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Vice President Joe Biden provides few laughs, gaffes on 'The Daily Show' with Jon Stewart
New York Daily News ^ | Tuesday, November 17th 2009 | John Lauinger and Leo Standora

Posted on 11/19/2009 10:09:11 AM PST by presidio9

Anyone who expected Vice President Biden to yuk it up with "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart on Tuesday night was sorely disappointed.

There were no goofs, gaffes or slips of the tongue of the kind that have gotten Biden in trouble during his career.

Instead, the vice president was mostly vice presidential.

Smiling often and clearly at ease, Biden, led by Stewart's questions, focused on defending the Obama administration's ambitious policies from resuscitating the economy to health care reform.

But Biden, the first sitting vice president to appear on the show, did manage to set Stewart up for a few laughs, once saying "we're getting resistance" from Congress on financial reform.

"Stop it," gasped Stewart in mock shock.

Later, while trying to compare the Democratic and Republican parties, Biden said his party has "moderates, liberals and conservative Democrats" only to have Stewart blurt out "and Communists."

The gag poked fun at right-wing Republicans who've continually tried to brand the Dems with far left labels and drew a big laugh from the studio audience.

Before Biden's appearance, an NYPD unmarked car traveling ahead of his motorcade crashed into a livery cab in rush-hour traffic on the West Side, police said.

The motorcade for Biden was not involved in the 5:40 p.m. smashup, a police source said, and the vice president was not injured.

Two detectives and the livery driver were taken to Roosevelt Hospital with neck and back injuries. All three were treated and released, police said.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; dbag; jonstewart; plugs

1 posted on 11/19/2009 10:09:12 AM PST by presidio9
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To: presidio9

Marxists


2 posted on 11/19/2009 10:14:14 AM PST by Lucky9teen (Pray for Obama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: presidio9

“Communists”...Ha-ha! How silly is that! Who would believe such a thing! /sheeplestewartviewers


3 posted on 11/19/2009 10:15:51 AM PST by opus86
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To: presidio9
...wasn't Plugs kid involved with the new $18 million dollar government website that didn't go to the low bidder who wanted to do the same thing for $650,000?. Don't forget that web site is Gaffer's
4 posted on 11/19/2009 10:16:57 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: presidio9

Was this no-gaff show before or after Biden and his motorcade smashed up some cars in Manhattan?


5 posted on 11/19/2009 10:19:31 AM PST by rod1
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To: presidio9
Later, while trying to compare the Democratic and Republican parties, Biden said his party has "moderates, liberals and conservative Democrats" only to have Stewart blurt out "and Communists."

Hmmmmm....making a statement or poking fun at us?

I've only seen Jon Stewart in bits and pieces such as on the chow hall TV and what I've seen makes me think it may be the latter.

6 posted on 11/19/2009 10:20:22 AM PST by Allegra (It doesn't matter what this tagline says...the liberals are going to call it "racist.")
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To: Allegra
Ah...and after reading the article further, I see he was poking fun at us.

No surprise there.

7 posted on 11/19/2009 10:22:01 AM PST by Allegra (It doesn't matter what this tagline says...the liberals are going to call it "racist.")
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To: presidio9

Jon Stewart, the metrosexual’s Dan Rather, broadcast on Viacommie’s SeeBS sister network Comedy Central.

How many adults get their NEWS from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report and The Onion?


8 posted on 11/19/2009 10:24:45 AM PST by a fool in paradise (I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
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To: Allegra

These are the same slime who use “McCartheyesque” (the Left’s word not mine) techniques to fabricate Rush Limbaugh “quotes” and it isn’t a witchhunt, hysteria, or paranoia.

Nope. It is “fake but accurate” and the people “need to know!”.

Meanwhile there STILL is a Communist Party USA and they cheered the election of Barack Obama.


9 posted on 11/19/2009 10:26:51 AM PST by a fool in paradise (I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
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To: opus86
Only a brain dead moron would believe the Pravda Media when they habitually deny the existence of Communists and those with Communist sympathies in America, especially within the "anti-war" movement and within the Obama administration.

They are on record espousing Marxism, championing Communism and Communist leaders.

There is no truth in the Pravda Media.

10 posted on 11/19/2009 10:28:57 AM PST by a fool in paradise (I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
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To: a fool in paradise
How many adults get their NEWS from The Daily Show

Judging from my two very lib sisters, lots of them get their news from him. They actually think he makes fun of everyone and that he's even handed to the left and right.

Liberalism has to be some kind of mental disease.

11 posted on 11/19/2009 10:30:12 AM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: presidio9

I hope Jon Stewart saves the blue dress he wore for the interview.


12 posted on 11/19/2009 10:33:51 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: presidio9
Plugs was probably told to be serious because there was an auto accident on his way to the show. Showing up laughing while someone might be on the way to the hospital because of his motorcade might be considered bad form.

Of course, even if he DID do that, since when would the freakin' suckup media ever hold Plugs to account??

13 posted on 11/19/2009 11:47:32 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Recovering_Democrat

isn’t that the 4th or 5th accident involving his SS in the past week or two?

when will the media start asking questions?


14 posted on 11/19/2009 9:27:51 PM PST by jeltz25
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