Slog - Comments on Is It Just Me... http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2 ...or does Biden call to mind the guy on the left in this photo? A long-serving senator, a Washington player, tons of foreign-policy experience, brought gravitas to the ticket, good with a devastating quip...... Copyright 2008 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:26:26 -0800 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:50:00 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Biden is Royal Tenenbaum, Dan.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112355 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112355 2008 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:37:03 -0800 Comment by Brendan He not only brought us gravitas, he brought us one of my favorite presidential debate lines ever, "I knew John F. Kennedy. And let me tell you, you're no John F. Kennedy."

Whereas Bentson brought gravitas, Biden brings the teeth of a pit bull. Agnew might be a more apt comparison.

]]> Brendan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112356 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112356 2008 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:38:20 -0800 Comment by Andy James Biden obliterates the persistent fear lefties carry around, that if they talk too much or too clearly people will know what we really think. (Remember Dylan: "if my thought-dreams could be seen, they'd probably put my head inside a guillotine.")

Biden's a big, bluff, talkative guy who believes what he says and knows whereof he speaks. He got in a bit of trouble for saying one of Bush's speeches was "bullshit." He stabbed Giuliani in the gut when everyone else was deferential to the weasel. He'll look across the podium at Mitt Romney and make him wet his pants.

I'm not a huge fan of manly-man types, but damn this would be a good year for Democrats to let it all out, outrage and all. Biden's a tremendous candidate for that.

]]> Andy James http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112359 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112359 2008 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:45:23 -0800 Comment by Andy James And as for the comparison with Bentsen, close your eyes and imagine these two scenese:

1) Joe Biden and Barack Obama looking over the morning papers and shooting the breeze on foreign policy over coffee;

2) Lloyd Bentsen and Michael Dukakis attempting the same.

]]> Andy James http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112362 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112362 2008 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:51:30 -0800 Comment by I Got Nuthin' Check out David Brook's column in the NYT. He make a great arguement as to why Biden is a great choice.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/22/opinion/22brooks.html?_r=1&em&oref=login

]]> I Got Nuthin' http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112375 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112375 2008 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:12:46 -0800 Comment by John Bailo
The similarities are remarkable:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47446064@N00/2779157323/in/photostream/

]]> John Bailo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112376 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112376 2008 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:13:07 -0800 Comment by cressona It is just you, Dan. Andy @4, well-stated.

Recommended line for the day, to be delivered by somebody like Bill Richardson or Chris Dodd: "I served with Lloyd Bentsen. I knew Lloyd Bentsen. Lloyd Bentsen was a friend of mine. Senator Biden is no Lloyd Bentsen."

Oh, and for God's sake, Barack Obama is no Michael Dukakis--although God knows the Republicans are doing everything they can to Dukakize him.

]]> cressona http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112379 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112379 2008 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:18:07 -0800 Comment by Hal @3

The Dems need more manly man types to obliterate the notion that we're a bunch of corduroy pants/birkenstock wearing girlie-guys with fanny packs. That's one of many reasons why I'm liking Biden more and more.

Now I'd love to hear him say vis-a-vis McCain: "subject + verb + I was a POW."

]]> Hal http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112391 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112391 2008 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:09:40 -0800 Comment by ok yeah, we get it, you don't like Biden.

You were wrong in your prediction!

]]> ok http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112399 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112399 2008 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:27:01 -0800 Comment by GS Well, I met Lloyd Bentsen, and you're no Lloyd Bentsen, Senator Biden.

]]> GS http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112419 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112419 2008 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:18:58 -0800 Comment by Andy Niable Bracing yourselves for the "Noun, Verb, Northern Liberal/Brain-tumor/Loose Cannon" campaign against him.

]]> Andy Niable http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112424 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112424 2008 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:30:57 -0800 Comment by PC WTF? Bentsen had very little charisma or connection to folks across the country and came across as an entitled almost aristocratic Senator. Biden doesn't.

Oh, very nice to hear that it's good to be a "bluff, talkative guy who believes what he says and knows whereof he speaks" who sometimes gets into trouble for saying what one thinks and that it's good to "let it all out, outrage and all."

I concur.

]]> PC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112428 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112428 2008 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:38:18 -0800 Comment by Spanky MacFarland Yes, Dan, it's JUST YOU. What's the matter? Got insomnia again? Go take a nap! Go play with your kid. Go play with your boyfriend. DO ANYTHING but for the love of god stay the hell away from your keyboard for the rest of the weekend. We get it. Your prediction about Biden was wrong. GET OVER IT.

]]> Spanky MacFarland http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112467 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112467 2008 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:26:52 -0800 Comment by Jeff Stevens I think a better question would be: Is Joe Biden to Barack Obama in 2008 as Lyndon Johnson was to John F. Kennedy in 1960?

Yes, that's an open-ended question, with assassinations and escalations of wars in mind.

Personally speaking, I hope not.

]]> Jeff Stevens http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112489 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112489 2008 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:19:06 -0800 Comment by Bruce Garrett As long as Obama doesn't remind you of the guy on the right...

]]> Bruce Garrett http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112503 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112503 2008 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:08:25 -0800 Comment by Mark in Colorado Well if it isn't the kettle calling the pot black. A man who enjoyed sliding his hard cock into a slimy wet tight pussy when he was young (his brother's left overs at that). Now critizing someone who offers someone and so many others so much more important. A "man" who drools over images of females who "look" like emaciated men. You are a failure indeed.

]]> Mark in Colorado http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112525 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112525 2008 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:31:11 -0800 Comment by Mark in Colorado So I guess DAN you can tell Terri(y?) your dick is really named DoCockIss. Yes!?

]]> Mark in Colorado http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112528 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112528 2008 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:03:22 -0800 Comment by Mark in Colorado Yuck. That means you fucked a number of female "Lloyd Bentsens." As the quote goes--"I just threw up in my mouth a little bit."

]]> Mark in Colorado http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112529 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112529 2008 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:21:13 -0800 Comment by Fartin' Poe I seen you today Hipster. You had a cigarette in one hand and a Stranger in the other. You smelled like stinking cigarette smoke as you puffed away feeding your loser addiction. Your ear lobes were sagging with ear plugs that went out of style five years ago. And those tats? The colors have faded and they are starting to merge into an ugly blob. Didn't you ever notice what tats look like on older men? You thought those fuckers would forever be in style? Would you like to wear the same fucking shirt every day for the rest of your life? And that tat on your neck-it shouts LOSER to everyone who sees it. But being a loser is your thing right? That's why you read the Slog.

]]> Fartin' Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112565 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112565 2008 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:58:07 -0800 Comment by carlos Dan, you need to get yer eyes checked. Bentsen was fucking Matlock.

]]> carlos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112583 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112583 2008 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:54:28 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Dan.

It's just you.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112638 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1112638 2008 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:53:31 -0800 Comment by Greg I have no idea what you're talking about. I do not remember anything about the 1988 election.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1113150 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_it_just_me_2#c1113150 2008 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:50:00 -0800