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Joe Biden. The gift that keeps on giving.

Oh, That Joe! (No. 48 in a Series) — Gimme a Break
March 13, 2009 5:40 PM

At an event at Union Station today where Vice President Joe Biden was heralding the $1.3 billion in investments in rebuilding train stations and passenger rails, a microphone picked up one of the former senator’s myriad Senate colleagues addressing him, formally, as “Mr. Vice President.”

That met with Vice President Biden’s standard reply.

“Gimme a f*&$#ing break,” he said, apparently unaware that the microphone was on.

-Jake Tapper
ABC News’ Senior White House Correspondent

RLR

Hey, it just gets better doesn’t it?

Bill Seeks to Let FDIC Borrow up to $500 Billion

WASHINGTON — Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd is moving to allow the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to temporarily borrow as much as $500 billion from the Treasury Department.

The Connecticut Democrat’s effort — which comes in response to urging from FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner — would give the FDIC access to more money to rebuild its fund that insures consumers’ deposits, which have been hard hit by a string of bank failures.

Oh Obama, why do you hate us so?
You promised us recovery,
but the market doesn’t grow.

RLR