The Bogus Biden “Boogaloo”

So Kos reports today that Joe Biden has put his foot in it again (I’m going to spare Evan Bayh for now – he’s the subject of a whole other post that may be forthcoming one day).

Based on his remark that Delaware, in essence, is a red state as far as he’s concerned, I don’t think he wants to do the “boogaloo,” as noted by Atrios and others. I think he secretly wants to do the Tennessee Waltz.

And remember this statement that you can’t go to a 7/11 unless you’re Indian (as in “Asian Indian” as opposed to “U.S. Native American”)?

And remember this moment of pique by Biden during the confirmation hearings for “Strip Search Sammy” Alito in which he said, in essence, that we shouldn’t even bother to have hearings on Supreme Court nominees (I understand his frustration, but that was still the wrong thing to say)?

And, most infamously of all, remember how Biden and Tom Carper, forever establishing their statuses as The Senators From MBNA, voted for the fraud bankruptcy bill?

Or how Biden voted to confirm Michael Hayden as CIA director after Porter Goss (remember him? Talk about somebody who “disappeared”…) because Biden thought Hayden was “a nice guy” even though he marches in lockstep with Bushco?

Or how Biden voted to kill an amendment calling for Bushco to begin major troop withdrawals from Iraq?

Or how Biden voted against an amendment requiring withdrawal of troops from Iraq by July 2007?

To be fair, Biden has had some good moments; he was genuinely entertaining and interesting when he appeared on “Real Time With Bill Maher” earlier in the year (I may be back for the next set of shows, but I’m still thinking about it), and he did the right thing to vote against Dubya’s “enemy combatants” bill.

I have to admit that I think Biden fundamentally is a good man; he is also intelligent and articulate (I’m actually willing to forgive some of his media gaffes). And he’s cast some great votes along a few mediocre ones.

However, he’s cast a few others that were genuinely awful on critical issues (in particular, the Iraq war and the economy). And for that reason, I don’t believe he will ever be viable as a candidate for president.

Update 12/10: Atrios takes "one last shot" at absolutely burying Biden (as far as I'm concerned, this is what defines someone on the "A" list).