash was in 1929. Two problems here: Television did not even exist in 1929, BZZZZZZT http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_was_television_invented The first public demonstration of television was by John Logie Baird in Hastings, England in 1923. An official blue plaque marks the house where this took place. Hastings Museum hold various pieces of related correspondence. A further demonstration subsequently took place in a department store, Selfridges, in London England, by Mr Baird himself. This took place in 1925. The first concept of the television was a sketch done by a 14-year-old farm boy named Philo T. Farnsworth in 1922. On September 7, 1927, he finally created a television system that could not only display, but transmit signals between seperate rooms. ( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alw 0 #6 September 23, 2008 QuoteQuoteMy recollection is that the stock market crash was in 1929. Two problems here: Television did not even exist in 1929, BZZZZZZT http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_was_television_invented ( Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first president to speak on television. Roosevelt spoke at the opening session of the New York World's Fair on April 30, 1939. The first presidential address broadcast from the White House was Harry S. Truman's speech about food conservation and the world food crisis on Oct. 5, 1947. --------------------------------------------- Every day is a bonus - every night is an adventure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #7 September 23, 2008 Did TV exist in 1929 as was asserted???? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alw 0 #8 September 23, 2008 QuoteDid TV exist in 1929 as was asserted???? Don't care. --------------------------------------------- Every day is a bonus - every night is an adventure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,119 #9 September 23, 2008 >Roosevelt spoke at the opening session of the New York World's Fair on April 30, 1929. Another ALW screw up! Good thing you're not running for vice president, or there would be dozens of stories about how you were unfit for the job due to a typo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alw 0 #10 September 23, 2008 Quote >Roosevelt spoke at the opening session of the New York World's Fair on April 30, 1929. Another ALW screw up! Good thing you're not running for vice president, or there would be dozens of stories about how you were unfit for the job due to a typo. No it would be due to plagarism - cut and paste. Who knew. I'm just lucky I know how to use a computer at my age. But Check out the link just for fun. http://www.bairdtelevision.com/RCA.html --------------------------------------------- Every day is a bonus - every night is an adventure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #11 September 24, 2008 Biden calls Obama add bad http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/09/22/biden-calls-obama-attack-ad-terrible/ Biden says this after Obama puts out an add promising 200 million for clean coal plants http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Biden_No_coal_plants_here_in_America.html?showall Obama says Joe should have waited regarding AIG http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/obama-on-bidens.html Dont need many comments on this one http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/20/1429325.aspx (as posted in another thread) I can only imagine the fallout if Quale had said this. You Dems speak about Palin. I hope you are proud of this idiothttp://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/09/22/couric-has-cushy-chat-biden-will-she-be-warm-palin Oh what will tomorrow bring? "America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #12 September 24, 2008 QuoteI hope you are proud of this idiot You certainly are proud of yours...making excuse after excuse after excuse.......... time after time after time after time.. . BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #13 September 24, 2008 Quote Quote I hope you are proud of this idiot You certainly are proud of yours...making excuse after excuse after excuse.......... time after time after time after time.. . BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Excuses? I have made none. She needs none. Biden however needs a leash"America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #14 September 24, 2008 QuoteBiden however needs a leash Now there's an idea. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #15 September 24, 2008 Quote Quote Biden however needs a leash Now there's an idea. Limbaugh started his new operation kaos today. Operation Sling Blade code name "SOB " Save our Biden!!!!But, he (as I said a while ago) thinks this is the beginning of the end for Biden. On purpose. Listed Oct 5 as the date Biden will have a medical emergency or something. Time will tell Fun, none the less"America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #16 September 24, 2008 QuoteLimbaugh started his new operation kaos today. Lush Rimjob.... yup...your hero. If Lush utters it.. it will be a post on dizzie dot com by rushmc within a few minutes. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #17 September 24, 2008 Quote Quote Limbaugh started his new operation kaos today. Lush Rimjob.... yup...your hero. If Lush utters it.. it will be a post on dizzie dot com by rushmc within a few minutes. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA SOB go go go go Save Our BidenGo go go go go Oh man, fiction has nothing on the madness of the left"America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #18 September 24, 2008 QuoteOh man, fiction has nothing on the madness of the left Ah I see the fictional world of the fringe right is doing just fine... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #19 September 24, 2008 I absolutly can not wait for the debate between Biden and Palin. It has the potential of being VERY entertaining. . . . . . . and informative "America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #20 September 24, 2008 Quote I absolutly can not wait for the debate between Biden and Palin. It has the potential of being VERY entertaining. . . . . . . and informative Biden will definitely suffer an brain aneurysm right on stage during the debate. Hell, his head may just explodeRemember the movie "Scanners" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,119 #21 September 24, 2008 >Biden will definitely suffer an brain aneurysm right on stage during the debate. Perhaps! I can see Biden explaining his take on the policy implications caused by the growth of Russia, and then have his head explode when Palin says "but you can't see Russia from your house!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #22 September 24, 2008 Quote >Biden will definitely suffer an brain aneurysm right on stage during the debate. Perhaps! I can see Biden explaining his take on the policy implications caused by the growth of Russia, and then have his head explode when Palin says "but you can't see Russia from your house!" If that works, so be it, easy work.If it did work, would that not be an ingenious tactic? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 10 #23 September 24, 2008 You skipped this part from your own source Quoteand the BBC began the world's first regular television broadcasts, using the Baird system, in 1936"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #24 September 24, 2008 Quote Quoteand the BBC began the world's first regular television broadcasts, using the Baird system, in 1936 72 years later and all we get are 200+ channels of garbage.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites