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Help The Economy Recover Or Joe Biden Dies

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, September 25th, 2009. Filed under Credit Crisis, Economics, In The News, Joe Biden, John McCain, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Our 47th Vice-President lays it on the line:
On a conference call today, Vice President Biden told 30 of the nation’s governors that if the Recovery Act fails, he’s “dead.” Biden was providing an update to the governors (and if they couldn’t make it, their Lt. Governor or senior staffer) on the Recovery Act and [...]

So Do We Joe, So Do We

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, September 1st, 2009. Filed under Joe Biden, Politics

Vice President Biden was inducted into the Little League Hall of Fame this weekend:
Karl Ravich of ABC Sports and ESPN said that Biden joked during his acceptance speech that he would rather have won the little league world championship than be vice president.
We wish you had too, Joe.

Biden 2016 ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, August 20th, 2009. Filed under Joe Biden, Politics

According to his aides, it’s a possibility:
Biden’s ambitions go beyond serving as an influential vice president. He doesn’t necessarily believe his political career has peaked.
Aides said he might go for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016. He would be 74 upon taking office, but his staff insists that’s not too old.
“He’s incredibly fit, vigorous man [...]

Joe Biden: Open Mouth, Insert Foot

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, August 2nd, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Joe Biden, Politics, Russia

Earlier this week, Vice-President Biden spoke to the Wall Street Journal about his trip to Eastern Europe and had the following to say:
On domestic difficulties that are affecting Russian foreign policy:
“The reality is the Russians are where they are. They have a shrinking population base, they have a withering economy, they have a banking sector [...]

Joe Biden Likes Hot Eastern European Women

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, July 23rd, 2009. Filed under Joe Biden, Politics

Apparently, our Vice-President has an appreciation for Eastern European women:
“I cannot believe that a Frenchman visiting Kiev went back home and told his colleagues he discovered something and didn’t say he discovered the most beautiful women in the world. That’s my observation.”-Vice President Joe Biden
You know, just this one time, Biden may have a point:

I’m [...]

Coming Soon To A Breadline Near You

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Credit Crisis, Economics, Humor, Joe Biden, Politics

Joe Biden: We Have To Spend More Money To Keep From Going Bankrupt

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, July 16th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Credit Crisis, Economics, Joe Biden, Politics

Our nation’s Vice-President offers some rather bizarre financial advice:
(CNSNews.com) – Vice President Joe Biden told people attending an AARP town hall meeting that unless the Democrat-supported health care plan becomes law the nation will go bankrupt and that the only way to avoid that fate is for the government to spend more money.
“And folks look, [...]

Biden On The Economy: Whoops, Our Bad

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, July 6th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Credit Crisis, Economics, Joe Biden, Politics

Vice-President Biden admits that the Obama Administration completely mis-read the economic signals back in February:
Big admission from Vice President Joe Biden today.
“The truth is, we and everyone else misread the economy,” Biden told me during our exclusive “This Week” interview in Iraq.
Biden acknowledged administration officials were too optimistic earlier this year when they predicted the [...]

Biden On Swine Flu: Panic, Panic, Panic !

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, April 30th, 2009. Filed under Health, In The News, Joe Biden, Politics, Swine Flu

Vice-President Joe Biden appeared on The Today Show this morning and proceeded to stoke the fires of needless Swine Flu panic:
Vice president Joe Biden said today he would tell his family members not to use subways in the U.S. as the swine flu outbreak spread to 11 states and forced school closures amid confirmation of [...]

America, Meet Your Stimulus Czar

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, February 25th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Humor, Joe Biden, Politics

As I noted earlier this week, President Obama has named Vice-President Joe Biden to oversee the $ 800 billion stimulus package.
In honor of this auspicious event in Biden’s career, the guys at Reason.tv offer this salute:

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