As most of you know my personal Blog attempts to teach the original meaning of the Constitution using today's current events as either examples of what is correct or what is wrong.  Well the other night at the VP debate when the question came up about the Constitutional role of the vice president I just wanted to jump through the screen.  For a person with a law degree, Joe Biden is just an idiot.  He answered the question as follows:

BIDEN: 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.

And the primary role of the vice president of the United States of America is to support the president of the United States of America, give that president his or her best judgment when sought, and as vice president, to preside over the Senate, only in a time when in fact there's a tie vote. The Constitution is explicit.

Well this was just one of 16 points Mr. Biden got just dead wrong.  This is what the Constitution says about any and all roles of the Vice President (Pay very close attention to the first one):

1. The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.       (Hangmann747 says "Looks like Legislative to me! The Vice President is even higher then the majority leader in controlling the Senate".)
   
2. The Senate shall chose their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.
   
3. The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice-President chosen for the same Term.
   
4. "In the Electoral College" The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted.
   
5. Then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.
   
6. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President.
   
7. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified.
   
8. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

My wife, Infidel Granny, showed me an article on HotAir that points all this out as well. That article called "Biden gaffe: VP is always President of the Senate", also hits Mr. Biden's "the most dangerous vice president" statement, go take a look.

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As Always Thanks for being involved, Many Blessings, Shane

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