BANGO!
President Biden’s feisty, fiery, funny State of the Union sent me back to one of the best political books ever: What It Takes by Richard Ben Cramer, about the 1988 presidential candidates, including Biden.
Cramer wrote this about “Joey” Biden growing up in Scranton, PA:
“You didn’t want to fight him. Most guys who got into a fight, they’d square off, there’d be a minute or so of circling around, while they jockeyed for position. Joey didn’t do that. He decided to fight, BANGO – he’d punch the guy in the face.
“Joe was kind of skinny, and he stuttered, and the kids called him Bye-Bye, for the way he sounded when he tried to say his name. But Joey would never back down …. Joey got into fights, and BANG – it was over quick.”
Last night, BANG – it was over quick.
Biden worked his way to the rostrum, glad-handing, taking selfies, mugging at Marjorie Taylor Greene, then didn’t even wait for hapless Speaker Mike Johnson to introduce him.
Right off, Biden let fly a flurry of punches at Trump and MAGA Republicans: Ukraine, the January 6 riot and insurrection, IVF and women’s right to choose.
He kept pummeling them for 90 minutes. He even punched the Supreme Court in the nose.
Poor Johnson didn’t know whether to smile, smirk, sneer, stand up or just shrink down into his chair out of sight.
Now, one knockout doesn’t win this election.
But Biden electrified Democrats, and Republicans run a risk mocking Biden’s stutter and age.
We’ll gladly take the votes of all Americans who don’t like being mocked for being old – or for struggling with a stutter or speech impediment.
If you want to see a limp, listless, low-energy speech, watch Trump’s after Tuesday’s primaries.
It was nearly as weird as Senator Katie Britt’s performance in her kitchen, where Mark Robinson thinks she and all women should stay.
I wonder who will give the Republican response to Biden’s State of the Union next year?
When I finally went to bed last night, Biden was still working the room. He may still be there, helping out the janitorial crew.
He should have put on his Dark Brandon sunglasses, hopped into his Corvette with Jill and burned rubber all the way back to the White House.
BANGO!
President Biden’s feisty, fiery, funny State of the Union sent me back to one of the best political books ever: What It Takes by Richard Ben Cramer, about the 1988 presidential candidates, including Biden.
Cramer wrote this about “Joey” Biden growing up in Scranton, PA:
“You didn’t want to fight him. Most guys who got into a fight, they’d square off, there’d be a minute or so of circling around, while they jockeyed for position. Joey didn’t do that. He decided to fight, BANGO – he’d punch the guy in the face.
“Joe was kind of skinny, and he stuttered, and the kids called him Bye-Bye, for the way he sounded when he tried to say his name. But Joey would never back down …. Joey got into fights, and BANG – it was over quick.”
Last night, BANG – it was over quick.
Biden worked his way to the rostrum, glad-handing, taking selfies, mugging at Marjorie Taylor Greene, then didn’t even wait for hapless Speaker Mike Johnson to introduce him.
Right off, Biden let fly a flurry of punches at Trump and MAGA Republicans: Ukraine, the January 6 riot and insurrection, IVF and women’s right to choose.
He kept pummeling them for 90 minutes. He even punched the Supreme Court in the nose.
Poor Johnson didn’t know whether to smile, smirk, sneer, stand up or just shrink down into his chair out of sight.
Now, one knockout doesn’t win this election.
But Biden electrified Democrats, and Republicans run a risk mocking Biden’s stutter and age.
We’ll gladly take the votes of all Americans who don’t like being mocked for being old – or for struggling with a stutter or speech impediment.
If you want to see a limp, listless, low-energy speech, watch Trump’s after Tuesday’s primaries.
It was nearly as weird as Senator Katie Britt’s performance in her kitchen, where Mark Robinson thinks she and all women should stay.
I wonder who will give the Republican response to Biden’s State of the Union next year?
When I finally went to bed last night, Biden was still working the room. He may still be there, helping out the janitorial crew.
He should have put on his Dark Brandon sunglasses, hopped into his Corvette with Jill and burned rubber all the way back to the White House.