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VP Joe Biden: ‘I Promise You Obama Has A Big Stick’
Mediaite ^ | April 26, 2012 | Noah Rothman

Posted on 04/26/2012 10:44:12 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Vice President Joe Biden apparently did not catch the potential double meaning when he paraphrased a famous Teddy Roosevelt quote on Wednesday when he said “I promise you, Obama has a big stick.” The audience, mostly comprised of New York University students, immediately got the joke.

Speaking before a group of NYU students on Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden praised President Barack Obama’s role as a commander-in-chief and touted the president’s numerous successes in foreign policy and in the prosecution of anti-terror efforts abroad.

Biden told the audience, invoking a variation on the famous quote by President Teddy Roosevelt, “I promise you, Obama has a big stick.” But the audience apparently picked up on the statement’s inherent double entandre more than the historical reference when they devolved into laughs.

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KEYWORDS: biden; bigstick; itstwueitstwue; lilivonshtupp; obama; president; promise; stick
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1 posted on 04/26/2012 10:44:17 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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I hear he likes older white men too.

Is that true, Joey Joe Joe?


2 posted on 04/26/2012 10:45:41 AM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Paging Larry Sinclair...


3 posted on 04/26/2012 10:47:49 AM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Someone tell that useless POS WE have a bigger stick...many bigger sticks.


4 posted on 04/26/2012 10:48:25 AM PDT by rightwingextremist1776
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To: chris37

All hat, no cattle.


5 posted on 04/26/2012 10:48:38 AM PDT by battlegearboat (Are you a turtle?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Psst! Joe, read the prompter...that’s “took a big $hit! not “has a big stick.”


6 posted on 04/26/2012 10:49:02 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (With regards to the GOP: I am prodisestablishmentarianistic!)
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To: chris37
VP Joe Biden: ‘I Promise You Obama Has Is A Big Stick Dick’...

Fixed

7 posted on 04/26/2012 10:49:36 AM PDT by vortigern
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8 posted on 04/26/2012 10:54:36 AM PDT by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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Judging by how he reacts to criticism, I think Obama’s big stick is up his butt...


9 posted on 04/26/2012 10:55:41 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (We apologise for the fault in this tagline. Those responsible have been sacked.)
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10 posted on 04/26/2012 10:57:24 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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Does Sandra Fluke know about this?


11 posted on 04/26/2012 10:57:24 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Stop feeding the beast; spend money only with those who support traditional American values.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

We all know about Joe and his foot in mouth disease....


12 posted on 04/26/2012 10:58:01 AM PDT by b4its2late (Patience is not a virtue, it is a waste of time.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I hear Michelle Obama has a bigger one.


13 posted on 04/26/2012 10:58:29 AM PDT by AngieGOP (I never met a woman who became a stripper because she played with Barbie dolls as a kid.)
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14 posted on 04/26/2012 10:59:44 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“I promise you, Obama has a big stick.”
think he meant “shtick”..


15 posted on 04/26/2012 11:01:24 AM PDT by rainee
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To: Free ThinkerNY

may I just say,

WHAT A DUMBASS!


16 posted on 04/26/2012 11:02:54 AM PDT by a real Sheila ("Vado a bordo, cazzo!")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Where is it, Joe?


17 posted on 04/26/2012 11:03:31 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

That is one steriotype black guys never complain about.

IT’S TWUW IT’S TWUE.


18 posted on 04/26/2012 11:03:48 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Will someone get Don Rickels or Jackie Mason on Letterman and let them loose comically on Slow Joe, this guy is whole routine waiting to happen..
19 posted on 04/26/2012 11:04:28 AM PDT by taildragger (( Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: Free ThinkerNY; GOPsterinMA; fieldmarshaldj; Clintonfatigued; Perdogg; SunkenCiv; NFHale; ...

Joe has seen it? Eww.


20 posted on 04/26/2012 11:10:08 AM PDT by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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