Joe Biden: Sarah Palin is a "Backward Step for Women"

The Hill's Andy Barr has picked up on TMJ 4's Charles Benson's interview with Joe Biden in Green Bay yesterday.

Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) says that if Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) becomes the first female vice president it will be a "backward step for women."

BENSON: Do you think, if she does win, that that would be a step forward for women?

BIDEN: Well look, I think the issue is what does Palin..., Sarah Palin think? What does she believe? I assume she thinks and agrees with the same policies that George..., that George Bush and John McCain think. And that's obviously a backward step for women.

So Biden believes that a female vice president wouldn't be a step forward for women.

A woman a heartbeat away from the presidency wouldn't be a step forward.

Really. On what planet?

You can bet if the Dems had a female candidate in the VP spot he'd say that a win would be a giant leap forward for women.

This reminds me of how conservative African-American candidates, Justice Clarence Thomas, Michael Steele, and other African-Americans in high positions have been marginalized and slandered by the Dems. It's as if they don't count. Their accomplishments aren't considered a step forward.

In other words, in the Dems' world, conservative women and African-Americans need not apply. They're backward.

Here's additional TMJ 4 video of Benson's one-on-one with Biden.

BENSON: It's game on here in Green Bay for both the Packers and politicians. I asked Joe Biden if he feels his team is losing momentum after the post convention bounce by the McCain-Palin ticket.

BIDEN: No. Look, We expect this. We, we got an eight point bump, and when we had our convention. They got an eight point bump essentially to even it out. It's essentially a dead heat.

BENSON: Personally, your views as a Catholic on abortion...are your personal views, not your political views. But, has there been any time when religion has guided your public views?

BIDEN: Well the truth is, overall, my faith and my politics converge. I mean, there's a thing called Catholic Social Doctrine. I mean, I assume, I don't know how I can separate the fact that I think we have a responsibility. You know, we are our brother's keeper.

BENSON: The Democrats have won the last five presidential elections in the state. Do you think you've got more pressure or Aaron Rogers tonight for the Green Bay Packers?

BIDEN: I think, uh, well I, I...uh, I think we both have pressure.

Talk about being a Cafeteria Catholic!

Biden pontificates on adhering to "Catholic Social Doctrine," and that he can't separate the fact that he has a moral responsiblity to be his brother's keeper.

Doesn't Biden realize what Catholic Social Teaching is on abortion?

COMPENDIUM OF THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH

"The first right presented in this list is the right to life, from conception to its natural end,[318] which is the condition for the exercise of all other rights and, in particular, implies the the illicitness of every form of procured abortion and of euthanasia."

"Concerning the “methods” for practising responsible procreation, the first to be rejected as morally illicit are sterilization and abortion."

"When — concerning areas or realities that involve fundamental ethical duties — legislative or political choices contrary to Christian principles and values are proposed or made, the Magisterium teaches that “a well-formed Christian conscience does not permit one to vote for a political programme or an individual law which contradicts the fundamental contents of faith and morals”[1191]. In cases where it is not possible to avoid the implementation of such political programmes or to block or abrogate such laws, the Magisterium teaches that a parliamentary representative, whose personal absolute opposition to these programmes or laws is clear and known to all, may legitimately support proposals aimed at limiting the damage caused by such programmes or laws and at diminishing their negative effects on the level of culture and public morality. In this regard, a typical example of such a case would be a law permitting abortion[1192]. The representative's vote, in any case, cannot be interpreted as support of an unjust law but only as a contribution to reducing the negative consequences of a legislative provision, the responsibility for which lies entirely with those who have brought it into being."

I object to Biden citing Catholic Social Doctrine as a means for him to brush off his responsibility to oppose abortion.

He's disingenuous. He's hypocritical. It could be that he's terribly ignorant.