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Biden Uses the Lord’s Name in an Interview

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 25th, 2009 at 10:04 PM  | 

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I’m quite positive there have been Presidents and Vice Presidents to use Jesus Christ’s name as a swear word.

I’m also quite sure Joe Biden is the first one to use the Lord’s name as a swear word in an interview.

Can you imagine the uproar that would ensue if the Vice President of the United States used the name of Islam’s supreme being as a curse word? They rioted all over the Muslim world when a Danish newspaper cartoonist penned a series of satiric pieces on Mohammed, so making “Allah” a curse word would likely incite far more serious violence. And does anybody doubt that the editorial pages of The New York Times and other liberal newspapers would instantly demand an apology before further damage is done to A America’s supposed standing in the world.

So where is the uproar over Vice President Joe Biden’s incredible use of “Jesus Christ” as a curse word?

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  • E Pluribus Unum
  • LittleL1954

    Yes this is the “Change” America was looking for–Obama is being saved by Biden– with all Bidens speaking blunders, Barry O. comes across as a great speaker—errrrr, aaaaaa, ahhhhhh, oooooo… so says the chicago messiah.

  • izoneguy

    “I can see Putin sitting in Moscow saying, ‘Jesus Christ, Iran gets the nuclear weapon, who goes first?’ Moscow, not Washington.”

    What an idiotic statement. First I doubt Putin would ever say that.
    Joe is projecting for his own aggrandizement. Putin is a Russian Orthodox. His mother was also Russian Orthodox. But Putin’s father was an atheist. You must remember, Putin would have been raised as a communist. Communism is an atheist system, as Marx said Religion is the sign of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people. Since Biden’s boss is a hardened Marxist I find this statement by Biden to be yet another blunder in a career filled with blunders.

    But what really strikes me about the WSJ interview are these statements:

    “Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview that Russia’s economy is “withering,” and suggested the trend will force the country to make accommodations to the West on a wide range of national-security issues, including loosening its grip on former Soviet republics and shrinking its vast nuclear arsenal.”

    Huh?

    Biden’s boss is making America’s economy “wither”. America will be forced to make accommodations to the East on a wide range of national-security issues and shrinking its vast nuclear arsenal.

    Remember, America is in a NO-DRILL mentality. It is still about oil.
    The world’s economy still runs on oil and will for at least the next 50 years. Russia will drill it’s ass off when the time is right. I think Joe needs to go back to school and study economics 101. Russia will actually be in a much stronger position than America as time goes on. I don’t see Obama reversing the march to socialism anytime soon. Obama will give up all the gains Ronald Reagan made and then some.

  • penguin2

    cloak of respectability. IMO, any man who sat in a building along with his wife and small children, listening to vile hatred from a “pulpit” could never have had any real faith. It was all superficial, to get himself elected. I would have respected him if he had been honest about his beliefs, instead of pretending.

    As for Joe, he is clueless and classless. Obama is not clueless, but I do think he lacks class.

  • djemi

    This is offensive to me and I’m agnostic theists in a Pascals Wager kinda way.

    Just reading the ‘excerpts from their conversation’, nice way of putting it, makes me think that Mark Tapscott is right to ask

    How many more stupid comments does it take before his handlers in the White House realize it’s time for this dunce to retire?

    Come on, please can somebody tell me how does such a babbaling moron become the VP of the USA, oh yeah ‘the One’ picked him, another great example of ‘the Ones’ judgement. I do think that the distraction factor may have been part of ‘the Ones’ thinking but come on Biden should not ever be allowed to be the President. Yeah he’s a heartbeat away, I know, the mind boggles, just think of all the Gates-Crowley affairs we would be treated to in the press. Looking forward to hearing what Rush has to say on this.

    These two I just had to point out,

    On whether Russian leaders will accept the White House’s outreach efforts:

    “These guys aren’t absolute average-intellect ideologues (but Biden is) who are clinging to something nobody believes in(So why do you Joe?). They’re pretty pragmatic in the end.”(Why the rush on healthcare then? Doesn’t your Party need to be SAVED, Joe)

    On whether democracy can take hold in Georgia:

    “Am I worried about these guys not establishing a democracy? What worries me most is they don’t understand how to establish democracy.”(But this Administration is sure trying to distroy the greatest in the World)

    Now I’m only an average-intellect ideologue granted my ideology is based in the ideas of freedom and liberty not elitist control, be it Marxism or Fascism.

  • http://brockwayfamily.spaces.live.com/ Erick Brockway

    Broadcast to the world that Russia is weak and will bend to our will. Perfect way to ensure whatever happens, they will not give in to anything, ever.

    “It won’t work if we go in and say: ‘Hey, you need us, man; belly up to the bar and pay your dues,’ ” he said. “It is never smart to embarrass an individual or a country when they’re dealing with significant loss of face. My dad used to put it another way: Never put another man in a corner where the only way out is over you.”

    Sounds like Biden’s “be patriotic pay more taxes” garbage. It’s constantly used against him today, as his remarks about Russia will be in the halls of the Kremlin.

  • Alberta

    Shma Israel and all that.

  • Rod_Patrick
  • bk

    instead of rolling over and playing dead when Nancy or Rahm comes calling.

    “Broadcast to the world that Russia is weak and will bend to our will. Perfect way to ensure whatever happens, they will not give in to anything, ever.”

  • djemi

    But did you miss the “e” i.e Shema Yisrael and what do you mean?

  • http://thefallenworld.wordpress.com/ wayneinnh

    He needs to understand how we cherish the name of the Lord. If we were to replace the blasphemy with the name of someone he cherishes, it would hit home.

    Let’s try this one:

    ?I can see Putin sitting in Moscow saying, ?Neilia Hunter Biden, Iran gets the nuclear weapon, who goes first?? Moscow, not Washington.?

    I commented a little more here.

  • johnt

    Gee, what happened to that phrase? There hasn’t been a GOP VP candidate or office holder on which the intellects of the media haven’t used it. Now we have a genuine idiot and possibly deranged fool in that office and the phrase drops into the Stalinist memory hole.

    We would have heard more of it with Sarah Palin, a woman superior in every way to her haters, but they were too busy wrestling with the voodoo doll representation of her and attacking her family to remember it.

  • johnt

    does not his choice for VP speak additional volumes about Hussien Obama’s intelligence and judgment? A real clever dude that O.

  • gonzo55

    The Lord would, I think, be shocked were he here today to see Supreme Leader Obama railroad through an agenda of legalized infanticide, gay marriage on demand, and multiculturalism. So, no, Joe, I don’t think you have any right whatsoever to even speak that name, much less as a curse word.

  • bsquared

    chatting it up w/Stephanopolous…”My muslim faith…”–
    thanks for catching this one too, Erick

  • Flagstaff

    I also noted the “These guys aren’t absolute average-intellect ideologues who are clinging to something nobody believes in. They’re pretty pragmatic in the end.”

    It is such a perfect description of wht the current administration is not that it should be remembered.

    Biden’s imaginary quote of Putin is hardly a gaffe of any magnitude. It won’t change any minds about Biden.

  • lkdavis

    for Christians. They consider them to be a bunch of intolerent bigots who
    do not deserve any consideration. Don’t offend the Muslims but the Christians are fair game.
    This entire administration are a bunch of idiots.

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    When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.
    -Ronald Reagan
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    It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority
    keen to set brush fires in people’s minds.
    -Samuel Adams

  • http://cackcon.wordpress.com Cackcon

    Although, to be fair to Joe, Putin was the one who said it in Joe’s head. We should probably all go ahead and apologize–there’s no telling what else is cooking between his ears.

  • CFPeterson

    Could this administration be any more non-Christian. He’ll pay for these words… eventually.