When the Kitchen is too Hot, Acting President Biden to the rescue
With President Obama off on vacation, his second in two weeks, unofficial Acting President Joe Biden has stepped into the vacuum, claiming credit Thursday for the successes of the administration’s $787 billion stimulus package and fielding questions on health care reform something his boss hasn’t done in nearly two weeks.
The vice president, borrowing Mr. Obama’s teleprompter for a speech before a friendly audience at the Brookings Institution, said "I" more than a dozen times as he pointed repeatedly to progress on the economy and to his lofty role in the process.
"Every week — with notable exceptions — I hold a Cabinet meeting. And most of the Cabinet secretaries attend," he told the audience in Washington.
"I made it clear that our focus had to be, in the first 100 days, accountability, transparency and responsiveness. I wanted each of those Cabinet secretaries to set up systems where they would have a high degree of confidence that as they implemented what they were in charge of, it would be done effectively and efficiently."
obamadinejad’s politburo is falling apart. He’s having a harder time blaming Bush for a 26 year high in unemployment. His policies are sparking a revolt leading toward outright revolution. Town hall meetings where he hired thugs are paid to attack citizens have the potential to lead to outright riot.
What else can be done? obamadinejad is off sucking his thumb someplace wondering where it all went wrong. Who better to leave in charge than Joe Biden, the man no one pays attention to anyway. Washington Joe is America’s answer to Baghdad Bob, the funny guy who would speak the most outrageous lies with a perfectly straight face.