Biden's Shocking Ignorance©<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Overlooked or Simply Not Caught by Liberal Media?
Debates have become relegated to the "pre-show" for the liberal media and pundits to give their "expert" review on how the candidates fared.  We anticipate their ultimate goal - find a way to justify handing the victory to their favored candidates.  They may take a myriad of paths to ultimately arrive at their predetermined destination.  If they feel their candidate was stronger in connecting with the voters, then the facts don't seem to matter.  However, if they feel their candidate had a stronger grasp on facts then we, the viewer, are barraged with facts and details ad nausea. 
This bias was seen by media comments made immediately following the Vice Presidential debate.  It was noted that Biden was incredibly gracious to Palin in that he did not expose the fact she misidentified the general from <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Afghanistan.  Such a comment was made with the obvious attempt to define Biden as the more knowledgeable of the two candidates. 
My question is why the media didn't instead respond with how gracious Palin was to not expose the fact that Joe Biden, a sitting U.S. Senator of 36 years did not even know which article of the Constitution defines the authority of the Executive Branch.  I'm sorry but let's compare.  Not necessarily getting the name of a particular general correct might be of some concern; however, not knowing the most basic details of our Constitution should automatically disqualify you from serving as Vice President of the United States.
When asked about the position of Vice President, Biden responded as follows:
"Vice President Cheney has been the most dangerous vice president we've had probably in American history. The idea he doesn't realize that Article I of the Constitution defines the role of the vice president of the United States, that's the Executive Branch. He works in the Executive Branch. He should understand that. Everyone should understand that….The Constitution is explicit." [Emphasis added]
He gets this comment partially correct in that section 3 of Article I does in fact address the Vice President. "The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided."  However, Article I of the Constitution defines the Legislative Branch, not the Executive Branch.  Article II defines the Executive Branch.  I'd call this a MAJOR mistake.
Had I been afforded the opportunity to respond to Senator Biden's erroneous comment, I would have replied, "Well, I'm not exactly sure I even understand what it is you are trying to say?  However, while I agree that everyone should understand the Constitution and I agree that the Constitution is explicit; I am shocked that you, a United States Senator, could define Article 1 of the Constitution as addressing the Executive Branch. "
Today, I am even more appalled that nobody seems to have noticed this most disturbing and blatant error, even less seems to remotely care.  Now I ask, is the media's conspicuous silence on this Constitutional blunder a sign of their extreme bias, or is it worse yet, a sign of their ignorance of and seeming disdain for our Constitution itself.  How can we trust an elected official who is sworn to uphold our Constitution when, on national television, he exposes to the world that he most likely has never even read it?
While I believe Palin did a tremendous job staying on target with her offensive, forward-thinking approach to the debate, I must say what sealed for me that she won the debate was that Biden so clearly lost it.  I don't know about you, but our Constitution is a document of extreme importance.  If anything needs to come out of the closet in this day and age it is simply that, our Constitution.  It is high time we dusted it off, learned its contents, taught it to our children and held our elected officials accountable to not only uphold it, but to actually know what it says!
 
Cynthia Noland Dunbar, Esq. has been a licensed, practicing attorney for over 17 years and has dedicated much of her practice to the area of appellate law. She has studied and researched the law on numerous Constitutional and Common Law issues that framed our nation. A graduate of Regent University Law, she was the founding editor of the Regent University Law Review. She regularly speaks on constitutional, pro-life, conservative and legislative issues, and avidly defends our nation's identity. She recently released her book One Nation Under God: How the Left Is Trying to Erase What Made Us Great, available now on Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/Nation-Under-Cynthia-Noland-Dunbar/dp/0979322723/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223014446&sr=1-1