By GottaLaff
Vice President Biden, discussing Barbie McLipSchmutz:
"She is a charming person. It's hard not to like her."
By GottaLaff
Another day, another sewage removal effort. Eradicating ugly BushCo stains will take years, since they left so much toxic waste lying around. How many metaphors was that? Two? Three? But who's counting? Bygones.
But that's not important now. What is important is this:
The U.S. Department of Education is repealing a Bush-era policy that some critics argue was a way to avoid complying with federal law in providing equal opportunities for female athletes.
Under the move, schools and colleges must now provide stronger evidence that they offer equal opportunities for athletic participation under the federal Title IX gender equity law.
"Making Title IX as strong as possible is a no-brainer. [...] What we're doing here today will better ensure equal opportunity in athletics and allowing women to realize their potential — so this nation can realize its potential."
Researchers say the share of women participating in athletics increased only incrementally under Bush, even as female student enrollment increased.
Nancy Hogshead-Makar, a law professor and senior director for advocacy with the Women's Sports Foundation, said female participation in sports is the most effective remedy against obesity and leads to more education and better employment prospects.
By GottaLaff
On MSNBC now: The top two leaders of Al Qaeda in Iraq were killed in a U.S.-Iraqi operation.
Vice President Biden [slightly paraphrased]:
Their deaths are potentially devastating blows to Al Qaeda in Iraq, but also demonstrates capability of Iraqi security forces. They led this effort. They have taken the lead in securing Iraq and its citizens. ...
There will be more difficult days ahead... but the future of Iraq won't be shaped who want to destroy, but those who want to build a strong and confident Iraq.
By GottaLaff
Hey kids! Time for today's lesson, which is, "How to Drop F-Bombs for Fun and Profit":
OFA, the president's political arm housed at the Democratic National Committee, is using Biden's now infamous phrase on a T-shirt to commemorate the signing of health care reform into law.
Donors who give at least $25 will receive "a limited edition 'Health Reform is a BFD' T-shirt in a super-soft, fine jersey (men's) or baby rib (women's) cotton fabric," according to a new fundraising page posted Wednesday on OFA's Web site.
Wow, this is a big f***ing deal. It's not often that a "gaffe" can work out this well.
Oh, and health care reform is a bfd too:
"There are things that are a big deal - birthdays, anniversaries, the NCAA Championship game," OFA wrote in a fundraising note. "And then there are things that are a BFD, like delivering health insurance to 32 million Americans."V.P. Joe makes me smile for so many reasons. This was like icing on the Biden cake.
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Thanks to our pals over at the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Show for sharing this with us. Gold:
And heeere's Joe:
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Yes, it is. And Robert Gibbs agrees:
H/t: Windy City Watch
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O'no! O'BrainFade McCan'tSpeak isn't the only one who can't seem to remember simple things like, you know, the vice president of the United States' name.
Presenting Dickless O'Cheney on This Week:
"I guess I shouldn't be surprised by my friend, Joe Biden," Cheney said. "...I'm glad he now believes Iraq is a success. Of course, O'Biden and Obama and Biden campaigned from one end of the country to another for two years criticizing our Iraq policy."
By GottaLaff
Via a Fox news alert e-mail:
Vice President Biden's motorcade involved in Vancouver accident injuring two.
Read More:
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Two members of the delegation, Peggy Fleming and Vonetta Flowers, received minor injuries and were taken to a local hospital as a precaution, Jay Carney, communications director for the vice president said in a statement.
Nobody else was hurt, including the veep. The two with minor injuries were released.
By GottaLaff
David Gregory needs to go host a reality show on some obscure cable channel.
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Joe Biden hands Dickless McHeartStent his ass:
"Let me choose my words carefully [...]
I don't know where Dick Cheney has been! [...]
What is he talking about? [...]
He's factually, substantively wrong [...]
He's either misinformed, or he's misinforming."
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By GottaLaff
"I think some of the things she says are not, um, not um…"... ... honest? Accurate? Smart? Well thought out? Kosher? Polite? Listener-worthy? Things that should come out of a rational adult's mouth? Vetted? What you'd expect from a former vice presidential candidate/half-governor? Worth $100,000 + ? Credible? In the least bit professional? To be taken seriously, ever?
Worth the hand they're written on?
By GottaLaff
If the Obstructionist Party hadn't abused the filibuster so badly, this wouldn't be a topic of conversation right now."It's a useful tool, it is legitimate. But from my perspective, having served here, elected to the Senate seven times, I've never seen a time when it's become standard operating procedure," Biden said. "You want to get anything done, you have to have a supermajority.
Biden noted that filibusters are not called for in the Constitution and the threshold was changed once before – from 67 votes to 60 votes – when it was "recognized as increasingly difficult" to get bills passed. [...]
Biden said he asked his staff to "scrub" the issue, but said he doesn't have a view as to what a new supermajority should be.
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I previously posted about how much an Iraqi life is worth to Blackwater. And prior to that, I posted about charges being dismissed against them in the deadly 2007 shooting.Veep Biden made noises about an appeal, and whaddya know! He kept his noisy promise:
In fact, every post I write about Blackwater is jam packed with death and destruction, ethics vacuums, and overall creepiness. And yet the U.S. government still has them on their payroll.
Speaking at a joint appearance with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Baghdad, Biden said he was "disappointed" with the ruling, and that the Justice Department would file the appeal next week.
The September 2007 shootout in Baghdad's Nusoor Square left 17 Iraqis dead and two dozen wounded.
I hope they get somewhere with this. I'd love to write up a post with a happy ending for a change.
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