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kpete

(71,994 posts)
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 02:45 PM Oct 2012

VP: “You see this fella next to me? What a goddamn joke.”

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Mary Elizabeth Williams: “Biden’s laugh is utterly brutal because it takes Paul Ryan, the marathon-exaggerating, dumbbell-curling, wannabe manly man and does the absolute worst thing imaginable to a guy like that. It points at him and makes him a fool. It says, “Yeah, tell me another one, Backwards Baseball Cap.” It’s at once furious and dismissive. It understands that at the heart of humor there’s a howl of pain. That why it’s the favorite weapon of choice of the trod-upon. And it says to the American voters the most undermining thing imaginable: “You see this fella next to me? What a goddamn joke.”


http://www.salon.com/2012/10/12/joe_bidens_secret_weapon_laughter/
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VP: “You see this fella next to me? What a goddamn joke.” (Original Post) kpete Oct 2012 OP
It just dawned on me...doh Frustratedlady Oct 2012 #1
Another self-worshipper like fellow "But-his-face" Eliot Spitzer. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #2
I think I heard that it was done for a Time spread BumRushDaShow Oct 2012 #4
And that is a light dumb bell marked as "90" emulatorloo Oct 2012 #26
No, the real dumb bell in the picture weighs about 170... Contrary1 Oct 2012 #28
DUzy! Ash_F Oct 2012 #29
Double DUzy! The Line of the Day! calimary Oct 2012 #32
Lol n/t emulatorloo Oct 2012 #38
in the past, kings and rulers were very good to bards roguevalley Oct 2012 #30
Bushel basket too small for his ego. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2012 #34
Heard a good one on the radio yesterday regarding the smirking Lyin' Ryan strutting his physique: PearliePoo2 Oct 2012 #3
squwakkk!! flamingdem Oct 2012 #9
Are these photos for real? matt819 Oct 2012 #5
They're from Time magazine. He's just that ridiculous. Indpndnt Oct 2012 #13
Where did those pictures come from? janx Oct 2012 #6
Nope. 100% real. onehandle Oct 2012 #8
OMG !! janx Oct 2012 #15
See Scott Brown. savannah43 Oct 2012 #22
I think the funniest think I heard DarleenMB Oct 2012 #41
Here you go, from Time magazine: Indpndnt Oct 2012 #14
Time magazine is becoming a joke. savannah43 Oct 2012 #23
If Lyin' wants to make a public ass out of himself, I think Time should help him do just that. Indpndnt Oct 2012 #24
Paul Ryan likes to endorse the PX90 workout system NickB79 Oct 2012 #20
Douche. nt onehandle Oct 2012 #7
Well, that's going to leave a mark. Sweet smackdown! Indpndnt Oct 2012 #10
Wadda punk. 99Forever Oct 2012 #11
How can anyone take him seriously? He is a joke. Glimmer of Hope Oct 2012 #12
Do you think Tea Baggers know the meaning of mock? Control-Z Oct 2012 #16
Mayberry -- Goober Angry Dragon Oct 2012 #17
Ryan is a joke. speedoo Oct 2012 #18
And it's not that he looks like a total goomer in the pics, Lars39 Oct 2012 #19
Dude needs to work on has calves and thighs NickB79 Oct 2012 #21
Lyan is a shock jock on steroids malaise Oct 2012 #25
Lyan is a jock strap on steroids onethatcares Oct 2012 #33
LOL malaise Oct 2012 #36
Did he really believe EC Oct 2012 #27
Reminds me of an old cartoon character.... ewagner Oct 2012 #31
Yeah..THAT's the image I like in a President. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2012 #35
Paul Ryan visits the White House... pinboy3niner Oct 2012 #37
High School??? revolutioncoming Oct 2012 #39
Don't... pinboy3niner Oct 2012 #40

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
1. It just dawned on me...doh
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 02:49 PM
Oct 2012

Those photos were taken in a studio. Sheesh! Put that ego in a bushel basket!!!

 

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)
2. Another self-worshipper like fellow "But-his-face" Eliot Spitzer.
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 02:51 PM
Oct 2012

P.S. My 72-year-old husband can best this twerp.

BumRushDaShow

(129,041 posts)
4. I think I heard that it was done for a Time spread
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 02:52 PM
Oct 2012

for their &quot Whatever) of the Year" issue last year...

Contrary1

(12,629 posts)
28. No, the real dumb bell in the picture weighs about 170...
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 05:25 PM
Oct 2012

I think the weight that he is holding is marked 40, not 90.

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)
30. in the past, kings and rulers were very good to bards
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 05:38 PM
Oct 2012

because if they ever decided to mock them, they were toast. If you want to take power and position away from someone, you mock them. The Pugs have been doing it for eons. They smirk, they mock, they condescend. When it happens to them, they whine. In the Celtic world, all you had to do was sit down outside someone's house if you had a grudge and stay there telling anyone who passed by what your grudge was, the mockingly the better. It usually got settled. Fast.

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
3. Heard a good one on the radio yesterday regarding the smirking Lyin' Ryan strutting his physique:
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 02:52 PM
Oct 2012

"Big Bird called and he wants his legs back!"

janx

(24,128 posts)
15. OMG !!
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 03:00 PM
Oct 2012

Holy shit!!!

Is this part of the campaign or what? I mean, what possible occasion could have inspired these pictures?! It is one of the stupidest things I've ever seen in politics!!

DarleenMB

(408 posts)
41. I think the funniest think I heard
Mon Oct 15, 2012, 01:18 PM
Oct 2012

last election was right here on DU when a woman posted that she and her husband had been watching Palin on TV and her DH turned to her and asked if they really thought he was going to vote for her with a beer in one hand and his d*ck in the other.

Well, we now have the male version of Palin. Us wimmenfolk are supposed to daintily swoon at his manliness, his purty blue eyes and thus enchanted will pull the proverbial lever for the Rmoney/lyin' Ryan ticket.

So we have it. The rethugs believe that the majority of Americans, male AND female, vote with their gonads not their brains. It's just more of the same ol.

Lyin' Ryan = Dan Quayle 2.0

Indpndnt

(2,391 posts)
24. If Lyin' wants to make a public ass out of himself, I think Time should help him do just that.
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 03:48 PM
Oct 2012

And they did!

NickB79

(19,246 posts)
20. Paul Ryan likes to endorse the PX90 workout system
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 03:21 PM
Oct 2012

He was actually in one of their promotional DVD's, from what I've read.

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
16. Do you think Tea Baggers know the meaning of mock?
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 03:06 PM
Oct 2012

They seem to have trouble that way so it's quite possible they'll help spread this one around.


(just a side note: I was married to a body builder. That dumbbell is the size he used to make me use when I trained with him - and I'm a girl.)

Lars39

(26,109 posts)
19. And it's not that he looks like a total goomer in the pics,
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 03:15 PM
Oct 2012

It's that he had the incredibly bad judgement to have had them taken in the first place.

onethatcares

(16,168 posts)
33. Lyan is a jock strap on steroids
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 06:01 PM
Oct 2012

I'm 61 and have a better set of pipes than he does, and I don't have a congressional gym either.

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