Gunfight at the VP Corral

Former Vice President John Nance Garner once dismissed the vice presidency as “not being worth a bucket of warm piss.”

We can’t help wondering if the man had a little Nostradamus in him and was having a psychic vision of the current bucket when he made that comment:

The vice president and second lady hosted a party for journalists at their Naval Observatory residence Saturday and weren’t shy about squirting their guests.

Jill Biden toted a very large Super Soaker and wore a disguise: a black wig, camouflage pants with a matching hat and a gray U.S. Army T-shirt with the sleeves rolled up.

The veep sported his aviators and went after reporters with his loaded Water Warriors Titan water gun.

Sounds like Sheriff Joe was indulging in a little fantasy, pretending to be Barack Obama leading a Navy Seals mission.

But we don’t begrudge the veep a little down time. After all, he works hard. He’s head of the Middle Class Task Force (remember that?), a top advisor on foreign policy (he’s really paid off in that department), overseer of stimulus spending (he’s the one who did the actual flushing) and premier advocate of high-speed rail (sitting on trains is something he’s REALLY good at.) And the sheriff just got a new gig: President Obama put him in charge of a new project with the lofty goal of increasing accountability and cutting waste (we can suggest a place to start.)

We heartily disagree with Garner. Joe’s definitely worth that warm bucket of you-know-what.

– Written by Bonfire of the Absurdities

Source: Politico