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The Joe Biden Gaffe Machine

Bit rambled [1]

Personaly, I think Palin won on a number of points, last night. It is as I pointed out after those two interviews she suppsoedly did so badly on…it should come as no shock to anyone that she does far better [2]when there no [3]Dinosaur media filter [4]between her and the people.

Mike Goldfarb, of the McCain campaign put out a list of fourteen Joe Biden lies.  Evidently, and wisely,  MIke was being conservative.  JIm Geraghty, National Review [5], details Goldfarb’s list and adds a few more to bump Biden’s total to twenty-two lies:

The Biden Error/Lie/Hallucination List (UPDATED to 22)

Below, you’ll find a list of 14 “lies” Biden told last night, distributed by the McCain campaign. I’d just note two observations: first, when you tell stories of things that didn’t happen with the frequency of Joe Biden, coupled with his fervent belief of these untrue and inaccurate statements, I don’t think “lie” is the appropriate term. “Hallucinations” seems more accurate, I think. Second, they missed a bunch, so Biden’s list of li- er, hallucinations is well beyond 14.

Ace [6]disputes the notion that Biden’s factually untrue statements qualify as lies:

I want to stress — these are not lies. Lies are conscious falsehoods told to advance one’s position. These are simply the moronic ramblings of a man who is too fucking stupid to even glean the most elementary information from his day-in, day-out 36 year long job.

Lies would be evidence of a lack of integrity, which is reason for worry, but hey, we’re used to it.

These are simply the ramblings of a senile old fool who was a bit of an imbecile even when his mind wasn’t deteriorating.:

Ace is holding to the definition as of a lie as an untrue statement which the speaker knows to be untrue.   Ace’s arguement is that Biden is too senile to know what is true and what is not.   In any case, I don’t buy into Ace’s senility theory.   Biden’s history of untrue statement does back decades.

What Ace calls senility, Geraghty calls hallucinations,  I call it a willful disregard for the truth.   While Biden may not know if his assertions are factully accurate, he simply does not care.   As Biden lacks a belief that his assertions are true or not, they not hallucinations.  They not a product of dimensia.   As Biden lacks any basis for knowing his assertion to be actually false, they not actually lies.   Biden simply doesn’t care if is statements are true or not.   Biden lett his forty-five dollars ego overpower his dollar thirty-five brain.

If ths were a championship fight, Biden would have been disqualified.   Sarah is going to President, the Gipper is a skirt.