joe-biden

Joe Biden Was the Most Watched Convention Speaker Because Everyone Thought He Would Be Crazy

Caity Weaver · 09/21/12 01:20PM

Much like how everyone listens with bated breath when a drunk uncle gives an impromptu toast at a wedding (Will he make an inappropriate comment about the couple's sex life? Will he point at the best man and say something a little bit racist?), so was the nation captivated by Vice President Joe "Big Fuckin'" Biden at the Democratic National Convention earlier this month.

Who Is the Biggest Bro in the Presidential Race?

Max Read · 08/17/12 09:40AM

Who is the biggest bro in the presidential race? It's probably the most important question that we'll answer in this election cycle. Barack Obama drinks a lot of beer ("Consumer research," The Washington Post writes, "shows that beer is most popular with the very voters that Obama and Romney are fighting over: middle-America independents.") — but Mitt Romney has an M.B.A. Paul Ryan ("the frattiest veep candidate in American history") loves Rage Against the Machine — but Joe Biden went to the University of Delaware. So who can call himself the Bro Candidate?

Bill Maher Would Like Some More Biden Gaffes, Please

Matt Toder · 05/11/12 10:19PM

It's become clear that Joe Biden going off script during last week's appearance on Meet the Press accelerated President Obama's statement on gay marriage, which is fine by Bill Maher. On tonight's Real Time, Maher made a plea for more of Biden's gaffes, so long as they lead to Democrats saying what they actually believe and not just what they think is politically prudent.

Joe Biden Makes Terrible, Lubrication-Based Dirty Joke

Max Read · 03/21/12 09:37AM

Joe Biden, in character as always, made a terrible joke about lubrication yesterday at the White House reception for Irish prime minster Enda Kenny. It's not even funny in its un-funniness, really; it's just kind of... bad:

Is George Clooney's Ex Calling Him Gay?

Max Read · 10/30/11 12:15PM

George Clooney's ex-girlfriend has some interesting things to say about their relationship. Hilary Swank is firing everyone for letting her go to a war criminal's party. Ashley Biden is engaged. Sunday gossip values Elisabetta Canalis' feminine side, too.

Joe Biden's Confusing Occupy Wall Street Interview

Jim Newell · 10/04/11 03:34PM

Joe Biden has finally chimed in on Occupy Wall Street! Mostly by confusing it with a Van Jones-led conference in D.C. and then not knowing that Van Jones, the former White House "green jobs czar," used to work for him. Perhaps it's time for a little "What's Going On With The Left" clarification session.

What John Boehner and Joe Biden Privately Talk About: Golf

Jim Newell · 09/09/11 01:30PM

Ever wondered what the Vice President and Speaker of the House talk about while waiting for the President to address a joint session of Congress? Of course you haven't. But now you can hear it anyway!

Chinese Leaders Don't Really 'Get' Joe Biden's Jokes

Jim Newell · 08/19/11 03:42PM

The reaction to the Obama Administration's decision to send Vice Talker Joe Biden to China on a supremely delicate diplomatic mission was pretty universal: Fuck! Please please please tell us that he didn't terrify them with awkward jokes about their large holdings of U.S. Treasuries?

Boring Biden Speech Incites 'Fisticuffs'

Maureen O'Connor · 08/18/11 12:58PM

Joe Biden is currently touring China, where his speeches are so long and boring, they are literally inciting violence. Or, so says the Chinese government, which has been trying to shove reporters out the door every time Biden calls for "openness and candor" in Chinese-American relations: