----Joe Biden----
Something tells me Dan Quayle was just a preview of what's to come
We're only a few weeks in Joe…you should probably quit while you'... well, I'd just suggest finding a large foot and placing it before people start making you the Dan Quayle of this presidency.
I had big plans to write about the pork-filled 'stimulus' bill that has been proposed but to be honest with you...after reading some of the most cryptic English I've ever read I was so enraged at Congress for purposely making it that way, that all I started to see was red. You have to hand it to those politicians, they sure know how to deter any regular ole citizen from actually taking advantage of the whole 'transparency' thing that they seem to be all proud of. But anyway this was why I decided to not write on that.
So anyway, back to the Spin of the Week. I was young when Dan Quayle was the Veep but if there's one thing I remember it was that the media made him out to be an idiot...the most memorable occasion was when he mispelled 'potato'.
So ha ha…the VP can't spell...very funny, he's an idiot. And of course the media had a field day with it. So when it comes to Joe Biden I was a bit surprised that he hasn't been branded by the same media as an idiot as well, based on things he said during the campaign...for instance, the interview with Katie Couric when Biden spoke of President Franklin Roosevelt's having gone on television after the stock market crash of 1929..only problem is that Roosevelt was not president in 1929, and televisions were not around yet… But he's our VP now and hopefully his claiming of 'facts' that aren't 'facts' will subside because the 'competition' is over. Errrr...not so much though as he demonstrated more than once in the past week.
His first 'made out of no where' fact came at the expense of Louisiana Governor, Republican, Bobby Jindal.
"But what I don't understand from Governor Jindal is what would he do?," asks Joe Biden while on the Early Show. That rhetorical question to Governor Jindal on the Early Show, was followed with this. "in Louisiana there's 400 people a day losing their jobs, what's he doing?" asks Biden.Oh no he did nt! But he did…and he pulled that 'fact' presumably out of his ass because, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission
"In December, Louisiana was the only state in the nation besides the District of Columbia, according to the national press release that added employment over the month," says Patty Granier with the Louisiana Workforce Commission. According to her, not only is Louisiana not losing jobs. "The state gained 3,700 jobs for the seasonally adjusted employment," Granier said of the most recent figures.
So I guess when you can't 'zing' someone with facts you just make them up, especially if you're Joe Biden.
Then Joe showed us that while McCain can't use computers (due injuries he suffered as a POW), he does not know what the internetz are because apparently you find websites by
calling its 'number'.
But the biggest reason for me writing about him for this Spin of the Week involves a question that was asked of him on CBS's the Early Show:
When I saw this my jaw dropped. I mean DROPPED. Is he for real??? Look...I'm of the belief that this 'stimulus' thing is a bunch of BS but I thought that at the very least, the President and VP would do their best to blow smoke up everyone's ass to make them believe otherwise. But Joe apparently knows it's total garbage and isn't even trying. Does he really think that this is going to help small business? Really??? If you didn't watch the video, here's the direct quote:
I would recommend that woman call my office directly, and I will be able to guide her as to what pieces of this package would be directly helpful to her. For example, it may very well be that she's in a circumstance where she is not able or her customers aren't able to get to her, there's no transit capability, the bridge going across the creek to get to her business needs repair, may very well be that she's in a position where she is unable to access the -- her energy costs are so high by providing smart meters, by being able to bring down the cost of her -- of her workforce.
Yes Joe...my biggest problem as a small business owner is that there is one way to get to my business and it involves crossing a creek and the bridge (well more like the 2'x4" wood plank) is out. Or perhaps my business would flourish if I didn't have to turn off all of our lights because we can't afford the electricity to keep them on and thank the LORD that you guys are going to come in and save me so much money thanks to your 'smart meters' that I'm going to be able to rehire all my employees who I must have been paying $1/hour (or less).
I mean seriously this is the most blatant attempt at spinning I've seen in a long time and I have to believe that Joe Biden isn't so stupid that he didn't watch the interview later and cringe at how utterly ridiculous he sounded. At least I hope he did because I'm not sure what's worse...not knowing when TV's were invented, not knowing that it's called a website 'address' or honestly believing the total bull that's coming out of your own mouth.
I don't know Joe, it's very possible that you are going to trump Quayle in the dumbest VP department…especially considering that you've only been in office for a number of weeks. I have to say though, I'm somewhat in envy of how you were able to spin that piece of information on the fly like that...
On a related note, I think that we are missing a key part in the stimulus bill. You see if I had a Lamborghini I would drive it all around town to show it off. This would mean that I would have to get it washed and detailed more often so that it sparkled...and I'd need to go shopping to buy an outfit (or two) to wear on my trips…and I'd need to get a new house with a bigger garage to house my car...and then I'd need a state of the art security system to protect all these things...and then I'd have a pool which I'd need serviced every week...and I'd have parties to celebrate my awesomeness...and all these things are going to stimulate all parts of the economy! The car wash people, the retailers, the real-estate market, the personal security industries, the pool cleaning people, the event producers along with all the things that come with that like caterers and linen rentals and lighting people and...
So Joe, if you give me a Lamborghini I'm going to stimulate this country in a HUGE way. So please have your people call my people and let's get this thing done! Or better yet, since you invited this Lisa lady to call your office specifically to find out about what the bill will do for her, I went ahead and called you myself (and left a message) to suggest this Lambo thing and I think every citizen should do the same. I'm sure we'd all love to personally hear what you have to spin.
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