# Joe Biden promises us The President has a big.......stick **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-promises-us-the-president-has-a-big-stick/620174 "2012-04-27T19:56:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-promises-us-the-president-has-a-big-stick/620174/1 "2012-04-27T19:56:37Z")
[Hear it here](http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/biden_defends_obama_slams_romney_WcqTZlAxcyk4GysUUerTLL?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=National) > [@Joe Biden](#): > > Teddy Roosevelt said “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far. I promise you, the president has a big stick. I promise you.” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-promises-us-the-president-has-a-big-stick/620174/2 "2012-04-27T20:00:11Z")
“… If you know what I mean,” the vice president continued as some in the crowd began to look uncomfortable. “It’s like _that_ thick.” ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-promises-us-the-president-has-a-big-stick/620174/3 "2012-04-27T20:01:45Z")
I guess it’s better than Ann Romney saying you need to unzip her husband to prove he’s not actually stiff. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-promises-us-the-president-has-a-big-stick/620174/4 "2012-04-27T20:04:23Z")
[Madeline Kahn] “It’s twoo, it’s twoo!” [/Madeline Kahn] ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-promises-us-the-president-has-a-big-stick/620174/5 "2012-04-27T20:12:56Z")
How soon we [forget](http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/ig4zgj7dK9_/Barack+Obama+Campaigns+Virginia/LYpdqnHtDMg/Charles+Edwards). ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-promises-us-the-president-has-a-big-stick/620174/6 "2012-04-27T20:29:31Z")
I keep waiting for the Obama campaign to announce that Joe Biden has been sent to a nice farm upstate, darling. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-promises-us-the-president-has-a-big-stick/620174/7 "2012-04-27T21:08:24Z")
I watched the speech-Biden is so stupid he didn’t realize WHY the crowd was laughing at him.😃 The man is stupid beyond belief-this guy shouldn’t be town dog catcher, let alone VP. At least Cheney has a functioning brain. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-promises-us-the-president-has-a-big-stick/620174/8 "2012-04-27T21:12:11Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > I watched the speech-Biden is so stupid he didn’t realize WHY the crowd was laughing at him.😃 > The man is stupid beyond belief-this guy shouldn’t be town dog catcher, let alone VP. > At least Cheney has a functioning brain. Put Cheney’s brain together with Biden’s heart and you’ll have made one whole person! (I actually think that Biden has a perfectly good brain, but I couldn’t resist the setup.) ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-promises-us-the-president-has-a-big-stick/620174/9 "2012-04-27T21:12:34Z")
Actually, if you have a guy that dumb, VP is safest place to put him. He can do less damage there. Remember, before this, he was a Senator. The problem with Cheney is had no heart and Bush had no brain. All they need was a lion and lost, Midwestern farmgirl and they could have saved Oz. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-promises-us-the-president-has-a-big-stick/620174/10 "2012-04-27T21:24:59Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > I watched the speech-Biden is so stupid he didn’t realize WHY the crowd was laughing at him.😃 > The man is stupid beyond belief-this guy shouldn’t be town dog catcher, let alone VP. I think the level of responsibility is about the same. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-promises-us-the-president-has-a-big-stick/620174/11 "2012-04-27T23:18:54Z")
I love Joe Biden. He’s a walking Onion article. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-promises-us-the-president-has-a-big-stick/620174/12 "2012-04-27T23:51:38Z")
Saw that last night and had to wonder if that was on purpose. It got his otherwise not-terribly-notable speech into the news, didn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-promises-us-the-president-has-a-big-stick/620174/13 "2012-04-28T01:05:24Z")
Some of my favorite Biden quotes: “Look, John’s last-minute economic plan does nothing to tackle the number-one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S, jobs.” --Joe Biden, Athens, Ohio, Oct. 15, 2008 “His mom lived in Long Island for ten years or so. God rest her soul. And- although, she’s- wait- your mom’s still- your mom’s still alive. Your dad passed. God bless her soul.” --Joe Biden, on the mother of Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, who is very much alive, Washington, D.C., March 17, 2010 “A successful dump!” --Joe Biden, explaining his whereabouts (dropping deadwood at the dump) to the reporters outside his home, Wilmington, Del., Aug. 20, 2008 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-promises-us-the-president-has-a-big-stick/620174/14 "2012-05-01T04:46:25Z")
No the best one: “It’s a big fuckin’ deal.” ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-promises-us-the-president-has-a-big-stick/620174/15 "2012-05-01T17:49:01Z")
Obama: “I spoke with Mr. Biden this morning, and he assured me that I have a very large penis. He said it was mammoth, dinosauric, and absolutely dwarfed his penis, which, he assured me, was nearly microscopic in size. My penis, he said, was most likely one of the biggest on the planet. I applaud Mr. Biden in his honesty. Thank you.” ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-promises-us-the-president-has-a-big-stick/620174/16 "2012-05-01T18:52:11Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > I love Joe Biden. He’s a walking Onion article. The best part is that he thinks the Onions’ Biden articles are [hilarious.](http://www.indecisionforever.com/blog/2011/01/28/joe-biden-flattered-by-the-onions-unflattering-portrayal-of-him)