old Grump
10-25-2011, 12:49 PM
By Wesley Pruden (http://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/wesley-pruden/)
The Washington Times
Friday, October 21, 2011
Good old Joe, always good for a laugh. However, that’s not President Obama (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/barack-obama/) or the White House (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/white-house/) wise men holding their sides and rolling on the floor. Joe is endearing enough in the way of crazy uncles, but when the attic door is left unlatched, someone has to be dispatched to find old Joe and pay for the damage.
Joe has been wandering around the country lately, trying to drum up support for the Obama jobs bill by blaming the Republicans for the regiments of rapists he sees stalking the land. He reminded an audience in Michigan that when the number of cops in Flint was reduced, violent crime increased. The Republicans in Congress (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/congress/) oppose the jobs bill. Ergo, it’s the Republicans’ fault that so many evil men have taken up raping.
Joe got his usual laughs in the usual places, but only groans from the president’s wise men, who know better. When a reporter for Human Events, the Washington political weekly, asked Joe later at an appearance at the University of Pennsylvania (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/university-of-pennsylvania/) whether he wanted to amend his remarks, the veep practically went postal. He shoved his finger at the reporter’s chest and let him have a bit of schoolyard bluster and bloviation. “I didn’t use, no, no, no … . Let’s get it straight, guy. Don’t screw around with me.” (And my daddy can lick your daddy.)
It’s not just old Joe. Alarm is the soup du jour not only at the White House (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/white-house/) mess, but wherever Democrats gather to groan. President Obama (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/barack-obama/), winding up his bus tour of Virginia to pump a little energy into faithful fans of his $447 billion jobs package, reminded a small gathering at a firehouse in a suburb of Richmond that $35 billion of the package would go to prevent layoffs of cops and firemen. When only two people applauded, the president said: “You can go ahead and clap. Go ahead, nothing wrong with it.”
The president and his men look and sound rattled, as any serious man would be, by all the signs and slights evident everywhere they look. Mr. Obama (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/barack-obama/) put Michelle out to raise money. (For $2,500, contributors can get their pictures taken with her.) Someone even stole his teleprompter. But not all the news is bad. Nancy Pelosi is said not to be talking to him.
Why is this news? Joe has always been in melt down mode. On the other hand he is good for comic relief. If only it wasn't him a heartbeat away from the top job.
The Washington Times
Friday, October 21, 2011
Good old Joe, always good for a laugh. However, that’s not President Obama (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/barack-obama/) or the White House (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/white-house/) wise men holding their sides and rolling on the floor. Joe is endearing enough in the way of crazy uncles, but when the attic door is left unlatched, someone has to be dispatched to find old Joe and pay for the damage.
Joe has been wandering around the country lately, trying to drum up support for the Obama jobs bill by blaming the Republicans for the regiments of rapists he sees stalking the land. He reminded an audience in Michigan that when the number of cops in Flint was reduced, violent crime increased. The Republicans in Congress (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/congress/) oppose the jobs bill. Ergo, it’s the Republicans’ fault that so many evil men have taken up raping.
Joe got his usual laughs in the usual places, but only groans from the president’s wise men, who know better. When a reporter for Human Events, the Washington political weekly, asked Joe later at an appearance at the University of Pennsylvania (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/university-of-pennsylvania/) whether he wanted to amend his remarks, the veep practically went postal. He shoved his finger at the reporter’s chest and let him have a bit of schoolyard bluster and bloviation. “I didn’t use, no, no, no … . Let’s get it straight, guy. Don’t screw around with me.” (And my daddy can lick your daddy.)
It’s not just old Joe. Alarm is the soup du jour not only at the White House (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/white-house/) mess, but wherever Democrats gather to groan. President Obama (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/barack-obama/), winding up his bus tour of Virginia to pump a little energy into faithful fans of his $447 billion jobs package, reminded a small gathering at a firehouse in a suburb of Richmond that $35 billion of the package would go to prevent layoffs of cops and firemen. When only two people applauded, the president said: “You can go ahead and clap. Go ahead, nothing wrong with it.”
The president and his men look and sound rattled, as any serious man would be, by all the signs and slights evident everywhere they look. Mr. Obama (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/barack-obama/) put Michelle out to raise money. (For $2,500, contributors can get their pictures taken with her.) Someone even stole his teleprompter. But not all the news is bad. Nancy Pelosi is said not to be talking to him.
Why is this news? Joe has always been in melt down mode. On the other hand he is good for comic relief. If only it wasn't him a heartbeat away from the top job.