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that was fast

Apr 1, 2010 5:15 PM CDT

Democrats' BFD Shirts Are Sold Out

Riff on Joe Biden's comment is a popular seller

(Newser) - Joe Biden's potty mouth is paying dividends for Democrats. The first batch of BFD t-shirts, based on the vice president's f-bomb description of health care reform, has sold out. A grassroots arm of the Democratic National Committee began selling them yesterday here for $25, notes the Hill . No word on...

Obama Hawking
Shirt That Spoofs
Biden's F-Bomb

Yes, we can ... curse

Apr 1, 2010 5:43 AM CDT

Obama Hawking Shirt That Spoofs Biden's F-Bomb

Tamed-down shirt: 'Health reform is a BFD'

(Newser) - With entrepreneurs across the Internet cashing in on Joe Biden's health reform f-bomb, the White House is horning in on the action, as well. But whereas other "big f---ing deal" gear uses a slash to tame the f-word, President Obama's website goes a step further in making the phrase...

Internet Cashes In
on Biden F-Bomb

Mar 25, 2010 7:04 AM CDT

Internet Cashes In on Biden F-Bomb

'Ugly swag' from toilet paper to dog T-shirts

(Newser) - Joe Biden's F-bomb has inspired not only a Twitter feed and a haiku contest but also—paging the Inevitably Dept—a slew of "truly unwearable gear," Brenna Ehrlich writes on Mashable . Those with a penchant for bedecking themselves in political slogans can choose between "It's a big...

A History of Political Cussing

it's not just you, joe

Mar 24, 2010 1:33 PM CDT

A History of Political Cussing

Joe Biden will go down in history with these other respected figures

(Newser) - Quite a big deal has been made over Joe Biden dropping the F-bomb . “But America has a long and honorable tradition of top elected officials using salty language,” writes John Dickerson on Slate . Allow him to educate you:

Barack Obama: Famously called Kanye West a “jackass.”

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Oh, Joe: Biden Drops F-Bomb

Mar 23, 2010 12:27 PM CDT

Oh, Joe: Biden Drops F-Bomb

VP reminds president health care reform is a big deal

(Newser) - Get out the equipment you used to break down the Zapruder film, and set it to "lip-read"—did Joe Biden really remind President Obama that signing health care reform bill is "a big f---ing deal"? Talking Points Memo asks—and White House press secretary Robert Gibbs...

Defiant Netanyahu Defends Building in Jerusalem

Mar 23, 2010 5:32 AM CDT

Defiant Netanyahu Defends Building in Jerusalem

Israeli prime minister thumbs nose at US in AIPAC speech

(Newser) - Benjamin Netanyahu won’t yield to US demands to halt construction in East Jerusalem, he told the pro-Israeli lobbying group AIPAC last night in Washington. “The Jewish people were building Jerusalem 3,000 years, and the Jewish people are building Jerusalem today,” he said. “Jerusalem is not...

Obama and Clinton,
'Frenemies' at Last

Mar 19, 2010 7:32 AM CDT

Obama and Clinton, 'Frenemies' at Last

The former rivals are easing into their new alliance

(Newser) - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have put the bitter presidential campaign behind them to form a solid partnership. They support each other, meet regularly and even joke about their status as 'frenemies.' “We’ve developed, I think, a very good rapport, Clinton said recently. “I see the...

Obama Created
US-Israel Crisis

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER

Mar 19, 2010 1:22 AM CDT

Obama Created US-Israel Crisis

Administration 'turned gaffe into showdown'

(Newser) - Israel's announcement of settlement expansion in Jerusalem during Joe Biden's visit was lousy timing, but President Obama has turned this "gaffe" into a crisis, writes Charles Krauthammer. The Israelis did their best to smooth it over but the administration used the incident to tell Israel it had to show...

Biden Bombs
With Tiger
Joke

correspondents dinner

Mar 18, 2010 7:50 AM CDT

Biden Bombs With Tiger Joke

One-liners only make some chuckle at Correspondents' Dinner

(Newser) - Joe Biden delivered plenty of one-liners at last night's Radio & Television Correspondents' Dinner—and he should definitely stick to his day job, writes Adrian Chen for Gawker . After reviewing his "unique brand of brain damaged-Toastmaster humor," Chen declares: "He bombed." The Huffington Post is kinder...

Israel, US in Worst Crisis in 35 Years

Mar 15, 2010 8:55 AM CDT

Israel, US in Worst Crisis in 35 Years

White House presses Netanyahu to stop construction

(Newser) - The US is pressuring Israel to scrap its plans to build 1,600 new apartments in East Jerusalem, in what Israel’s ambassador to the US called “ the most serious crisis since 1975” in US-Israeli relations. The US wants the project killed, according to Israeli officials, both because East...

Joe Biden Condemns
Israeli Settlement Snub

Mar 9, 2010 5:59 PM CST

Joe Biden Condemns Israeli Settlement Snub

Ministry announces new Jerusalem apartments as he visits

(Newser) - Joe Biden condemned an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem today, casting a cloud over a high-profile visit that had been aimed at repairing ties with the Jewish state and kickstarting Mideast peace talks. His remarks came after Israel's Interior Ministry said it had approved...

Biden Visits Israel
to Kick-Start Talks

Mar 9, 2010 1:23 AM CST

Biden Visits Israel to Kick-Start Talks

Israeli, Palestinian leaders agree to 'proximity' talks

(Newser) - Joe Biden has embarked upon a 5-day visit to the Middle East aimed at restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, and persuading Israel to rely on sanctions against Iran instead of military action. The vice president will meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. But expectations on both sides are low after Israel...

Frustration Mounts at
Health Care Summit

Halftime

Feb 25, 2010 12:57 PM CST

Frustration Mounts at Health Care Summit

President slams Cantor for using 'props'

(Newser) - Barack Obama began the day by expressing hope “that this discussion is actually a discussion and not just us trading talking points.” But by the time Republicans and Democrats broke for lunch, the sides didn’t look any closer to compromise. “In spite of the many hours...

Man Used
Bogus ID to Get Near Biden at Ceremony

VANCOUVER OLYMPICS

Feb 17, 2010 8:13 PM CST

Man Used Bogus ID to Get Near Biden at Ceremony

Canadian cops believe he may be mentally ill

(Newser) - A man using false accreditation was able to get within several yards of Vice President Joe Biden before being arrested at the Vancouver Olympics' opening ceremony, police said today. The unarmed man was stopped when he got about 12 rows from where Biden was sitting in a specially protected VIP...

Scott Brown:
Joe Biden's
Swipe 'Insulting'

Feb 15, 2010 4:55 PM CST

Scott Brown: Joe Biden's Swipe 'Insulting'

New senator highly unamused by veep's lecture on lawyers

(Newser) - Joe Biden's suggestion yesterday that Scott Brown study up on military tribunals has the junior senator from Massachusetts livid and slamming the veep's comments as "off base" and "insulting." In the latest salvo between the White House and Brown over legal representation for suspected terrorists, he tersely...

Peggy
Fleming
Hurt in Biden
Van Accident

Feb 15, 2010 2:10 AM CST

Peggy Fleming Hurt in Biden Van Accident

Ex-Olympians shook up in motorcade crack up

(Newser) - Former Olympic gold medalists Peggy Fleming and Vonetta Flowers were slightly injured in an accident as they traveled yesterday in Vice President Joe Biden's motorcade in Vancouver. The women were treated at a local hospital "as a precaution" and released after their van plowed into the vehicle in front...

Biden, Cheney
Trade Punches

SUNDAY TALK SHOWS

Feb 14, 2010 9:54 AM CST

Biden, Cheney Trade Punches

Veep, ex-veep argue over whose boss is tougher on terror

(Newser) - The current vice president and his predecessor are snarling fiercely at each other all over the Sunday talk show dial. Topic: Which administration is waging a better war on terror. Joe Biden kicked off the fireworks last night, telling Meet the Press in a taped interview that Dick Cheney in...

Biden Will Counter
Cheney on Sunday Shows

Feb 13, 2010 1:14 PM CST

Biden Will Counter Cheney on Sunday Shows

Vice presidents will make separate appearances

(Newser) - It won't exactly be a face-to-face showdown, but Dick Cheney and Joe Biden will engage in a sort of vice presidential debate on the Sunday talk shows. When the White House learned that Cheney will appear on ABC's This Week—presumably to bash the Obama administration as soft on terror—...

Latest Palin Controversy Is Lefty Hokum

ANALYSIS

Feb 10, 2010 7:34 PM CST

Latest Palin Controversy Is Lefty Hokum

Bloggers rip her bracelet, but it's not what they think

(Newser) - A column on Sarah Palin’s black bracelet has the lefty blogosphere in a full-flamed fury—but it’s a misguided “hit piece,” William Jacobson tut-tuts. Though the bracelet is sometimes used to memorialize a relative or comrade killed in military action (as veteran Eric Robinson writes in...

White House Peace
Reigns Despite Woes

DAVID BROOKS

Feb 9, 2010 1:21 AM CST

White House Peace Reigns Despite Woes

Obama, Biden have forged smooth working relationship

(Newser) - The nation's fraught mood hasn't translated into friction at the White House, writes David Brooks. President Obama and Joe Biden's working relationship got off to a rocky start but it's now remarkably smooth. Biden isn't the butt of jokes in the White House like he is on late-night TV. He's...