Precipitating an uproar among the Obama Administration, Babbling Joe Biden has done it again, this time in the worst way as he tells the truth about about Obama's stimulus package.
On Sunday, June 14th, NBC's Meet the Press quoted Biden as saying: "No one realized how bad the economy was. The projections, in fact, turned out to be worse. But we took the mainstream model as to what we thought -- and everyone else thought -- the unemployment rate would be."
"We all knew he has a big mouth and he is somewhat of a loose cannon, but no one expected him to go this far." said LaVitra Marmelstein, Assistant Secretary to the Secretary of the Undersecretary of Administrative and Secretarial Staff (ASSUASS). She continued, "Of all possibilities, we never foresaw him actually telling the truth about the stimulus. It's simply unheard-of in this administration."
On February 23rd, Biden was put in charge of the Stimulus Package implementation. Now, just 4 short months later, he proclaims that the White House is keenly aware of the gap between the rhetoric used to sell fast passage of teh legislation and the reality that has 14.5 million people unemployed. Prior to taking office, the Obama administration claimed that the stimulus would keep the unemployment rate at 8% or lower. In May, it climbed to 9.4%.
More importantly, he backed away from the estimate that the funds could "create or save over 3.5 million jobs" and instead promises to create or save 600,000 (17% of the original extimate) by the end of summer. Of course, it is impossible to count how many jobs are "saved" but Biden pointed out that the many school teachers and police officers who still have their jobs should be credited toward his numbers.
ASSUASS Marmelstein indicates that the secretarial pool already has bets in place regarding the kinds of sanctions Biden will face for this reckless truth-telling.
Is Obama really in charge? Does he have enough strength punish Biden? Rumors are already starting to circulate that Biden will run for president.
