This time we award to Joe for his remarks at a recent Democrat legislative conclave where according to Mary Bruce of ABC News he revealed the following:
"Vice President Joe Biden confessed this weekend that he advised President Obama not to launch the mission that ultimately killed Osama bin Laden last spring.Now, we're not trying to make the president a hero here for prevailing against his advisers. In fact, killing the bastard may have been one of his few accomplishments. But for his vice president to turn around and reveal that he advised the president to the contrary is about as stupid inept an iteration that any rational being in his or any other political venue could utter. For those thinking that the current occupant of the White House needs to replace Biden, the V.P. just gave them a reason.
During remarks at a Democratic congressional retreat this weekend, Biden explained that when it came time to make the final decision, he had some lingering uncertainties about whether the 9/11 mastermind was in the suspected compound in Pakistan.
When the president asked his top advisers for their final opinion on the mission, all of them were hesitant, except for the former CIA director, now Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Biden said.
"Every single person in that room hedged their bet except Leon Panetta. Leon said go. Everyone else said, 49, 51," Biden said, as he offered the unsolicited details of the decision-making process.
"He got to me. He said, 'Joe, what do you think?' And I said, 'You know, I didn't know we had so many economists around the table.' I said, 'We owe the man a direct answer. Mr. President, my suggestion is, don't go. We have to do two more things to see if he's there,'" Biden recalled.
While the vice president did not explain what those two more things were, the next morning the president gave National Security Adviser Tom Donilon the "go" to launch the SEAL raid of the compound.
"He knew what was at stake, not just the lives of those brave warriors, but literally the presidency," Biden said."

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