That would be a gaffe.

Biden would then have to say during his next stump speech:
“Well, folks, I just gotta let you know when I said, ‘Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.’, and that was why I wanted them to be patriotic, you know, so via their taxes they could, um, enter paradise, well I thought I was quoting the Koran! Camels and all that, you know. God bless me, I never thought I was quoting the Bible, and I really want to apologize to everyone for it.”

I doubt it. Biden is theoretically a Roman Catholic. Of all the Christian faiths, RCs are less inclined to quote the bible than any others, I think. Quoting the bible, or using Biblical imagery is just not something I’d expect from him. Not that it’s impossible, I grant, but unlikely, imo.

You are giving Biden waaaaaay too much credit. Really.

Mike D – I read Treacher and that is one of the funniest things I’ve ever read. He nailed Biden.

Deana

“..disappointed?..”

What frightens me is that it may mean that Obama plans to have no response to an attack. nada.

In the remote possibility that there will be a response, the response may well be a presidential invitation to the very attackers to sit down for serious negotiations over “grievances”.

That strategy would be strangely like Senator Kerry’s naive portrayal of terrorist attacks as “a nuisance” for America, during the 2004 presidential campaign.

http://jimtreacher.com/archives/001788.html

Highly recommended.

http://sweetness-light.com/archive/biden-remarks-worse-than-just-a-gaffe

This is the second time he’s said the same thing. It wasn’t a gaffe. He meant to say what he said.

What that indicates, I don’t know.

The comparison with Kennedy is apt, by the way: does anyone suppose that Kennedy actually passed his test? Khrushchev walked away from the meeting thinking “twerp,” and thus the whole Cuban situation. If Kennedy’d been tough to begin with, there is ample evidence in the history books to indicate that it all might have been avoided.

I suspect you’re absolutely right, Helen: Obama will walk away leaving everyone thinking “twerp,” and it will lead to something.

But, “Biden” and “bizarre” go together like ham and eggs, and Joe’s just letting you know how important he thinks he is.

> Some have suggested that Obama might be the cause of this “situation.” Like the world hasn’t known problems until now.

That may be true, but no one here in Book’s domain is saying that.
Some foreign entity will be the cause of the situation.

That foreign entity will be reacting directly to Barack Obama’s perceived a) weakness or b) inexperience.

To claim that Obama might then be the cause of the situation – merely because of how the triggerman is perceiving Obama – is ridiculous. Because you can then go back a further step and state that McCain’s bipartisanship or weak campaign style got Obama elected, therefore McCain is the cause of the situation. Or McCain’s momma is the cause, because she spanked him once when he was two and made him cry.