Posted on 10/12/2012 1:31:46 PM PDT by ColdOne
Vice President Joe Biden's repeated laughter during Thursday's debate was a reflection of the "enormous amount of passion and joy" he brings to the job of serving the American people, White House press secretary Jay Carney said on Friday.
Biden has drawn criticism for cracking up when Paul Ryan was talking about everything from Medicare to tax cuts to Iran's quest for a nuclear weapon.
"The person I saw up there last night is somebody who is absolutely passionate about fighting for and defending the middle class... and who comes to his job -- this many years in to serving his country in the Senate and now to the White House -- with an enormous amount of passion and joy," Carney said.
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It was hard to tell about Ryan's preparation sometimes, because Biden kept talking over him. But as I said, I don't think this debate matters anyway.
So, Carney’s a psychiatrist now?!/s;)
I remember Scarbouro saying he DREAMED of Ryan as the VP pick so this race would be a REAL debate about the deficit and spending.
But now the budget wizard is forced to say that he doesn't have to explain how he will keep the candy tax cut promises from becoming deficits because he will trust the congress to figure that out. I wouldn't want to be handed an argument like that to defend as he was.
On the Biden debate, Ryan could have said assertively “Let me finish” if he was confident of his arguments. Palin had a similar problem being restrained by the McCain campaign positions. And Ryan has his own problems. I figured he was not used to debating unlike Biden who is.
Biden looks completely shitfaced, like he and Ted Kennedy were drinking all day long again.
I figured that it was just the beta amyloids rattling around under his hair.
I got through some of the first part.
Ryan was definitely going for likable while Biden was going for attack dog (who would have guessed?)
Biden looked pretty unattractive on that split screen. But his mission was not to be liked.
More like a sign that you need to cut the man’s dose of Prozac down 75%. That was insane. He keeps up that dose and his head might just ‘splode.
You're assuming they have souls. They don't. It's why they're all on drugs. It numbs the pain of their miserable existence.
They’re cheering, but when you see it you’ll think that was quite artificial. Things didn’t go as they planned either. Biden was an ass, and they’re trying very hard to save face, spin it as a victory. It really wasn’t.
These assholes will float any absurd excuse to defend the pathetic occupation of our Country, and the media suckles away satisfied in relief.
I basically agree with your interpretation, but Biden only calmed down during the final closing arguments. I still think he was making faces non-stop even then, but I may be wrong.
Toward the end, do you remember that one statement Ryan tried to make, and Biden made a weird sound after every single word, causing Ryan to be barely able to get a sentence out, and it was virtually impossible for him to be understood.
I think of all the expense and efforts made to put this debate on, and Biden made it all for nothing. The people in the audience traveled to show up and hear a debate, and instead saw Biden turn the whole program into a farce.
Read up on the take women had on Biden’s performance. They hated it. Women are already pealing away from Obama, and this didn’t help one bit.
Woman have a real aversion to men with power who are dismissive and insulting.
There were a number of reports today concerning women and their take on Thursday night’s debate. I’ve been reading on a number of forums, and I’ve run into a number of women stating they have been voting Democrat, but were really offended by Biden’s antics last night.
We’ll see.
Biden is the Kanye West (picture of West taking mike from Taylor Swift) of the debates. What he has to say takes priority over everyone else.
Biden was acting like a 10 year old.
"29 The wicked put up a bold front, but the upright give thought to their ways. 30 There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord."
Proverbs 21: 29-30
On “Hannity” last night, he was interviewing Dick Cheney. Cheney said that this is the real Joe. People cringed when he showed up for meetings. Brash, impolite, and continuously interrupted everyone.
Hannity thinks he’s manic-depressive, considering how he started the debate and how he ended it.
When I see his behavior during the debate, each time he’s acting like a two-year-old I ask myself, “Do we want this insane creature sitting in the Oval Office with his finger on ‘the button’?” Could you imagine Lincoln or Reagan behaving this way? On Thursday, Ryan was the adult in the room.
Yup. He’s one French fry short of a Happy Meal.
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