Biden Drops 'F' Bomb

Vice President Joe Biden dropped the 'F' bomb today and he hobnobbed with his old Senate colleagues drumming up support for Amtrak.
At one point Biden was too close to an open mike when he cracked "Gimme a f---ing break!" It is not known exactly what he was referring to at the time but Biden appeared to be upset about people who don't favor subsidies for Amtrak, the passenger rail service.
The Vice President, who is know for his windiness, inappropriate comments, crassness and even plagiarism views himself as a "regular Joe" and he often attempts to take on the cloak of what he thinks are "ordinary guys."
According to Real Clear Politics Biden was in his element as he extolled the virtues of Amtrak and the need to not only continue subsidizing the debt-ridden rail service but to throw even more money onto the rails. One of the projects in the stimulus plan is a $21 million renovation of that station, and another $105 million will be spent on renovating Amtrak facilities nationwide. Also included: $82 million to fix damaged rail cars, $63 million to upgrade the electricity pathways, and $10.5 million for a new station in Sanford, Fla. Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla) was among those on hand thanking the veep for his role in securing the funds.
Once again Biden boasted about riding Amtrak to and from Washington almost daily when he served as the Senator from Delaware. And Regular Joe joked to his former colleagues that now they have no choice but to listen to him when he speaks.
To hear the audio of Biden dropping the 'F' bomb, click here.

Joe Who?!?

From Tony Harnden in Britain's The Telegraph:
Pity poor Joe Biden. His "there's still a 30 percent chance we're going to get it wrong" quote is put straight to President Barack Obama during the White House press conference just now and his boss seemed to want to say: "Vice-President Who?"
As reporters started giggling, Obama came close to conceding that Biden was indeed a joke. "You know, I don't remember exactly what Joe was referring to, not surprisingly."
The President went on to say that "I think what Joe may have been suggesting, although I wouldn't ascribe any numerical percentage to any of this, is that given the magnitude of the challenges that we have, any single thing that we do is going to be part of the solution, not all of the solution."
Of course, Biden wasn't saying anything of the sort - Obama knew that and all the rest of us did too.
Biden's exact quote, read out by Fox's Major Garrett at the presser was: "If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, if we stand up there and we really make the tough decisions, there's still a 30 percent chance we're going to get it wrong."
Clearly, Obama and his aides were unhappy about Biden's loose lips. On Friday, top Obama adviser David Axelrod said on CNN: "I don't know exactly about what that math was."
We're probably going to have to get used to Obama explaining "what Joe may have been suggesting". And Biden must be wondering if he's going to end up as a Dan Quayle figure.