Tuesday, September 02, 2008
"You can call me anything you want ..."
From Political Punch:
"[W]e hear ... that Karl Rove told the Maine Republican delegation to the GOP Convention that Sen. Barack Obama's running mate, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., a 'big, blowhard doofus.' ...
"'Apparently he didn't get the memo,' the Delaware senator [said], referring to his belief that due to Hurricane Gustav both parties should refrain from partisan politics for the moment.
"'So can we call you Senator Doofus now?', a reporter asked the veep candidate.
"'You can call me anything you want,' Biden responded. 'I learned a long time ago you can call me anything you want.'"
What Senator Biden needs to know is that it's one thing to be a victim of juvenile name-calling; it's quite another thing to get pegged with a spot-on descriptive nom. Karl Rove's calling Biden a "blowhard" was spot-on. If I called Biden "Senator Bad Plugs," that'd be spot-on, too. "Senator Neil Kinnock, Jr." ... that'd be extra-good spot-on (as Andy Griffith might say).
Vice President Biden. That sounds almost - almost - as ridiculous as Vice President John Edwards.
"[W]e hear ... that Karl Rove told the Maine Republican delegation to the GOP Convention that Sen. Barack Obama's running mate, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., a 'big, blowhard doofus.' ...
"'Apparently he didn't get the memo,' the Delaware senator [said], referring to his belief that due to Hurricane Gustav both parties should refrain from partisan politics for the moment.
"'So can we call you Senator Doofus now?', a reporter asked the veep candidate.
"'You can call me anything you want,' Biden responded. 'I learned a long time ago you can call me anything you want.'"
What Senator Biden needs to know is that it's one thing to be a victim of juvenile name-calling; it's quite another thing to get pegged with a spot-on descriptive nom. Karl Rove's calling Biden a "blowhard" was spot-on. If I called Biden "Senator Bad Plugs," that'd be spot-on, too. "Senator Neil Kinnock, Jr." ... that'd be extra-good spot-on (as Andy Griffith might say).
Vice President Biden. That sounds almost - almost - as ridiculous as Vice President John Edwards.
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Tuesday, September 02, 2008 
