Where's Joe?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Biden's role expanding despite gaffes

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is being tapped to play bigger roles in some of the White House's highest-priority efforts, administration officials say.

Despite some gaffes, such as comments that stoked swine flu fears, President Barack Obama is calling on Biden for help more frequently, especially after playing a key role in winning passage of the economic stimulus bill in Congress, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

Biden has been asked by Obama to be more involved in efforts to get healthcare reform passed by Congress, to oversee stimulus spending and to be at the table on foreign policy issues, the newspaper said.

"For the president to give him the single largest initiative to date (the stimulus) with all the potential risks and pitfalls attached, speaks to a level of trust that's quite real," White House communications director Anita Dunn told the Times.

Biden's verbal gaffes have been forgiven by the president, White House adviser Valerie Jarrett said.

"We all have to have our words clarified at times. That's part of what makes the vice president so endearing," Jarrett told the Times. "Everyone says, 'Oh, my gosh. I could have said that.' And the press tends to over blow it. We wouldn't change him one bit."

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/08/18/Bid...78251250597278/

[Staashi 371]

Actually, Joe Biden will be here in Florida fundraising tomorrow.

http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2009/08/bid...k-stimulus.html

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

He's playing tiddley winks.

[Nagishkaw 510]

I heard he was out playing checkers with the Zulu's.

[Ban Hammer 13,398]

and now obama has shifted it to someone else that can be blamed for failure.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Maybe he went hunting with Cheney.

[nowhereman 1]

He's probably getting ready to play Celebrity Jeopardy on SNL with Sarah Palin, Dan Quayle & Sean Connery. Imagine the gaffes if that were an actual gameshow.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I miss Joe. He tells it like it is. No polish, just what everybody is thinking anyways.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

[DIARD 1]

Last time I saw him in the media, he was at Shriver's funeral.

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Steve! You got him in your basement?

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Steve! You got him in your basement?

Tied up next to Scandal and Pike.

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Steve! You got him in your basement?

Tied up next to Scandal and Pike.

He collects juviniles.

[natty bumppo 297]

what's a Joe ???