Beltway Confidential

Blogging Washington with Julie Mason

Where’s the volume knob on this thing?





If his real endgame was appointment to be secretary of state in a new Democratic presidential administration, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware can pretty much look elsewhere. In a very undiplomatic new interview with the New York Observer, the chatty chairman happily insults his fellow presidential hopefuls and let’s say it — sounds a bit of a racist to boot!

On Sen. Barack Obama:


On Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton:


On former Sen. John Edwards:


“John Edwards wants you and all the Democrats to think, ‘I want us out of there,’ but when you come back and you say, ‘O.K., John’”–here, the word “John” became an accusatory, mocking refrain–”‘what about the chaos that will ensue? Do we have any interest, John, left in the region?’ Well, John will have to answer yes or no. If he says yes, what are they? What are those interests, John? How do you protect those interests, John, if you are completely withdrawn? Are you withdrawn from the region, John? Are you withdrawn from Iraq, John? In what period? So all this stuff is like so much Fluffernutter out there. So for me, what I think you have to do is have a strategic notion. And they may have it–they are just smart enough not to enunciate it.”

On Sen. Joe Biden:


Very nice!

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