With President Obama off on vacation, his second in two weeks, unofficial Acting President Joe Biden has stepped into the vacuum, claiming credit Thursday for the successes of the administration's $787 billion stimulus package and fielding questions on health care reform -- something his boss hasn't done in nearly two weeks.
The vice president, borrowing Mr. Obama's teleprompter for a speech before a friendly audience at the Brookings Institution, said "I" more than a dozen times as he pointed repeatedly to progress on the economy and to his lofty role in the process.
"Every week -- with notable exceptions -- I hold a Cabinet meeting. And most of the Cabinet secretaries attend," he told the audience in Washington.
Obama is missing in action and not saying much. Biden serving as 'Acting President' who is now taking credit for things a President does? What the hell is going on here???
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5 comments:
Self obsessed kook, slo Joe he is.
Hypothetically speaking, if one is waiting for Washington politics to make sense, best pack a lunch. It'll be a long wait.
In the meantime, it appears Joe has joined the Algore club of claiming credit for things like the internet, etc.
Good Lord!! We are so screwed now....
Actually, the TelePrompter-in-Chief was speaking in the first person. Joe just mouthed the words like a ventriloquist's dummy...
So Joe's in charge..? God help us all!
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