10-12-2012, 05:10 PM
Pundits are calling it "lively," but what last night's Vice Presidential debate really was — was hilarious. It had everything a political hatewatcher could want from a televised argument between two dudes — Joe Biden's incurable case of the giggleshouts, moderator Martha Raddatz's oh no she DIDN'T scimitar questions, Paul Ryan stumbling through answers about foreign policy like a frustrated Tracy Flick realizing he didn't study quite hard enough. It had yelling. It had nervous water sipping. It had malarkey
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4. The part when Joe Biden made Paul Ryan admit that he believes stimulus money creates jobs.
From the debate transcript:
BIDEN: And I love my friend here. I — I'm not allowed to show letters but go on our website, he sent me two letters saying, "By the way, can you send me some stimulus money for companies here in the state of Wisconsin?" We sent millions of dollars. You know...
RADDATZ: You did ask for stimulus money, correct?
BIDEN: Sure he did. By the way...
RYAN: On two occasions we — we — we advocated for constituents who were applying for grants. That's what we do. We do that for all constituents who are...
BIDEN: I love that. I love that. This was such a bad program and he writes me a letter saying — writes the Department of Energy a letter saying, "The reason we need this stimulus, it will create growth and jobs." His words. And now he's sitting here looking at me.
Ryan asking for stimulus money because it creates jobs is the fiscal conservative equivalent of a virulently anti-gay pastor hiring a gay manservant to accompany him on a trip to the tropics. It's a pro-life family values Congressman pressuring his mistress to have an abortion. It's hypocrisy at its finest. It's kind of a thing of horrible beauty.
Joe Biden called Paul Ryan "my friend" 14 times last night. I think that they're probably frenemies now.