.."and they thought they had the duct tape that was strong enough"
Posted on 11/16/2008 1:19:54 PM PST by Chet 99
Joe Biden: The Already Invisible Man
November 15, 5:45 PM
by Tony Campbell, Politics Examiner
In another stroke of the change we can expect, it seems that the role of Vice-President in the Obama administration may only consist of being a sounding board for the President, unlike the dominant policy role that Dick Cheney possessed over the last eight years.
During the campaign, we heard that Joe Biden was on the ticket to provide experience in leadership regarding foreign policy. Now, it seems that President-elect Obama may choose Senator Hillary Clinton for the top post at the Department of State.
If that turns out to be true, Joe Biden will not have any major involvement in implementing foreign policy. Obama will have Hillary, and former President Bill Clinton, to handle that portfolio.
Where does that leave Biden? Looks like he may already be the odd man out…
Joe Biden, the not so useful idiot.
This is Obama’s standard MO. He used Biden to help him get elected, now he has no more use for him.
ML/NJ
Obama elect isn’t going to share the spotlight with others. He’s going to stay out front.
Come on man, what better gig can there be?
Ya play a little golf, try not to look or act too stupid and wait around collecting a fat check for ever more and wait to see if a tie vote occurs and you need to break the tie in the senate or the other guy gets offed.
Biden fits the fool perfectly.Don;t say ANYTHING JOe then less will be certain you are a fool.
Biden was chosen SOLELY because he is perceived to have foreign policy experience. If Hillary or even Richardson is named secretary of state, Biden will be relegated to funeral duty and unimportant speeches in that will not even be covered.
I agree, VP is a perfect job for Joe. He attend foreign funerals, cut ribbons at new government buildings and enjoy a life of luxury in relative seclusion. If he launches too many gaffes, BO will send him to the bunker for safe keeping.
Biden will be a big nothing.
Not even a footnote in the history books.
Who’s Joe Biden?
Exactly, people think that being VP means something, with a few notably exceptions it is historically meaningless.
.."and they thought they had the duct tape that was strong enough"
Of O allowed B to play a major roll, he might be even more dangerous than Dick Cheney and B wouldn’t want that.
Biden will be overseas, measuring Iraq, to cut it into thirds.
I’d wager that Obama originally planned to have Biden in the inner circle of advisers, but then Biden repeatedly proved during the campaign that he could not be trusted to keep his mouth shut. So now he’s probably going to be put on funeral and ribbon cutting duty.
I’m more inclined to think that Obama realized that Biden is a gaffe-prone idiot, but he was banking on the fact that the public was largely unaware of this and that the media would ignore it.
Even at funerals and ribbon cuttings he will probably be given a prepared script and Obama will have someone there to make sure he doesn’t deviate from it.
Then again, Hillary may push for Biden to have more opportunities to self-destruct.
Best comment on Biden (from interview with Karl Rove in today’s NY Slimes): “He has a combination of longwindedness and longevity in office that passes for wisdom in Washington”!! Brilliant and dead-on summary!
Biden the first potted-plant vice president...
So we’ll have two worthless senators in two worthless executive posts. Good. Maybe Delaware and NY will put in somebody worthwhile. Not holding my breath, though. Maybe Rudy will run for Hillary’s seat.
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