Outreach to Vice President Joe Biden and the American Media

Below is my way of expressing my frustration with both Vice President Biden and the media. For those of you who are unaware of the happenings, check out this youtube clip to see local news coverage of Custard Coup 2010. It has been blown way out of proportion, a conclusion I'm sure you could glean from the text below.

Mr. Vice President - 

Please let me begin by saying that I have nothing but the greatest respect for you, your staff, and your foreign policy experience. I am grateful for the gravitas that you provided for the Obama Campaign in 2008, and I am aware that you may be frustrated by the relative obscurity and, well, uselessness of the VP position. Constitutionally, you're not required to do anything unless President Obama were to die or resign. I can understand how feelings of frustration would be difficult to control for a man of your political stature. I hope that I have made my respect for you clear enough that it is acceptable for me to be more candid with you.

Mr. Vice President, you were in a frozen custard restaurant. Kopps. In Wisconsin. The purpose of this visit was for you to have your photo taken enjoying a midwestern favorite, and possibly to pave the way for President Obama's Wisconsin visit later this summer. This was no place to have a verbal spar with a Kopps Assistent Manager, even in jest. 

I know this is not your first transgression of this type. You are widely considered to be the most "gaff-prone" vice president in history (or at least in the short history of the modern media). I apologize to be quoting wikipedia (something for which I will have to repent later by reading the dictionary or practicing calculus problems, so offended is my academic side), but "according to political analyst Mark Halperin, he has shown 'a persistent tendency to say silly, offensive, and off-putting things;' The New York Times writes that Biden's 'weak filters make him capable of blurting out pretty much anything.'" Mr. Vice President, I beseech you. Please try to keep in mind where you are and with whom you are talking. This is all I ask.

I apologize Mr. Vice President, but now the kid gloves must come off. I have a hard time that this even occurred. It was CUSTARD. There's NO reason for you to turn that into a NATIONAL NEWS STORY. I return to wikipedia (my penance must now include reading a 600 page book in spanish). "Nor is Biden known for modesty; journalist James Traub has written that 'Biden’s vanity and his regard for his own gifts seem considerable even by the rarefied standards of the U.S. Senate.'" I don't think this is an ego problem for you. I just think that you lack the filters that we ALL need in life (and not just in public life) to avoid ruffling too many feathers.


Please, Mr. Vice President, remember that people hear (and listen to!) what you say.


Respectfully,

Amanda






Dear American Media - 


Get a f*cking life. Report REAL news. I'm over your obsession with non-news. That goes double for you, local news!


Grow a pair,
Amanda