Obama’s Clown

By R. Emmett Tyrrell,Jr,American Spectator

Obama uses Biden as his clownish shield 

This week the Drudge Report gave emphasis to its lead headline that a CNN poll found 52% of its respondents opposed to the reelection of President Obama with the boldfaced screamer:"Shock."Who is shocked? The American people are a sensible lot. Frankly I am not shocked.

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 refute 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.

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