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"Biden Pitches Class Warfare to 4th Graders"

Which, to be fair, is probably the last grade level he can appeal to as an intellectual superior. So there’s that.

Then, not to be outdone by himself, Biden today pushed the idea that Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Jim Johnson, Franklin Raines, Bill Clinton, et al., are all really George Bush — because otherwise, his suggestion that Bush was behind the economic collapse (“people died!” “Houses burned!” “RAPE!”) doesn’t really jibe with what Gretchen Morganson outlines in Reckless Endangerment (and reviewed here by Walter Russell Mead).

Somebody should send Biden a copy. And somebody to read it to him, too, just to be on the safe side.

7 Replies to “"Biden Pitches Class Warfare to 4th Graders"”

  1. newrouter says:
    October 19, 2011 at 4:55 pm

    related

    And like Vin Weber, as this article vividly demonstrates, the “Republican Establishment” of Washington, D.C. is sitting around thinking of ways not of getting rid of the behemoth but rather — to borrow from the presidential oath of office — to “preserve, protect, and defend” Big Government.

    This is exactly the mentality that explains so many GOP missteps of recent years. It explains why George W. Bush thought it was OK to nominate Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court. It explains why the GOP Establishment flinches when a Sarah Palin or Michele Bachmann or Rand Paul or Marco Rubio or Christine O’Donnell or Sharron Angle or Joe Miller step forth onto the stage nationally or within their states. It’s why Republican elites quietly and behind the scenes beseech talk radio stars like Rush or Sean Hannity or Mark Levin to ease up or lay off — which to their everlasting credit they never do. Why are you boosting a Christine O’Donnell, they will ask? Why are you giving all this exposure to Charlie Crist’s Tea Party–backed opponent Marco Rubio, they will ask? And so on. And on. And on.

    And why do these things happen?

    Because, in one form, fashion or another the Establishment recognizes instantly that these people — and millions of others — are dead serious. The Tea Party is serious. Rush is serious. Hannity is serious. Levin is serious and writes a bestseller telling you why he’s serious. They are all so collectively serious that when they talk about “limiting government” they mean getting rid of entire Cabinet departments and federal agencies and the literal thousands of volumes of regulations that accompany them. Not to mention the thousands of federal bureaucrats who write them.

    Link

  2. iron308 says:
    October 19, 2011 at 4:56 pm

    Thoughts:

    1- Buffoon, but that been my opinion of Plugs for 20 some years.

    2- As a 4th grader, less teachers would have been seen a positive by me.

  3. iron308 says:
    October 19, 2011 at 4:58 pm

    OMG I can’t type, add in words as needed to make my previous comment make sense.

  4. Alec Leamas says:
    October 19, 2011 at 5:31 pm

    Has there been a more celebrated idiot in American public life?

  5. McGehee says:
    October 19, 2011 at 5:45 pm

    “Biden Pitches Class Warfare to 4th Graders”

    Which, to be fair, is probably the last grade level he can appeal to as an intellectual superior.

    So, Foxworthy asked Spongejoe Hairplugs, “Are you smarter than a 5th-grader?” and…

  6. Jim in KC says:
    October 20, 2011 at 10:03 am

    Nice to know the VP is the last one to get the updated talking points. Very reassuring.

    The Obama administration really has its shit together.

  7. Squid says:
    October 20, 2011 at 12:39 pm

    At that age, class warfare is when the 5th graders take on the 6th graders in dodgeball. Preferably with Joey Hairplugs in the middle.

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