# Three words for Joe Biden **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 17, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338 "2008-10-17T04:28:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338/21 "2008-10-17T10:47:13Z")
Three words for Biden: Stop. Talking. Now. I’m for Obama but blimey, Biden gives more :smack: per speech than anyone this side of GW Bush. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338/22 "2008-10-17T11:38:52Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > No, no. That would be ridiculous! As I recall, he spelled “potato” _with_ an _e_. _“Petate!”_? Now, _that_ is fucking dumb. ---
**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338/23 "2008-10-17T11:53:13Z")
I have four words for Joe Biden: You, sir, are and idiot. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338/24 "2008-10-17T12:05:37Z")
Many smart people misspell words, and many smart people are not really good at mathematics. The only politicians who make gaffs are those who go “off script.” I don’t think Joe Biden is an idiot, and neither is Dan Quayle. Not even George Bush–he’s just arrogant and sloppy. Joe Biden was also sloppy–not because he can’t count, but because he was speaking extemporaneously, and was using a rather hackneyed rhetorical ploy. Three letters are more convenient than four. Cognitively, plural forms are not necessarily natural. Many languages, such as those of East Asia, don’t have plural forms. Yeah, I know Joe Biden isn’t from East Asia, but he was obviously focusing on “work” = “job.” Does “work” have five letters? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338/25 "2008-10-17T12:43:45Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > And, of course, if McCain had said this none of you Obamaists would have dreamed of pointing it out and mocking him. > > You guys are far above such stuff. Yeah, like all those pit threads that people started calling McCain an idiot for accidentally saying “my fellow prisoners”. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338/26 "2008-10-17T13:00:48Z")
“I’ve got just two words for you – shut… the fuck… up.” -Robert DeNiro Actually, that was pretty funny. Stupid thing for Biden to say. But he’s still far, far, smarter than Sarah Palin. Obama still gets my vote, even though he was once in the same city as a known domestic terrorist. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338/27 "2008-10-17T13:05:13Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > Many smart people misspell words, and many smart people are not really good at mathematics. The only politicians who make gaffs are those who go “off script.” I don’t think Joe Biden is an idiot, and neither is Dan Quayle. Dan Quayle isn’t an idiot because he spelled a simple word wrong. He’s an idiot because he “corrected” the student who had spelled it _right_. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338/28 "2008-10-17T13:08:17Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > _“Petate!”_? > > Now, _that_ is fucking dumb. My ex was a Quebec francophone, and that’s how she pronounced it. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338/29 "2008-10-17T13:19:12Z")
My god, if this minor gaffe makes Biden an idiot we will need an entirely new classification of stupid to describe every single sound that comes out of Sarah Palin’s mouth. She takes it to a whole new level. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338/30 "2008-10-17T13:29:11Z")
It was a stupid mistake for Biden to make, but it’s not as if he hasn’t made gaffes of this sort before. He has, and he’ll probably continue to do so. Neither party has a monopoly on stupidity, just as neither party has a monopoly on intelligence. It’s almost as if it’s a sacrilege on these boards to say something negative about the Dems. It’s not that their shit doesn’t stink, it’s just that they’re a better option than the Pubs. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338/31 "2008-10-17T13:31:16Z")
> [@Carol Stream](#): > > Three words for Joe Biden > You are an idiot. I saw what you did there. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338/32 "2008-10-17T13:36:56Z")
> [@Jolly\_Roger](#): > > I can honestly say I wouldn’t have made a thread about it. Me neither. We would have had a good laugh about it, much like BIDENS SUPPORTERS DID, you stupid bitch. And then we would have moved on. Some things matter. Some things don’t. Just because you’re such a stupid cunt that you haven’t figured that out isn’t my defect. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338/33 "2008-10-17T13:38:02Z")
You know if Palin made the same mistake, there would have at least been an MPSIMS mocking her about it. I say give \*\*Carol \*\*a break on this one and let her have her nice moment. Besides, even our illustrious hippy **elucidator** would have to admit that Biden is always prone to Foot-in-Mouth disease. Heck, I don’t like Carol very much and would normally be happy to call her for bullshit, but this one looks like a legit if minor moment where she and \*\*Shodan \*\*can laugh at the Democratic VP candidate. I even believe her that she was making a joke in the Op with the “You are an idiot.” three words bit. Jim ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338/34 "2008-10-17T13:39:13Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Dan Quayle isn’t an idiot because he spelled a simple word wrong. He’s an idiot because he “corrected” the student who had spelled it _right_. There you go again, using scare quotes to demonize something somebody has done. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338/35 "2008-10-17T13:40:24Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I saw what you did there. > > Regards, > Shodan Here’s a cookie. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![CircleofWillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@CircleofWillis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CircleofWillis)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338/36 "2008-10-17T13:42:23Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > **Three words for Joe Biden** > > You are an idiot. Good lord… I am voting McCain and even _I_ got a laugh at this. Please please please tell me this is a whoosh ETA: ON reading the whole thread I see this IS a whoosh… (or maybe backtracking ass covering.. who knows?) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338/37 "2008-10-17T14:04:02Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Dan Quayle isn’t an idiot because he spelled a simple word wrong. He’s an idiot because he “corrected” the student who had spelled it _right_. I’m sorry, but that is just not correct. Dan Quayle was and is an idiot of limitless depth and breadth, and I will not have you pin his idiocy on just one instance. The pit of his stupidity is bottomless, although you couldn’t dampen the soles of your shoes in the mudpuddle of his talents. He was a fool and a clown whose only talent was looking good for the camera. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338/38 "2008-10-17T14:41:35Z")
I\* like \*watching politicians make simple mistakes. It’s kind of like watching people stumble or trip. I secretly laugh inside every time. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338/39 "2008-10-17T15:07:51Z")
I can’t watch the video, but it sounds funny. Biden sometimes makes me laugh on purpose, and sometimes makes me laugh by accident. His propensity for this sort of thing is the reason I thought the McCain campaign made a mistake in hiding Palin. The reason few people think Biden is an idiot is that he is so familiar and talks so much that his many stumbles are simply “Joe being Joe.” The reason many people think Palin is an idiot is that she is so unfamiliar and talks so little that her stumbles become that much more noticeable. But anyone who doesn’t think Biden is prone to dumbassery hasn’t been paying attention. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338/40 "2008-10-17T15:27:37Z")
I think he said he was slightly dyslexic. But, if you think that Biden is not very intelligent ,you are wrong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-words-for-joe-biden/468338.md?page=3)