Biden on Joe Barton
In case you missed it, the Vice President’s response to Joe Barton’s apology was somewhere in the vicinty of perfect. I love the way the press pool had to drag it out of him, too:
The reason why I got involved in politics, the reason why the president and I ran, the reason why the president got involved, is: The one primary role for government is to protect people who are being taken advantage of, protect people who are in extreme straits and are not able to take care of situations themselves. I have been down in the Bayou area off and on for the last 36 years. My daughter went down to Tulane, I think I know the area relatively well as an outsider.
There is an entire way of life in jeopardy. This is just not about jobs. This is just not about whether or not the water fowl is polluted, this is an entire way of life that is in jeopardy. And to sit there and say that we’re being in effect — as I understood the statement — that he was ashamed we’re being tough on the oil company that caused the problem…
Look, I just think that it’s pretty important to the people of Louisana all the way to Florida and even his own state of Texas that people disassociate themselves from that. That’s not the role…
Sun., Jun. 20, 2010
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The hands on the head say it all.