Throughout this healthcare debate all we've heard from is Obama, the HHS secretary and various reps and senators, but I haven't a thing from Joe Biden. The last I heard from him was during his russia trip, since then, not a word. Where is the VP? You would think that with this being such a big issue for the administration they'd be using all the weapons in thier arsenal. At least with Cheney you'd hear more often than not that he's at an undisclosed location, but we don't even get that with Biden.

Biden is asking himself that same question.But seriously would you let him speak ?He is either to honest or to stupid to sell what these pariahs are shoveling

While you're right about Biden's amazing gaffe ability, but he coudn't do any worse than Obama's comparison of his health care plan and the post office. I just think it's odd we haven't heard a word from on him on anything.

We haven't seen him around town lately so you know he isn't here. It's easy to know when he's in town. His motorcades make a big fuss. It was interesting the first time but now it's kind of a pain in the neck.

Anyways ... haven't seen him around here ...

Originally posted by ProfEmeritus
at least when Joe speaks, he says what is on his mind.

People in this town like him. Republican or democrat or _______ .. they like him personally. They might disagree with his politics and that he should be VP ... but everyone that I've talked to, with absolutely no exceptions, say he's a good guy to be buds with or even just to rub elbows with. A regular Joe ...

Doesn't Joe Biden have some health issues of his own? Maybe he went out jogging and has amnesia? Gitchee, gitchee, ya, ya, da, da...hello, Hey Joe? you wanta give it a go?

They are keeping Joe on the "downlow."

He doesn't have a brain to mouth filter like most politicians do.

If he thinks it, it just comes rollin on out.

In this age of "American Idol" celebrity politics, Biden just doesn't have "star power".

In all honesty, I wholeheartedly agree with the poster who stated that he has that nasty tendency to speak the truth, ergo, no one has seen or heard much from him since he stated after the H1N1 outbreak the he himself wouldn't dare get on a plane... everyone gave him flack for that, but I applauded his honesty. It wasn't that he was trying to scare everyone to death, just that he himself wouldn't want him or his family members on a plane. Apparently that wasn't the image he was supposed to project... y'know, with all the wonderful news we've had lately about not only H1N1 but the aviation industry. I've pretty much accepted at this point in my life that the vp (Cheney's rule of the White House aside) has pretty much been relegated to the spokesperson for whatever's screwed up in the world but the administration would have us think it's all peachy keen.

Not to derail but it just dawned on me where is the guy that did John Adams in all the "we the people " on the tube he met with the big O and havent seen him around Im going to go look just for fun hope I make it back

sorry Thomas Paine all the talk of revolt get me going I dont know who to follow

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If I wasn't so lazy I would probably dig around and see if he had any conflicting opinions with the current proposal when he himself was campaigning for Commander in Chief. I agree that he has to loose of lips and is far to honest to try and get involved in this debate. I would love to see Joe host a town hall meeting, I mean if anyone in this administration is going to be able to talk to the people and actually show that they can relate with everyday folks it surely would be Joe Biden.

Biden is probably in the Whitehouse dungeon being beaten for interrupting the Beer Summit.As for the Thomas Payne guy haven't seen him since that can't be entirely good.

Originally posted by ProfEmeritus

True, but if you ever get to Wilmington after his term is over, you can sit down and have a beer with him at a local tavern. He's just a regular guy, seriously.

Ya know, I think that's probably right. I don't agree with him on every policy, etc. But as a person he certainly seems like he would be an easy man to like and I think I'd get along with him just fine.

The very qualities that make him that are probably the reasons they have him talking in a middle school.