Joe Biden, the court jester

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In general, the job of a republican vice president is to draw public’s attention at himself by showing himself to be an even bigger asshole than the president (hence the “vice” president). Cheney had to work double-hard. For a while the whole Haliburton ties “conspiracy” was working out well, but Bush proved to be such tough competition that Cheney eventually had to shoot a friend of his during a hunting “accident” just to look an even bigger jerk.

Of course, liberal vice president’s job is to show himself as an even bigger fool than the president. I think Biden so far is performing very admirably. Bidenisms are not big deal. Those are just mistakes and faux pas. The funnier things are the ones he says prepared and the ones he sincerely believes in.

One thing for sure: it’s a good thing the sweet couple are not republicans. I don’t know if Biden has enough intelligence to look an even bigger asshole than Obama. For instance:

Obama administration officials, fearing a battle with Congress that could stall plans to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, are crafting language for an executive order that would reassert presidential authority to incarcerate terrorism suspects indefinitely, according to three senior government officials with knowledge of White House deliberations.

Woo-hoo! No putting of national security over terrorists’ human rights. I mean...

I see someone has been briefed by CIA and opened a few portfolios expecting to find innocent shepherds and taxi drivers snatched at a gun point to find instead…