HOME / Bidenisms: The vice president's gaffes and head-slappers.

This Week's BidenismsCollecting the vice president's gaffes and head-slappers.

By Jeremy StahlPosted Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, at 11:35 AM ET

The vice president produced two fresh Bidenisms this week. Please continue to send your nominations (with a link, please) to . For more, and our stab at a definition, see "The Complete Bidenisms."

"Who would you pick—even if you don't like the SOB? Who would you pick? Arlen Specter."—Asking a crowd (at a fundraiser for Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter) whom they would select for a fantasy political team based on "grit and gumption," Pittsburgh, Oct. 19, 2009

"My mom is 92. She lives with me. But she's an Irish Catholic, and she thought if she wasn't a Democrat, she'd go to hell. I don't believe that, but, you know, where she comes from, to be Irish was to be Catholic, was to be a Democrat. Scranton, Pennsylvania."—Explaining his mother's influence on his party identification at a rally for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, Edison, N.J., Oct. 19, 2009

Click here to see video of Biden's comments.

.

Print This ArticlePRINTEmail to a FriendE-MAILShare This ArticleRECOMMEND...Get Slate RSS FeedsRSS
Jeremy Stahl is Slate's "Fray" editor.
What did you think of this article?
Join The Fray: Our Reader Discussion Forum
POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES
TODAY'S PICTURES
TODAY'S CARTOONS
TODAY'S DOONESBURY
TODAY'S VIDEO
World AIDS Day.2/091201_TP.jpg
Cartoonists' take on entertainment.10/091201_TC.jpg
The alpha and the omega.67/091201_TD.jpg