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Saturday, October 4, 2008 12:00 AM

A country in shambles, under GOP rule

Efforts to blame Democrats for the country's deep woes assume deep stupidity on the part of the glorified Regular Voter.

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  • Saturday, October 4, 2008 10:29 AM

    ? ≠ ! , i don't throw the term out lightly

    But going after Biden for misquoting Article 1--and article 1 does prove his point that the constitution explicitly states the one role that the VP has in the legislature--while ignoring the complete misunderstanding of the VP's constitutional role by Palin, is willful stupidity. I would wager that most Americans were frightened by Palin's belief that the constitution allows the VP to have a direct role in the legislative branch, I assume they would be more forgiving of Biden's more humble mistake.

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