The Foundation
“A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.” – Samuel Adams in a 1779 letter to James Warren
What did he/she say?
“This administration is as inept as you would expect an administration to be when presided over by the most inexperienced and most far-left president in modern American history. Mr. Obama is out of his depth. Moreover, he and his aides are oblivious to political realities. A perfect example of this is their deployment this week of Vice President Joe Biden to rebut former Vice President Richard Cheney’s criticism of the Obama administration’s approach to the war on terror. Pithily put, Cheney accuses the administration of treating the war on terror as a legal matter rather than a war. He is worried about our national security, and quite properly he fears more attacks within the United States unless we are on the offensive.
So whom does the White House send out against this formidable foreign policy advocate? The administration sends the gaffable Joe Biden, the most gaffe-prone figure in public life. If you are like me, you tune him in simply for a hearty laugh. Moreover, the White House puts Biden in an absurd position. He is scheduled for two Sunday morning rebuttals of Cheney’s Sunday morning appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” one on CBS’ “Face the Nation” and the other on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” But his NBC rebuttal was taped Saturday night from the Winter Olympics, before Biden had anything to rebut. It would be perhaps 12 hours before Biden even heard Cheney’s criticism. Amusingly, “a senior White House official” told The Washington Post that the administration had chosen Biden for his ability to “hold the former vice president accountable to the facts in real time.” Yes, this fantasist said the “facts.” – R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr., Biden vs. Cheney
