Webloggin » Joe Biden Has No Integrity

From John E. Carey at Peace and Freedom ‘08: Joe Biden, Because He Has No Integrity, Demeans Himself By Attacking Joe the Plumber

I have never had any respect and admiration for Joe Biden. Now I have less.

Oh, he has my genuine sympathy. But respect?

No.

I went to the Congress about a year before Joe Biden. I was a lowly staff member working for a member of the House of Representatives. Less that a year after Joe Biden arrived I was outside a meeting room filled with Senators and House members. Biden and several staffers arrived late. After Biden went into the meeting, his employees commenced to tell stories about how stupid their boss was for about an hour.

I left in disgust. Before that I thought all senators were special.

You’ve witnessed some of Joe Biden at his normal, usual, incredible greatness since Barack Obama thought he needed someone smarter than himself on foreign policy. You saw, “I have a three letter word for what’s important to Americans! J-O-B-S.”

That’s classic Joe Biden. He also asked a state legislator who happens to be a paraplegic to “Stand up and take a bow!”

That’s Joe Biden.

But I never really had animosity toward Joe Biden until now. Before this he only amused me and gained pity and laughter. Now I have some distain for the man.

Joe Biden decided to pontificate on the issue of abortion at about the time of the Democratic National Convention. He seemed to be telling Catholics that abortion was OK and his Church was confused.

Pontificating should be left to the Pontiff, Joe.

In fact, Mr. Biden (along with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi) was confused about abortion and Catholic Church teaching. Both earned repremands from multiple members of the Church hierarachy.

Did you see Joe Biden at the Catholic Charities dinner hosted by Cardinal Edward Egan last night? John McCain and Barack Obama were welcome. Joe Biden wasn’t welcome. Why? Because Joe Biden defies Catholic Church law and teaches his own version of Catholic Doctrine.

Above: Where’s Joe Biden? Not welcome. Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, Cardinal Edward Egan, center, and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., laugh during the Alfred E. Smith Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

(continue reading at Peace and Freedom ‘08)