Barack Obama

sheshe2

(87,578 posts) Thu Jul 18, 2013, 02:24 PM Jul 2013

dude~

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http://theobamadiary.com/2013/07/18/dude-6/

"Well, he would be crazy not to keep his options open," staffers started saying then, whenever the 2016 issue came up. Which still wasn't often. The parlor game was not my reason for being there. I wanted to get to know Biden. I wanted to understand why "President Joe Biden" has such a preposterous ring to it, and I wanted to know if he knew it did.

There's a joke. Something fundamentally comical. That's where the public starts with Biden. I recognized it in Rome, when I traveled with him to the pope's inauguration. He was meeting with friends, presidents from across the globe. Because Joe Biden has been at this so long, don't forget, that he is the stuff of middle-school civics exams. I saw him freelance a grand Joe Biden entrance into President Giorgio Napolitano's palace, teeth gleaming, arms fully outstretched, ready to hug this guy, that guy, Hey, guys! I'm here! You're here! We're beautiful! Decked out in his smooth blue suit, white pocket square—his broad smile the kind a man reserves for his bowling team. This demeanor contrasted sharply with everyone else's. Guards in shiny helmets sprouting horsehair ponytails, bedraggled White House advance team in smart skirts and solid-color pumps. A Biden entrance can make the stuffiest event intimate, for an instant human and vaguely...funny.

Sunshine, apt and miraculous, broke through the day of the pope's installation Mass. "Your Holiness, this is my sister, Valerie," Biden said. The pope. Joe Biden and the pope. Val was next to him in her long black chapel veil, the two of them together at church just like back in Wilmington, and Scranton before. Except it was the Vatican. In the reception line, Val didn't kiss the pope's ring, and Biden didn't kiss the pope's ring (to be fair, plenty of people didn't kiss the pope's ring), because they are Bidens, equal, not below or above anyone, not the pope, not some schlub on the street. "Nobody is better than you." That's the message their mom hammered into their heads. "You're not better than anybody, but nobody is better than you."

Read More http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201308/joe-biden-presidential-campaign-2016-2013#ixzz2ZQlBmROL

Hat tip to grantcart for the link~

And best VP ever~

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dude~ (Original Post) sheshe2 Jul 2013 OP

Love VP Dude! Wait Wut Jul 2013 #1

Love him too, wait Wut! sheshe2 Jul 2013 #2

That one with Biden and Ryan JNelson6563 Jul 2013 #3

That's one of my favorite pictures, Julie. sheshe2 Jul 2013 #5

Here's a larger version for you! JNelson6563 Jul 2013 #9

Thank you, Julie~ sheshe2 Jul 2013 #10

Thanks for the enlargement. IrishAyes Jul 2013 #12

"The Best VP Ever", Indeed, she! Cha Jul 2013 #4

We love you Joe~ sheshe2 Jul 2013 #7

The picture is from a fascinating GQ interview with Joe grantcart Jul 2013 #6

Thanks for the link, grantcart~ sheshe2 Jul 2013 #8

Hahahaha!!!!!! Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #11

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)

1. Love VP Dude!

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 02:26 PM

Jul 2013

I still love the fact that our First and Second 'dudes' seem to really like and care about each other. I don't recall any other pair like them.

sheshe2

(87,578 posts)

2. Love him too, wait Wut!

Reply to Wait Wut (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 02:29 PM

Jul 2013

They are the dynamic dudes~

JNelson6563

(28,151 posts)

3. That one with Biden and Ryan

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 03:05 PM

Jul 2013

Talk about study in contrasts! Ryan looks like he's about to wet himself and Biden looks fearless. Love it!

Julie

sheshe2

(87,578 posts)

5. That's one of my favorite pictures, Julie.

Reply to JNelson6563 (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 03:14 PM

Jul 2013

Lucky for us he only soiled his pants and not our entire country!

JNelson6563

(28,151 posts)

9. Here's a larger version for you!

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #5)

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 03:58 PM

Jul 2013

sheshe2

(87,578 posts)

10. Thank you, Julie~

Reply to JNelson6563 (Reply #9)

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 05:29 PM

Jul 2013

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)

12. Thanks for the enlargement.

Reply to JNelson6563 (Reply #9)

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 08:54 PM

Jul 2013

Stupid as Ryan is, he looks like he doesn't really want to give Joe a chance to go for his jugular. In dog terms - complimentary coming from me, now! - I can't decide if the best VP ever reminds me more of a chow in that picture or a terrier. Both are utterly fearless and able to inflict considerable damage if they take a notion.

The only thing that concerns me is a possible big tug of war between Joe and Hillary for First Chair in '16. Not only because a protracted fight could weaken the party's chances but also because I'd feel horribly torn between two people I love dearly. Until the moment I had ballot in hand in '08, I had no way of knowing whether it would go for Obama or HRC. I don't want to have to face such a terrible choice again. Hope they can work it out. I'd love to have either of them for President, and you know Joe's not going to settle for VP another term. What to do, what to do ....

Cha

(305,447 posts)

4. "The Best VP Ever", Indeed, she!

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 03:09 PM

Jul 2013

And, our very own GQ dude!

"He wants to be the best vice president ever," staffers told me, months ago, when I first started spending time with Joe Biden. That was all the talk last winter. Hillary would almost certainly be the nominee, not Biden, they said, whenever the 2016 issue came up, which wasn't often. But then, abruptly, Biden's stock started steeply rising, at least in the eyes of the public. Washington had been hyperventilating about the fiscal cliff, and Obama sent Biden in to broker a deal. Then came the killings in Newtown, Connecticut, and Obama sent Biden out to rally the public, Biden in to reason with Congress, Biden over to talk to the NRA. In 2013, Biden has emerged increasingly more visibly potent than his boss. THE MOST INFLUENTIAL VICE PRESIDENT IN HISTORY? one headline proffered.

http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201308/joe-biden-presidential-campaign-2016-2013

Mahalo, she BOG

sheshe2

(87,578 posts)

7. We love you Joe~

Reply to Cha (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 03:19 PM

Jul 2013

Joe Biden became one of the youngest senators ever when he was elected to represent Delaware in 1972. From there, it didn’t take long before he became an expert in foreign affairs, parlaying his Mr. Amtrak image (and connection to his home state) as a relatable answer to America’s modern politicians. Despite Biden’s occasional verbal gaffes, Barack Obama chose the senator as his running mate—hoping he would add foreign-policy chops, a working-man image, and congressional know-how to the presidential bid. Here, a look at the boy from Scranton, Penn. who became Obama’s most trusted advisor.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/galleries/2008/08/21/photos-charting-joe-bidens-path-to-becoming-obamas-veep-pick.html#slide0