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[Willfor]

I say y'all and I'm from the Canadian East. Not commonly, but yeah.

[Urist_McDrowner]

Just like saying "They're going to stuff American prosperity back in the closet" to an LGBT crowd, talking about chains such a large group of African Americans is also inappropriate.

[Sirus]

I say y'all, and I'm born and raised on the West Coast. I also say "howdy" without attempting to use a Texan accent and un-ironically. I just like the words.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Just like saying "They're going to stuff American prosperity back in the closet" to an LGBT crowd, talking about chains such a large group of African Americans is also inappropriate.

No one said it wasn't inappropriate, but Who The Hell Is Joe Biden's actual meaning is pretty clear. Metaphorical chains are a common thing, he was just stupid about using it.

[Sheb]

Well, Urist_McDrowner, you've proven that Joe Biden occasionally put his foot into his mouth. Congratulation. Here is an internet cooke.

[Leafsnail]

Just like saying "They're going to stuff American prosperity back in the closet" to an LGBT crowd, talking about chains such a large group of African Americans is also inappropriate.

Those are "inappropriate" only in the sense that they are clunky metaphors.  They aren't offensive or anything.

[Sheb]

Actually, they're inappropriate in the sense that the right could spin them against the Obama/Biden ticket. I mean, this guy's job is basically to do PR while Barack run the country, and this is a good exemple of him failing at it.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I'm telling you, Obama should just send him to open gas stations in Wyoming and lock him in the White House basement afterwards.

[Kilroy the Grand]

I think the world would be a better place is people didn't constantly look for veiled insults, and stopped trying to be so PC all the time. I have a boyfriend and you don't see me tearing up when someone uses the word gay as an adjective.

[mainiac]

Just like saying "They're going to stuff American prosperity back in the closet" to an LGBT crowd, talking about chains such a large group of African Americans is also inappropriate.

Um, I'm LGBT and the only objection that I have to your hypothetical statement is that it makes no sense.  It's really touching how you are so concerned on behalf of black people.  But he was obviously using a metaphor and it's not an offensive metaphor unless you want it to be.

I'm telling you, Obama should just send him to open gas stations in Wyoming and lock him in the White House basement afterwards.

Biden is a fine VP.  If it were actually possible to check these things I would bet you that all his "gaffes" haven't dissuaded a single voter ever.

[Urist_McDrowner]

Oh, I just thought of another question. To everyone in this thread, I pose the following questions.

What are you going to say if:

Barack Obama wins, and succeeds in fixing the economy?
Barack Obama wins, and fails in fixing the economy?

Mitt Romney wins, and succeeds in fixing the economy?
Mitt Romney wins, and fails in fixing the economy?

[Sheb]

Depend what you mean by fixing the economy. If you mean more jobs, raising wages and diminishing income inequalities, Huzzay, no matter who did it.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

You can't fix the economy. It's half-imaginary and unsustainable in its current form. If it gets better it won't be because of the President.

[Blacksmith]

If you're outside of Texas, the proper way to say "Howdy" is "How do" or "Howd'youdo".

Also, it seems like the Biden quote is just like the Obama "You didn't build that" quote.  Much ado about nothing, words out of context and stripped of intent until all that is left is the spin people project onto it. I don't like it when the libs do it, but the conservatives do it a hell of a lot more. It's not only fundamentally dishonest, which is bad enough, but it's always about something so bloody stupid. Stupid stupid stupid stuff.

Although, considering Vermont is currently facing an 11 million dollar lawsuit for enslaving it's citizens without due process or conviction (which is currently the only legal way to force someone into slave labour), it is kind of appropriate as well. I mean, the whole forced labour of non-convicts is actually a growing trend in the US, and something to worry about, even if that has absolutely nothing to do with what Biden is talking about here.

[Sheb]

MSH: He didn't ask us if the president could fix it, he ask us how we would react if he did. Frankly, if Romney reveal wizard power once he's in the white house and suddenly make everyone employed and middle-class-ish, with a free pony as a bonus, I'm going to cheer. Not likely to happen though.