Ladies and gentlemen. May I present the Joseph Effing Biden train station.
Posted on 03/20/2011 9:57:21 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Biden: 'I don't deserve' to have train station named for me By Jordan Fabian - 03/20/11 12:05 PM ET
Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday witnessed the newly-renovated Wilmington, Del. Amtrak station be named for him, and appeared humbled by the honor.
Biden became famous for frequently traveling from his home town to Washington on Amtrak during his nearly four-decade Senate career, but said that he is not worthy of the accolade.
"The truth is, I don't deserve this, unless you reward longevity," Biden said, according to delawareonline.com.
The Wilmington station is now officially called the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Railroad Station
A $37.7 million renovation project was recently completed at the Wilmington train station. Construction took almost two years. $20 million from the federal stimulus act, which Biden helped oversee, went toward the project.
The Wilmington station is one of the busiest in the nation, and is a part of Amtrak's heavily-traveled Northeast corridor.
Biden recalled fond memories of travelling on the train to the nation's capital, especially in tough times.
"Everything, good or bad in my career, the first people I encountered were getting on the train," Biden said. "They were the first ones there for me. I mean, literally. They would say, 'Joe, it's going to be OK.'"
The Joe Bidet
This is the namesake Joe deserves.
See post #33 for link:
The link took me to something called Facebook so I didn't actually get to see it.
At least Slow Joe was more humble about receiving an award than King Barry I.
If it ever comes time to name something after Barney Frank, I recommend a mens room stall. Except that it will have to be extra large with full length partitions to obscure the number of occupants inside. And perhaps even padded and soundproofed to mask the “festivities” going on inside.
Search Facebook for Joe Bidet and it should appear.
Ladies and gentlemen. May I present the Joseph Effing Biden train station.
Maybe a dumpster.
That’s a long, cumbersome name! Why not just “Bite Me Depot”?!
How about the digester out at the sewage treatment plant. They are both full of the same stuff!
"Public Conveniences" are useful.
My suggestion is to find something onthe verge of
collapse or demolition, and put his name on that.
Probalby not, but if the train is always on the wrong track and never on time or going in the wrong direction or going places that no one wants to go, then. . . it just might be a appropriate name
There’s a lot of that going around in this administration. His boss didn’t deserve to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Hm... see Churchill on Attlee.
If it’s a station whose train notoriously goes off the rails, it might be fitting.
Hmmm .....”The Biden Bidet”. I might support that. It kinda has a ring to it.
Ya think, Joe?
How about a roadside RV dump!
I thought Biden and I would never agree on anything. It seems that on this point at least we CAN find a bit of common ground.
Even a blind pig occasionally finds a turnip.
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