This is by Jim Geraghty on National Review Online

I remember when Joe Biden was named Obama’s running mate, some Democratic talking head on Larry King gushed over his unequaled depth of knowledge, calling him “a genius, with encyclopedic knowledge of foreign policy.”

Now, really, the coverage and conventional wisdom surrounding Biden has to start reflecting the fact that almost every time he opens his mouth, he says something glaringly, obviously wrong. And I don’t mean, he said “Medicare” when he meant “Medicaid”, or said “Sunni” when he meant “Shia,” or saying they were 57 states. Those are excusable slips of the tongue.

I mean Biden keeps going on at length citing events that didn’t happen (at least not in this world) — being forced down on the Superhighway of Terror in Afghanistan, or being shot at in Iraq, or FDR getting on the television in 1929.

And now…

Criticizing McCain for opposing negotiations with Iran, Biden said even the Bush administration now favors such talks — which Obama has long supported.

“After seven years, in which our senior diplomatic personnel were not allowed to make a single contact with Iranians, the Bush administration realized the absurdity of its own policy and sent our leading diplomat to Iran,” he said. “The Assistant Secretary of State as he went to Tehran, sat down at the instruction of the President of the United States.”

It sounds great for Obama and Biden that the president came around to something so close to their position on talks with Iran; trouble is, the event Biden described never actually happened.

In point of fact, the one “meeting” that has taken place was in Geneva, Switzerland, when Under Secretary of State William Burns sat in on a discussion between Iranian representatives and the other “P5 +1″ political directors involved in nuclear talks. The meeting, while a first, was not a negotiation; Burns was there merely as an observer, and had no formal role or talks with the Iranians.

So, point by point: Burns was not sent to Tehran; he did not go to Tehran; and there was no such instruction from the President.

Why the story from Biden? Turns out, he was taking a characteristic detour from his prepared text. Here’s the far more factually accurate version of what he was supposed to say:

“After seven years in which our senior diplomat responsible for Iran was not allowed to meet a single Iranian, the Bush administration realized the absurdity of its policy and sent a leading State Department official to deal directly with Tehran.”

The spin from the Biden team is… well, about what you would expect:

Biden’s spokesman David Wade admits the slip of the tongue, (BRAIN)  but says “I’d bet my first born that the McCain campaign, led by a candidate who thought Czechoslovakia was still a country, doesn’t really want to have a debate on geography. To sum it up: wrong city, right policy.”

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Couple of Items from the Blog: The Astute Bloggers

Obama could have selected Hillary - who got 18 MILLION votes in the primaries.

Instead, Obama took the gaffe-prone, truth-challenged, plagiarizing, earmark-loving moron from the iddy-biddy state of Delaware.

This was as big an error in judgment as Obama’s decision to oppose the Surge and to argue that it would make things worse.

BESIDES BIDEN PROVING HE’S UNFIT FOR THE VICE PRESIDENCY, BIDEN’S SELECTION FURTHER PROVES OBAMA IS UNFIT FOR THE PRESIDENCY.

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Somehow I missed this. When I saw it I actually had to run it back twice to make sure I was not watching some SNL spoof.

Can you imagine what Democrat insiders are thinking today? Can you just picture Hillary slamming back a few shots just laughing her ass off?

Several of y’all have mentioned this but I really believe that Obama has one week to get rid of this idiot man.
He can save his presidential aspirations if he would just swallow his pride and put Hillary on the ticket.

Now as some of you have also said, I don’t think Hillary would or should consider VP.
Her and her staff must know that despite the MSM’s daily drumbeat touting the “closeness” of the polls, that Obama is going to get his black ass stomped.
If he gets beat as bad as I think he will he will effectively be wiped off the Democratic Party A-list.

Hollywood liberals aside, I seriously doubt that anybody who has made and honest assessment of this man would actually consider voting for him.

Hillary can just simply watch the Obama plane go down in flames and then go light the celebratory cigar on the burning wreckage.

Also check out: Former Clinton Staffers Jump to McCain Camp

Found on Fausta’s

Found this on Moonbattery

Incredibly, Democrats actually seem to be serious about running leftist comedian and failed Err Un-American talk show host Al Franken for the Senate in Minnesota