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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What a buffoon.
Biden is probably unaware that orange is one of the colors of the Irish flag.
Biden is probably unaware that orange is one of the colors of the Irish flag.
Is he out of Betty Ford’s already?
(actually, he'd be better than Obama -- which is scary.)
But you can bet Joe knows how to spell ‘potato’.
[Veep makes off-colour joke]
The Veep IS a joke!
“Stand up Chuck.”
We have “arms” of government, a “head” of state, a “body of law” and to complete the countries anatomy, we have a national “ass”.
he escaped from the treatment center???
What do you expect from a creature that is valued to that of a “bucket of warm spit”!
I believe Biden is a primary reason why Obama it not impeached yet. It is also the reason why Biden is in this position.
its a three letter word: D-U-M-B...
Did he get really close to Fionnuala to smell her perfume?
I hope like hell the dims promote him for prez.
Between him and Her Thighness, I don't know which would be the bigger disaster for them.
But rest assured...if it is him, the idiots will come out of the woodwork to extoll his sacrificial 30 years of service at the highest levels.
Still a dumbass.
Yeah, but at this point, it's sort of expected.
The effects of Joe’s brain damage is becoming more pronounced as time goes on.
He is 72 already, and shows signs of dementia, in addition to be a Marxist and all around SOB.
In Joe’s case, the emperor is not only naked, but crazy as well.
someone get the butterfly net... Uncle Joe is loose again. And it’s a long way to Tipperary
How many Irish does it take to wallop an arrogant stupid VP of the United states???
Let’s find out.
If only that were the joke.
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