Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Joe Biden - what more need be said?

What do Joe Biden and Carnac the Magnificent have in common?


The fifth nag of the Apocalypse

Shawn Macomber calls Joe Biden "The fifth nag of the Apocalypse," based in part on his claim to prophetic wisdom:

The nation continues to pay the price for not listening to Joe Biden.

Just ask Joe Biden.

"On September the 10th, the day before the attack on the World Trade towers, I gave a speech at the National Press Club," Biden told the two hundred high school and college students gathered at College Convention '08, striking his best Nostradamus pose, head tilted slightly forward, focusing an intense seconds-long stare on any student who happened to make eye contact.

"In that speech I predicted there would be a massive attack on the United States of America from terrorists and it would come in the belly of a plane."

Looking around on the Web for Biden's September 10 National Press Club speech, I found the complete text here and full audio here. The speech in its entirety is an attack on missile defense. Thus spake Joe the Magnificent toward the end of his long, long speech:

Powerline
Inspector Hamilton

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

My soon-to-be-ex-wife claims to be a psychic.

I wonder why she never saw the divorce coming?

Anonymous said...

I wonder who Nostradumbass was plagiarizing when he gave that speech.

Bob Hawkins said...

We all have mutant powers. And like all mutations, the vast majority of them are worthless. (Mine for example: I always get into the checkout line that's about to run out of paper tape for the cash register.)

Joe Biden is just another example.

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