VP Debate Results: Biden's Big Lie - Ryan Wins

Vice Presidential Debate: Paul Ryan addressed the facts.
"One Heartbeat From the Presidency" Joe Biden Played Joker.

25 DAYS TO THE 2012 ELECTIONS -- 79 DAYS TO TAXMAGEDDON
Gary Bauer, Contributing Author:  Biden's Big Lie - There's a lot I could write about last night's debate -- Biden's defense of big government, his refusal to offer specifics on entitlement reform, his false statement about Obamacare not harming religious liberty, etc. But here is what I believe could be the most important development: Vice President Biden made a serious mistake right out of the gate with his response to the very first question regarding the Benghazi attack.

First Biden tried to blame Paul Ryan, saying, "The congressman here cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million." The Ryan budget never became law, so whatever cuts Paul Ryan proposed to the State Department's budget had no impact on the situation in Libya. What did affect the situation there were the decisions made by the Obama/Biden Administration.

When pressed about the facts of the attack, Biden threw the intelligence community under the bus and added, "We weren't told they wanted more security again. We did not know they wanted more security again." Obviously, the vice president wasn't paying attention to the hearings on Capitol Hill yesterday. The embassy repeatedly begged for more security. And as for the intelligence, there were reports that the administration knew within 24 hours that the attack had nothing to do with a video -- a lie Obama, Biden and others continued to push for days!

This morning, liberal reporters for CBS and TIME expressed concern that Biden's remarks last night "could spell trouble for the administration." Even commentators on CNBC, a financial network, were talking about Biden's bizarre answers on Libya.

Yesterday's hearings on Capitol Hill focused on the lack of security at the Benghazi consulate. Given Vice President Biden's statements last night, I think we need additional hearings to find out exactly what the president knew and when he knew it. Members of the intelligence community should be given the opportunity to set the record straight. The American people deserve answers, and we are not getting them from the Obama/Biden Administration.

Ryan Wins - Politico reports that two of three post-debate polls -- CNBC and CNN -- declared Rep. Paul Ryan the winner of last night's vice presidential debate. A CBS poll gave the advantage to Vice President Joe Biden. But the vice president is getting a lot of flak for his demeanor. Consider some of these remarks:

• CNN's Gloria Borger: "He was condescending at times to Paul Ryan. I think I could have done with a lot less eye-rolling and chuckling on the part of Joe Biden."
  
• Fox's Chris Wallace: "I don't believe I've ever seen a debate in which one participant was as openly disrespectful of the other as Biden was to Paul Ryan tonight. It was openly contemptuous and disrespectful."
  
• Fox's Brit Hume: "It looked like a cranky old man to some extent debating a polite young man."
  
• NBC's David Gregory: "The smile, the laugh. I think a lot of people maybe view that and think that he was a little too hot, too aggressive, maybe condescending."

The Republican National Committee seized on Biden's over-the-top antics and released a web ad titled, "Laughing At The Issues." The tag line is great: "Vice President Biden is laughing … are you?" And when Biden wasn't laughing at Paul Ryan, he was interrupting him. Biden interrupted Ryan 82 times during a 90-minute debate!

A number of our loyal readers have shared a verse from Proverbs with me, which sums up last night's debate well, "If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet."

Romney And The Grahams - Governor Mitt Romney met with legendary evangelist Billy Graham and his son Franklin Graham yesterday. The men discussed religious freedom issues at home and religious persecution abroad. At the end of their time together, Reverend Billy Graham told Governor Romney, "I'll do all I can to help you."

This meeting, four weeks away from the election, sends a clear signal to America's evangelical community. While the Grahams and Gov. Romney disagree on theology, they share much when it comes to values and public policy, especially compared to the current occupant of the Oval Office, who is trying to redefine marriage, promoting abortion-on-demand and using the power of big government to force religious institutions and Christian businesses to violate their values.
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Gary Bauer is is a conservative family values advocate and serves as president of American Values and chairman of the Campaign for Working Families.

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