MR. QUALIFIED

Posted at 6:10 p.m. ET

The deeply coherent and thoroughly qualified Joe Biden alerts the followers today to the possibility of major challenges in foreign policy during the opening months of the Obama administration.  Notice the eloquence, the depth of thought, the sheer...oh the experience reflected in every word:

"Mark my words," the Democratic vice presidential nominee warned at the second of his two Seattle fundraisers Sunday. "It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We're about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here if you don't remember anything else I said. Watch, we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy."

"I can give you at least four or five scenarios from where it might originate," Biden said to Emerald City supporters, mentioning the Middle East and Russia as possibilities. "And he's gonna need help. And the kind of help he's gonna need is, he's gonna need you - not financially to help him - we're gonna need you to use your influence, your influence within the community, to stand with him. Because it's not gonna be apparent initially, it's not gonna be apparent that we're right."

Where's that, he's talkin'?  Emerald City?  Is Biden in Oz?  Well, we all know who he thinks the wizard is, don't we?  He goes on:

"Gird your loins," Biden told the crowd. "We're gonna win with your help, God willing, we're gonna win, but this is not gonna be an easy ride. This president, the next president, is gonna be left with the most significant task. It's like cleaning the Augean stables, man. This is more than just, this is more than – think about it, literally, think about it – this is more than just a capital crisis, this is more than just markets. This is a systemic problem we have with this economy."

If Sarah Palin ever spoke like that, she'd be ridiculed throughout the media as dumb, disjointed, lower class, and far worse.  But Biden gets away with it.  Why?  Because, in the eyes of the media, he's "qualified."  Why is he qualified?  Well, 1)  he was selected by The One, and 2) he's there.  Being "there" is the highest qualification of all in the MSM, and Biden has been "there" in the Senate for 36 years.  Never mind how he voted.  Never mind what he believes.  He's "there."  And, oh, he has lunch with reporters, the second highest qualification.  So don't look for any serious questions.

Does this country realize what it's about to do?

October 20, 2008.