G'bye Senator Joe the Biden!

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My Senator and neighbor, Joe the Biden, had to say goodbye to the Senate. And, if we're lucky, he will be done with his speech by the time he has to be inaugurated on TUESDAY.

Won't it be nice when the phrase "Mr. Vice President" doesn't cause plants to wilt and small children to burst into tears? On Saturday Mr. President Elect Obama is going to stop by the train station in Wilmington to pick up Joe. I'm thinking about sending a bag of my stuff with Joe. You know, so that he can give them to my new moms, Malia and Sasha. I'm wondering if Obama is going to actually get off the train and come to Joe's door and meet his mom or if he's just going to honk.

Where's Ma Ape?

Ma ma ape did this today. Can you find her?


Up front is Joe the Biden. Not Joe the Plumber. Standing outside for three hours might have been worth it for Joe the Stainer.

Two for the ladies

I'm an avowed feminist. I like ladies so much I can't even have just one girlfriend. And I can't confine myself to just one ma ape. I've had my eyes on Malia and Sasha Obama as my new ma apes or, Plan B, Rachel Maddow! So I feel like it is my feminist duty to share a couple of important things:

That's my Senator Joe! This is a video about the Violence Against Women Act (Joe's greatest legislative achievement) and how important it has been:




And here is a great piece in the New Yorker about the Lily Ledbetter Act and Equal Pay for Equal Work. It is supported by my future grandpa, opposed by McCain because it would cause more lawsuits. Yeah, people using the courts to punish discrimination and protect their rights. Why, that's just UnAmerican!

Can I call ya Joe?

Thank you Gus for making my ma ape fall off the couch laughing with this wonderful clip from SNL:



And thank you, Tina Fey, for perfectly capturing the most absurd persona in American politics ever.

Biden with Bark and Bite!

Here's Joe Biden in PA talking about job loss, the economy, and how taking pot shots and community organizers, questioning other peoples' patriotism, and whining about the media is not going to help those in need. This guy's got a little of the Joe Cool that Joe Stains has:



Hey--it was a McCain operative who said "It's not about the issues..."

Here's Joe rootin' for my hometown team:

Fightin' Blue Hens!

Go with Joe!

Congrats to Ike and Jake who correctly identified MY SENATOR JOE BIDEN as the next VICE PRESIDENT! And now, Joe, I need a lift to Denver!


I've got on my tee:

I've hauled out my donkey stuffies:



I've schooled my baby brudder in the finer points of American paw-li-ticks:

And now we're gnawin' on some elephant ears! (Please note: no actual elephants harmed in the making of this post. In fact, we would like to liberate that noble beast from being the mascot of the Ignoble Party.)


So, Joe, I hope you're ready to be an attack dog to save us from Four More Years!


We dogs are here to help ya out.

We're a bit more bark than bite.

But we'd make darn cute delegates!


P.S. Auntie Linda and Onkel George, can we crash at your pad in Boulder?
P.P.S. Please stock the fridge with beer and Senor Miguel burritos.

Veepstakes!

Remember when our Vice Presidents were mostly dumb and incompetent rather than diabolical, evil AND incompetent?

This week Obama is going to announce his running mate. There's been much speculation about Bayh, Kaine, and my own Senator Joe. Which would be ironic because Joe got himself in big trouble for his comments that Obama was clean and articulate. But then he also had the best debate zinger saying that all of Giuliani's sentences include a noun, a verb, and 9/11. He also has mad foreign policy skillz. But I'm not a fan of speculation since it is usually just filling air time on 24-hour news shows and all too often includes Chris Matthews. Also, I am not good at it.

But that doesn't mean I won't play the game! And you can play along at home! You may guess up to two possible VPs and if you're correct you will win Barking for Barack swag! If you lose--I'll send you my baby brudder. Haha!

Here are some other guesses so far:

Lenny: Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska)! Lenny is making a gutsy pick, perhaps anticipating stealing the thunder from a possible cross-party McCain-Lieberman ticket?

Gus: Janet Napolitano (Governor of AZ--D). Napolitano is a popular guv who is good on economic issues.

Wally T.: Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) or Governor Kathleen Sebelius (D-KS)

ETA: J-Ape's Picks: Janet Napolitano and Kathleen Sebelius. He LOVES the ladies!

PS. Bonus! Guess McSame's VP! I say Joe "Benedict Boring Arnold" Lieberman or Tim "Mullet" Pawlenty! But if you pick Dan Quayle, McSame, you will truly be mavericklicious!

But I would like to take this opportunity to plug a running mate for Obama who could bring vim and vigor to the campaign:


Ernest for something!

Forbes magazine is suggesting...Stephen Colbert!

Stephen Colbert, the blowhard host of Comedy Central’s Colbert Report, has long claimed that an appearance on his show translates to a big boost in popularity for candidates.

It turns out that, for once, he isn't full of it. According to James H. Fowler, a political scientist at the University of California, San Diego, the Colbert bump is real.

Fowler’s analysis, published by the American Political Science Association, scours campaign contributions and finds that after making an appearance on his show, Democratic politicians benefit from a 40 percent increase in contributions for the next month.

I just tried to check the Colbert Report website to see who is booked for next week but I can't find the list of upcoming guests.

Update: Uh-oh. I just found their upcoming guests and they include Bob Barr and Mike Huckabee-NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!