tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post9196203987468627408..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRØNMARK BLOG: Is Joe Biden mad – or is he just a horrible human being?Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-71055411261869108232012-11-02T12:11:22.029+00:002012-11-02T12:11:22.029+00:00I'm looking forward to the advert for the comm...I'm looking forward to the advert for the commissioner's Diary Secretary.Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-56792548996316216452012-10-30T10:14:54.080+00:002012-10-30T10:14:54.080+00:00John Prescott is a saint. Uxorious, coherent, arti...John Prescott is a saint. Uxorious, coherent, articulate.Just the right qualities for an effective police commissioner. Morale in the force will soar once he is elected.SDGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-65050926272934191572012-10-29T15:56:34.436+00:002012-10-29T15:56:34.436+00:00I don't know about quality, but at least Romne...I don't know about quality, but at least Romney made a shedload of dosh outside politics, while Obama's only achievement seems to have been to ride the Affirmative Action/White Guilt/identity Politics gravy train to glory throughout his adult life. <br /><br />Agreed about the pointing thing (I mentioned it in my list of 30 things to ban, but confined it to rock stars, I seem to remember). I always imagine the arbitrary pointee checking behind them to see who the twat on stage has singled out. On that count, I think Obama is guiltier than Romney, but I may be ever so slightly prejudiced (politically, not racially, of course - I don't want to be suspended from watching Sky Sports by the FA after a lengthy hearing).Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-28498825437103210352012-10-29T15:49:11.363+00:002012-10-29T15:49:11.363+00:00Agreed about Mr Potatoe-Head, Dan Quayle - but les...Agreed about Mr Potatoe-Head, Dan Quayle - but lest we should be tempted to cast the first stone across the Atlantic, we cast the first stone, let us not forget that John Prescott was this country's deputy prime minister for ten years. TEN YEARS!!!! Also, as far as I remember, the sheer depths of Quayle's incompetence and stupidity only became truly apparent after Bush picked him - Joe Biden was a known quantity when Obama picked him to bring out the white blue-collar Democratic vote (at least, I presume that's what it was all about - I can't think of any other reason to choose a proven nincompoop as one's running-mate.)Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-11608420738965117752012-10-29T11:42:22.073+00:002012-10-29T11:42:22.073+00:00What an uninspiring choice for US voters. It's...What an uninspiring choice for US voters. It's not as if there's a completely bonkers party over there that you can vote for as a protest. Legendary guitar genius Joe Walsh ran for US President some years ago. I think he'd probably get my vote on the basis that he's the only candidate on either ticket who has achieved something of lasting quality in his chosen profession, so there'd be an outside chance of what management consultants call 'skills transfer'.<br /><br />Other than that, as good as any basis is to vote for whichever candidate doesn't do that American politicians' thing of pointing to an imaginary person in the crowd as they take the stage, and faking astonished recognition.ex-KCSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-69317873335707398682012-10-28T11:14:59.928+00:002012-10-28T11:14:59.928+00:00When I first heard about this I did not believe it...When I first heard about this I did not believe it given the fact that Americans revere their military and any criticism or inadvertent remark aimed in their direction is political suicide [unlike in Britain. Remember Peter Mandelson's jibe about the Coldstream Guards when he was NI Secretary : "They are a bunch of chinless wonders."]<br /><br />It is a disgraceful episode and I do not wish particularly to introduce a note of levity by recalling Dan Quayle [VP 1989-1993]. It was strongly rumoured that he was constantly tailed by the CIA who had standing instructions to "terminate" him in the event that something should happen to GHW Bush. His Bidenesque gaffes were numerous. Do you remember this one:<br /><br />"The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century." <br /><br />How do these clowns get themselves into these positions?<br /><br />SDGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-72804791835496627552012-10-27T20:51:47.088+01:002012-10-27T20:51:47.088+01:00I've just read Mark Steyn on Biden's bizar...I've just read Mark Steyn on Biden's bizarre comments to Charles Woods: <br /><br />"Just about the only formal responsibility a vice president has is to attend funerals without embarrassing his country. And this preening buffoon of pseudo-blue-collar faux-machismo couldn’t even manage that."<br /><br />Spot on.Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.com