WOW! Matt Taibbi: The Vice Presidential Debate: Joe Biden Was Right to Laugh

[Tennessee Gal]

I've never thought much of Joe Biden. But man, did he get it right in last night's debate, and not just because he walloped sniveling little Paul Ryan on the facts. What he got absolutely right, despite what you might read this morning (many outlets are criticizing Biden's dramatic excesses), was his tone. Biden did absolutely roll his eyes, snort, laugh derisively and throw his hands up in the air whenever Ryan trotted out his little beady-eyed BS-isms.

But he should have! He was absolutely right to be doing it. We all should be doing it. That includes all of us in the media, and not just paid obnoxious-opinion-merchants like me, but so-called "objective" news reporters as well. We should all be rolling our eyes, and scoffing and saying, "Come back when you're serious."

The load of balls that both Romney and Ryan have been pushing out there for this whole election season is simply not intellectually serious. Most of their platform isn't even a real platform, it's a fourth-rate parlor trick designed to paper over the real agenda – cutting taxes even more for super-rich dickheads like Mitt Romney, and getting everyone else to pay the bill.

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/the-vice-presidential-debate-joe-biden-was-right-to-laugh-20121012#ixzz29DZ4E4t6

[Tennessee Gal]

1. 7 recs and no comments? This is a really good article. nt

[arely staircase]

2. my favorite part

"The Romney/Ryan platform makes sense, and is not laughable, in only one context: if you're a multi-millionaire and you recognize that this is the only way to sell your agenda to mass audiences. But if you're not one of those rooting gazillionaires, you should laugh, you should roll your eyes, and it doesn't matter if you're the Vice President or an ABC reporter or a toll operator. You should laugh, because this stuff is a joke, and we shouldn't take it seriously.?

[Warren DeMontague]

3. Good read.

Taibbi really sums it up.

[MelissaB]

4. I'm going to recommend this article every time I see it.

[YvonneCa]

7. Same here. Tweeted it...

...too.

[Blecht]

5. 5 replies now

Just wanted to add one along with my rec.

[courseofhistory]

6. He is exactly right! Extreme BS, Paul Ryan Edition

I've been really ticked at all media since the rush to declare Romney the winner of the first debate. He absolutely was not if you consider his lies and almost too aggressive tone most of the time. I think he was on uppers with his hyperactivity and blinking eyes. Ryan was dumbfounded that ole' Joe wasn't buyin' his BS. Extreme BS, Paul Ryan Edition