ann coulter is awesome

order IF DEMOCRATS HAD ANY BRAINS, THEY'D BE REPUBLICANS
QUOTATIONS FROM CHAIRMAN ANN
October 3, 2008, 7:39 PM
COULTER ON HANNITY & COLMES TONIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT, OCT 3 -
October 3, 2008, 4:45 PM
ANOTHER SHOCKING BIDEN LIE, NOT ON THE OTHER LISTS -

FROM LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE:

BIDEN: Well Gwen, two years ago Barack Obama warned about the sub prime mortgage crisis.

-- CNN: Transcript of Palin, Biden debate

WHEN ON EARTH IS BIDEN CLAIMING OBAMA "WARNED ABOUT THE SUBPRIME MORTGAGE CRISIS"? TWO YEARS AGO? PRODUCE IT.

According to the Washington Post:

Mr. McCain was an early voice calling for the resignation of Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt, charging that he "seems to prefer industry self-policing to necessary lawmaking. Government's demands for corporate accountability are only credible if government executives are held accountable as well."

In 2006, he pushed for stronger regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- while Mr. Obama was notably silent. "If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system, and the economy as a whole," Mr. McCain warned at the time.

-- WAPO: 'Always for Less Regulation'?

October 3, 2008, 4:21 PM
Did the MSM See the Same Debate? -

"Mr. Biden, who . . . turned in an impressively sharp performance . . ."

-- From the NYT review of the debate: In Debate, G.O.P. Ticket Survives a Test

The Biden Error/Lie/Hallucination List (UPDATED to 22)

October 3, 2008, 4:13 PM
More on Biden's Inanity about Hezbollah being Forced out of Lebanon -

And now, the Mother of all Biden Gaffes (updated)

October 3, 2008, 4:01 PM
Princella Smith Just Crushed Obama flack on Fox News - Princella Smith -- Intro

video will be posted when available . . . .
October 3, 2008, 3:38 PM
This is more idiotic than Ford freeing Poland in a 1976 debate - Joe Biden’s Alternate Universe

Excerpt:

In Thursday night’s vice presidential debate between Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin, Biden said the strangest and most ill-informed thing I have ever heard about Lebanon in my life. “When we kicked — along with France, we kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon, I said and Barack said, “Move NATO forces in there. Fill the vacuum, because if you don’t know — if you don’t, Hezbollah will control it.” . . .

Nobody – nobody – has ever kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon. Not the United States. Not France. Not Israel. And not the Lebanese. Nobody.

October 3, 2008, 1:42 PM
The Truth about Barney Frank and Fannie and Freddie from US News and the NYT - Barney Frank's Fannie and Freddie Muddle

In fact, here's a New York Times story from September 2003, clearly showing that the first substantive Fannie and Freddie reform from inside government came from the Bush administration. Spurred by worries that Fannie and Freddie were cooking their books and taking too many risks, . . . .

What was Frank's response to the proposal?

[quoting the NYT] "These two entities—Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—are not facing any kind of financial crisis," said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. "The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing."

October 2, 2008, 10:54 PM
Liberals demanding to know difference between McCain and Bush - How about they answer how Obama is different from Karl Marx.
October 2, 2008, 10:49 PM
MSNBC CALLING PALIN "MEAN" - I guess our beauteous Sarah won.
October 2, 2008, 10:26 PM
THE CHRISTIAN ATE THE LION! - The famed "Violence Against Women" Act, which Biden cited 1 million times was declared unconstitutional. Good work, Joe.

Why did Biden claim someone was accusing him of not knowing what it's like to be a single mother and then start crying? No one said that.

Did Biden really need to tell us that the assassination of a U.S. president would be a "national tragedy of historic proportions"? Does he get points for correctly identifying a national tragedy"?

Our beauteous Sarah nailed Biden on their plan to raise taxes, nailed Biden on voting against the surge, nailed Biden on not taking Ahmadinejad seriously.

October 2, 2008, 9:26 PM
TONIGHT, THE CHRISTIAN EATS THE LION! - At 30 minutes in, Palin is crushing the over-botoxed, hair-plugged Biden.

Also, the "redistributionist" Democrat should sue his plastic surgeon.

October 2, 2008, 9:14 PM
NYT: Poor Biden Lives High on the Hog Courtesy of Taxpayers and Contributors - An Everyman on the Trail, With Perks at Home
October 2, 2008, 4:20 PM
Another view of the bailout - Jonathan Hoenig: Politicians Use Bailout to Grab More Power
October 2, 2008, 4:09 PM
Email of the Week - YouTube: Largest Re-Enlistment Ceremony Ever

I got this by email:

I'm sure you already know about this. It was shown over and over on TV, right? OK, so maybe it wasn't shown over and over, but surely it was shown on TV at least ONE time, wasn't it ? Yep, on Fox news!

This was the largest re-enlistment ceremony ever held in military history. The ceremony was held on the 4th of July, 2008 at Al Faw Palace, Baghdad, Iraq . General David Petraeus officiated. This amazing story was ignored by the 'mainstream' media.

For those who have been in the Al Faw Palace, you'll have a better appreciation of the number of people crammed around the rotunda supporting the re-enlisting soldiers.

Over 1200 American men and women volunteering to stay longer in Iraq, so that when we leave, the new democracy will have a chance of surviving, is the exact opposite of what the media wants you to think about Iraq. If a bomb had killed 5 civilians in a marketplace - that's the kind of news the media is eager to tell you about.

A pizzeria in Chicago donated 2000 pizzas that were made and shipped to Baghdad, and were delivered on the 4th of July. The media did report that 2000 pizzas were sent to Iraq on July 4th... The only part they left out of the report was the event for which the pizzas were sent.

I can't help but wonder...

What would the opinion of Americans be if they weren't getting such obviously biased 'news?'

Pass this on and we will do the work for the Media.

October 2, 2008, 4:06 PM
Featured Republican of the Week - ALLEN WEST FOR CONGRESS
October 2, 2008, 12:40 PM
KAUSFILES' BRILLIANT POINT ON THE NEW BAILOUT BILL - We helped bankrupt the banks. Now we're doing the same thing for health car
October 1, 2008, 11:46 PM
THE AWARDS POUR IN! - The Bad Eagle Award for American Patriotism
October 1, 2008, 10:31 PM
YouTube Liberal Censors Out of Control! -

This must be the politics of "change." The Case of the Disappearing Video

October 1, 2008, 10:26 AM
OBAMA TAKES IN MASSIVE, QUESTIONABLE FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS -

More than 520 from Iran . . .

Secret, Foreign Money Floods Into Obama Campaign

October 1, 2008, 12:45 AM
The Nazi Song is Better -

YouTube: Sing for Change Obama (THE FEAR OF COMPETITION BRINGS YOUTUBE VIDEO BACK!)

YouTube: Tomorrow Belongs to Me

October 1, 2008, 12:32 AM
Some Predicted This Financial Meltdown - Fannie, Freddie Critic Ridiculed In 2000

Another case of collusion?

September 30, 2008, 11:59 PM
Gwen Ifill's Disgusted Reaction to Palin's Convention Speech - YouTube
September 30, 2008, 3:24 PM
CBS REFUSES TO CALL PALIN "GOVERNOR" - Couric Diminishes Gov. Palin
September 30, 2008, 3:21 PM
Sad News: The Great "NY Sun" to Shut Down - Losing Money, New York Sun Is to Shut Down
September 30, 2008, 12:57 PM
Humor-Writer Comes Out as Secret Coulter-Fan - Author quietly supports John McCain: Jen Lancaster explains
September 30, 2008, 12:51 PM
HARVARD ECONOMIST: Talk of Armageddon is Ridiculous Scare-mongering - Commentary: Bankruptcy, not bailout, is the right answer
September 30, 2008, 2:58 AM
Democrats Caused Mortgage Crisis - VIDEO - Shocking Video Unearthed Democrats in their own words Covering up the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam that caused our Economic Crisis
September 30, 2008, 2:53 AM
ANOTHER FAT, UGLY WOMAN DOESN'T LIKE PALIN - Clarissa Dickson Wright: USA is 'unbearable'
September 30, 2008, 2:49 AM
With or Without Bailout, No Depression Possible Say Economists - Economists: Don"t despair, Depression not knocking
September 26, 2008, 11:30 PM
EMAIL OF THE NIGHT (and my new bumper-sticker): - "Obama is a smarmy smug insufferable dangerous reckless narcissistic little man."
September 26, 2008, 11:26 PM
DEBATE GRADES: MCCAIN: A-, OBAMA: C - UNLIKE all other conservative commentators, I am not afraid to forthrightly admit when our side wins. Post debate TV commentary: All right-wingers are all giving McCain an A, but Obama a B+. (Good effort!) Meanwhile, all liberal commentators (which is 90% of commentators) give Obama an A and McCain an F. The truth is McCain A-, Obama C.
September 25, 2008, 2:14 AM
Ron Paul on the Bailout - Bailouts will lead to rough economic ride
September 25, 2008, 2:07 AM
At least illegal aliens weren't getting mortgages . . . - Hans Bader on the "Diversity Recession": Bailout Bills, Illegal Aliens, and Weird Lending Practices
September 25, 2008, 2:02 AM
Economist Robert Samuelson on the Bailout - Paulson's Panic
September 24, 2008, 7:11 PM
TV ALERT! - COULTER ON HANNITY & COLMES, THURS, 9/25
September 24, 2008, 6:09 PM
Email Warning! -

If you get an e-mail with "Nude Photos of Sarah Palin" in the subject line, do not open it. It might contain a virus.

If you get an e-mail with "Nude Photos of Hillary Clinton," do not open it.

It might contain nude photos of Hillary Clinton.

September 24, 2008, 4:43 PM
FACT-CHECKING THE "FACT-CHECKERS" -

Anti-gun hysterics again caught lying by John Lott --

Analysis: Fact-Checkers Fall Short in Criticizing NRA's Anti-Obama Ads

September 24, 2008, 1:23 PM
Florida Men Make up for Caylee's Mother - 4 Men Rush Into Burning School Bus To Save Students

"If God would have taken me that day, it's my time to go. I'm not afraid to die. That's (why) God put us here to help our fellow man," James Horton said.

September 24, 2008, 1:11 PM
JOHN LOTT ON CLINTON-ERA BEGINNINGS OF MORTGAGE CRISIS - Analysis: Reckless Mortgages Brought Financial Market to Its Knees

So what were some of the "outdated" criteria [for mortgages in the nineties]?

Credit History: Lack of credit history should not be seen as a negative factor.... In reviewing past credit problems, lenders should be willing to consider extenuating circumstances. For lower–income applicants in particular, unforeseen expenses can have a disproportionate effect on an otherwise positive credit record. In these instances, paying off past bad debts or establishing a regular repayment schedule with creditors may demonstrate a willingness and ability to resolve debts....

Down Payment and Closing Costs: Accumulating enough savings to cover the various costs associated with a mortgage loan is often a significant barrier to homeownership by lower-income applicants. Lenders may wish to allow gifts, grants, or loans from relatives, nonprofit organizations, or municipal agencies to cover part of these costs. . . .

Sources of Income: In addition to primary employment income, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will accept the following as valid income sources: overtime and part–time work, second jobs (including seasonal work), retirement and Social Security income, alimony, child support, Veterans Administration (VA) benefits, welfare payments, and unemployment benefits.

Accepting these new criteria was hardly voluntary. The Fed warned the banks:

"Did You Know? Failure to comply with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act or Regulation B can subject a financial institution to civil liability for actual and punitive damages in individual or class actions. Liability for punitive damages can be as much as $10,000 in individual actions and the lesser of $500,000 or 1 percent of the creditor’s net worth in class actions."

September 23, 2008, 1:10 PM
IT WASN'T AN INCEST SKETCH! - How many partisan bloggers does it take to screw in a lightbulb in the weeks before an election?

The proof that the SNL sketch was making fun of NYT reporters and not of Palin is that this is apparently the only political SNL sketch unavailable online. Snotty Tina Fey Palin impressions from SNL are all over the Internet. But NBC lawyers move with lightning speed to strip the NYT sketch from the web as a "copyright violation."

September 23, 2008, 3:36 AM
Biden Tougher on Obama than the MSM is - Biden Trashes Obama's 'Can't Email' Ad | Sweetness & Light
September 23, 2008, 3:34 AM
PALIN HACKER - FBI SERVES SUSPECTED PALIN HACKER DAVID KERNELL WITH SEARCH WARRANT

PHOTOS!

September 22, 2008, 10:46 PM
OBAMA SUPPORTER PRACTICES THE POLITICS OF "HOPE"! -

From: John Arthur
Date: September 22, 2008 8:44:45 PM CDT
To: David Limbaugh
Subject: FASCIST FUCK!

Thanks to your party our great country is screwed but thankfully liberals will have a chance at getting it back. Get your head out of your fucking bible and read this:

god does not exist bush sucks and so did regan coulter, your fat slimy brother and you should be hit by a truck

tell your non existent god to email me if he has a problem....i'll guarentee your fascist fucking ass "it" wont.

September 22, 2008, 3:46 AM
LESBIANS WORK OUT HIGH SCHOOL ANGST ON PALIN - BREITBART: Enough is Enough is Enough
September 21, 2008, 1:10 AM
Taxpayers Shouldn't Be Stuck With Bad Mortgages - $700 Billion for Disastrous Financial System Bailout
September 20, 2008, 7:22 PM
Pacifica Radio Hosts Hysterical: Mike Gravel Defends Sarah Palin - Gravel Strikes Again
September 19, 2008, 5:09 PM
(Coulter Designated) Winner of Politico Contest: What is the GOP Brand? -

Steven G. Calabresi, Professor of law, Northwestern University:

Republicans now have a war hero running for president, Ronald Reagan reincarnated as a woman running for vice president, and an opponent in Barack Obama who has voted 97% of the time in lockstep with the failed leadership of the do nothing Democratic Congress,

a Congress which has failed to pass an energy bill, which has failed to stop earmarks and pork barrel spending, and which has failed to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq with the result that we won the war that Congress said was unwinnable! Republicans are on the right side of all of the truly big issues of the day: Winning the war on terror; cutting pork barrel spending; vetoing all bills that have earmarks; supporting choice in education; stopping efforts to increase taxes; promoting even more free trade; appointing judges who will not legislate from the bench; passing a comprehensive energy bill that includes more drilling, more nuclear power, development of shale oil, and development of wind and solar; recalibrating the tax code subsidy that makes health care unaffordable for many of those without jobs; and creating a culture of life in which child rearing and raising a family is supported and not looked down on. It is enough to make anyone a Republican.

September 19, 2008, 3:16 PM
"IT'S YOUR FAULT FOR WANTING TO KNOW THE TRUTH." - Kausfiles: St. Elizabeth, Mythmaker
September 19, 2008, 2:43 PM
Mortgage Bailout: Welfare for Rich Liberals - Trillion Dollar Bailout Will Lead to Future Bubbles
September 17, 2008, 6:08 PM
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDED BOOK! -
September 17, 2008, 4:35 PM
Why Couldn't Obama Have Gone to This Black Church? - "Manning's Fierce Prayer for Bristol Palin"
September 17, 2008, 3:38 PM
KAUSFILES GOES MENTAL! -

Kausfiles's neurotic fear that illegal aliens will aggravate his allergies leads him to hysterical denunciations of those who prefer risking amnesty with McCain to the total destruction of the United States with Obama.

ANALYSIS:

McCain Worst Case Scenario: McCain wins the war on terrorism and keeps taxes low, but again promotes his POS amnesty plan, which was overwhelming rejected by Americans last year. Alternative explanation: McCain would not step on a rake twice, but keeps talking about amnesty because of his mortal fear of "flip-flopping" (see also ANWR) and misguided belief that it will win him Hispanic votes.

Obama Worst Case Scenario: He will be Jimmy Carter in a much more dangerous world, NYC will be nuked, the Middle East will explode, and Obama will respond by convening a meeting in Mecca with the head Imams.

He will destroy the economy and ignite a second Great Depression with his promised massive tax hikes and vast new welfare programs.

He will sign a federal racial profiling bill and crime across America will skyrocket, as it is in Chicago -- thanks to Obama's racial profiling bill.

He will sign the "National Right to Choice Act," as he has promised, and yet more babies will be slaughtered in the womb, including by partial birth abortion, which will be legal again if the "Right to Choice" bill passes.

He will sign a Fairness Doctrine, which Democrats openly advocate, and the only organized opposition to the left in America will be silenced.

But Kausfiles channels Keith Olbermann to denounce as "fools" and "suckers" those who prefer the risk of amnesty with McCain to the far greater risk NYC being nuked and a Great Depression with Obama.

CONCLUSION:

1) Never trust someone who thought Jimmy Carter would be a good president.

2) Never trust someone whose neurotic fear of illegal aliens bringing new allergens leads him to place amnesty above all other dangers facing the nation.



September 17, 2008, 12:57 AM
Teflon Sarah Palin - Palin Releases Documents in "Troopergate" Investigation

An internal state trooper investigation found that Wooten had threatened that Palin's father would "eat a f---ing bullet."

Also see the photo of the lead investigator at Obama's Alaska headquarters . . .

September 16, 2008, 3:41 PM
Good Explanation of the Financial Mess - The Real Culprits In This Meltdown: Big Government
September 15, 2008, 12:16 AM
Sick. - Behold The Left’s Obscene Hatred Of… Us | Sweetness & Light
September 14, 2008, 9:14 PM
Young Barack was not meeting with "Japanese financiers and German bondtraders" -

Co-Worker: Obama Inflated His Resume | Sweetness & Light

I knew it sounded hokey when I read it, but couldn't prove it until now.

September 14, 2008, 6:40 PM
Lindsay Lohan Guest-Writes Frank Rich's Column! - Lohan: Palin Is Media Obsessed Homophobe
September 13, 2008, 2:49 AM
Experts Agree: There is No One "Bush Doctrine" -

WAPO: Many Versions of 'Bush Doctrine'

Summary of the experts cited by The Washington Post:

Peter D. Feaver, of Bush's national security strategy team: I counted at least seven Bush Doctrines

Richard Holbrooke, of the Clinton and Carter administrations: "The greater the threat, the greater is the risk of inaction -- and the more compelling the case for taking anticipatory action to defend ourselves, even if uncertainty remains as to the time and place of the enemy's attack. To forestall or prevent such hostile acts by our adversaries, the United States will, if necessary, act preemptively."

Philip Zelikow, Bush advisor who wrote the above (what Holbrooke calls the "Bush Doctrine"): "I actually never thought there was a Bush doctrine."

Zbigniew Brzenzinski, Carter's National Security Advisor: "There are many elements to the Bush doctrine."

Andrew C. McCarthy, prosecutor on 1993 WTC bombing and foreign policy maven: People who "follow this stuff very closely, disagree intensely among ourselves about what the Bush Doctrine is."

Charlie Gibson's "Gotcha" game made somebody look like an idiot, but it wasn't Palin.

September 12, 2008, 8:06 PM
Response to Kausfiles' Challenge: -

Throughout the 2000 presidential campaign, Kausfiles claimed it couldn't make up its mind between Bush or Gore under a series of postings titled: "Don't Rush Me!"

In the end, Kausfiles voted for the Democrat.

Throughout the 2004 campaign, Kausfiles relentlessly posted vicious remarks about Kerry, cruelly teasing readers with the suggestion that Kausfiles was on the fence.

In the end Kausfiles voted for the Democrat.

And now, Kausfiles is maniacally obsessed with McCain's boneheaded support for amnesty, a position Kausfiles admits Obama shares -- but with slightly less enthusiasm -- as this year's excuse to vote for the Democrat.

In the end, Kausfiles will vote for the Democrat because Kausfiles always votes for the Democrat and not because of amnesty. Kausfiles pretends to be waffling only to trick conservative girls into arguing with him.

GetDrunk is not fooled! This time.

September 12, 2008, 7:52 PM
MCCAIN CAN'T TYPE BECAUSE OF TORTURE IN VIETNAMESE PRISON -

AS REPORTED IN A 2000 BOSTON GLOBE ARTICLE:

Obama: Stupid McCain Can’t Send Emails | Sweetness & Light

Nice ad, Obama

September 12, 2008, 4:09 PM
Mark Penn: Media "on very dangerous ground" with Palin attacks -

Mark Penn: I think that when you see them going through every single expense report that Governor Palin ever filed, if they don't do that for all four of the candidates, they're on very dangerous ground. I think the media so far has been the biggest loser in this race. And they continue to have growing credibility problems. . . .

CBSNews.com: So you think the media is being uniquely tough on Palin now?

Mark Penn: Well, I think that the media is doing the kinds of stories on Palin that they're not doing on the other candidates. And that's going to subject them to people concluding that they're giving her a tougher time.

See Full Interview: CBS News: Ex-Clinton Aide: Media Tougher On Palin

September 12, 2008, 4:05 PM
WIKIPEDIA JUMPS ON ATTACK PALIN BANDWAGON - Wikipedia Furiously Rewrites ‘Bush Doctrine’
September 12, 2008, 4:03 PM
GETDRUNK IS AN INTERNATIONAL HIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Un double whisky avant d'aller voter républicain | Rue89
September 12, 2008, 2:05 PM
MARK STEYN ON PALIN -

"What other country in the developed world produces beauty queens who hunt caribou and serve up a terrific moose stew? As an immigrant, I'm not saying I came to the United States purely to meet chicks like that, but it was certainly high on my list of priorities."

-- The hostess with the moosest

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October 1, 2008


While Gov. Sarah Palin is being grilled on her position on mark-to-market accounting rules, the press can't bother to ask Joe Biden if he could give us a ballpark estimate on when Franklin D. Roosevelt was president -- or maybe take a stab at guessing the decade when televisions were first available to the public.

Being interviewed by Katie Couric on the "CBS Evening News," Biden said: "When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened.'"

For those of you who aren't hard-core history buffs, Biden not only named the wrong president during the 1929 stock market crash, he also claimed a president who wasn't president during the stock market crash went on TV before Americans had TVs.

Other than that, the statement holds up pretty well. At least Biden managed to avoid mentioning any "clean" Negroes he had met.

Couric was nearly moved to tears by the brilliance of Biden's brain-damaged remark. She was especially intrigued by Biden's claim that FDR had said the new iPhone was the bomb!

Here is Couric's full response to Biden's bizarre outburst about FDR (a) being president and (b) going on TV in 1929: "Relating to the fears of the average American is one of Biden's strong suits."

But when our beauteous Sarah said that John McCain was a better leader on the economy than Barack Obama, Couric relentlessly badgered her for evidence. "Why do you say that?" Couric demanded. "Why are they waiting for John McCain and not Barack Obama? ... Can you give us any more examples of his leading the charge for more oversight?"

The beauteous Sarah had cited McCain's prescient warnings about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But Couric, the crackerjack journalist who didn't know FDR wasn't president in 1929, demanded more examples from Palin.

We are currently in the middle of a massive financial crisis brought on by Fannie Mae. McCain was right on Fannie Mae; Obama was wrong. That's not enough?

Not for the affable Eva Braun of evening TV! "I'm just going to ask you one more time," Couric snipped, "not to belabor the point. Specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation?"

This would be like responding to someone who predicted the 9/11 attacks by saying: OK, you got one thing right. Not to belabor the point, but what else?

Obama was not merely wrong on Fannie Mae: He is owned by Fannie Mae. Somehow Obama managed to become the second biggest all-time recipient of Fannie Mae political money after only three years in the Senate. The biggest beneficiary, Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd, had a 30-year head start on receiving loot from Fannie Mae -- the government-backed institution behind our current crisis.

How does the Democratic ticket stack up on other major issues facing the nation, say, gas prices?

Shockingly, Sen. Joe Biden was one of only five senators to vote against the first Alaskan pipeline bill in 1973. This is like having been a Nazi sympathizer during World War II. If Sarah Palin does nothing else, she has got to tie that idiotic pipeline vote around Biden's neck.

The Senate passed the 1973 Alaskan pipeline bill by an overwhelming 80-5 vote. Only five senators voted against the pipeline on final passage. Sen. Biden is the only one who is still in the Senate -- the other four having been confined to mental institutions long ago.

The stakes were clear: This was in the midst of the first Arab oil embargo. Liberal Democrats, such as senators Robert Byrd, Mike Mansfield, Frank Church and Hubert Humphrey, all voted for the pipeline.

But Biden cast one of only five votes against the pipeline that has produced more than 15 billion barrels of oil, supplied nearly 20 percent of this nation's oil, created tens of thousands of jobs, added hundreds of billions of dollars to the U.S. economy and reduced money transfers to the nation's enemies by about the same amount.

The only argument against the pipeline was that it would harm the caribou, an argument that was both trivial and wrong. The caribou population near the pipeline increased from 5,000 in the 1970s to 32,000 by 2002.

It would have been bad enough to vote against the pipeline bill even if it had hurt the caribou. A sane person would still say: Our enemies have us in a vice grip. Sorry, caribou, you've got to take one for the team. But when the pipeline goes through and the caribou population sextuples in the next 20 years, you really look like a moron.

We couldn't possibly expect Couric to ask Biden about a vote that is the equivalent of voting against the invention of the wheel. But couldn't she have come up with just one follow-up question for Biden on FDR's magnificent handling of the 1929 stock market crash?

Or here's a question the public is dying to know: "If Obama wanted a historically delusional vice president, why not Lyndon LaRouche?" At least LaRouche didn't vote against the Alaskan pipeline.

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