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Jewish World Review Oct 24, 2011 / 26 Tishrei, 5772 Biden Sticks to the Playbook By Jonah Goldberg
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"I wish [critics of the administration's jobs bill] had some notion of what it was like to be on the other side of a gun, or [to have] a 200-pound man standing over you, telling you to submit [to rape]." -- Vice President "... at a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized, at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who think differently than we do, it's important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds." --
In fairness, few vice presidents matter, and Biden suffers by comparison to his immediate predecessor, who mattered more than most. As you know, the current vice president says dumb things, funny things, weird things. He talks like the sort of guy who sits right next to you on the bus even though there are plenty of empty seats -- just so he can explain how squirrels aren't mammals. Indeed, in many respects, he's as close as American politics gets to a wacky sitcom character who's a couple fries short of a Happy Meal. Remember when he told us how He wasn't joking then, and he's not joking now when he says that if you oppose the president's jobs bill -- which currently enjoys bipartisan opposition in the No wonder he thinks many Republicans acted like "terrorists" during the budget negotiations last summer. And speaking of terrorists, my complaint about Biden has always been that he gets to behave like the late PLO leader Biden's double standard allows him to enjoy a kind of political immunity that only encourages asinine impunity. When he says outrageous, idiotic and reprehensible things, the mainstream press and the Biden may not matter much, but his boss does. And that's why it's worth pointing out that Biden isn't simply freelancing out there. Like all vice presidents, part of his job is to carry water for his boss, and he carries more water than Biden has repeated his insinuation that if you're opposed to yet another stimulus to pay for municipal workers, you're OK with the fact that "Murder will continue to rise, rape will continue to rise, all crimes will continue to rise." When his boss doesn't want him to repeat his crazy talk, Biden dutifully zips his yapper. Not this time. Why? Because this is part of the
And that is the one way Biden matters. He is a reflection of his boss, and an accurate one at that.
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