Classless Joe Biden

TheDailyBeast.com:

Why, then, did he decide to snicker, chuckle, grin, smirk and shake his head at the one GOP nominee for national office in the last 50 years that even partisan Democrats acknowledge as a serious, substantive, and formidable guy?

The rap on Paul Ryan has always been that he might prove too wonkish, numbers-driven and detail-oriented to connect with average Americans, not that he counted as some sort of laughing stock who’s beneath contempt.

It’s actually Biden himself who has inspired gales of bipartisan laughter with his potent parade of gaffes over the duration of his long political career. In fact, his strange strategy may have amounted to an attempt to take personal control of all the giggles in the room before they could be turned against him.

The oddest aspect of his patronizing performance involved the complete disconnect between his derisive laughter and anything that Paul Ryan actually said. Where, exactly, did the GOP nominee make some point so ridiculous, or express himself so clumsily, that the only appropriate response would be the uncontrollable urge to titter or chortle?

If the purpose was to rattle Ryan it clearly didn’t work: the GOP contender remained calm (perhaps too calm), smooth, polite, and self-possessed while the vice president of the United States rudely interrupted him more than two dozen times.

The debate became queasy, unpleasant, uncomfortable to watch, not because Biden overpowered his opponent on substance (he emphatically did not), but because the normal, reassuring, ritualized sense of congeniality and decorum seemed altogether lacking. When TV professionals analyze the viewing audience in detail, I’d be surprised if a huge number of debate watchers didn’t tune out the broadcast in disgust or at least uneasiness after the first half hour.

I watched the proceedings on a big screen together with 250 listeners from the Seattle flagship station for my radio show. In the discussion afterward, one of the women present said that Biden made her cringe by reminding her precisely of her abusive ex-husband. Another 23-year-old came up to me afterward and emphatically agreed, saying she had just left her own abusive relationship and that watching Biden’s antics gave her the creeps in the same way that her former boyfriend’s dismissive snickering always made her feel inadequate.

Admittedly, they watched the proceedings from a conservative perspective and wouldn’t have voted for Obama-Biden anyway, but will the vice president’s nasty star turn ultimately work well with undecided voters who are, after all, disproportionately female?

To this point, the Delaware doofus always seemed cloaked in an invincible air of likeability. Good Old Joe might say outrageous and stupid things but he could easily be forgiven because he seemed warm-hearted and well-intentioned, like an old-fashioned, back-slapping neighborhood pol. No one worried too much over silly stunts or ludicrous remarks because he was, after all, just Good Old Joe and nobody takes vice presidents seriously anyway.

But his visibly arrogant behavior on his biggest stage to date may dent that armor permanently. Why did he take the risk?

Perhaps, in overcompensation for President Obama’s lackadaisical performance in Denver, he resolved to rally the base with his angry, aggrieved, condescending demeanor. No, it wasn’t presidential (Ryan definitely won by that standard) but no one expects vice presidents to act presidential until the unthinkable occurs and new circumstances require it.

Eight days after Obama looked far more listless and weary than Romney despite the fact that he is 14 years younger, Biden seemed vastly more adolescent and immature than Ryan despite the fact that he is 27 years older.

Maybe this fulfilled some diabolical master plan, proving that Biden will remain youthful enough to win the presidential run he has repeatedly hinted he plans to make, regardless of reaching age 74 just days after the election of 2016. In pleasing loyal Democrats by going after the opposition with such sneering ferocity, he may have cemented his role as frontrunner for the next nomination, regardless of the outcome of this incurably close election.

The biggest winner of this encounter?

Neither Biden nor Ryan, but probably Mitt Romney. As one physician (and former political candidate himself) noted to our enthusiastic debate crowd, Biden mentioned Obama only in passing, scarcely touching on his achievements, his inspiring leadership, or any grand new plans (what new plans?) for the future. Instead, he emphasized his own dubious role in major events. Ryan, by contrast, repeatedly spoke of Romney, warmly praising his qualifications, his character, his vision, and his five-point platform for recovery.

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Godless: One in Five American Adults Now Have No Religious Affiliation

No surprise here. As idiot theologies like atheism and agnosticism become more and more popular and more Americans across the country embrace the totally anti-Christian tenets of social liberalism, belief in religion will see a serious decline:

The number of Americans who do not identify with any religion continues to grow at a rapid pace. One-fifth of the U.S. public – and a third of adults under 30 – are religiously unaffiliated today, the highest percentages ever in Pew Research Center polling.

In the last five years alone, the unaffiliated have increased from just over 15% to just under 20% of all U.S. adults. Their ranks now include more than 13 million self-described atheists and agnostics (nearly 6% of the U.S. public), as well as nearly 33 million people who say they have no particular religious affiliation (14%).³

This large and growing group of Americans is less religious than the public at large on many conventional measures, including frequency of attendance at religious services and the degree of importance they attach to religion in their lives.

However, a new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, conducted jointly with the PBS television program Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, finds that many of the country’s 46 million unaffiliated adults are religious or spiritual in some way. Two-thirds of them say they believe in God (68%). More than half say they often feel a deep connection with nature and the earth (58%), while more than a third classify themselves as “spiritual” but not “religious” (37%), and one-in-five (21%) say they pray every day. In addition, most religiously unaffiliated Americans think that churches and other religious institutions benefit society by strengthening community bonds and aiding the poor.

With few exceptions, though, the unaffiliated say they are not looking for a religion that would be right for them. Overwhelmingly, they think that religious organizations are too concerned with money and power, too focused on rules and too involved in politics.

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CNN's Don Lemon Dismisses Obama Supporters’ Excuses, Offers President Direct Advice

My guess is that Don Lemon has been taking notes from colleague Anderson Cooper on how to keep your integrity as a professional journalist despite recently "coming out" as being gay:

Mediaite.com:

CNN’s Don Lemon took a look at the responses to — and excuses for — what they perceived as President Obama’s disappointing debate performance last week… And even offered the President some helpful advice.

Showing clips from Chris Matthews‘ post-debate venting session and from both David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs‘ spintastic Sunday morning news show appearances, Lemon summed up the pervading message thusly: “What they’re saying is ‘you lie.’ Remember how those words went over when a Republican said it? Just saying.”

He also shared excuses — like Al Gore chalking up the President’s performance to Denver’s high altitude, and the talking point that he simply had “other things on his mind.”

Then, after showing John Sununu’s comments about the President seeming “lazy” and “detached,” Lemon (who rejected the assertion that anyone who keeps the schedule the U.S. president does can possibly be anything approaching lazy), gave Obama a piece of advice:

…If I may, Mr. President, some advice — and I would say the same thing to Mr. Romney had he performed as poorly during the debate, so this isn’t partisan. So, with all due respect, Mr. President, with all due respect, if you want to show the right, left, and in between that you’re not “out of your league,” then stop looking at your notes. Stop writing while someone else is talking. Do what my mom — and I’m sure your mom and many moms across the country tell their children, what they teach us — look people, no matter who they are, dead in the eye. Even when you’re tired, down, or maybe even intimidated. And stand up for yourself, because no one else will. That’s my advice.

As he pointed out, that’s way less harsh than Jon Stewart’s advice.

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Black Actress Stacey Dash Comes Out In Support Of Mitt Romney

Despite the fact that in almost 4 years as President Brack Obama has done nothing to directly help Black people in this country, he and his lilly-white team of far-Left liberals know damn well and that as long as they keep playing the race card, blacks will come out in full force to support Barry for POTUS again next month.

That said, never let it be said that longtime, successful and talented actress Stacy Dash isn't courageous, as by coming out to express support for Mitt Romney this past weekend, she risked her career as well as the wrath of black liberals everywhere for daring to think different and prove that no, all blacks don't think the same, much less worship to Obama more than they do God himself:

Actress Stacey Dash, star of the hit '90s film "Clueless," took to Twitter over the weekend to announce that she is supporting Mitt Romney in the November election. 

Dash tweeted her Romney endrosement along with a sexy Americana-themed photo on Sunday. 

Many did not take too kindly to Dash's endorsement, with some bringing the 46-year-old's race into the issue. 

"You're an unemployed black woman endorsing @MittRomney. You're voting against yourself thrice. You poor beautiful idiot," tweeted one critic. "Wait stacey dash is voting for romney? you get a lil money and you forget that you're black and a woman. two things romney hates," tweeted another. "Still clueless," quipped another. 

The actress, who recently reunited with the "Clueless" cast, played Val on Season 1 of VH1's "Single Ladies." However, she did not return for Season 2, which premiered in May. 

The criticism did not seem to hurt Dash, who reminded everyone that she has a right to her own opinion. 

She then retweeted two messages from other users: One tweet was from a concerned fan: "ALL ROMNEY Supporters, please follow&support @REALStaceyDash, it appears she'll be voting for @MittRomney &she's getting some heat over it!" The other was from Mitt Romney himself: "Women have had enough of @BarackObama’s disappointment. We need new leadership to get our economy growing again." 

Dash's Romney endorsement caused some to scoff at the entire notion of celebrities getting political.

"Well, if you need me, I'll be in the fetal position vowing to never take anything any celebrity says seriously ever again," wrote Jezebel's Laura Beck. 

Dash's support for Romney is not the only endorsement to cause a stir recently. 

Back in September, Nicki Minaj incited buzz after some of her lyrics from Lil Wayne's Dedication 4 were leaked: "I'm a Republican voting for Mitt Romney / You lazy b----es is f---ing up the economy." Many took this as Minaj endorsing Romney, but it was later revealed that she was just exhibiting "creative humor and sarcasm."

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