I don't know about you, but when a vice presidential candidate makes a detailed prediction about some catastrophe that is going to happen in the next six months, I want to ask him some follow up questions. Biden says:
"Mark my words. It will not be six months before the world tests Barack...Remember I said it standing here if you don't remember anything else I said. Watch, we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy."
"I can give you at least four or five scenarios from where it might originate. And he's gonna need help. And the kind of help he's gonna need is, he's gonna need you - not financially to help him - we're gonna need you to use your influence, your influence within the community, to stand with him. Because it's not gonna be apparent initially, it's not gonna be apparent that we're right."
"Gird your loins. We're gonna win with your help, God willing, we're gonna win, but this is not gonna be an easy ride. This president, the next president, is gonna be left with the most significant task. It's like cleaning the Augean stables, man. This is more than just, this is more than - think about it, literally, think about it - this is more than just a capital crisis, this is more than just markets. This is a systemic problem we have with this economy."
- What does he know? He does have access to all of the secret foreign intelligence information.
- What is he suggesting about the systemic problem with the economy?
- What specific actions will they take that won't initially appear to be right?
I am really shocked and frightened by his words. How can someone say such things and not be forced to explain in more detail? Is this housing bailout just the tip of the iceberg of what we can expect in the future? Will we have to implement a new monetary system? Will there be martial law?
I just can't make sense out of this. This isn't just some slip of the tongue. This isn't some pie in the sky talk. It sounds like someone who has detailed knowlege of a secret plan. It reminds me of how my nine year old son tries to keep a secret but has to begin dropping little hints to others.
Maybe I'm a nut job reading too much into it. Maybe Joe Biden is a nut job who is trying to scare people. Or maybe Joe Biden has loose lips and just can't keep a secret.
Update:
A local Orlando Florida newscaster actually had the nerve to ask Joe Biden some tough questions. She asked him about his remarks about Obama being tested in 6 months. Biden twisted around his words and said he said something different. For asking these questions, the Obama campaign has now cut off this station's access to anymore interviews with them. Here's the video.
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