Biden must be trying to get the Guinness Record for Gaffes

Another great moment in diplomacy.

The always-loquacious vice president had a colorful message for the Afghans regarding the timeline for transferring security by 2014, a plan that will be outlined here at the NATO summit in Lisbon.

“Daddy is going to start to take the training wheels off in October -- I mean in next July, so you'd better practice riding,” he said.

$#!% Joe Biden Says

Ahmed Ghailani acquitted on 284 counts of terrorism and convicted of one count of conspiring to destroy or damaging federal buildings, but not the counts of murder and terrorism in the bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa.

On the eve of his trial last month, the judge barred the government from calling a key witness because the witness had been identified while Ghailani was being held at a secret CIA camp where harsh interrogation techniques were used.

Is it any wonder that bin Laden called the U.S. a "weak horse?"

I think we have grounds for a bipartisan effort here.

Thomas Sowell has some tough things to say about the deficit commission and special commissions in general, all true.

Sorry but we really do have two more years of this ahead.

The partisan contrast has never been clearer

McConnell:

Nearly every day that the Senate’s been in session for the past two years, I have come down to this spot and said that Democrats are ignoring the wishes of the American people. When it comes to earmarks, I won’t be guilty of the same thing.

Meanwhile, Obama signals Congressional Democrats that he won't veto any pork laden omnibus spending bills they want to pass during the lame duck session.