Biden speaks at Wake Forest - does not disclose nuclear launch codes
By Jimmy Orr 05.18.09

Good news for Vice President Biden’s office! The Veep successfully delivered the commencement address at Wake Forest University without disclosing top secret information.

The problem is, he may have done that a few weeks ago.

Newsweek is reporting that Biden may have revealed where former Vice President Cheney’s undisclosed location was.

After the 9/11 attacks, Cheney’s whereabouts were frequently unknown. And that was on purpose. White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer coined the phrase “undisclosed location” and it stuck. And no one, save a few with the highest of clearances, knew where it was located.

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Enter Joe Biden. Known for his entertaining conversational skills, the vice president apparently thought the topic might be interesting. So while chatting at the Gridiron Dinner last March, he brought it up.

He reportedly told his companions that the secret location was a “bunker-like room” at the the Naval Observatory. This is where all the vice presidents have lived (not together) since 1974.

Writes Eleanor Clift:

“He said the young naval officer giving him a tour of the residence showed him the hideaway, which is behind a massive steel door secured by an elaborate lock with a narrow connecting hallway lined with shelves filled with communications equipment.

“The officer explained that when Cheney was in lock down, this was where his most trusted aides were stationed, an image that Biden conveyed in a way that suggested we shouldn’t be surprised that the policies that emerged were off the wall.”

The Vice President’s office has not yet issued a clarifying statement. Nor has Robert Gibbs explained to the press what Joe Biden meant to say.

Update: The Vice President’s office has issued a clarifying statement (they are very good at these).

“What the vice president described in his comments was not - as some press reports have suggested - an underground facility, but rather, an upstairs workspace in the residence, which he understood was frequently used by Vice President Cheney and his aides,” said Biden spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander.

“That workspace was converted into an upstairs guestroom when the Bidens moved into the residence,” she said. “There was no disclosure of classified information.”

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http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2...nch-codes/

All things considered, was this really a surprise? Maybe it was just my interpolation of various bits b/c I don't pay much attention to the news, but I always thought of the "undisclosed location" as this very thing. Honestly, I think this mental image probably came explicitly from various reportings thru the years.

Anyway, why were people so feverish to criticize Palin (hullo, she was the VP candidate, remember?) and not Biden? I think the truth was that she was feared. She had convictions that could appeal to broader US. Liability? Hah. McCain was his own damn liability.

How was this guy picked to be the VP?

(05-18-2009 06:04 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  How was this guy picked to be the VP?

He even makes Obama look good.

(05-18-2009 06:04 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(05-18-2009 06:04 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  How was this guy picked to be the VP?

He even makes Obama look good.

That is the only thing I can figure about this President. He has surrounded himself with stupidity so he looks like a genius. It's the tallest midget mentality.

(05-18-2009 06:04 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(05-18-2009 06:04 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  How was this guy picked to be the VP?

He even makes Obama look good.

Dumb as a rock! This cat is next in line for.......I can't finish the thought, too scary.

Quote:“What the vice president described in his comments was not - as some press reports have suggested - an underground facility, but rather, an upstairs workspace in the residence, which he understood was frequently used by Vice President Cheney and his aides,” said Biden spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander

Gotta love it. Explain away a situation by saying something that none of us could ever verify.

(05-18-2009 08:08 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(05-18-2009 06:04 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(05-18-2009 06:04 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  How was this guy picked to be the VP?

He even makes Obama look good.

Dumb as a rock! This cat is next in line for.......I can't finish the thought, too scary.

Please. If something were to happen to the Big O, Biden would be gone faster than you can say "Jack Ruby".

VP's last 50 years
Nixon-lost in 60, won in 68 and 72 elections. Resigned after watergate
Johnson- took over after JFK was shot, won in 64 and didn't run for reelection
Humphrey- lost 68
Agnew- resigned
Ford- Took office after Nixon, lost in 76
Rockerfeller-didn't run
Mondale- lost in 84
Bush Sr- won in 88 and lost re-election
Quayle- lost in Repiblican primary in 96
Gore-lost in 2000
Cheney-didn't run

Sitting VP has won 1 election in last 50 years.

Former Governors to be elected president last 50 years
Nixon
Carter
Reagan
Clinton
GWB

Formers Senators
Kennedy
Johnson
Obama


Neither party did the former governor route in 2008 which was a mistake. Dems passed on Richardson while Reps passed on Romney and Huckabee.

I'm sure Republicans will visit the governor route that has been the successfull formula for both parties.
Romney, Jeb Bush, Huckabee, Jindal, Palin, Sanford, and Perry each fit that mold.

Biden has no future. He will be too old at that point. I don't know who Obama hands it off to in 2016. Perhaps Hillary gets that chance, but I think her time has come and gone.

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If you guys are just now getting to know Biden, I do feel sorry for you all.

I have watched this guy for years and years and have known that he was a Blithering Idiot from the first time I heard him speak.

I have no idea what was on the mind of Obama to put such a fool in the 2nd most important position of power on Earth.

What demon(s) would possess a Obama to be so cavalier with such a awesomely strategic Political Office Appointment as the Office of Vice President ???

Is there some hidden method to this utter madness that we will learn of some day ??? It is bewildering at best.

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