Really good (IMO) article on Joe:

[gateley]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/joe-biden-the-likeable-joe-1920686.html

[PatSeg]

1. What a great article

Guess you have to go across the ocean to get a clear and insightful portrayal of our VP. I think this is how history will remember Joe.

[gateley]

2. Well said, everything you said! nt

[PatSeg]

3. At first I was upset that they had to throw in

the "gaffe-prone" reference, as they could have left it at "loquacious", but later in the article they said: "For years, Biden was living proof of the old adage that in Washington, a gaffe is when a politician by accident blurts out the truth." It still blows my mind that people complain that they want HONEST politicians and when they get one, they rake him over the coals. I guess people get what they deserve.

[jillan]

6. I was thinking the same thing - you won't find this in the US Press.

[CrispyQ]

4. Great article!

I liked this:

"It's easy being vice-president," he likes to say, "like being the grandpa and not the parent."

[PatSeg]

5. That about sums it up

but he's selling himself short, as he is really working very hard, though he seems to be enjoying every minute of it. I've never seen a VP like him. I think he's redefined the office and unlike Cheney, in a good way.

[jillan]

7. Thanks gately! I would've missed that, and it was a great read.

edit to add this picture - I love this picture




He's just so dang cute.
In the US all the pics they post of him make him look like an old man, they never post pics showing that Joe is a cute older man.

[PatSeg]

8. He's both

sophisticated and down-to-earth at the same time, with a dazzling smile! When he's overseas, he represents the best of America.