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Gaffe-Prone Vice President Steps in it Again
Townhall.com | September 17, 2014 | Daniel Doherty

Posted on 09/17/2014 8:51:14 AM PDT by Kaslin

The politically incorrect and offensive word the vice president used this time was “Shylocks.” During a recent speech, he was trying to describe the dishonest and greedy bankers his son warned him about, while deployed in Iraq, who knowingly took advantage of American soldiers. It’s unclear whether he was reading from prepared remarks, or speaking off-the-cuff, but the characterization has at least one Jewish group wondering what in the world he was thinking (via Yahoo News’ Olivier Knox and Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey):

Biden - Shylock comment to Legal Services Corp

“Shylock represents the medieval stereotype about Jews and remains an offensive characterization to this day. The Vice President should have been more careful,” Anti-Defamation League National Director Abraham Foxman said.

Shylock, the villain in Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice,” is a Jewish moneylender who mercilessly demands a “pound of flesh” from the merchant who defaults on a loan. Whether the 16th-century play is anti-Semitic or reflects the anti-Semitism of the time is a subject of frequent, bitter debate, but the term Shylock is offensive enough that Florida stripped it from state law back in 2009. (Not everyone has gotten that memo). …

Biden’s slip came in a speech to the Legal Services Corporation, which provides lawyers to Americans who could not afford them otherwise. In his remarks, the vice president described the experience of his son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, who was deployed for one year in Iraq.



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: abrahamfoxman; iraq; joebiden; plugs; shylock; shylocks; speech
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1 posted on 09/17/2014 8:51:14 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

“Stand up Shylock.”


2 posted on 09/17/2014 8:52:26 AM PDT by rktman ("The only thing dumber than a brood hen is a New York democrat." Mother Abagail.)
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To: Kaslin

There is no doubt in my mind that if Joe Biden had been a republican he would have been run out of politics in disgrace a long time ago.


3 posted on 09/17/2014 8:52:58 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Kaslin

“In my state it’s a fact that if you sell slurpees in a gas station you MUST have an Indian accent...!”


4 posted on 09/17/2014 8:55:48 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: Kaslin

I think “gaffe prone” is too nice a description for Joe...


5 posted on 09/17/2014 8:56:54 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Kaslin

The voices keep him awake at night.


6 posted on 09/17/2014 8:59:30 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Kaslin

He probably meant “shysters,” which is a term for piranha-like lawyers. It’s derived from the German word for - er, defecation - and has nothing to do with Jews.

Joe’s synapses were just doing their own thing again.


7 posted on 09/17/2014 9:01:17 AM PDT by livius
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To: Kaslin

What has happened to our country such that neither party appears to pick anyone of real intellect and accomplishment?

In a just society, Biden would be schlepping burgers.

And a good percentage of both party congresscritters would be in jail.


8 posted on 09/17/2014 9:01:17 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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9 posted on 09/17/2014 9:06:26 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

“I think “gaffe prone” is too nice a description for Joe...”
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Yes, F’ng idiot is much better.


10 posted on 09/17/2014 9:06:48 AM PDT by mongo141 (Revolution ver. 2.0, just a matter of when, not a matter of if!)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Recall his infamous and idiotic outburst that “J-O-B-S is a 3 letter word”.

Recall also how the media revelled in beating up on Dan Quayle and Gerald Ford for every minor misstatement. They will give Old Uncle Joe a pass however because he is one of them.


11 posted on 09/17/2014 9:08:11 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Da Coyote

They have all the “power”. Which is why the people feel helpless. We have all the power, we just are too good for these people and will not use ours. Otherwise this country wouldn’t be the way it is today. If they get away with high crimes and misdemeanors, they can get away with whatever they want. Tar and feathers are too good for this scum.


12 posted on 09/17/2014 9:08:56 AM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: mongo141

The nicest thing you can say about him is that he is a bombastic buffoon.


13 posted on 09/17/2014 9:10:09 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: rktman
At least he didn't pull a Beckel and say 'Chinaman'....


14 posted on 09/17/2014 9:12:03 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign, number sign, or octothorpe. ###)
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To: Kaslin

Good thing he didn’t say, MACACA, right..?

Then he’d lose his job.


15 posted on 09/17/2014 9:29:03 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: Kaslin

If you prick us, do we not bleed?


16 posted on 09/17/2014 9:52:57 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: Kaslin

Biden is a poster boy for the Peter Principle.


17 posted on 09/17/2014 10:04:48 AM PDT by twister881
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To: Da Coyote
What has happened to our country such that neither party appears to pick anyone of real intellect and accomplishment?

This is not accidental. One of the practical prerequisites for impeachment is a competent vice-president. Sometimes a vice-president is an insurance policy.

18 posted on 09/17/2014 10:06:09 AM PDT by InMemoriam
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19 posted on 09/17/2014 10:09:58 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Kaslin

20 posted on 09/17/2014 10:14:37 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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