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Biden: US better off now than four years ago

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    Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge weighs in

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Want to know whether -- better off.

I got a little bumper sticker warrior Osama bin Laden.

And I -- -- -- General Motors and.

-- We'll -- you well the vice president to get what -- crowd and he was doing just out today to say that that is the signature achievement.

-- this administration of world class terrorist is gone.

And a world class company is back.

Tom Ridge the general security secretary nation's first of course the former Pennsylvania governor as well -- -- -- Secretary what do you make of that debt that is the best of all worlds and Barack Obama and this ticket take about.

We know -- I had to and chuckle at the vice president's choice of words I would probably need as slightly different.

Bumper sticker -- -- use his words.

Let's say that the job market is dead.

The housing market is dead in for a 23 million unemployed Americans the American dream if not dead is expiring.

And by the way what's alive.

The deficit -- -- live from ten point six trillion to sixteen trillion.

The -- -- nuclear program is alive and well in our dependency on foreign fuel for oil is alive so.

I think did the vice president chose his world words carefully I do think.

The real truth if -- looking in the rear view mirror -- he needs a bigger bumper sticker.

On but you know its interest exerted very I would I really think from -- the -- people and talk to on the floor here when we've been down there.

That this whole terrorist thing in the fact that this president has taken a lot of bad guys.

This is something they really want to push should remind Americans that.

You know post 9/11 we have more than followed up on on the on the bush crackdown what do you think about.

Well I think dad I always give credit where credit to do any he had Osama bin Laden is dead that's -- fact there's also the fact that the infrastructure.

Involving thousands and thousands of intelligence law enforcement military personnel.

And their ability to collaborate together began under the previous administration.

I also think the fact that I ran me remains.

The most significant exporter of terror.

Behind did the atrocities in Syria continue to support to Hezbollah and Hamas certainly the Democrats who want to mention that.

And we get the -- giving credit where.

Credit is due in terms of decisiveness and decision making let's look at the decisions where it is either not indecisive or chose to kick the can down the road.

Has since involved let's wait for years.

With you and I ran let's wait for years let's tell our good friend Vladimir Putin missile defense.

Why don't we wait for years how about that pipeline.

Two an -- capability.

Let's wait for years so.

At this I think based on an infrastructure that he inherited and -- give him credit for saying go although I don't think it was a terribly.

Difficult decision if you got a 75% chance of getting Osama bin Laden that.

We want a decisive president.

Someone who's gonna make big tough decisions and not worry about the next election in the process of making them in that regard he didn't get inning completing gets -- failed.

All right Tom Ridge -- -- good having you thank you very much I Stockdale thank you.