Palin's husband's DUI from 20 years ago is news ...

... but our own Joe Biden defaming a man who can't defend himself from such a charge -- and worse -- is, well, hey -- at least it made our local paper, right?

Since his vice presidential nomination, Joe Biden's 2007 statement that a "guy who allegedly ... drank his lunch" and drove the truck that struck and killed his first wife and daughter has gained national media traction.

Alcohol didn't play a role in the 1972 crash, investigators found. But as recently as last week, the syndicated TV show Inside Edition aired a clip from 2001 of Biden describing the accident to an audience at the University of Delaware and saying the truck driver "stopped to drink instead of drive."

The senator's statements don't jibe with news and law enforcement reports from the time, which cleared driver Curtis C. Dunn, who died in 1999, of wrongdoing.

Isn't it tragic enough that your wife and daughter were killed, Joe? Why do you feel the need to lie about the incident to make it seem even more tragic?

And it's curious why we haven't seen this story get more attention across the country, eh? Todd Palin's DUI charge from 22 years ago certainly didn't hurt for coverage, and the excuse that Biden is a "known quantity" doesn't work -- because I and many other folks (Delawareans) I know have never heard about this aspect of his wife's and daughter's deaths. It seems it's yet another incident of ridiculous and unnecessary embellishment, akin to Joe's "under fire" claims (aka Hillary Clinton) while visiting Iraq.

But if the MSM isn't interested, the new media is taking a look. Rhymes with Right and Michelle Malkin have posts up about the News Journal's article.

Posted by Hube at September 6, 2008 09:43 AM | TrackBack