Good thing we avoided that Sarah Palin trainwreck, huh? We could’ve ended up with an absolute moron as vice president. Crisis averted.

“The new dog I have is only five months old and his name is Champ,” Biden told the schoolkids.

“My dog is smarter than Bo, his dog,” he jabbed.

“I think so,” he taunted. Yeah, I do.”

You know who else Champ is smarter than? His owner. This guy’s only been in office a few months and he’s already proven himself to be a font of idiotic statements.

George Bush says something stupid and it makes the nightly news as evidence of his unsuitability for office. Joe Biden gives a string of stupid and careless remarks and it’s, “Oh, that lovable Joe Biden. He just can’t help himself!” But don’t dare insist there’s a double-standard with the media.

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