Biden’s Intentional Gaffe (Miachivallian?)
In politics, as in life, nothing is free. Joe Biden gave a freebie to the McCain campaign when he stated:
“Mark my words… [i]t will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking… 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 then mentioned the Middle East and Russia as possibilities.] And he’s gonna need help…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.”
OK, nice gift. Obama will be tested internationally, and he is going to need help. Note to the McCain campaign — beware. As Sophocles remarked, “Foes’ gifts are no gifts: profit bring they none.” ….