Posted on 03/17/2015 6:10:10 PM PDT by Libloather
Now Joe Biden manages a St Patrick's Day gaffe: Veep makes off-colour joke about Ireland's religious divisions then gets prime minister's wife's name wrong
Also got name of Irish prime minister's wife wrong and mis-named the title of a Yeats poem he selected for the occasion
Joe Biden made yet another of his trademark gaffes today as he met Ireland's prime minister to mark St Patrick's Day - then suggested one side of its sectarian divide was unwelcome in Washington.
Sporting a green tie and noticing that everyone else was also wearing one, or clad in green, he suddenly blurted: 'Anyone wearing orange is not welcome in here.'
The purported joke was a reference to Ireland's religious and political divide which was at the heart of the Troubles, the violence which killed 3,000 from the late 1960s until the start of the millennium.
Orange is the color associated with the Protestant majority in Northern Ireland, and overcoming sectarian tensions has been a major part of the effort to bring peace to the once-deeply troubled province.
Enda Kenny, the Irish prime minister whose official title is Taoiseach and his wife Fionnuala Kenny, the guests of honour, both laughed nervously. They said nothing, but continued to smile for the cameras.
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It’s just stunning that this complete idiot is our VP. I hope he runs against hillarious.
He can’t shut up
HE IS BAT**** Crazy LOL!
He should, he's got one for a brain
Joe is turning in the widening gyre. The center cannot hold.
Dumb-ass Obama assassination insurance.
What an eejit.
It is amazing how this guy gets away with it. Quayle misspells potato and is labeled a moron, and Watts correctly uses the word niggardly and is forced to resign and Bozo Biden can say and do nearly anything without a mention from anyone. Yeah, there’s no slant.
Joe Biden, Hillary,Obama and many others are proof that millions of people would vote for BOZO THE CLOWN if he has a D next to his name. What a sick joke this electorate has become.
Not amazing at all, considering that the fifth-column leftist media are nothing but traitorous political whores and buttboys for the demonicrats (Yeah, Scott, David, and Lester, I'm talkin' about you, too!).
I pray that we are relieved of these amateurs eventually when an adult can step in and restore the integrity and professionalism of the Executive Branch. It is so distressing to have to put up with these ignominious idiots for two more years.
Well at least he didn’t misspell “potatoe”
Democrats just cannot resist being divisive.
Chalk it up to another one of Joe’s idiotic gaffes. I wonder if Joe used his Cheshire Cat grin when he told the ‘joke’.
It could be dementia, or it could be chronic alcohol abuse, meaning he’s drunk a lot, but has acquired the tolerance to function without appearing drunk.
Someone call the local adult day care center and have them do a bed check!
Biden for predisent! Persident? Whatever.
>> he suddenly blurted: ‘Anyone wearing orange is not welcome in here.’
I don’t disagree, but not a politically astute remark.
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