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Biden in 2007 interview: I am a Zionist
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 23.08.08, 18:15
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1. Biden met with those that financed 9/11
Mark ,   Boston   (08.23.08)
Two days after the attack on the twin towers and the Pentagon, on September 13th, Senator Joseph Biden, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met with the ISI chief. No adequate explanation has been forthcoming as to why top government and intelligence officials were meeting with the money man behind the alleged hijackers before and after 9/11.
2. Got to lock that East coast Jewish vote in, eh lads?
Cameron ,   USA   (08.23.08)
3. Check his voting record! He's a zionist alright, an ANTI
zionist! What a ,   Putz! Shlomo   (08.23.08)
4. Obama-Biden. a Zionist's dream ticket.
Persian CAT   (08.23.08)
Stop complaining boys and girls. This is the best ticket you could ever get from the American people who have realized the Likudniks have harmed the US interests in the ME and the world in general. These two gentlemen are very smooth operators and they will make sure the US comes first so be very careful what you say and do from now on.
5. Zzz...
Zion   (08.23.08)
Joe Biden was running for president before Obama took him in, this looks like a cheap PR stunt to increase the "Jewish vote", and now will be exploited by anti-semites and the rest lunatics.
6. Mark #1 is right.
Steve ,   US   (08.23.08)
According to sources, former Pakistani ISI Chief Lt Gen Mahmood had a week-long presence in Washington, September 2001. "On the morning of September 11th (Mahmoud) met Senate Joint Intelligence Co-Chairman Bob Graham (D-FL) and his House Intelligence Co-Chairman and former CIA operative Porter Goss (R-FL), who both had prior knowledge about an attack, "with planes", since August 6th 2001, as they both confirmed to the Washington Post. "He later met, after September 11th, with Senator Joseph Biden, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. (Before Sep11th, Mahmoud had meetings with Under Secretary Marc Gossmann," according to sources.
7. #4It has been a long time since there has been a politician
Carl ,   Chicago, IL   (08.23.08)
who has had their country's best interest at heart. Does the monkey A-jad, or did Musharaff, Sadam, Assad, Olmert, the Sabah family in Kuwait, Putin in Russia, and so on, and so on. You got one thing right about these two. They are smooth talkers. As long as they are in front of tele-prompters and in front of an audiance. Biden will sooner or later say what's really on his mind and it will be the undoing of Obama's chances of getting into the White House. And Obama gave all of us a real awakening last Saturday when he was asked questions about topice and issues that he did not already know before hand what was going to be asked. And I WAS going to vote for him, but am now one of those un-decided voters. Both these guys have HUGE egos. And together as a team, I'm almost certain that the end result will be a huge deflation of that all important male ego.
8. Is Mr. Biden telling the truth about Pollard?
Steve ,   Fla.   (08.23.08)
Biden said: "My worry is that, if I were president, to go and pardon Pollard would make a lie out of the notion that there are certain rules. You cannot give classified information, period. Even to a friend. If this were Great Britain, it would be the same thing." Is this true? If it were a spy for Great Britain -- an American ally -- it would be the same thing? Life in prison without possibility of parole? Would it really? Has this historically been the case for those that have spied for friends and allies of America?
9. Biden is a Zionist?
Terry ,   Eilat, Israel   (08.23.08)
Is he making Aliyah? To be fair, Biden is not an anti-Semite nor could you say he is anti-Israel. But, our worst problems come from our supposed friends, nice leftish liberals with their heads stuffed full of peace-crap. They are more dangerous than outright enemies. They want to kill us for our own good.
10. Apologies, #3, I meant #2, Sorry!
Jerry Sussman ,   Alexandria, USA   (08.23.08)
I'm sorry that I made an error in my last post. Sincere apologies. I meant #2, not #3. Sorry.
11. Terry: Worst problems come from....?
Steve ,   US   (08.23.08)
As a conservative, I would submit to you, our worst problems come from our supposed friends on the right; from our nice right-wing conservatives, like George W. Bush -- Israel's best friend ever -- and his many conservative supporters here in the U.S. and in Israel; with their heads stuffed full of peace-crap that Bush and other well-meaning conservatives propagate. After all Terry, who is it that says, arch-terrorist / Holocaust denier, Mahmoud Abbas, is a man of peace? Who says Abbas is man of vision? What conservative, Wilsonian visionary promulgates this clap trap? Who says Palestinian mothers want the same things for their little martyrs as Jewish mothers want for their children? Who says the Jews are illegally occupying Muslim Arab land? Who says the Jews are humiliating the "Palestinians" other than George W. Bush and Dr. Rice? As a conservative, I expect nice leftist liberals to have their heads stuffed full of peace-crap. Why should I endure this from self-professed right-wing conservatives?
12. EXCELLENT STEVESTER #11..................
AVROHOM BILGREI   (08.23.08)
MAGNIFICENTLY STATED !
13. #11 Steve, US.
Terry ,   Eilat, Israel   (08.23.08)
You're assuming that Bush is a conservative. Personally, I don't consider him much of a conservative. He's more of a populist, maybe a social conservative. Mostly, he's just incompetent. There are few real conservatives around these days - the late Barry Goldwater comes to mind & who today shares his ideals?
14. Senator Biden is a Roman Catholic. When John Kennedy was
Rivkah   (08.23.08)
elected President, he signed an executive order giving all property of all Americans to the US government in the event of a national emergency. Roman Catholic theology is against private property ownership. No US President since Kennedy has reversed that Executive Order that says the US government can take the homes, food, belongings, vehicles or anything else the government needs in a national emergency without just compensation. During the American Civil War, vouchers were given to people to be redeemed for property like mules taken for the war effort. The government no longer has to do that. The Roman Catholics have waited a long time to get another Catholic into the White House. To get Biden into the top office, guess what the Catholics are probably going to do unless Obama converts to Roman Catholicism. In the book, "The Great Controversy" there is a document that Jesuit Priests must sign to get ordained. They must agree to kill any person the Church considers a threat if told to do so. The methods of killing the enemy are even listed: poisoning is one. Believe me, Revelation in the Bible says the great whore (false religion) that sits on seven hills and is dressed in red and purple and deals in the souls of men, IS DRUNK WITH THE BLOOD OF THE SAINTS. St Bartholomew's Day celebrates the massacre of Protestants in Ireland by Catholics and is still CELEBRATED. The slaughter of the Hugenots in France: as many as 110,000 in ONE NIGHT is another triumph of Catholicism. The Inquisitions of the Middle Ages are another high point in Catholic accomplishments: 40 million were slaughtered for heresy. Having a Catholic in the White House or second in command is rather frightening when one considers the Gulag of prisons in America under the Rex 84 law that are staffed but not filled: over 800. And they have guillotines in them. Even US Senators have been blocked from entering them. There is going to be another slaughter and this time it will be in America if Americans do not wake up and be more vigilant.
15. Wow!!
Jew ,   Israel   (08.23.08)
Just think: his grandchildren are or will be halachically Jewish!!
16. Terryster exellent retort !
AVROHOM BILGREI   (08.23.08)
You have upheld the monarchy ! It's nice to read intelligent dialog, that goes for steve too !
17. Biden is not a moron. But very close.
Gideon Reader   (08.23.08)
Known widely as "Slow Joe". I wonder if he will sing Welsh Miner's songs to Zero Man; you know the kind that his father sand in the mines. Wait, that was Neil Kinnock. Biden is a hair plugged dunce with the IQ of a not very bright flea. (sorry to fleas everywhere for the sad comparison) O (is for nothing), the empty 42Long suit has picked not a lightning rod, but a dry stick without the brains to stop digging when his hole is eyeball deep. The best descriptor is : Putz with a B-I-G mouth. Biden, that is. Obama is just Putz.
18. What did Biden say about Obama and McCaine?
redmike ,   Tel Aviv   (08.23.08)
"Obama Not Ready To Be President--Would Be Honored To Run With McCain" -- Dem VP Candidate Biden That has to be pretty embarrassing for Obama and fellow Democrats. Mike
19. telling the truth is not always smart
Mendy ,   Brooklyn   (08.23.08)
Slow Joe has let the cat out of the bag re: Jonathan Pollard, not a smart way to attract the Jewish vote.The US will never let Pollard out for two reasons: A. because those who would let him out were never asked by Israel to B. the rest of the US State Dept. does not want to let him out ConiAppeaser Rice convinces the Quisling traitor Olmert to make gestures to Abbas but never once has she made a gesture(except obscene ones) to Israel like freeing Pollard!
20. Terry and Steve
Yaron ,   USA   (08.23.08)
Terry you are certainly correct that traditional conservatism has been completely watered down. Steve, the issue is the unfortunate rising tide against the right. It seems that Western culture turns on its own values when it achieves a certain standard of life. It is one of the most bizarre things that I can say I have ever observed.
21. Biden is a blathering idiot.
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (08.23.08)
He will talk for 4 years in front of a camera preening himself. Nothing will be done while the diarhea commences from his lips. All talk....no action. Obama and Biden the mouth piece.
22. to #1
chuck ,   usa   (08.24.08)
You always blame everything on the government of the U.S. Why dont you pack your bag and go elsewhere. Moron.
23. Joe Biden
Ze'ev ,   Eshkolot, Israel   (08.24.08)
It's really Peggy Noonan's comment from an article she wrote almost three years ago. And yet, today, it seems to have lost none of its effect. (And she does, indeed, have a way with run-on sentences!) "As he speaks, as he goes on and on and spins his long statements, hypotheticals, and free associations--as he demonstrates yet again . . . that he is incapable of staying on the river of a thought, and is constantly lured down tributaries from which he can never quite work his way back--you can see him batting the little paddles of his mind against the weeds, trying desperately to return to the river but not remembering where it is, or where it was going. I love him. He's human, like a garrulous uncle after a drink.."
24. How He Became An Idiot
Dan ,   USA   (08.24.08)
Biden is the village idiot. He became that way by putting his foot in his mouth so many times that the lack of oxygen left him without a brain.
25. Let Zionist Biden's family live like Palestinians
Marlene N. ,   New York City/USA   (08.24.08)
tI have no idea where Joe Biden was on September 11, 2001, but I distinctly remember where I was which was right here in midtown Manhattan at my job. It's still vivid in my memory how that morning unfolded, as I'm sure it is with many other New Yorkers. I also recall how it was impossible to communicate with anyone so I had no idea for hours if a member of my family who worked on the 52nd floor in the second tower was able to get out alive (which thankfully she did). Most of us had to walk home, wherever that was, because there was no transportation so I had to get to the 59th Street Bridge into Queens and then make my way home from there. I can still remember exactly what I was thinking during that long walk. Never had I felt so vulnerable, not in control, and not knowing what to expect next, and then my thoughts turned to Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Viet Nam, World War II and the Palestinians. I finally had a small glimpse into some of the emotions that people must have felt who have been subjected to wars and suffered the unspeakable, but have had to live that way as a matter of daily life.. Horrors broujght on by nations, including my own who has done an outstanding job. Did the Palestinians ever have an army. plames. tanks, and missiles? How many children died in their homes or while in school. or on their way to school. Are Palestinians so dehumanized In Mr. Biden's eyes that makes him so insensitive to their suffering under an inhumane oppressor. Let Mr. Biden's family live like Palestinians at Israel's mercy 24 hours per day, and see if he feels the same way.
26. Biden the Papist
Brod ,   USA   (08.24.08)
His qualification is overblown. Listening to him is like listening to an empty drum that makes a lot of noise. It is irrelevant who Obama selects for VP. Obama won't win in November. Had he been smarter and picked Hillary as VP, his chances of winning would be 50/50. Now, his chance of winning is less than 50. This is good for America. America cannot afford to have a rookie at the helm in this challenging time.
27. 20 Yaron: Prosperity comes before a fall.
Rivkah   (08.24.08)
A people are prospered and then they forget it was God who prospered them. Conservative values like obeying the Commandments of God are forgotten as the root of the prosperity which is from God's favor. Even Muslims have prosperity in many places because they keep the sacred parts of a woman holy by force and sharia law. That makes a lot of people miserable, but it maintains God's favor because the sacred parts are holy. When the sacred parts of a woman are defiled like in fornication and adultery and rape, that upsets the Lord and He with-holds his blessings. When Africa defiled the women with rape and lust and incest and fornication and abortion and adultery, God withdrew His blessing. The CIA reports that 80% of subSaharan Africa has the HIV virus. That is what is coming to America according to Dr. Bill Campbell Douglass II's book, "AIDS and the End of Civilization". He believes at least 25% of the US population is infected and do not know it.
28. J4JP CLARIFICATION: Biden Supports Clemency for Pollard
Justice4JP ,   Jerusalem Israel   (08.24.08)
J4JP CLARIFICATION (4 points) 1) Senator Biden’s comments support Clemency for Pollard. Jonathan Pollard is not seeking a pardon. Pollard has never asked for a pardon. Pollard is seeking clemency. Clemency is what Senator Biden refers to when he speaks of “leniency.” 2) Clemency vs. Pardon – what’s the difference? A pardon, in American legal terms, wipes out the crime. It virtually erases the history of the crime. A pardon restores full constitutional rights to an American citizen, as if he/she had never committed a crime. This explains why Senator Biden replied: “… there is not a rationale to say what happened did not happen and [he] should be pardoned.” Clemency, unlike a pardon, does not wipe out the record of the offense; it essentially readjusts the sentence. Clemency can be expressed as a reduction of sentence, and/or as a commutation to time served. Jonathan Pollard has never sought to erase the fact that he did indeed transfer classified information to Israel and in doing so, broke the law. He has never denied this. Pollard has never asked for a pardon. What he does seek is clemency. 3) Some of the reasons Pollard seeks presidential clemency include: * a grossly disproportionate sentence * a broken plea agreement * the use of secret evidence * a false charge of treason * ineffective assistance of counsel * ex parte communication between prosecutors and judge * a lack of due process * a sentencing procedure infected by false allegations and lies * violation of constitutional rights 4) Jonathan Pollard is now completing his 23rd year of an unprecedented life sentence for providing classified information to an ally, Israel. The median sentence for this offense is 2 to 4 years, with some serving no jail time at all. Senator Biden’s comments supporting presidential clemency for Jonathan are appropriate and welcome. See Also: The J4JP Facts Page http://www.jonathanpollard.org/facts.htm The Comparative Sentencing Charts http://www.jonathanpollard.org/sentences.htm
29. Better get used to Biden
Steve G ,   Kew Gardens,NYC   (08.24.08)
You're going to be seeing a lot of him the next 8 years.
30. Steve in Kew Gardens
USA   (08.24.08)
lol, don't count your terrorist supporters until they're hatched. Obama's mentor, Rev. Wright: "We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians! American's chickens have come home to roost."
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