I watched Joseph Biden on Charlie Rose tonight.
WHY IS THIS MAN NOT OUR PRESIDENT???????
He spoke for an hour on various subjects, mostly about the building tension in Iraq. But also about N. Korea, Bosnia, and a host of other topics. He is wicked smart, verbal and clearly as erudite as ANY in Washington. Furthermore he managed to go the whole hour without once using the words "Evil Doers", or " weapons of mass destruction", or " sumblimbumbumbullble".
There was so little rhetoric..... he completely eschewed the jingoistic testosterone driven bulls**t that passes for our current foriegn policy. He gave reasoned and impassioned suggestions for thoughtful solutions to the problems we are facing.
He was talking about trying; intelligent options, and strategically driven opportunities, and subtlety...
Wow, there is a something new for "Dubya" to try, multi-syllabic words.
Yes, I know Biden can be long winded, and he clearly likes the sound of his own voice. But, even in a coma, with his frontal lobe tied behind his back, he has got to be 100 times smarter than our current POTUS Little Lord Fauntleroy.
Don't believe me?http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=76886 Check that out.
In the meantime has anyone else noticed that we have a Dick, a Bush, and a Colin in the White House? ...And don't even get me started on John Ass-croft.
Got to go to bed one of these months, I need to get some sleep.
Erotic poetry slam???? Wheeeee!! How do I sign up for that?
Posted by Jack at January 28, 2003 04:05 AMwhoa! you earn two blog points for using the word jingoism/jingoistic correctly in a post. nicely done.
re: erotica. make a reservation at kieran's -- signup is at 7:30, slam is at 8. first 15 poets who sign up can perform.
Posted by: irish-girl on January 28, 2003 10:58 AMI don't even know what jingoism is.. but it does sound like the sound a tamberine hits when hitting my head.. and if I have my way.. there will be no erotic poetry.... must censure out all that stuff.. just let the kids grow up like I did.. drug addicts.
Posted by: Dumbya on January 28, 2003 07:29 PMErotic poetry..huh.. I guess we are all stuck on this point.
I once knew a man from St. Paul
who stood just 5 feet tall
He ran for senate on a lark
his political ideas were dark
to win he killed a man Loved by all
OK.. I can't prove that last point.. but figured I'd get the conspiracy mill running