Hello And Goodbye, Joe

Memo to Joe Biden:

If you’re going to tell John Edwards that “he doesn’t know what the heck he’s talking about” on Iraq, then guess what? You’ve just told John Murtha, John Kerry and Patrick Murphy, among many others including yours truly, that we don’t know what the heck we’re talking about either, along with the vast majority of the people of this country who, though not all Democratic of course, nonetheless support starting to bring our people home.

How is it the fault of John Edwards or any other Democratic candidate for president that Iraq is in chaos (if you want to blame Edwards and Hillary Clinton for their votes, go ahead, but Edwards has recanted and I believe Clinton did also recently). How is it their fault that our current administration has not the slightest inclination towards mediation in that region or anywhere else (quite the opposite of course; they’re planning for military action against Iran).

How many more “one last shots” is Iraq supposed to get as far as you’re concerned (not one of your better moments, among many others in that category)?

You’re quite rightly worried about regional violence as a result of the Iraq catastrophe. But diplomacy holds the answer to that horrifying problem, not tossing more of our fine service men and women into the slaughter in the name of an utterly futile cause.

I’m not even going to deal with your clueless remark about Barack Obama (I don’t support him for president, though he is a formidable force in the party and deserves tons of credit for his accomplishments) or your idiotic recollection that the state of my birth was once a “slave state” (as Will Bunch points out here – hat tip to Atrios).

Suffice to say that you’ve left enough of a paper trail to doom your prospects, and your latest pronouncements today about the other party nominees have downgraded you from a mildly interesting party alternative (catering to the Tom Carper-Joe Lieberman wannabes, who are definitely in the descent) to a laughable annoyance.

I hope you manage not to get the cotton candy stuck on your nicely-adorned suits and the confetti out of your hair as the parade passes you by.

Update: I forgot to add this about Biden's infamous role, along with Dianne Feinstein, in the quest to restrict users trying to record from satellite radio and tilt the playing field away from smaller players who would get into the game otherwise.