Biden Insults President’s Dog!

 

Vice President Jospeh Biden stunned a Syracuse audience Sunday with his stinging insults to President Obama’s dog.

“My dog is smarter than Bo,” said Mr. Biden, comparing his own puppy, Champ, to the Chief Executive’s Portuguese Water Dog, official First Dog of the entire United States of America.

The influential audience of 5th graders at Bellevue Elementary School was clearly shocked.

“Bo’s a beautiful dog too,” the Vice President added, realizing his gaffe.

But it’s on video.

Woof!

 

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Cheney on Wheels

Outgoing Vice President Dick Cheney coasted through the inauguration of Barack Obama and Joe Biden Tuesday. He was in a wheelchair.

Mr. Cheney pulled a back muscle after spending the weekend hunched over a document shredder in his office.

The former Vice President claims he hurt his back moving boxes out of  his old office, but Stanley I. Kutler of the University of Wisconsin Law School says: “[W]hen the Archives goes to open Cheney’s papers, they are going to find empty boxes.”  A federal judge allowed Mr. Cheney to determine which of his official papers should be preserved. Details here.

 

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20 January 2009

The 44th President of the United States of America will be was sworn into office on the steps of the United States Capitol today, January 20, 2009, just before after noon Eastern Time. See the White House web site.

11:30 AM Musical selections —  The United States Marine Band, the San Francisco Boys Chorus and the San Francisco Girls Chorus

Welcoming Remarks— Senator Dianne Feinstein

Invocation — Dr. Rick Warren

Musical Selection — Aretha Franklin

11:46 AM Vice Presidential Oath of Office administered to Joseph R. Biden, Jr. by Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens

Musical Selection— Itzhak Perlman (Violin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Gabriela Montero (Piano), Anthony McGill (Clarinet)

11:56 AM Presidential Oath of Office administered to Barack H. Obama by the Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr.

12:01 PM Inaugural Address –– President Barack H. Obama

Poem — Elizabeth Alexander

Benediction — The Reverend Dr. Joseph E. Lowery

The National Anthem — The United States Navy Band and Sea Chanters vocal ensemble

Details from PIC. CBS on the Lincoln Bible.  Inaugual FAQs from VOA.  Live video coverage from VOA

 

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Near-Witness to Pseudo-Events of History

[Looking for the program of the Swearing-In Ceremony (starts 11:30 AM 20 January 2009)? It’s here.]

We went down to the Pre-Inaugural Concert Sunday afternoon, exiting the Farragut West Metrorail station about 2:30 PM and walking down 18th Street, NW to the Lincoln Memorial and National Mall. Motor traffic was banned from the area,  just as it is during World Bank meetings. There was a party atmosphere as the crowd ambled along, and Springsteen‘s voice echoed up from the performance.

The area nearest the Lincoln Memorial concert site was already at capacity and security checkpoints were closed, so we watched the concert on the three giant Jumbotron screens set up between the World War II Memorial and the Washington Monument. The jubilant crowd was friendly and well-behaved, and people of all ages and origins from all around the nation and the world joked and chatted amiably, exchanging notes on the music and performers, expressing their relief, joy, and hopes. It may have been a pseudo-event, but the feelings were genuine.

Veep Debate TV — Beyond Boffo!

Senator Biden and Governor Palin debate, Thursday, October 2, 2008.

70 million U.S. television viewers watched the 2008 Vice-Presidential debate last Thursday. Even PBS had 3.5 million viewers. The first Presidential debate got 34 percent fewer viewers, 52.4 million, including 2.6 million on PBS.

The Veeps reaped 45 percent of households in the top markets, said Nielsen, while the September 26th McCain-Obama presidential debate got 31.6 percent. The Veeps vied on Thursday, a popular TV-watching night, and McCain and Obama tangled on a date-night Friday, but still . . . .

Palin — Biden Debate is History

Republican Governor Sarah Palin and Democratic Senator Joe Biden debated on television last night, answering questions posed by journalist Gwen Ifill of PBS.

Actually, only Senator Biden answered questions asked by Ms. Ifill. Governor Palin answered questions posed by a moderator in some alternative debate universe.

 

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Is That Your Final Answer?

Thursday, October 2, 2008

9 PM Eastern,  ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CSPAN, Weather Channel: The 2008 Vice Presidential Debate.

Two hours of nonstop quiz show action. The candidates:

Democrat Senator Joseph Robinette “Joe” Biden, Jr. (BA, University of Delaware; JD, Syracuse University College of Law; Chairman, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; adjunct professor at the Widener University School of Law; volunteer fireman).

Republican Governor Sarah Louise Heath Palin (BSc, University of Hawaii at Hilo – Hawaii Pacific College – North Idaho College – University of Idaho – Matanuska-Susitna College – University of Idaho; Miss Wasilla; Wasilla City Council; Wasilla Mayor; Chair, Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission; Miss Congeniality).

This thrilling contest should be really, really close.

 

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Poor Boy Biden Makes Good

Senator Barack Obama has always shown genuine concern for the poor. His own early childhood on food stamps and later work as a community organizer in Chicago underlie this sensitivity and awareness. That is probably why he passed over multimillionaire Hillary Clinton and chose poor boy Joe Biden as his running mate.

Healing Heartsick Hillary Holdouts

Why Biden? We really can’t say. Why now? That’s easy: to let diehard Hillary Clinton supporters know that a Clinton vice presidential bid is definitely not going to happen, and give them time to purge their bitterness, mourn, and get with the program before the Democratic Convention gets into high gear.

Plugging Joe Biden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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