Human Events

Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States and my personal hero, was approached by a reporter who tricked him into thinking that he wanted a picture with the VPOTUS. Jason Mattera, editor of Human Events.com and author of the book "Obama Zombies: How the Liberal Machine Brain Washed My Generation." (nope, I didn't make that up) is the reporter in question. I'll give you the history in case you didn't hear how this started. On Wednesday afternoon Biden gave a speech in Philadelphia. In this speech he made a point that if the Republicans do not help the President pass the American Jobs Bill they will be cutting off funding for police and other municipal services. In an effort to make his remarks hit home to the audience he made a reference to murder, burglary and rape increasing if the bill is not passed. His remarks make a point, but they may have been ill-advised. Yes, if municipal spending is cut, it means less police officers, less firefighters and less overall authority and regulation in the community. Would I have brought the word "rape" into the mix? Probably not. Burglary and murder are pretty bad offences in themselves. However, if he had not brought this heinous action into the discussion, we wouldn't be talking about it now and I would have nothing to blog about today. So maybe I should be saying "good job Joe. Keep inserting your foot between your teeth." Anyway, he said it, the speech was over, applause. On his way out of the room he was confronted by press and cameras in the lobby. Around this bank of cameras was this reporter Jason (something....I've already forgotten his name). The reporter asked the VP if he regretted using the word "rape" in his speech. (he didn't have anything to say about the content of the speech, just the one word.) When confronted, Biden did what any homeboy from Scranton does, he poked the dude in the chest with his index finger, gave him the stink-eye and said, "Don't screw around with me." (in the future this will be called "The Biden") There was no way the VP could have answered this question correctly. When a politician is asked, "do you regret....." there's never a right answer and reporters know that. If the politician responds with "yes, I regret that, it was a mindless thing to say and I didn't mean to offend anyone." then the politician is stupid and doesn't realize he's put his foot in his mouth until he's gagging on his sock. If he says, "I don't regret that." hen he is blinded by his own convictions and doesn't have the vision for change. Every radical reporter knows that's the easiest way to back a politician into a corner and get their name to the top of the bloggersphere. Joe Biden and his advisers know that too; so after Joe tried to avoid the question a few times by saying, "Let's get it straight guy. Don't screw around with me. Let's get it straight." he followed with, "Murder will continue to rise; rape will continue to rise; all crime will continue to rise." Good job Joe. A much better way to make your point. When the reporter ran out of insulting and nowhere questions, he followed up with, "Do you think it's appropriate for the Vice President to use language in such a way?" That's when Biden realized that there was no upside to the conversation and his peeps got him away from the reporter and into the VP motorcade (where I'm sure Joe cursed uncontrollably for the entire 3 hour ride back to Washington). I'm sure Joe could have taken this guy. But I'm also sure that he knows the old Mark Twain adage: never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel. So it was probably smart to walk away.

I have respect for Mr. Mattera (oh yeah, that's his last name) not because he's a successful business man and writer, but because he had the balls to blind side Joe Biden in front of about a dozen TV cameras (ok, maybe 5). There are 6 term congressmen who won't stand up to Biden like that. I sure as hell wouldn't. So hats off to you Jason. You've given your publication some much needed publicity and attained an age old story to tell single ladies in the hopes that one of them will show you her boobs. Now get back to dungeons and dragons before your mom calls you up for dinner.