And He Actually Said This With a Straight Face....

“I think Joe Biden will go down in history as one of the best vice presidents ever, and he has been with me, at my side, in every tough decision that I’ve made,” Obama told Chris Matthews in an interview Thursday held at American University. “Hillary, I think, will go down in history as one of the finest secretaries of state we’ve ever had, and helped to transition us away from a deep hole that we were in, when I first came into office, around the world, and rebuilt confidence and trust in the United States.” - Barack Obama

You know what they say...."Birds of a feather........"

Fishnet Friday

Kim Kardashian Busts One for Mandela

 

NEWSLO / LOS ANGELES – Television personality Kim Kardashian today commemorated the death of Nelson Mandela by tweeting a “selfie” featuring herself posing with a picture of the former iconic South African president and activist.

Kardashian, present baby momma of rapper Kanye West explained that she was “representin’” and would “pour one out” for Mandela, her “BFF [best friend forever].”

“Never met NM,” Kardashian tweeted. “But were a kindred spirit . We both dedicated our lives to makin’ this a better world.”

Kardashian, reached for comment, explained that “Mandela worked against racism and whatnot, whereas I’ve introduced four different perfume fragrances, which has most definitely made the world smell better, at least. Want ta smell me?"

In the hours following Mandela’s death, the internet was awash with “selfies” featuring celebrities posing with the former president—a form of tribute that experts say would have “totally freaking confused” Mandela, who was 95 years old.

“Nelson, you were the cutest!” tweeted Miley Cyrus with her own selfie. “God bless you for freeing all the slaves.”  

Mandela Checks Out - WH Blog Pays Tribute with Picture of ......You Guessed it!

'“Let us pause and give thanks for the fact that Nelson Mandela lived—a man who took history in his hands, and bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice.” —President Obama

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.......I think a bit more appropriate

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Obama Gives Insight into Post White House Plans

The Hollywood Reporter

"If you have any doubt as to how much of a sports junkie Barack Obama is, check in with the entertainment moguls who attended a private briefing with the president Nov. 26 before his speech at Jeffrey Katzenberg's DreamWorks Animation campus in Glendale.

At the end of the conversation -- which touched on a myriad of topics, from piracy to Iran -- Obama revealed what's at the top of his bucket list post-White House: 

"At least I know what I want to do when I retire … host ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10 list," Obama quipped as he turned to Disney's Robert Iger, whose empire includes ESPN."

image via Earl of Taint

Other than having a good laugh, Iger apparently didn't respond....."

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I think that could work, after all, Barack has wowed the country with his teleprompter skills and we all know TV jocks rely heavily on teleprompters (you know, all those blows to the head thing). And sometimes he does come across like a cheesy games show host. I think there might be a future there.

I say more power to him, it can't come to soon for me. But somehow I envisioned Barack's post-White House years more like this:

The Leftist New Mantra

"Mr. Obama’s problem now is that people think he is smart. 

They think, as they look at his health-care vows, that either he didn’t know how bad his program was, what dislocations it would cause, what a disturbance it would be to the vast middle class of America . . .

Or he knew, and deliberately misled everyone.

If they thought he wasn’t very bright, they might give him some leeway on that question. But they think he’s really smart.

So they think he knew.  And deliberately misled." - Peggy Noonan/ WSJ

Joe Does Asia

The Vice President's trip comes at an important time for the country and therefore it makes him that more relevant *cough* and reminds Americans of his longtime role in
the Senate and his extensive experience with foreign policy.

 Stepping off his plane in Beijing in his signature aviator sunglasses, Biden was met by
a Chinese military honor guard before being whisked to the U.S. Embassy

(CNN) - Vice President Joe Biden faces a very delicate task this week as he makes a diplomatic visit to East Asia in hopes of turning down the volume on an increasingly noisy territorial tug of war.

The spotlight also provides Biden with an opportunity to remind people why Barack Obama chose him as his running mate and to tout his strong suit as he's mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 2016.

"This trip, if nothing else, reinforces the notion of why Joe Biden was put on the ticket in the first place and has emerged as one of the best vice presidents in history," Larry Rasky, a longtime senior political adviser to the Democrat, told CNN. "He was equipped for this job before he got there. He's not going to China for that reason, of course, but it certainly doesn't hurt."

"It's definitely his wheelhouse. He has the relationships, the global credibility. There's no on-the-job training necessary."