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GREENWICH VILLAGE Nuclear missiles aren't the only thing in his arsenal.
Gaffe-prone vice president Joe Biden put his foot in his mouth once again Thursday telling a room packed with students at NYU that President Barack Obama "has a big stick."
The belly laugh-inducing blunder came when Biden was speaking about the need to maintain international pressure on Iran during a 45-minute address at the law school's Vanderbilt Hall.
"Now is the time to heed the timeless advice from Teddy Roosevelt: 'Speak softly and carry a big stick,' end of quote," Biden said.
"I promise you, the president has that big stick," he continued, sparking snickering and applause.
read: http://www.dnainfo.com/20120426/greenwich-village-soho/biden-says-president-obama-has-big-stick-during-nyu-speech
Enrique
(27,461 posts)bigtree
(86,005 posts)DevonRex
(22,541 posts)That was hilarious.
bigtree
(86,005 posts)That woman is so totally clueless.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)YvonneCa
(10,117 posts)...denote power:
"Now is the time to heed the timeless advice from Teddy Roosevelt: 'Speak softly and carry a big stick,' end of quote," Biden said.
The battleship, USS Iowa, was called THE BIG STICK during that war, because of it's firing power.
https://twitter.com/#!/ussiowa
http://pacificbattleship.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pacificbattleship
Ian David
(69,059 posts)Look out, we got a badass up in here!
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
scheming daemons
(25,487 posts).
bigtree
(86,005 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)Which is, of course, about 80% of the planet.
gateley
(62,683 posts)on it.
But yeah, the reaction is expected. Although I think it's funny, I wish Obama would have said "and that's what he's doing" or something like that. Not really important, though, and good for a laugh.
mfcorey1
(11,001 posts)MineralMan
(146,325 posts)Shameless Blazing Saddles quote.
Bake
(21,977 posts)I, for one, am shocked that we would stoop to this kind of childish humor ...
Oh, what the hell ... I'm laughing my ass off!!
Bake
chrisa
(4,524 posts)GET IN THERE! (Kicks Biden back into hiding)
bigtree
(86,005 posts)edbermac
(15,943 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)Number23
(24,544 posts)JI7
(89,262 posts)jillan
(39,451 posts)I had no idea how many amazing things this administration has done regarding foreign relations because no one in the media ever reports on it - yet when W was in office that was all that we heard.
Yes Biden should have used a different phrase to make his point - but geesh - he is Biden - and inspite of saying things like this, the rest of the speech is what people should be focused on.
if you haven't seen it.
SwampG8r
(10,287 posts)i have a dig bick
i wrong that wrote
i wrote that wrong too
AnnieBW
(10,450 posts)I'm just sayin'...
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)WTF?