Guest guest Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 http://thefolo.ca/2010/03/bidens-fbomb-takes-us-out-of-the-gate.html Biden's F-bomb On Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama signed the historic health-care reform bill in Washington. Democrats were feeling pretty festive, chief among them it would seem, Vice-President Joe Biden. In an effusive speech introducing the president, he went on and on about how hard Obama had worked, how he stayed true to his values, how he followed his passion and achieved what many great men and women before him had failed to do. He talked about making history, even quoting the poet Virgil. When he finished gushing, he turned, embraced Obama and into his ear with the mics still hot, said: " This is a big f-ing deal. " Whether or not Obama was phased in any way by this is unclear. He was smiling before Biden's remark and remained so as he approached the podium to speak. Presumably he was thinking, 'Really? Until you punctuated your seven-minute speech with that profane exclamation I wasn't sure just how important this really was.' Fox News was apparently first out of the gate to share the f-bomb episode with the world on Twitter. White House spokesman Gibbs added his own tweet. Official transcripts of the event do not include Biden's remark, since apparently he was officially off mic at the time. But you can hear the uncut version on C-SPAN.org. The comment got plenty of traction on blogs and yes, someone has already made T-shirts. Diemert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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