He Said What?!

In an interview with Katie Couric from CBS News, Joe Biden said that during the depression, Roosevelt went on television and spoke to the American people. The problem with that statement is that the President was Hubert Hoover, not Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who wasn’t elected until 1932. There also weren’t any televisions at that time, the big thing was radio. Television didn’t come along for almost twenty years. While it was invented in the 20s, it didn’t gain popularity in our homes until the 50s. So neither Hoover or Roosevelt were ever on television talking to the public during their administrations. It amazes me that people are in such an uproar about Sarah Palin being a heartbeat from the Presidency, and there seems to be little concern about this man being so near to that office.

Joe Biden has made numerous errors in statements and judgment  during his long career in the US Senate, and this is no surprise that he can’t go a day without making an error in both arenas. He has also said that Hillary would have been a better choice as VP for Obama, and I agree with him completely on that point. The thought of giving this man a higher office frightens me to no end. We need a VP that we won’t have to worry about when he or she runs off to meet some head of state, and Sarah Palin would be a stable choice in that department, even if you don’t agree with her on all points. At least you know she isn’t going to asking a wheelchair bound person to stand up and introduce themselves, as Joe Biden did a week ago.

I can’t believe anyone could seriously consider the Obama-Biden ticket as a viable alternative for the highest office in the land. We need real leadership, not a paper tiger. We can see the differences in their actions this week. McCain left the campaign to go and do his job, and fix the greatest crisis in our economy since the depression. This crisis is a direct result from the actions of the democrats, who blocked fixing problems in the mortgage industry, specifically with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, in 2005, when the Republican led committee put forward a plan to fix it then. All the Republicans voted in favor of it, and the Democrats voting against it, killing the measure before it made it to the Senate floor. This whole problem started as a direct result from actions taken by Obama and his party. We can not reward this man with a promotion for doing little to nothing to help this country, both today and in the past.

Wake up, America!